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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1948

1,290 stories in Riverina's papers · page 14 of 65

Mean Type of Theft

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 26 February 1948 · page 2

There is an exceptionally mean and despicable thief in the Bathurst district. Last, week he stole a new tyre, tube…

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New Deputy Police Chief

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 26 February 1948 · page 3
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SYDNEY, Wednesday: The appointments of Mr. McCarthy as Deputy Commissioner of Police was announced today by…

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Mining Warden's Court

Tumbarumba Times · Thursday 26 February 1948 · page 4

In the Mining Warden's Court last week" before the Mining Warden (Mr. A. V. Quiggin) authority to enter…

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Court of Petty Sessions (Today)

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 26 February 1948 · page 2

Before Mr. Hubbard, J.P., presiding. Window Broken Leslie Smith (19), and Harold Trew (22), were charged with having…

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Industrial Court Move in Q'land

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 26 February 1948 · page 2

BRISBANE, Wednesday: The Railway Commissioner (Mr. Wills) late this afternoon applied to the Industrial Court for…

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Three Months for Stealing

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 27 February 1948 · page 2

At Yass Court of Petty Sessions a man was sentenced to three months imprisonment, with hard labour, for stealing a suitcase, the property of…

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Wagga Court Items

Daily Advertiser · Friday 27 February 1948 · page 2

Three men were yesterday fined £1 with 5/6 costs each at the Wagga Court of Petty Sessions on charges of riding…

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Alleged False Pretences in Tax Deductions Cannery Employees Charged

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 27 February 1948 · page 2

SIX employees of the Leeton Cannery were charged at the local police court, on Tuesday, with endeavouring to impose…

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Court of Petty Sessions Casley Discharged

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 27 February 1948 · page 2

After the close of the coroner's inquiry about 8 p.m. on Monday last, a sitting of the court of petty sessions was held. Messrs. K. Smith and J. S…

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Four Years' Gaol; Falsely Obtained £7000

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 28 February 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday: A young man charged in the Parramatta Quater Sessions today with having obtained £7000 by false…

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Two Men Deny Murder Allegations

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 28 February 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY. Friday: Two men charged with the murder of Arthur Edgar Wall, denied they were in a flat where Hall was…

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Three Fined in Industral Court at Wagga

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 28 February 1948 · page 2

An Industrial Court at Wagga yesterday Mr. A. O. Quiggin, S.M., heard charges against three Wagga business men…

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Police Break Up Mosley's Meeting

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 1 March 1948 · page 1

LONDON, Monday: Police Shepped a [?]eeting of supporters of Mesisy's New Union movement at [?]ad after a crowd comprising mostly…

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Magistrate Farewelled at Wagga

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 2 March 1948 · page 2

The stipendiary magistrate at Wagga, Mr. Finlay, presided over his last court at Wagga yesterday. He has been…

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Wagga Court Items

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 2 March 1948 · page 2

A fine of £25 was imposed on John Lawson, of Wagga, at the Wagga Police Court yesterday when he pleaded guilty to a…

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Court of Petty Sessions Today Before Mr. W Finlay, S.M. Eviction

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 2 March 1948 · page 2

Athol Robert Henniker sought a court order for the eviction of Mrs. S. E. Stonham from his land and dwelling house in 32 Congou street,…

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Landowner to Go to Gaol Over Rabbit Prosecution

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 3 March 1948 · page 1

So far no arrest has been issued for the arrest of Mr. Rupert William Wardsman who at the Bathurst Police Court, expressed his intention of going…

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Pistol Training for Police

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 3 March 1948 · page 1

In the first full-scale training since 1939, three pistol practice ranges were reopened in Sydney for the police…

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Items of News Police Examination

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 3 March 1948 · page 2

Nine police constables, from Deniliquin, Mathoura, Yerong Creek, Griffith, Henty and other Riverina towns,…

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