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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1948

1,290 stories in Riverina's papers · page 16 of 65

Man Charged with Murder of Woman

Daily Advertiser · Friday 12 March 1948 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Thursday: A man has been charged with the murder of Mrs. Isabella Davis, 40. whose body was found lying…

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Man Charged With Tumut Robbery

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 12 March 1948 · page 1

At the Holbrook Police Court en Tuesday William Henry Thomson and Victor Frederick Grant were charged with robbery from Vice Bros' store at…

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No Arrest in Wagga Tobacco Theft

Daily Advertiser · Friday 12 March 1948 · page 2

There is no truth in rumors circulating in Wagga that a man has been arrested in connection with the theft of tobacco…

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Court House Improvements

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 12 March 1948 · page 2

The grounds of the Court House have been much improved lately by attention to lawns, trees, and flower beds. They now present an…

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Alleged Obstruction Of Fruit Inspector Magistrate Decides Interesting Legal Point

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 12 March 1948 · page 2

AN interesting point of law was decided by Mr. Bott, stipendiary magistrate, at Leeton police court on Tuesday when…

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Police Statement on Wagga Fatality

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 12 March 1948 · page 1

Police investigating circumstances of the fatal accident at Wagga on Saturday night, when Roy Alphonsus Lelghton, 31, railway shunter, of…

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Barman on Murder Charge

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 13 March 1948 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Friday: Charged at the City Court today with the murder of Isobel Davis at her home at Caulfield early…

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C.I.B. Probing Murder ar Lismore

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 13 March 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: Two detectives from the C.I.B. left to-night for Lismore to investigate the murder of Thomas Quilty…

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Man Charged with Murder of Pensioner

Daily Advertiser · Monday 15 March 1948 · page 2

LISMORE, Sunday: Augustus Jones, 87, of Sydney, was charged at Lismore yesterday with the murder of an old-age…

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Wagga Fatality Police Seek Witnesses

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 15 March 1948 · page 1

Wagga police last night issued an appeal to any persons who witnessed the incident on the corner of Edward and Docker streets on Saturday night,…

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Police Seek Witnesses of Wagga Accident

Daily Advertiser · Monday 15 March 1948 · page 2

Wagga police last night issued an appeal to any persons who witnessed the accident on the corner of Edward and…

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£12.000 Lottery Win Disputed in Court

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 15 March 1948 · page 2

Ownership of ticket No. 89417, which won £12,000 first prize In No. 15 Special state lottery on March 4, is being disputed before the Equity Court…

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Police and Strikers Clash in Fierce Melees Strikers in Defiant March

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 15 March 1948 · page 1

BRISBANE, Monday: Strikers and police figured in fierce melees this morning when police used their batons after more than 400 strikers had…

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Airman Fined for Assault on Police Constable

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 16 March 1948 · page 2

A member of the R.A.A.F. stationed at Forest Hill was convicted of unlawfully assaulting a policeman in the…

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Wagga Court Items

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 16 March 1948 · page 2

AT the Wagga Court or Petty Sessions yesterday, the, Wagga City Council charged James Clifton Bartlett, of…

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Police Wield Batons in Brisbane Clash Big Back-to-work Movement in Q'land

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 16 March 1948 · page 1

BRISBANE, Monday: Police using batons failed to halt a march by more than 400 strikers from the Shell Company's depot at Bowen Hills to the…

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Man Charged with Murder at Lismore

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 17 March 1948 · page 2

LISMORE, Tuesday: "I have just done a chap, over and he is dead," Augustus Jones is alleged to have stated to a witness,…

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Men Charged with Robbery

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 17 March 1948 · page 2

At Holbrook police court William Henry Thomas and Victor Frederick Grant were charged with robbery from Vico Bros'. store at Juglong and from…

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Court of Petty Sessions

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 17 March 1948 · page 2

Before Mr. Austin, S.M. Theft of Railway Ticket. William Henshaw (19) was charged with stealing one railway ticket,…

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Court Reserves Decision on Stand Down Case

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 17 March 1948 · page 1

BRISBANE, Tuesday: The Brisbane State Industrial Court today reserved its decision on an application by the…

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