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Courts & crime, 1948

1,290 stories in Riverina's papers · page 23 of 65

Extra Court Days

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 13 April 1948 · page 2

Since the new police district with headquarters at Narrandera has been organised additional court days have been allotted for Leeton, with the…

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Police Want Right of Appeal

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 13 April 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Police, at the annual conference of the Police Association, decided today to seek the right of appeal…

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Police to Seek Affiliation with Labor Councils

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 13 April 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: The N.S.W Police Association at the annual conference today decided to seek affiliation with…

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Mr. Sheahan's Appeal in Court for Ex-soldier

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 13 April 1948 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday: An unusual precedent was adopted by the Minister for Lands (Mr. Sheahan) in the Land and…

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Stabbing Charge Against Balt Dismissed Defendant Placed on Bond on Common Assault Charge Four Languages Spoken In Tedious Evidence

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 13 April 1948 · page 1

At the Tumut Police Court on Thursday and Friday last Juozas Baciliunas, a Baltic immigrant employed at Billapaloola State Forest, near Tumut, faced charges of assault, occasioning actual bodily harm to Jonas Adamauskas, also a Baltic immigrant and a forestry…

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Court of Petty Sessions Friday, April 9 (Before Mr. k. Smith, J.P.)

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 13 April 1948 · page 1

Norman George Howard (36). on remand, again appeared before Mr. k. Smith. J.P. Mr. G. G.Dangar appeared for…

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£2000 Jewellery Theft

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 14 April 1948 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tuesday: Jewellery valued at £2000 and a gold cup were in a safe that was taken by a gang of thieves from the…

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Laborer Gets Bond; Assault Charge

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 14 April 1948 · page 2

A young man who pleaded guilty to a charge of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, was released on a bond of £100…

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Man Charged with Setting Fire to Woman

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 14 April 1948 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Tuesday:—Allegations that a man had poured methylated spirits over Isobel Davis, of Caulfield, and…

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Not Guilty of Murder in 1938

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 14 April 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Sidney Baden Powell Shannon, 47, slaughterman, was acquitted today on a charge of having…

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Wagga Court Items

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 14 April 1948 · page 2

Two Albury men were yesterday fined £2 each in the Wagga Court of Petty Sessions for travelling on a train…

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Big Five Charged by U.n.o, Secty-general

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 14 April 1948 · page 1

HYDE PARK (New York), Tuesday (A.A.P.): The United Nations Secretary-General (M. Trygve Lie) yesterday charged…

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Taxi Drivers Win Case at Wagga Court

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 14 April 1948 · page 2

Because police had conflicting views on whether a permit was needed for the transport of passengers between Tumut and…

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Smash and Grab Theft at Temora

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 15 April 1948 · page 1
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TEMORA, Thursday: A mantel model radio, valued at £18, was stolen by a "smash and grab" thief in the early hours…

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Heavy Sentence For Assault on Nurse

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 15 April 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: In the Quarter Sessions today, Judge Markell sentenced John Daniel Robertson, 35, diver, to 14 years…

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Police Association Conference

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 15 April 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: Members of the police Association have threatened to resign over the association's decision…

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Police Assn. Move "Dynamite"

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 15 April 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: The decision of the N.S.W. Police Association to affiliate with the Trades and Labor Council…

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Skip Court in Good Half-mile

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 15 April 1948 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday: On the "B" grass track at Randwick this morning Wellington and Herbert River finished on even…

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Thefts of Bees and Material Police Officers Appoint! As Apiary Inspectors

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 15 April 1948 · page 2

The department of Agriculture is co-operating with the Police Department in an endeavour to suppress the thefts of bees and material now…

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