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Courts & crime, 1948

1,290 stories in Riverina's papers · page 26 of 65

Wagga Court Items

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 28 April 1948 · page 2

A MAN who pleaded guilty to a charge of having goods, reasonably suspected of having been stolen, in his custody, was…

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Local Items Police Sale of Unclaimed Goods

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 29 April 1948 · page 2

Fourteen bicycles, cigarettes, tobacco and a Remington, 22 calibre rifle are among the goods which will be offered at…

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Cooker Damages Case Defeated in Court

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 29 April 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed.: A claim by Mrs. Margaret Paneth for damages against Stromberg Carlson (Aust) Pty. Ltd. failed in the…

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Inquest Into Guard's Death Evidence by Cootamundra Police and Railwaymen

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 29 April 1948 · page 2

The inquest into the death of Robert Sylvester Condr[?], 46, railway guard, of Hovell street, Cootamundra aroused widespread interest when it commence at Temora yesterday, and was continued…

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Unusual Court Case at Young Motor Driver Killed Dog—Failed to Stop

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 29 April 1948 · page 4

Alleged to have run over and mortally injured, a sheep dog on the Grenfell road, a motor driver was charged at Young Court of…

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Gaol For Drunken Drivers

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 30 April 1948 · page 1

Gaol penalties for drunken and dangerous driving is being considered by the Government, Commissioner for Road Transport, Mr. C. N…

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Court of Petty Sessions Tuesday, April 27

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 30 April 1948 · page 2

Leslie John McLaughlan (31) and Andrew william Pepper (67) were charged with drunkenness, nut did not appear…

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Local Items Theft Charge Remand

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 1 May 1948 · page 2

A Tumblong man, Kenneth Leslie Hassett. 33, laborer, has been remanded by Mr. T. G. Flynn, J.P., to appear at the…

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Guard's Widow Sent for Trial on Murder Charge Sensation When Temora Inquest Concludes

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 1 May 1948 · page 1

TEMORA, Friday: The Temora Coroner (Mr. C. Weliingham) today committed Mrs. Rita Marie Condron, of Cootamundra, for trial on a charge of murdering her husband…

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Police Fire Shot to Make Arrest

Daily Advertiser · Monday 3 May 1948 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Sunday: Wireless Patrol police had to fire a shot at the man last night before they could arrest him for…

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Murder Verdict at Temora Widow Committed for Trial at Goulburn on May [?]

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 3 May 1948 · page 2

Late on Friday afternoon the Temora coroner, Mr. C. Wellingham, announced his finding at the inquest into the death of Robert Condron, Cootamundra railway guard. Mr. Wellingham found that Robert Sylvester Condron, 46,…

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Nurse's Report Causes Police Search No Trace of Body

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 3 May 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: Police searched the scrubland near the railway line at Marrickville last night and, this morning for the…

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Cootamundra Guard’s Wife on Murder Charge Coroner’s Finding In Temora Poisoning Case

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 3 May 1948 · page 1

The wife of Robert Slyvester Condron, 46, the railway guard who died in Temora. Hospital on March 2, was charged on Friday…

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Steward Sentenced to Death

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 4 May 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: Arthur Andrew Beach, 47, ship's steward, was found guilty and sentenced to death at the Central…

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Wife of Guard Accused of Murder

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 4 May 1948 · page 2

The wife of Robert Sylvester Condron, 46 the railway guard who died in Temora Hospital on March 2. was charged on Friday with having…

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Wagga Court Items

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 4 May 1948 · page 2

JOHN G. WIGG, of Kincald Street, Wagga, failed to appear at the Wagga Court of Petty Sessions yesterday to…

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Former Famous U.S. JOCKEY Charged With Drugging a Horse

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 4 May 1948 · page 1

NEW YORK, Tuesday: Federal Narcotis Bureau Agents have caused a nation-wide sensation by arresting Earl Sands,…

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Murder Charge Widow Sent For Trial Sensation When Temora Inquest Concludes

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 4 May 1948 · page 4

The Temora Coroner (Mr. C. Wellingham) on Friday committed Mrs. Rita Marie Condron, of Cootamundra, for trial on a charge of…

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Court of Petty Sessions (Yesterday) Before Mr. W. Finlay, S.M. Fowls!

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 4 May 1948 · page 2

Frederick Hearne (26) pleaded guilty to stealing 10 fowls. Constable Haskew said that, the fowls were killed and…

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Wagga. Court Items

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 5 May 1948 · page 2

AT the Wagga Court yesterday, before Mr. Quiggin, S.M., Thomas L. Anderson, of Wagga, pleaded guilty to a…

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