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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1948

1,290 stories in Riverina's papers · page 32 of 65

Gaol Breaker Surrenders Man Who Was Sentenced at Narandera

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 28 May 1948 · page 2

After Riverina police had watched the Hume Highway and other areas in the south-west all day on Wednesday. Joseph Edward Payne, 21, who…

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Gaol Escapee Remanded

Daily Advertiser · Friday 28 May 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: Charged at the Parramatta Court today with escaping from Berrima Gaol on May 25, James Bernard…

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Youth Remanded on Big Radio Theft Charge

Daily Advertiser · Friday 28 May 1948 · page 1

CANBERRA, Thursday: A 16-year-old youth was today remanded on £200 ball in the Canberra Court on a charge of…

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Coota. Police Searching for Lunatic

Daily Advertiser · Friday 28 May 1948 · page 1

COOTAMUNDRA, Thursday: All Cootamundra police, in conjunction with constables…

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Police Search at Burra Creek Successful

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 28 May 1948 · page 2

At about 5 o'clock this morning Inspector' Searson, of the Cootamundra police and Constables from Guridagai and…

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Riverina Police Seek Car and Trailer

Daily Advertiser · Friday 28 May 1948 · page 2

Riverina police are on the lookout for a coupe and trailer which were stolen from a Berrigan street last night…

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Police on Hunt. Search For Escaped Prisoner

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 28 May 1948 · page 2

All police between Sydney and Melbourne were on the watch on Wednesday and yesterday for Joseph Edward Payne (21), who escaped…

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Court of Petty Sessions MONDAY, 24th MAY. (Before Mr. E. Debenham, S.M.)

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 28 May 1948 · page 2

Clive Herbert Carroll (21). William Charles Edward Millard (67). George Lockyer Ingram (24). Thos Gordon Morgan (29), George Trenton…

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Man Sentenced to Death "Not the Right Chap"?

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 29 May 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY. Friday: Sentenced to death last January for the rape of a young theatre usherette, Neville James Murphy. 25…

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Lunatic Caught Near Bethungra; Effort to Break Police Cordon

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 29 May 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: A dangerous lunatic made a desperate but unsuccessful attempt to ride his horse through a police cordon which had surrounded him in a lonely bush valley near Bethungra early this…

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Police Seek Car and Trailer

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 31 May 1948 · page 1

Riverina Police are on the lookout for a coupe and trailer which were stolen from a Berrigan street home…

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Police Capture Man After Two Days Search In Hills

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 31 May 1948 · page 1

LAST WEEK POLICE FROM GUNDAGAI, TUMUT, YOUNG, HARDEN and COOTAMUNDRA, COMBINED IN A TWO DAYS SEARCH IN THE WILD HILLY COUNTRY AT THE BACK OF BONGONGOLONG FOR A MAN WHO WAS DESCRIBED AS A DANGEROUS LUNATIC. The man, who is a returned…

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Police Probe Into Grenfell Farmer's Death Arsenic Poisoning Alleged

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 31 May 1948 · page 1

GRENFELL, Monday: Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a farmer who died on Grenfell…

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Gaol Escape Remanded

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 1 June 1948 · page 1

Charged at the Parramatta Court on Thursday with escaping from Berrima Gaol on May 25, James Bernard Payne, 20. labourer, was remanded…

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five Years For Assault »n Children

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 1 June 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY. Monday: A man charged with indecent assault two young boys was today in the Quarter Sessions…

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Charged With Keeping Noxious Animals-Rabbits

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 1 June 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday: A man who allegedly kept three rabbits For training greyhounds appeared at Liverpool Court today to…

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Magistrate Says All Cases Must Go on

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 1 June 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: a warning that in future all courts ol petty sessions cases would go on whether the attorneys concerned…

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For Trial on Charge of Theft at Ganmain

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 1 June 1948 · page 2

A man whom police alleged had broken into a garage at Ganmain on the eve of his trial on another matter and stolen,…

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COURT of Petty Sessions (Yesterday)

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 1 June 1948 · page 2

Before Messrs. C. Hubbard and J. Bayliss, J[?]P. Didn's Pay his Fare Sydney Bruce Langley, 22…

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Lunatic Caught Near Bethungra Effort To Break Police Cordon

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 1 June 1948 · page 6

A dangerous lunatic made a desperate but unsuccessful attempt to ride his horse through a police cordon which had surrounded him…

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