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Courts & crime, 1948

1,290 stories in Riverina's papers · page 35 of 65

Policeman Says 300 Watched Assault on Him at Wagga

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 16 June 1948 · page 2

A police constable said in the Wagga Court yesterday that 300 people stood by while he was kicked and punched by a man he was arresting outside a Wagga hotel on Saturday afternoon…

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Wagga Court Items

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 16 June 1948 · page 2

Two cafe proprietors from The Rock were fined a total of £25 with £8/14/ costs by Mr. A. V Quiggin, S.M., at the…

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Year's Gaol for Assault on Child

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 17 June 1948 · page 1

CANBERRA, Wednesday: A former Prices Branch investigator, Dr. Jack Rowlands Atcherley, 58, of Canberra, was…

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To be Sentenced Today on Wagga Receiving Charge

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 17 June 1948 · page 2

GOULBURN, Wed.: Pleading guilty to three charges of receiving more than £1000 worth of tobacco, clothing, suitcases…

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"Ridden by You Copper Galahs" "Insolent Individual" Says Magistrate

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 17 June 1948 · page 8

When arrested for driving under the influence, a Goulburn man declared: "I am sick and tired of being ridden by you copper…

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Strikers and Police Clash in France

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 17 June 1948 · page 1

PARIS, Thursday—Fifteen thousand police were in action against 20,000 strikers in various plants at Clermont and Ferrand…

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Editorial Comment Departments Should Avoid Court Chaos at Gundagai

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 17 June 1948 · page 1

For the second time within a comparatively short space of time the District Court sittings last week clashed with the Court of…

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Samurai Sword Found in Paddock Near Orange Rabbiter's Find Puzzles The Police

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 17 June 1948 · page 8

A two handed Javanese Samurai sword and scabbard was found in the middle of a 500 acre paddock 14 miles from Orange…

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Three Years' Gaol Follows Wagga Offences

Daily Advertiser · Friday 18 June 1948 · page 2

At the Goulburn Quarter Sessions yesterday, Judge Berne sentenced Thomas Leonard Monday, of Goulburn, to three…

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Wagga Tobacco Case Three Years' Gaol Sentence

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 18 June 1948 · page 2

At the Goulburn Quarter Sessions yesterday Judge Berne sentenced Thomas Leonard Munday, of Goulburn, to three…

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Jury Disagrees in Murder Charge

Daily Advertiser · Friday 18 June 1948 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Thursday: after six hours' retirement a Criminal Court jury tonight failed to agree in the trial of…

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Arrest in Police Raid At Griffith

Daily Advertiser · Friday 18 June 1948 · page 2

GRIFFITH, Thursday: Police from Griffith last night raided a hotel at Goolgowl and arrested a man in connection with a…

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Fight in Lane Leads to Court

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 18 June 1948 · page 2

A fight between two men In a lane at the back of the Hotel Leeton on Saturday, led to the appearance of George Lawrence Perry, aged 24, at…

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£1000 Handbag Theft Brings 18 Months' Gaol

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 19 June 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: A 28-year-old process worker was today at the Quarter Sessions sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment for…

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Leeton Court

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 19 June 1948 · page 4

LEETON, Friday: A youth who pleaded guilty to a charge of illegally taking and using a motor vehicle was released on…

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More Police For Wagga

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 19 June 1948 · page 2

It is good-news that the Police Department has decided to appoint two additional constables to Wagga. The recent series of store robberies in this city has caused some concern among shopkeepers, and the…

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Man Shot Dead; Girl Rushes to Police Station

Daily Advertiser · Monday 21 June 1948 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday: William Charles Crawford, 24, of Connemarra Street, Bexley, was shot dead on the back verandah of…

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Man Shot Dead at Mosman Girl's Rush to Police Station

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 21 June 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: William Charles Crawford, 24, of Connemarra street, Bexley, was shot dead on the back verandah of…

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Many Prices Cases May Never Reach Court Convicted Blackmarketeers May Seek Remission of Fines

Daily Advertiser · Monday 21 June 1948 · page 1

CANBERRA, Sunday: The fate of 1100 cases of blackmarketing and price control breaches still awaiting court hearing has yet to be determined by…

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Leeton Police Court Joy Ride After Pictures Boys Before The Court

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 22 June 1948 · page 4

AT the Children's Court, Leeton, on Friday, before Mr. Debenham, S.M., three boys were charged with illegally taking and using a…

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