Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Courts & crime, all years

Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1948

1,290 stories in Riverina's papers · page 4 of 65

Court House Statistics For Year 1947

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

We are indebted to the C.P.S. (Mr. K. Smith) for the following information relating to the business transacted at the Court House…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Riverina Court Cases Big Increase Last Year

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

In the Riverina police district, which includes the Wagga Albury, Denil[?] and Narandera sub-districts, there were 7,263 court[?]…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Three Charged with Stealing Wheat in Riverina

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 14 January 1948 · page 1

A man was arrested at Ardlethan last Friday and two others at Mirrool on Saturday on charges of stealing wheat from an Ardlethan…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Leeton Court Hears Story of Assault; Man Fined £4

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 14 January 1948 · page 2

LEETON, Tuesday: Identified by four Crown wit. nesses as the man who, had pummelled in the facet of two victims lying helpless on the ground after he and another man had allegedly assaulted them, a 20-year-old Melbourne…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Further Wheat Stealing Charges

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 14 January 1948 · page 1

A man was arrested at Ardlethan last Friday and two others at Mirrool on Saturday on charges of stealing wheat from an Ardlethan property…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Dana Andrews Charged with Drunkenness

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 14 January 1948 · page 1

HOLLYWOOD, Tues. (A.A.P.): Pleading not guilty to a charge of drunkenness, film actor Dana Andrews today asked for a jury trial…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Wagga Court Cases

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 14 January 1948 · page 2

Edward Joseph Francis, 21, of the R.A.A.F. Station at Forest Hill, was charged at the Wagga court yesterday with stealing a jeep…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

West Wyalong Case Fleming Faces Murder Charge

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 14 January 1948 · page 1

WEST WYALONG, Wednesday: Thirty-nine-year-old Lloyd Fleming was charged at West Wyalong police station this morning with having…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Police Action Averts Nasty Situation

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 14 January 1948 · page 7

PERTH, Tuesday: The discovery of two girl stowaways on the United States freighter Ernest W. Gibson Just before the vessel was due…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Police Aid for Storm Victims

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 14 January 1948 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Police in country districts have been instructed to Brant assistance to people who suffered injury or…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Drought Relief to Cereal Growers Farmer Sentenced

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 15 January 1948 · page 2

At Bolranald Court of Petty Sessions Angus Graham McLennan, of Swan Hill, who pleaded guilty before Mr. E. J. Etherton, S.M., was…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Police Court Thursday, January 9 , (Before Mr N Bott, S.M.

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 15 January 1948 · page 2

T. Hutchison sought possession of a house in Molesworth Street, Hillston, occupied by B.B. Loel. After evidence had been taken…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

West Wyalong Case Fleming Faces Murder Charge

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 15 January 1948 · page 1

Thirty-nine-year-old Lloyd Fleming was charged at West Wyalong police station yesterday morning with having murdered Hugh…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

W. Wyalong Sensation Man on Murder Charge

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 15 January 1948 · page 1

WEST WYALONG, Wednesday: A sensation was caused here today when Lloyd Fleming, laborer, of West Wyalong, appeared before Messrs. L. E. C. Luff and…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Sex Maniac Hunted by Sydney Police

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 15 January 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday: A sex maniac who has been terrorising the Coogee-Maroubra area is being hunted by police…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Punishment of Boy by Teacher Upheld in Court

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 15 January 1948 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Dismissing a charge by a mother in the Ryde Court today against a school teacher, alleging excessive punishment of a…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Meeting at Gundagai Asparagus Farm Rural Employees Evidently Do Not Understand Decisions Of Arbitration Court

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 15 January 1948 · page 5

Facts in connection with the decision of certain employees to quit work at the asparagus farm at Dalkeith, Gundagai have now been made known. It is evident that there is some misunderstanding concerning the…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Wheat and Oats Stealing Men Convicted

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 4

Hundreds of pounds worth of wheat and oafs were being stolen by the bag from paddocks in Riverina said Wagga police on Monday…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Four Charged; New Jersey Explosives Shipment Sequel

Daily Advertiser · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 3

NEW YORK, Thursday (A.A.P.): Four persons allegedly connected with the attempted illegal shipment of explosives to Palestine have been…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Magistrate's Solemn Warning To Young Man Driving Under Influence

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 4

A Christmas eve celebration in a business house, where the employees were the guests of the employer on the eve of…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →