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Courts & crime, 1948

1,290 stories in Riverina's papers · page 41 of 65

TORTURED P.O.W.'s Japanese Guards Sentenced To Death

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 27 July 1948 · page 3

FOR brutal crimes committed at Fukuoka Prisoner of War camp near Tokyo, two Japanese civilian guards, Matsukichi Mata known…

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Wagga Man Sentenced for Bigamy

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 28 July 1948 · page 2

Sentencing a bigamist to two years' gaol at the Wagga Quarter Sessions yesterday, Judge Berne said that it was very much…

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Police Foil Escape Scheme

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 28 July 1948 · page 1

The vigilance or a Goulburn prison warden prevented what is believed to have been a cleverly: conceived plan by a man…

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Wagga Court Items

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 28 July 1948 · page 2

HEAVIEST fine in a crop of traffic cases before Wagga Police Court yesterday was imposed on Harold M. O'Donnell…

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Police Story of Street Arrest; Fines Imposed

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 28 July 1948 · page 2

"Apparently there was quite a party," said Constable L. Lundie in the Wagga Police Court yesterday, giving evidence of…

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New "Crisis" in Berlin Over Chief of Police

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 28 July 1948 · page 1

BERLIN, Wednesday — A new "crisis" has developed to Ber-lin,' with the decision of the three western ? commandants, to…

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Woman's Story in Court of Husband's Death

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 28 July 1948 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday: A woman whose husband was drowned before her eyes a few days after their marriage last…

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Heavy Police Guard for Prisoner at Wagga; Escape Scheme Alleged

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 28 July 1948 · page 1

The vigilance of a Goulburn prison warden prevented what is believed to have been a cleverly conceived plan by a man declared an habitual criminal to escape from custody at Wagga yesterday…

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Charged With Theft of Rings Worth £1000

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 29 July 1948 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Lloyd Edward Lawrence, 39, newspaper seller, of Smith Street, Manly, was committed for trial at…

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Father Charged with Murder of Six Children

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 29 July 1948 · page 1

GLEN INNES, Wed: At an inquest today into the death of six children at Glen Innes on July 1. the father of the…

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Man Acquitted of Assault in Park

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 29 July 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: At the Quarter Sessions today, George James Stewart Sheather, 53, a waterside worker, was acquitted…

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Barrister Before Court

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 29 July 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday — The well-known Sydney barriser, John Camerson Foster, 38, appeared in the Central Court…

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Urana Farewell To Police Cadet

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 29 July 1948 · page 3

A large gathering attended the Urana C.W.A. Rest Room to farewell Nev. Tamlyn, who has been accepted as a police…

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Junee Youth Acquitted at Wagga Court

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 29 July 1948 · page 2

An 18-year-old Junee youth was acquitted of a charge of receiving two watches and a cigarette lighter, the proceeds…

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Our Country Police As Seen By the Sydney “Bulletin”

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 29 July 1948 · page 2

The trials and tribulations of country Police have frequently been featured in these columns, but it is refreshing to note that a…

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Charged With Posing as Doctor at Wagga

Daily Advertiser · Friday 30 July 1948 · page 2

A man was charged before the Wagga Police Court yesterday under the Medical Practitioners' Act, with posing as a…

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Doctor, Art Student on Murder Charge

Daily Advertiser · Friday 30 July 1948 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday: A well-known Macquarie Street doctor and a young art student, who have been charged with the…

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Not Guilty of Murder; Jury's Insanity Verdict

Daily Advertiser · Friday 30 July 1948 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Thursday : After half an hour's retirement, a jury In the Criminal Court today returned a verdict…

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Wagga Police Probe Complaint on Pamphlet

Daily Advertiser · Friday 30 July 1948 · page 1

A complaint has been made to the Wagga police concerning a pamphlet which was distributed throughout Wagga yesterday…

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Says Police Officer Should Visit Malaya

Daily Advertiser · Friday 30 July 1948 · page 2

STONEY, Thursday: Mr. Chaffey (C.P., Tamworth suggested today that a police officer should be sent to Malava to…

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