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Courts & crime, 1948

1,290 stories in Riverina's papers · page 42 of 65

Court Decision on Female Wages

Daily Advertiser · Friday 30 July 1948 · page 1

MELBOURNE. Thursday: A Judgment of the Full Arbitration Court today established the principle that no minimum…

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Police Believe Junee Man's Story Is a Hoax

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 30 July 1948 · page 1

A charge of having created a public mischief is almost certain I to be laid against a Junee resident after he told police a…

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Court of Petty Sessions Before Mr. Hubbard, J.P.

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 30 July 1948 · page 3

James Callaghan (41) was charged with having used indecent language in King street, Wallendbeen, on July 29…

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Court of Petty Sessions Tuesday July 27 (Before Mr. K. Smith, J.P.)

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

Kames Stanley (51) was charged with drunkenness in East Street. Sergeaunt Rossen said that defendant was an old offender. That was his…

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Three Years' Gaol for Man with Rifle

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 31 July 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday: A man who had allegedly planned to steal £4800, which was lying unprotected on Riverstone railway…

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Bail Refused in Murder Charge

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 31 July 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday: In the Supreme Court today Mr. Justice Street refused to grant ball no Harold Sydney, Brett, 26, who…

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Court Order Grounds Two Planes

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 31 July 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: Two planes have been grounded at Mascot airport because of a court order…

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Court Hears Challenge to R.s.l. Attitude to Alleged Communists

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 31 July 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday: "A Communist is automatically a traitorous person and is disloyal to the British Commonwealth of Nations," Mr. Wallace, K.C., said in the Equity Court today…

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Girl Alleges Assault in Car

Daily Advertiser · Monday 2 August 1948 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Sunday: A 19-year-old girl alleged yesterday that she had been attacked and criminally assaulted by two…

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District Grazier Arrested Police Request Remand

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 2 August 1948 · page 1

A well known district grazier, Michael Peter Willsallen, of ‘Widgeon gully", was arrested at Jugiong on, Saturday night last,…

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Wagga Police Warning

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 3 August 1948 · page 2

Wagga police yesterday issued a warning to the public to beware of pickpockets and other "doubtful characters" in Wagga…

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Court Decision on Female Wages

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 3 August 1948 · page 1

A judgment of the Full Arbitration Court on Thursday established the principle that no minimum adult female rate exists in industry. The…

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Our Country Police As Seen By The Sydney "Bulletin"

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 3 August 1948 · page 3

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

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Wagga Court Items

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 4 August 1948 · page 2

A 20-YEAR-OLD Wagga shop assistant, charged with stealing £2 from the Wagga baking firm which employed…

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Bail Refused in Herne Bay Murder Case

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 4 August 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Mr. Denton, S.M., at the Central Court today, refused to grant ball to a young husband who, with his…

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Posed As Doctor in Wagga; Fined £20 in Court

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 4 August 1948 · page 2

A man who pleaded guilty to a charge of posing as a doctor at Wagga on July 27 was fined £20 by Mr. A. V. Quiggin, S.M., at the Wagga Court yesterday…

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Comic Court in Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 5 August 1948 · page 6

SYDNEY, Wednesday: The champion South Australian 3-year-old Comic Court has arrived in Sydney for the £10,000…

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Sgt. Shipway of Wagga Police Retires

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 5 August 1948 · page 2

Sergeant First Class A. E. Shipway retired from the New South Wales Police Force yesterday, having reached the…

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Solicitor’s Contention Upheld Traffic Case Dismissed in Gundagai Court

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 5 August 1948 · page 3

In the Gundagai Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, Alberico Passen of Griffth, was charged with a breach of the motor traffic act. The…

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Man Charged with Posing As Detective

Daily Advertiser · Monday 9 August 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday: Police last night arrested a 20-year-old man who had allegedly posed as a detective…

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