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Courts & crime, 1948

1,290 stories in Riverina's papers · page 43 of 65

Milkman Hit by Car; Man Charged

Daily Advertiser · Monday 9 August 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday: A motorist was charged at Petersham Police Station with negligent driving after a milkman had…

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Local Items Two Men Charged Over Missing Car

Daily Advertiser · Monday 9 August 1948 · page 2

A car reported stolen at Wagga on Saturday night was recovered by the police within a few hours, and two Wagga…

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Man Arrested After Police Ambush

Daily Advertiser · Monday 9 August 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday, After being informed that an attempt would be made to rob an elderly poult[?], farmer at his home in a…

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Police Check Hoax on Cowra Hospital

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 9 August 1948 · page 1

The man allegedly responsible for the fake telephone call to the Cowra Hospital last week, has been apprehended by Police…

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New Safety Police Patrol Seeps Motorists Busy

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 9 August 1948 · page 1

The new Safety Police Patrol established at Gundagai, with Constable C. Dodds in charge, is having a busy time. Last week the…

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Four Charged with Assault on Tram

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 10 August 1948 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday: Four men were charged at Newtown Court today with assaulting a tram conductor and driver at Dulwich…

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Court of Petty Sessions SATURDAY 3lst JULY (Before Mr. K. Smith, J.P.)

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 10 August 1948 · page 4

Barry Arnold Rickardson (20) was charged with being found drunk in East Street, and with behaving in an indecent manner…

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Wagga Girl Bound Over; Charged with Stealing £72

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 11 August 1948 · page 2

A 20-year-old girl shop assistant appeared at the Wagga Court yesterday on ten charges of stealing money from her former employer, a Wagga business firm…

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Appeal Against Gaol Sentence Successful

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 11 August 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Holding because a man worked at Homebush, he could be lawfully in possession of a knife, Judge…

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Fined for Theft of Four Dozen Empty Bottles

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 11 August 1948 · page 2

A man was charged at the Wagga Court yesterday with stealing four dozen empty bottles from the backyard of a…

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Unions to Stop Work; Sequel to Gaol Terms

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 11 August 1948 · page 1

BRISBANE, Tuesday: Queensland seamen and Brisbane waterside workers today decided to hold stopwork meetings on…

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Wagga Court Items

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 11 August 1948 · page 2

A MAN charged at the Wagga Court yesterday with indecent behavior in a laneway, said that he had gone down…

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Police Chief Congratulates Games Winner

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 11 August 1948 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Police Commissioner Scott and Supt. James and Gorman, representing the C.I.B., today sent cables…

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Banking Act Declared Invalid High Court Ruling Given Today Commonwealth to Pay Costs

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 11 August 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday—The High Court to-day held invalid vital sections of the Act for the nationalisation of banks, and made an order restraining the Commonwealth Government from…

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Two Men Charged Over Missing Car

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 12 August 1948 · page 2

A car reported stolen at Wagga was recovered by the police within a few hours, and two Wagga men were charged with Illegally…

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Wagga Court Items

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 12 August 1948 · page 2

TWO men were released under Section 556A of the Crimes Act by Mr. A. V. Quiggin, S.M., at the Wagga court yesterday…

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Frightened South Gundagai Women Man Sentenced to a Month’s Hard Labor Charge of Begging Alms

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 12 August 1948 · page 1

In the Gundagai Court of Petty Sessions this morning, Constable Charles Fisher, in giving evidence in a case in which a South…

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Banking Bill Reactions to High Court's Ruling

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 12 August 1948 · page 1

CANBERRA, Thursday—The immediate reaction to the High Court verdict on the Banking Act is a strong feeling among…

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Court Sequel to 50 M.p.h. Chase in Wagga Streets

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 12 August 1948 · page 2

The story of a 50 m-p.h. chase after a car along Wagga's main street on June 18, by two police constables in a police motor…

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Comment on High Court Judgment Commonwealth May Revise Act or Appeal to Privy Council

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 12 August 1948 · page 1

CANBERRA, Wednesday: The immediate reaction to the High Court verdict on the Banking Act is a strong feeling among Ministers that the Commonwealth Government should continue its fight to…

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