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Courts & crime, 1948

1,290 stories in Riverina's papers · page 48 of 65

Police Warning for Show

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 11 September 1948 · page 4

No special traffic arrangements have been made by the Temora police for the show period…

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Police Probing Temora Man's Mystery Death

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 11 September 1948 · page 2

Police are investigating the death of a 48-year-old Temora taxi driver who was found dead in a room at the Federal Hotel early yesterday morning. Late last night Detective-Sergt. H. J. Cloke, of…

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Temora Man's Death Puzzles Police

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 13 September 1948 · page 1

The police are hopeful that the puzzle of n Tomora man's death will be cleared up by analysis of the stomach…

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Police Hope to Clear Up Puzzle of Temora Death

Daily Advertiser · Monday 13 September 1948 · page 2

The police are hopeful that the puzzle of a Temora man's death will be cleared up by analysis of the stomach…

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Tumut Grazier Threatened Wit Term in the “Peter” Magistrate Refuses Plea for Time Pay Fine Defendant Alleges of Making an Example of Him

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 13 September 1948 · page 6

Threatened by Stipendiary Magistrate Finlay that he woul “go to the 'Peter if he did not immediately pay a £10 fine, we known Tumut grazier, Frederick G. Bye, offered a cheque in settlement of his “account” but this was not accepted. The…

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"S.p. Bookmakers Provide Service for Country People” Solicitor's Contention at Tumut Court Two Well Known Tumut Men Fined

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 13 September 1948 · page 1

It was Stipendiary Magistrate W. Finlay who called the odds in the Tumut Court of Petty Sessions last Thursday, when two well known Tumut sports, Bert Eggleton and Clem Roddy pleaded guilty to charges of street beeting…

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25 Years in Labor Camp Berliners Sentenced by Russian Court

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 14 September 1948 · page 1

Berlin, Tuesday—A Russian court in Berlin yesterday sentenced five western Berliners, whom the Russians arrested…

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Theft of Ammunition Worth £3000

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 14 September 1948 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Monday: Police and Army officials have begun an intensive investigation into thefts of large quantities of…

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Police Withdraw Charge Against Gundagai Grazier Counsel Seeks Costs Against Police Department

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 14 September 1948 · page 3

Early last month Michael Peter Willsallen, of "Dunolly," Harden, was arrested at Jugiong and charged with being…

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Police Seek Mother of Dead Twins

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 14 September 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: Detectives are searching for the mother of newly born twin girls found dead in a suitcase floating…

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Soviet Accused of Designs on Berlin Police Move Seen as Typical Communist Tactics

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 14 September 1948 · page 1

LONDON, Monday (A.A.P.): Dr. Kurt Schumacher, chairman of the German Social Democratic Party, has accused the Russians of seeking either to conquer or smash Berlin's Western-sector police…

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Remanded on Murder Charge

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 15 September 1948 · page 1

GOONDIWINDI, Tues: Noel Graham Carey, 28. of Minnel Station, near Coondlwindi. was remanded until September 22 in…

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Heavy Gaol Sentences Cause Resentment in Germany

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 15 September 1948 · page 1

BERLIN. Wednesday—Resentment is mounting in Western Germany over the severity of the sentences of 25 years…

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Wagga Court Items

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 15 September 1948 · page 2

Arising out of an accident between a car and a bicycle in Edmondson Street, outside the entrance to the Mount Erin Convent, a man appeared at the Wagga Court yesterday charged with negligent…

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Outcry in Germany Follows 25 Years' Gaol for Youths

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 15 September 1948 · page 1

BERLIN, Tuesday (A.A.P.): An outcry throughout Germany has been raised over the Russians' 25 years' .sentences on five German youths, and a mass demonstration of protest has been planned in Berlin…

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Police Uncover Racket in Food Parcels

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 15 September 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Scotland: Yard detectives assisted the C.I.B. In tracking down a man who admitted operating In food…

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Court Sequel to Alleged Cafe Affray

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 15 September 1948 · page 2

Three men and a youth appeared at the Wagga Court yesterday following an alleged affray at a Wagga cafe on…

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Police Investigate Alleged Fracas

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 16 September 1948 · page 1

Maurice Wiggins, 20, is critically ill in the sacred Heart Hospital. Young, suffering from a double fracture of the base…

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Temora Man Died From Cyanide; Police Intensify Inquiries

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 16 September 1948 · page 1

The Temora taxi driver, Harry Murphy, 48, died from cyanide poisoning, the Government Analyst reported to detectives yesterday. Murphy was found dead in his room at the…

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Motorist Charged With Manslaughter

Daily Advertiser · Friday 17 September 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY. Thursday: Noel Francis Walsh, 26, was remanded at Paddington Court today until November 4 on a charge of…

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