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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1948

1,290 stories in Riverina's papers · page 55 of 65

Youth Talked of Murder, Say Witnesses Sensational Evidence at Le Gallien Inquest

Daily Advertiser · Friday 22 October 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: Several witnesses testified at the City Coroner's Court today to having had discussions with Charles Ivan le Gallien about the possibility of murdering his father…

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Two Arrested on Horse-stealing Charges

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 23 October 1948 · page 1

The wrest of two young men at Tumblong yesterday on horse-stealing charges, was the first such arrest in the district…

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Police Investigate Men's Activities

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 23 October 1948 · page 2

Wagga police are investigating the activities of two men who the say have been selling suit lengths about Riverina…

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Le Gallien for Trial on Charge of Murder

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 23 October 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: The City Coroner (Mr. M. J. D. Austin) today found that Charles Ivan le Gallien (17) had murdered his father by stabbing him in the chest, and committed the youth for trial at the…

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Our Police Force Must Remain Completely Free

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 25 October 1948 · page 4

Members of the NSW Police Force will make a most important decision when they vote at a plebiscite next month on the…

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Two Charged with Sydney Murder

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 26 October 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Today: Early this morning detectives at Darlinghurst Police Station charged a 40-year-old invalid pensioner…

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Magistrate and Police Commend Action by Young Wagga Mechanic

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 26 October 1948 · page 2

A young Wagga mechanic was praised by the magistrate and police prosecutor in the Wagga court yesterday for having assisted the police to arrest a man in connection with a smash-and-grab theft in…

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Local Items Gaol for Vagrancy

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 26 October 1948 · page 2

Pleading guilty to a vagrancy charge, Allan C. Honey, laborer, was sentenced to 14 days' hard labor by Mr. A. V. Quiggin, S.M…

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Whitton Police Court Alleged Driving Under Influence, and Resisting Arrest

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 26 October 1948 · page 4

PATRICK James O'Connor was charged at the Whitton police court on Thursday with driving a motor vehicle on July 20th whilst…

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Remanded on Double Murder Charge

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 26 October 1948 · page 1

Sydney, Monday: It was alleged at Liverpool Court today that a 20-year-old laborer, after returning home with a girl early…

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Wagga Magistrate Warns of Heavier Fines for Speeding

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 26 October 1948 · page 2

Many serious accidents had been caused by the speeding of heavy vehicles, said the police prosecutor (Sgt. G. Lithgow) in the Wagga Court yesterday. He was asking for deterrent penalties in two…

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Wagga Divorce Court Husband's Alleged Request to Friend—now Co-respondent

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 26 October 1948 · page 2

A Cootamundra salesman, who claimed he had asked a friend to marry his wife if he did not return after being taken to Broughton Hall reception house, Sydney, in 1945, yesterday named the friend as a…

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Court of Petit Sessions Monday, October 18 (Before Mr. E. Debenham S.M.) Alleged Breaking and Entering

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 26 October 1948 · page 1

Noel James Flood (21) and Leslie Joseph Allwood (20) were charged with that at Narandera on 3rd August, 1948, they old break and enter…

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Theft From Wheat Stack

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 27 October 1948 · page 2

Police are investigating the theft of £75 worth of galvanised iron and empty wheat bags from rail-side wheat stack at…

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Court of Petty Sessions Before Mr. C. Hubbard. J.P. Remanded on Theft Charge

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 27 October 1948 · page 2

John William Steel (42) was remanded until November 1, on a charge of having stolen one suitcase, one Jacket, one cap, one…

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Theft From Wheat Stack Near Barmedman

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 27 October 1948 · page 4

Police are investigating the theft of £75 worth of galvanised iron and empty wheat bags from a rail-side wheat stack at…

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Murder Charge at Moree

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 27 October 1948 · page 1

TAMWORTH, Tuesday: The brother of a woman who was shot dead while sitting in Hebber Street, Moree, this…

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Woman and Man on Murder Charge

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 27 October 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Peter Costello, 40, pensioner and Bellamere Rayner, 32, domestic, appeared at Central Court today…

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3 Months' Gaol for Cootamundra Man on False Pretences

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 27 October 1948 · page 4

A man sentenced in Wagga court yesterday to three months hard labor for false pretences was stated to have obtained amounts totalling £ 100 from different people in Wagga during September and early…

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Wagga Court Told of Husband's Alleged Threat to Co-Respondent

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 27 October 1948 · page 2

Told by an agitated husband to wait until he got a gun, he had departed in his stockinged feet and left his false teeth behind, a co-respondent said in the Wagga Supreme Court yesterday…

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