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Courts & crime, 1948

1,290 stories in Riverina's papers · page 56 of 65

Dept. Charged at Air Crash Probe

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 28 October 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Basil South Brown, manager of East-West Airlines, told the Air Court of Inquiry into the Lutana…

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Woman Collapses at Double Murder Inquest

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 28 October 1948 · page 1

LITHGOW, Wednesday: A woman witness collapsed while she was giving evidence today at the inquest, into the deaths of two murder victims, James Lyon Walker Barton, 50, and Miss Louie Loveday…

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Police Check on Betting Swindle

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 28 October 1948 · page 6

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Detectives are investigating what appears to be a nation-wide attempted swindle based on…

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Judge Refuses to Hear Case in Wagga Court

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 28 October 1948 · page 2

Judge Berne said at the Wagga Quarter Session yesterday that he would not hear the trial of a man charged with…

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Man Charged; Woman and Family Attacked

Daily Advertiser · Friday 29 October 1948 · page 1

MACLEAN, Thursday: Police today detained a man and took possession of a blood-stained claw hammer following the…

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Man Charged After Deaths of Young Couple

Daily Advertiser · Friday 29 October 1948 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday: A sequel to the tragic deaths of two young people was the appearance at the City Coro[?]…

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Police Ask for Information

Daily Advertiser · Friday 29 October 1948 · page 2

In connection with the fatal accident on Wollundry Bridge last Friday night, police nave received information that some…

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Detective Tells of Short Story on Double Murder

Daily Advertiser · Friday 29 October 1948 · page 2

LITHGOW, Thursday: One of the stories included in a magazine in the Wallerawang homestead bedroom of William Benjamin Harvey-Bugg told of a double killing on a Sunday morning, a detective told…

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Heavily Armed Police Force For E. Germany Soviet Move Worries Western Powers

Daily Advertiser · Friday 29 October 1948 · page 1

BERLIN, Thursday (A.A.P.): The Russians have planned a police force of 200,000 men in the Soviet Zone of Germany, partly armed with mortars, heavy machineguns and armored cars. However, no effort…

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Court of Petty Sessions TUESDAY, 25th OCTOBER (Before Mr. E. Dcbenham, S.M.) Driving Horse and Sulky Whilst Intoxicated

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 29 October 1948 · page 2

William Charles Edward Millard (46) was charged with that on 23rd October, whilst under the influence of intoxicating liquor, he drove a horse…

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Court of Petty Sessions (Today) Before Mr. W. Finlay, S.M.., Theft From Railway

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 1 November 1948 · page 2

Remanded from October 29, John William Steel (42) was fined £5 for having stolen one suit case, one jacket, one cap,…

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Charges of Forgery and Stealing Against Young Man Allegation That District Grazier’s Cheque Was Stolen

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 1 November 1948 · page 1

In, the Gundagai Court of Petty Sessions, last Saturday a young farm labourer, Frederick Sarsfield, aged 18 years, was…

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Vienna Murder Robbery the Motive

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 2 November 1948 · page 1

VIENNA, Tuesday.—American officials in Vienna say that robbery, was the motive for the murder on Sunday of American…

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Wagga Court Items

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 2 November 1948 · page 2

THE licensee of a Wagga wine saloon was fined £10 by Mr. A. V. Quiggin, S.M., at the Wagga Court yesterday for…

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Court Costs Increased

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 2 November 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: An increase in court costs was announced today. Offenders fined in courts of…

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Increase in Court Costs

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 2 November 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—An increase in court costs has been announced. Offenders fined in Courts of…

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Police Probe in Barmedman's Second Fire

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 2 November 1948 · page 1

A general store at Barmedman, gutted by fire on Sunday night, was guarded by police last night pending the arrival of a member…

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Police Probe Second Fire at Barmedman

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 2 November 1948 · page 1

A general store at Barmedman, gutted by fire on Sunday night, was guarded by police last night pending the arrival of a member of the Arson Squad from Sydney this morning…

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Rommel's Death "Murder"

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 3 November 1948 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Tues (AAP): Former Nail general (Wilhelm Keitel), has confessed to American investigators that he…

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Remanded on Double Murder Charge

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 3 November 1948 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Mr. Debenham, S.M., said at Liverpool Court today that it was tragic that a father and…

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