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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1948

1,290 stories in Riverina's papers · page 60 of 65

Man Charged Over Bail

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 23 November 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: Dudley Williams, 35, clerk, was charged today in the Central Court with having collected £100 lodged as…

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Police Promotions

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 23 November 1948 · page 2

LEFTON, Monday: First-class Sergeant T Heffernan, of the Leeton police, has been promoted to the rank of inspector…

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Wagga Court Items

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 23 November 1948 · page 2

A MAN whom police alleged was betting at the Black Swan Hotel. North Wagga, on Saturday afternoon was fined…

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Court of Petty Sessions (Before Mr. E. Debenham, S.m.) Monday, 16th NOVEMBER

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 23 November 1948 · page 1

James Maybury, 45, on a charge of brine found drunk on the railway platform on 13th November, did not appear and his recognisance (10/-)…

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Sentenced To Death

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 25 November 1948 · page 1

THE DEATH SENTENCES on General Tojo. wartime Premier and War Minister, and six other Japanese war leaders were…

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Police Warning

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 25 November 1948 · page 2

Wagga police have received a complaint of newly du[?] buses being scratched by children. It was stated last night that in…

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Wagga Police Probe Fire

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 25 November 1948 · page 2

Wagga police are investigating the fire which destroyed a semitrailer and cargo (worth £17,000 in all) at Borambola…

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Le Gallien Murder Trial Opens in Sydney; Crown Story of Allegations

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 25 November 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: The Crown Prosecutor, Mr. C. V. Rooney K.C told a Central Criminal Court jury today that if they accepted the evidence of five youths they would find, that Charles Ivan Le Gallien was an unnatural son who longed for, and plotted, his father's death…

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National Health Scheme Govt. to Pay Half Fees Charged by Doctors; More Services Later

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 25 November 1948 · page 1

CANBERRA, Wednesday: The bill authorising the Government to launch a National Health Service was introduced in the Senate tonight by the Minister for Health (Senator McKenna)…

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Dutch Charged

Daily Advertiser · Friday 26 November 1948 · page 3

PARIS, Thursday: The Indonesian Republican Government. In a statement circulated among U.N.O. delegations, charges…

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Traffic Cases at Leeton Police Court

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 26 November 1948 · page 1

The following traffic cases were dealt with at the Leeton police court on the 12th inst. Lionel Joseph Crump was fined…

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Boxer Charged With Abduction

Daily Advertiser · Friday 26 November 1948 · page 2

ADELAIDE, Thursday: A 24-year-old boxer, Norman Richards, appeared at Alice Springs today charged with the…

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Police Officer Congratulated On Promotion to Acting Inspector a Court House Function

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 26 November 1948 · page 1

PRIOR to the commencement of of proceedings at the Leeton police court on Tuesday morning the Stipendiary magistrate…

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Car Extensively Damaged in Collision With Semi-trailer Accident on Leeton-narrandera Road Has Police Court Sequel

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 26 November 1948 · page 3

EXCITING moments when a motor car and a heavily loaded semi-trailer truck collided on the Leeton-Narrandera road with an impact that tore the hood off the car and flung it up against a load of wheat at the rear of the frailer, as well as…

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Court of Petty Sessions Tuesday, November 20 (Before Mr. C. L. Fischer, J.P.)

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 26 November 1948 · page 2

James Shepherd (38) was charged with being found drunk in East Street. He was also charged with behaving in an indecent manner…

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Le Gallien Breaks Down During His Evidence Charged With Murdering Father

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 27 November 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: Charles Ivan Le Gallien, 17, charged with murder, broke down and wept in the Central Criminal Court today when he described how his father was fatally stabbed in a struggle on…

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Police Guard at Bedside

Daily Advertiser · Monday 29 November 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday: A police guard has been placed in a ward in Prince Alfred Hospital, where a man is lying critically injured…

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Taxi Driver on Murder Charge

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 30 November 1948 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Monday: A taxi driver who tried to gas himself after allegedly strangling his wife, was today…

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Police Probe Woman's Death

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 30 November 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: Detectives have opened inquiries into the possibilities that a woman drug addict who died in Sydney…

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High Court Dismisses Divorce Appeal

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 30 November 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: The High Court today dismissed an appeal by a South Australian woman against a Divorce Court…

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