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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1939

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Prisoner Escapes From Fremantle Gaol. Perth

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 December 1939 · page 6

Herman Sutton, 45, who was undergoing a long term of imprisonment, escaped from outside Fremantle gaol yesterday, and is still at large…

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Murder Charges Two In Melbourne Ferntree Gully Shooting. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 December 1939 · page 7

Two men were charged with murde in the City Court to-day. Morris Ansell, 19, laborer, of Carlton, was remanded on a charge of having…

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War Summary U.S. Neutrality Belt Bessarabia And Russia Nazis Murder Fishermen Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 December 1939 · page 5

(Daily war commentary, issued by the Department of intimation. History repeats itself upon the Dogger Bank, the famous sea area of…

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Grafton Police Court Festive Season Cases

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 December 1939 · page 2

At the Grafton Police Court yesterday morning, before Mr. A. J. Bryant, P.M., William John Casey (22) and Frank Alston (19), both pleaded…

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Digger's Complaint Police Took His Girl Away Charge of Stealing. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 December 1939 · page 4

Charged at Paddington Police Court to-day with the theft of £40 worth of property from a Double Bay residence. Jan Francissen, laborer,…

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Early Morning Court

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 December 1939 · page 4

Prior to leaving for Coff's Harbor where he was to spend Boxing Day on Tuesday Mr. A. J. Bryant, P.M., sat at the Grafton Police Court at 7 a.m…

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Police Search For Missing Engineer Never Reached Destination. Lismore

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 December 1939 · page 4

An intensive police search is being carried out for Cyril Morris (35), assistant engineer of engineer Shire Council, Lismore, who has been missing…

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Three Months Defendant Sentenced Vagrancy Charge

Daily Examiner · Saturday 30 December 1939 · page 1

Arthur Wilson was sentenced to three months' imprisonment by Mr. A. J. Bryant, P.M., at the Grafton Courthouse yesterday morning on a charge…

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Divorce Court Strain on Judge. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 30 December 1939 · page 3

Consideration was being given to inhering the strain upon the Divorce Court Judge by delegating more preliminary matters to the Registrar on…

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Grim Find Orchardists Suicide Following Police Move Wife Drowned in a Well Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 30 December 1939 · page 5

Allan Ford Dunstan. 4S. orchardist Sackville, near Windsor, was to-day found on his property with the top of his head blown off by two charges…

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