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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1940

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Ulmarra Court of Petty Sessions

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 October 1940 · page 3

Before Mr. A. J. Bryant, P.M., at the [?]lmarra Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, Arthur George Moran, of Ulmarra, was charged on two counts of…

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Court Orders Curfew Young Man Released on Bond. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 October 1940 · page 3

Found guilty of robbery after a [?]rinking bout, Mervyn John Richard [?] 21, of Albert Park, was released on £10 bond in the General Sessions…

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Missing Bicycles Police Looking For Owners Descriptions of Machines

Daily Examiner · Thursday 10 October 1940 · page 4

Detective Constable Dallas, of the Grafton police station, is anxious to locate the owners of a number of bicycles which have been found…

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"Collectors" for Taxation Dept. Story In Court Tabulam Grazier's Money Lismore

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 October 1940 · page 4

How three men called at his place at Paddy's Flat, near Tabulam, on July 23, and one who said his name was Hamilton said he was from the…

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Sentence Reduced Miner Gaoled for Theft. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 October 1940 · page 2

The Full Court reduced the sentence imposed on George Percival Johnston, 51, gold miner, of Port Kembla, from five years to three…

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Girl Abducted Man Rim a Rifle Threatens Her Parents Police Scouring Country Aberdeen

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 October 1940 · page 5

A large squad of police and black-trackers are searching the country between Aberdeen and Dorrigo for a man who is alleged to have forced…

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High Court Judge Successor To Dr. Evatt Mr. Justice Williams Appointed. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 October 1940 · page 2

Mr. Justice Dudley Williams, of the Equity Court, has been appointed to the High Court of Australia to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of…

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Girl's Death Old Woman Charged with Murder. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 October 1940 · page 4

A charge of having murdered Edna Milburn, 20, on Friday, was presented against Caroline Emma Marval, 79, of Norwood, at Adelaide Police Court…

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Missing Couble Walked Into Police Station Man Charged. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 October 1940 · page 4

While police and a blacktracker were searching the mountainous Dangarfield district for a man and a girl, who had been missing since last…

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5000 Attend Lismore Police Sports. Lismore

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 October 1940 · page 2

A crowd estimated at more than 5000 attended the police sports to -day. It was the largest crowd ever seen at a sporting fixture in Lismore…

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Brick Cos. Monopoly Alleged Twenty-Eight Charged Case in Equity Court Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 October 1940 · page 5

In the Equity Court to-day before Mr. Justice Nicholas an agreement entered into by 33 brick companies in 1934 "to promote the manufacture and…

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Police Carnival at Lismore

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 October 1940 · page 4

A huge crowd, the largest for many years packed the Lismore Recreation Ground on Saturday afternoon, when they were entertained by the Police…

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Apex Court of Injustice £150 Raised for War Fund

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 October 1940 · page 2

Although the final figures have not yet been completed it is expected that the Apex Club's mock trial, run during the recent Carnival Week, in…

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Metal Trades Arbitration Court Case Essington Lewis Subpoenaed Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 October 1940 · page 2

The Director-General of Munitions, Mr. Essington Lewis, is to be subpoenaed, following the failure of his department to provide facts needed in…

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Dagger in Breast Woman Found Dead Husband Charged with Murder. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 16 October 1940 · page 4

Mrs. Dolores Patricia Gale was found dead in her bed this morning with a French dagger plunged to the shaft in her breast. A blood-soaked pillow was…

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"Public Mischief" Charge Against Youth Alleged False Statements to Police. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 16 October 1940 · page 4

George Alfred Dutton, 19, night watchman, was at the Quarter Sessions to-day convicted, after 19 hours' retirement of the jury, of having effected a…

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Unique Incident In Sydney Supreme Court Juryman Called to Sit on Own Case. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 16 October 1940 · page 4

In the Supreme Court to-day Albert James Peel was summoned as a juryman to try a motor accident case in which he was the defendant…

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"Posed As Naval Officer" Sentenced For Vagrancy Coff's Harbor Police Court

Daily Examiner · Thursday 17 October 1940 · page 7

At the Coff's Harbor Police Court on Monday last Terrence Williamson, aged 31, was charged with vagrancy and sentenced to three months' gaol, with hard labor. The…

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£15,000 ACTION Sequal To Court Case Slander and Libel Alleged

Daily Examiner · Thursday 17 October 1940 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Wednesday. Mrs. N. Isaacs, of St. Kilda, to-day took out a Supreme Court writ claiming £15,000 damages for alleged…

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Mother of 18 One Month's Gaol for Theft. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 18 October 1940 · page 3

Charlotte Thompson (42), who has eighteen children, was sentenced one month's hard labor at the Central Police Court to-day for stealing 11…

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