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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1940

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ON McFARLANE BRIDGE Alleged Negligent Driving Case at Maclean Police Court

Daily Examiner · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 2

At the Maclean Police Court on Wednesday, before Mr. N. L. Sheridan, P.M., the police proceeded against Arthur Alex Ridding on a charge of having…

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Found Dead Member Of A.I.F. Police Suspect Suicide. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 5

Harry Broad, 24, a member of the A.I.F., was found dead on the roof of a block of flats in Coogee this morning. A bullet wound was in his head, and…

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Officers Dismissed Laxity At Farm Home Sequel to Home Burglary. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 27 January 1940 · page 5

Grave laxity in certain sections of the administration of the Mittagong Farm Home for Boys has been found by the Public Service Board, the…

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Mannerheim Line Assault Critical Stage For Finns Passed Lapps Fighting Russians in North Germany "Maintains Neutrality In Conflict" LONDON

Daily Examiner · Saturday 27 January 1940 · page 5

The Russian plans to envelop the Mannerheim line by breaking through worth-east of Lake Ladoga seem doomed to failure. The invaders' general offensive has made minimum progress in the past five days. Though pressure against the Finnrh lines is maintained the…

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Counterfeit Notes Fivers Circulated Police Warning 13 Arrests. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 29 January 1940 · page 5

The Sydney police have issued a warning to all other States against the circulation of counterfeiter £5 notes. More than 200 of these notes were…

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Scaled Wall Prisoner Breaks Gaol. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 30 January 1940 · page 5

Police unsuccessfully searched to-day for Arthur Halliday, 30, who escaped from Brisbane gaol during a religious service yesterday afternoon by means…

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Forged Notes 12 Persons Charged Including One Woman Remands at Sydney Curt Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 30 January 1940 · page 4

Arising out of the distribution of forged £5 Commonwealth Bank [?]tes in the metropolitan area on Saturday 11 men and on woman were…

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Police Patrol Attempt At Theft Two Young Men Charged. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 31 January 1940 · page 2

According to evidence at the Central Police Court to-day Thomas Sydney McAlister (18) and Ernest Robertson (18) attempted last Saturday to steal…

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Assault Boats for Australian Army. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 31 January 1940 · page 5

The Minister for Supply and Development, Sir F. Stewart, announced today that Chapman Engineering Pty., Ltl., had been given a contract for the…

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Fine and Gaol An Automatic Pistol "Very Dangerous Man." Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 31 January 1940 · page 1

In addition to being fined £50, Daniel Kerry (25) was at the Central Police Court to-day sentenced to 12 months imprisonment for having carried an…

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£10,000 Fire Police Investigating. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 31 January 1940 · page 1

Damage estimated at £10,000 was caused by a fire which destroyed a hotel and eight shops at Nanango last night…

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Missing Man Found by Police. Darwin

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 31 January 1940 · page 1

Tramping for miles through flooded country, a party of constables and blacktrackers found Henry Cameron, 47, exhausted, starving and suffering…

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FORGED £5 Notes Two Men at Kogarah Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 31 January 1940 · page 5

Charged at the Kogarah Police Court to-day with having uttered a forged £5 note at a hotel at Kogarah on Saturday Allan Stanley Clayton (21) and Joseph…

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About a Dog Man Charged With Theft

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 2

A small white woolly dog was a central figure in Coffs Harbour Police Court this morning, obviously quite oblivious of the fact…

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Clash at Inquest Police And Coroner Inspector's Resentment Leaving with Soiled Hands. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 5

There is a strong possibility that the police will make application to the Supreme Court for the reopening of the inquest on the death of…

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A Marked Improvement In Prison Life at Grafton Gaol

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 February 1940 · page 4

Conditions during the past twelve months have transformed this place of detention from a comparative "Old Men's Home" to a very busy, institution…

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Theft of Dog At Coff's Harbor Man Fined

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 February 1940 · page 2

At Coff's Harbor Police Court on Friday, Oswald Kenny (48), of Tyndale, an unemployed fireman, was charged with having stolen a smal…

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Two Inquests May Be Reopened Police Chief's Application Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 February 1940 · page 4

It is now considered certain that the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Mackay, will apply to the Supreme Court for an order to have two inquests…

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Soldiers Sentenced Stole Military Clothes. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 February 1940 · page 5

Kenneth Frederick Tunbridge and William Lauder Carruthers, both members of the A.I.F., were sentenced to one month's gaol by the Magistrate,…

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Riot Sequel Two on Assault Charges. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 February 1940 · page 5

Arising out of the disturbance between soldier's and civilians in the Haymarket on Saturday night Ronald Scott, 22, and John Patrick Small, 19…

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