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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1941

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Woman Strangled Surry Hills Tragedy Man Charged with Murder. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 28 July 1941 · page 2

Mrs. Marie Kelly, 42, was strangled to-night in her bedroom in a Surry Hills residential. A man, aged 48, has been charged…

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Murder Suspected Melbourne Woman's Death. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 28 July 1941 · page 5

Police believe Mrs. Edna Pearce (29), who was found dead in her bed in an apartment house in Bank street, Melbourne, last night, was murdered…

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Police Raise £10,817 "War Gifts."

Daily Examiner · Monday 28 July 1941 · page 4

Northern Rivers' police have sent £10,817 to the Federal Treasurer as a gift "for the prosecution of the war." The money was raised by police in the…

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Man Remanded on Charge of Murder. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 29 July 1941 · page 4

Francis Joseph Kelly, 47 was remanded at the Central Police Court to-day until August 5, on a charge of having murdered Muriel Kelly, at…

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False Pretences Two Charges Presented Mechanic in Court Out on Bond; Discharged

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 29 July 1941 · page 2

Pleading not guilty to a charge that on July 14 he unlawfully imposed on Charles Israel Imeson by means of false representation that he was the…

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District Court Action

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 30 July 1941 · page 4

Among the cases listed for hearing in the Grafton District Court to-day before his Honor Judge Shortland is the claim of Oswald Kelly against…

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Aged Man's Theft Ordered To Enter Bond Grafton Quarter Sessions

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 30 July 1941 · page 2

On a charge of having stolen £3317 the property of Cyril Walter Freeman, at Grafton on March 30, John William Short, 61, was found guilty in the…

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Sent Ot Gaol Failed to Provide for Children Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 30 July 1941 · page 3

For failing to provide his children with adequate food, clothing and lodging. Frederick Morton, of Carlton, well known street singer, was sentenced…

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Maclean Police Court Stolen Blanket

Daily Examiner · Thursday 31 July 1941 · page 2

Three young men from Coffee Camp, near Lismore, were fined at the Maclean Police Court yesterday (Wednesday), before Mr. F. M. Stewart, P.M.,…

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Grafton District Court

Daily Examiner · Thursday 31 July 1941 · page 4

In the Grafton District Court yesterday before his Honor Judge Shortland, an order was made for the payment of £1262 out of court to the…

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Damages Awarded Alice Street Collision District Court Hearing

Daily Examiner · Thursday 31 July 1941 · page 3

Damages amounting to £19186 were awarded to Oswald Kelly, engine driver, Grafton, by Judge Shortland, in the Grafton District Court yesterday,…

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Will Hold Inquiry Allegations Of Graft Police Commissioner Moves. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 31 July 1941 · page 5

The Police Commissioner, Mr. Mackay, stated to-day that he would conduct an inquiry into the allegations of graft in the police force over sly grog…

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Burnt Hotel Licensing Court Order

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 1 August 1941 · page 2

The Licensing Court, sitting at Port Macquarie last. Tuesday, made an order that the Star Hotel, at Wauchope, destroyed by fire in…

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Russian Aristocrat Adopts Bungalow Life Mrs. Friedman Recalls Czarist Court

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 August 1941 · page 3

Living in a small bungalow in Vaucluse, one of Sydney's garden suburbs bordering the harbor, Ignaz Friedman, the, great Polish pianist, and his wife have quickly adapted themselves to Australian life. To be settled in one place for any…

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Laborer Charged "Death Pact" Alleged. Objection to Bail. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 August 1941 · page 5

The Police Prosecutor in the Central Police Court to-day alleged a "death pact" when asking that Reginald Walwyn Davis be refused bail…

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Murder Charge Husband For Trial. Two Others Remanded. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 August 1941 · page 5

The City Coroner, Mr. E. T. Oram, to-day committed for trial Richard James Duckworth. 33, on a charge of murdering his wife, Doris Irene…

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£8000 WILL Children In Court No Forgery, Says Judge. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 August 1941 · page 7

Mr. Justice Nicholas, in the Probate Court to-day, in a reserved judgment, stated that the allegations of conspiracy to forge a signature to the will of John…

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Bath Salts Woman's £5000 Appeal Dismissed by High Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 August 1941 · page 7

The High Court to-day unanimously dismissed the appeal of Margaret Levi, 22, of Manly, resulting from her claim for £5000 from Colgate, Palmolive, Pty.,…

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Two Arrests Hen in A.I.F. UNIFORM Excitement At Casino Assault on Police Alleged Lismore

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 August 1941 · page 4

Two men in A.I.F. uniform who have been entertained at Casino as wounded soldiers home after fighting in Greece and Crete, gave the Casino…

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Judge Caustic Bigamous Marriage Two Men Before Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 August 1941 · page 4

Caustic comment was made by Judge Studdert at the Darlinghurst Sessions to-day, when Michael William Roach, 25, and Leslie Charles Cox, 21, came…

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