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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1941

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Two Soldiers Charged at Casino Assault--False Pretences "Despicable" Said Police Officer Lismore

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 August 1941 · page 4

Two soldiers appeared at the Casino Police Court to-day charged with assault and false pretences. They were described as Pte. Victor…

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Murder Verdict "I Choked My Wife" Wanted To Demonstrate Evidence in Coroner's Court Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 August 1941 · page 5

A police witness in the Coroner's Court to-day alleged that a man, after confessing that he had choked ?s wife, had to be restrained from…

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Sent to Gaol Threw Acid Over Man. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 9 August 1941 · page 5

James Whitelaw, 65, was sentenced to four years, and Thomas Turley, 55, to two and a half years' imprisonment at the Parramatta Quarter Sessions…

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Court Will Act If Stop-Work Meeting Is Held Warning to Storemen and Packers. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 9 August 1941 · page 5

In the Arbitration Court to-day. Mr. Justice O'Mara told a representative of the Storemen and Packers' Union that should the intended stop-work…

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Alleged Assault Skull Probably Fractured

Daily Examiner · Monday 11 August 1941 · page 4

Yesterday afternoon at Maclean, a Hindu named Doulty (28) is alleged to have been attacked with a stick by another Hindu, who has been arrested on…

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Alleged Assault Remand at Maclean

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 August 1941 · page 4

At the Maclean Police Court yesterday morning, before local justices. Lal Sing, 28, a Hindoo, was charged with assaulting Doulty, a Hindoo, at…

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Faked Evidence Woman Sent To Gaol Sequel to Breach of Promise Case. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 August 1941 · page 4

A sentence of 12 months' imprisonment was imposed on Florence Honeysett, 33, nursing assistant, at the Quarter Sessions to-day, on a charge of…

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Child's Death Man Before Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 August 1941 · page 4

As William Fisher, 65, printer, was being removed from the dock to the cells, at the Central Police Court today, a woman shouted, "You brute; I'll…

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Young Woman Punched And Kicked Attacker Police Searching for Man. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 August 1941 · page 4

A man who had been hiding in a dry canal on a vacant allotment attacked a young woman, tore her clothing and attempted to criminally assault…

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Police Supervision

Daily Examiner · Thursday 14 August 1941 · page 4

At Tuesday night's meeting of the Casino Municipal Council, the Mayor (Ald. A. E. Robinson)said that the local police force had been reduced from…

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Assault on Wife Farmer Pleads Guilty

Daily Examiner · Thursday 14 August 1941 · page 7

Before his Honor, Judge Storkey, V.C., at the Lismore Quarter Sessions on Tuesday, William John Hicks (52), farmer, of Lillian Rock, pleaded guilty…

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Murder and Suicide Follows Broken Engagement Young Melbourne Couple. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 14 August 1941 · page 4

Murder and suicide as a sequel to the breaking of an engagement occurred at Northcote to-day. The victims were Lorna Watson, 19,…

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Police Court

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 August 1941 · page 4

When Thomas Green, 48, laborer, pleaded guilty in the Grafton Police Court yesterday morning, before Mr. C. H. Blackmore, J.P.. to a charge of…

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Bonville Assault Case

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 15 August 1941 · page 2

The case in which Lloyd Lenon charged Joseph Anderson with assault at Bonville Railway Station and Anderson cross-charged Lenon with…

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Prison Terms Soldiers Sentenced Casino Policeman Assaulted Charge of False Pretences . LISMORE

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 August 1941 · page 4

Sentences totalling six months with hard labor were imposed on Pte. Victor Roy and Pte. William Allen Forest at the Casino court…

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Death Pact? Husband And Wife Attempted Murder Charge. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 August 1941 · page 4

when George Reginald walwyn Davis, 45, laborer, was charged in the Central Police Court to-day with attempting to murder his wife police…

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New Regulations For Conscientious Objectors Court to Decide. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 August 1941 · page 5

The Army Minister, Mr. Spender, announced to-day that he had drafted new National Security Regulations to enable conscientious objectors to obtain…

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Fines of £20 Each in Local S.P. Betting Cases Three Defendants Before Court

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 15 August 1941 · page 2

The District Police Magistrate, Mr. R. M. Stewart, paid his monthly visit to Dorrigo on Wednesday and dealt with the cases on hand,…

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Coff's Harbor Police Court Theft of Motor Tyres

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 19 August 1941 · page 3

At Coff's Harbor Police Court on Friday, before Mr. R. M. Stewart, P.M., George Herbert Styles was charged with having stolen two motor tyres and tubes and was fined £7…

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Sporting Gun Police Investigate Theft

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 19 August 1941 · page 3

Grafton police are still investigating the theft and subsequent recovery in different parts of the town of a valuable sporting gun and case belonging…

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