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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1941

600 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 19 of 30

Theft From Shire

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 19 August 1941 · page 1

Mr. F. A. Phillips, Bellingen Shire Clerk, reported to last meeting of his council that on 21st July last the small tool shed on Dorrigo Mountain…

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Struck Off Roll Solicitors in Gaol. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 19 August 1941 · page 4

Ronald Bruce Walker, former M.L.A., and Albert Levitus, who are in gaol following their conviction in the Woolcott Forbes conspiracy case, were…

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Small Debts Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 19 August 1941 · page 4

In the Small Debts Court at Grafton yesterday before Mr. R. M. Stewart, P.M., judgment was entered against the garnishee for £10189 in the…

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C.O.D. PARCELS Railway Official Charged Committed for Trial

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 19 August 1941 · page 4

Roy Alton Gale, porter at Coffs railway station, was committed by Mr. R. M. Stewart, P.M., at Coffs Police Court last Friday to stand his…

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Liquor at Dance Criticism Not of Police

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 19 August 1941 · page 2

Rev. G. A. Beatty writes:— It has been pointed out to me my letter in your issue of Friday on the matter of liquor at dances…

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Won Iron Cross Man Before Sydney Court Changed Name in Australia. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 21 August 1941 · page 4

In the Central Court to-day, Mr. Farrington, S.M., announced that Johann Curt Bornstein, of the city, was a German subject, born of German…

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Theft From Shire

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 22 August 1941 · page 2

Mr. F. A. Philips, Bellingen Shire Clerk, reported to last meeting of his council that on 21st July last the small tool shed on Dorrigo Mountain…

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Party Before Court

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 August 1941 · page 4

A party of five appeared before Mr. C. H. Blackmore, J.P., in the Court of Petty Sessions at Grafton yesterday morning and pleaded guilty to a charge…

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Drove Car While Under the Influence of Liquor Collided with Taxi Ebor Man Charged

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 22 August 1941 · page 1

Arthur Clyde Bourke, of the Main Toads Camp, Ebor. whose utility truck collided with a stationary taxi cab as it turned from Beardy-street…

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Police Net Over 30,000 ARRESTS Grave Unrest In France Round Up of Jews in Paris London

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 August 1941 · page 5

Grave unrest throughout France, culminating in the sabotage campaign against the Nazis' war effort, has led to the arrest of over 30,000 people,…

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Japan Is Told—"this Has Got to Stop" Blunt Warning in Churchill's Great Speech Terms of Atlantic Charter Pledge to Destroy Nazi Tyranny Guilty Nations Will Be Disarmed Britain and Us. Will Police World London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 August 1941 · page 5

The highlight in Mr. Churchill's eagerly awaited broadcast on his meeting with President Roosevelt was a warning to Japan that the menace to Thailand and Singapore—the British…

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Hysterical Woman Saved From Gaol by Doctor. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 August 1941 · page 1

A doctor to-day saved a woman from being sent to gaol for contempt of court on the grounds that she was "markedly hysterical," and would get…

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Goods Missing Store Broken Into Alleged Admission to Police

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 August 1941 · page 2

Goods to the value of more than £20 were found to be missing from F. R. Blood's store, South Grafton, as a result of intruders forcing bolts from the…

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Writ Served Against Anglican Archbishop Unusual Request to Court. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 August 1941 · page 2

Henry Milton Neville Short, industrial chemist, of Melbourne, to-day took out a Supreme Court writ against Dr. Head, Anglican Archbishop of…

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Alleged Assault Hindus In Court Case Dismissed

Daily Examiner · Friday 29 August 1941 · page 7

A fight between two Hindus which allegedly took place at Harwood Island on Sunday, August 10, resulting in one of the combatants being admitted to the…

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Charge of Murder Withdrawn by Police. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 30 August 1941 · page 3

The charge against Sarah Maude O'Brien, 29, and Bruce Edward Plunkett, 24, of having on July 2, at Sydney, murdered Dorothy Duckworth,…

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Police Patrol Truck

Daily Examiner · Saturday 30 August 1941 · page 4

The police patrol truck at Armidale. in charge of Constable H. Kelly, has been transferred to Moree. This change follows the reorganisation of the patrols…

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Doctor Charged Jury's Intimation Defendant Discharged. Hobart

Daily Examiner · Saturday 30 August 1941 · page 4

When a jury intimated that it held the view that a conviction could not be sustained on the Crown evidence, and questioned the wisdom of proceeding…

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Yamba Road Collision Court Sequel Information Dismissed

Daily Examiner · Saturday 30 August 1941 · page 2

Consequent on a collision between a motor truck and a sulky on the Yamba road on July 5, Frederick William Pegus, of Yamba, was charged in the…

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Suddenly Worse Laval's Condition Police Make Round Up to Prevent Disorders London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 30 August 1941 · page 5

Vichy messages state that Laval's condition has grown suddenly worse. There was a rise in his temperature this morning. Doctors are…

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