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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1941

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'Ware These Fellows! Photograph "Racket" Police Warning

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 26 September 1941 · page 5

Police this week warned the public to examine carefully offers by canvassers to supply photographic enlorgements and oil painting copies of…

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Timber Claim Interesting Gase at Coramba Court

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 26 September 1941 · page 3

Mr. R. M. Stewart, P.M., had to depend mainly upon custom in making his decision in an interesting timber case before him at Coramba…

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Angry Court Clash Solicitor's Accusation One Time Practised in Dorrigo

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 26 September 1941 · page 4

An angry scene occurred in Paddington Court recently when one solicitor accused another of taking his writing pad, containing his notes, and…

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Talkies Saraton. "North-west Mounded Police."

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 30 September 1941 · page 3

Cecil B. De Mille's technicolor masterpiece, "North-West Mounted Police," will have its local premiere to-night at the Saraton, starring Gary Cooper and Madeline Carroll, and…

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Liquor in Clubs Not After Six O'Clock Licensing Magistrate's Ruling. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 30 September 1941 · page 5

The Chief Licensing Magistrate, Mr. Scobie, to-day ruled that club members were not entitled to be served with liquor after 6 p.m. He held that a club…

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Child Found Dead Police Break Into Room. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 30 September 1941 · page 5

A six-year-old girl, whose father died in March and whose mother is now in the Reception House, was found dead at a house in Newtown to-day. She was…

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Maclean Police Court Liquor to Aboriginal

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 October 1941 · page 3

At the Maclean Police Court on Monday morning, before local Justices of the Peace. James Patrick Barret was charged that on September 27 he supplied a person apparently…

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Talkies Saraton "North-west Mounted Police."

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 October 1941 · page 3

Cecil B. De Mille's super technicolor masterpiece, "North-West Mounted Police." with Gary Cooper and Madeline Carroll in the top starring roles will be screened again to-night…

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COURT-MARTIAL Two Airmen Charged Trouble at Benalla Air School. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 October 1941 · page 2

The Minister for Air, Mr. McEwen, revealed to-night that a number of noncommissioned officers and men at Benalla Air School had been…

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Denies Guilt Murder of Child. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 October 1941 · page 2

A denial that he had committed the crime was made by William Fisher, 65, in the Central Criminal Court to-day when his trial of having murdered…

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Talkies Saraton. ''North-west Mounted Police."

Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 October 1941 · page 6

Produced in glorious technicolor, Cecil B. De Mille's screen masterpiece "North-West Mounted Police," with an all-star cast, headed by Gray Cooper and Madeline Carroll, will be…

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Mt. Isa Murder Man Committed for Trial. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 October 1941 · page 4

At Mt. Isa court to-day George Elias was committed for trial at Townsville on November 24 on a charge of having wilfully murdered Naum Poplo on…

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Believed Drowned Three Children Missing Police Fail to Locate Them. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 October 1941 · page 5

Three children, the eldest five years of age, failed to return from the Auburn Seventh Day Adventist School this afternoon, and search by a large…

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Court at Hospital Death Of Child Mother on £80 Bail. Lismore

Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 October 1941 · page 4

At a special court sitting at the Casino Hospital this afternoon, Theresa Brown, 23, was charged with feloniously slaying her unnamed child…

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Charge of Murder Woman Remanded. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 3 October 1941 · page 5

At a Court of Petty Sessions at the Reception House to-day Myra Rita Ellefsen, 31, was charged with having at Newtown on September 29, murdered…

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Czech Premier Sentenced to Death Unrest Continues More Acts of Sabotage London

Daily Examiner · Friday 3 October 1941 · page 5

A German People's Court sentenced to death General Elias, the Czech Premier, who was arrested at the week-end, says the German News…

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Death of Child Charge Of Murder Aged Man Declares Innocence. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 3 October 1941 · page 5

From the witness box at the Central Criminal Court to-day William Fisher, 65, printer, declared that he was innocent of the charge against him, of…

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Air Trainees Face Court-Martial Six Remanded in Custody. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 3 October 1941 · page 5

The failure of seven men to attend a parade at the Benalla Elementary Flying Training School resulted in seven men facing a general…

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Murder Charge Evidence Of Doctor About Blood on Clothing. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 4 October 1941 · page 4

"I never report positive findings which may leave a shadow of doubt, particularly in a case in which a man is on trial for his life." That dramatic…

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Death Sentence Murder Of Girl Trial Lasted Six Days. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 October 1941 · page 6

After a trial lasting six days, William Fisher, 65, printer, was found guilty of the murder of Jeanette Walsh aged three, and was sentenced to death…

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