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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1941

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Assault Charge Women Convicted Mother and Daughter. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 25 January 1941 · page 5

Mrs. Fay Mahoney and her daughter. Esther Mahoney, 23, were convicted at Paddington Police Court to-day on a charge of having assaulted William…

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Not a Vagrant Jehovah's Witness Charge At Ballina Court "No Direct Evidence" Lismore

Daily Examiner · Saturday 25 January 1941 · page 4

Without hearing evidence for the defence the Police Magistrate at Ballina Court to-day dismissed the charge against James Hall, 23, an…

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Costly Transfers Police Patrol Officers Taxpayers to Foot Bill

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 January 1941 · page 2

The Mayor of Grafton, Ald. E. H. Chataway, who is president of the Grafton Road Safety Council, made a strong protest at the Week-end against…

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Cowardly Theft

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 28 January 1941 · page 2

The audacity and lack of common decency in some thieving individuals is beyond comprehension in a community of decent people. Last…

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Police Court Cases At Copmanhurst Threatening Words Alleged. Copmanhurst

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 29 January 1941 · page 4

In the Court of Petty Sessions, held at Copmanhurst to-day, before Mr. A. J. Bryant, P.M., Lincoln Edward Layton of Copmanhurst, farmer,…

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Maclean Police Court Alleged Assault

Daily Examiner · Thursday 30 January 1941 · page 7

At the Maclean Police Court yesterday, before Mr. A. J. Bryant, P.M., Mr. W. B. Fleming appeared on behalf of Albert Biddle, who brought action…

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Opinions of Our Readers Police Patrol

Daily Examiner · Thursday 30 January 1941 · page 2

Sir,--In noting the protects in letters from readers of the "Daily Examiner" because of the removal of members of the police patrol from the district, I…

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Riots in Italy Police Fire on Crowds Demand For Peace Striking Workmen Demonstrate London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 30 January 1941 · page 5

Numerous sources carry reports of further rioting in Italy. Fascist police are reported to have been forced to fire on demonstrators at Trieste…

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Taree Burglary

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 31 January 1941 · page 3

A passerby noticed that the front door of Mr. H. Mclnnis' small grocery shop in Taree was open last Sunday morning, and informed tlie owner…

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Strange Assault Case

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 31 January 1941 · page 2

When the wife of Mr. C. W. Kemp, of Lidcombe, became hysterical in a train. James F. Cockburn, of Burwood, slapped her in the face to…

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Remanded on Stealing Charge

Daily Examiner · Friday 31 January 1941 · page 4

William Bruce Mayne, 32, laborer, appeared before Mr. A. J. Bryant, P.M., at the Grafton Court of Petty Sessions yesterday on a charge that…

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Five Years for Looting London A.f.s. Men Sentenced

Daily Examiner · Friday 31 January 1941 · page 1

At the Central Criminal Court, London, towards the end of last year, the Common Sergeant (Mr. Cecil Whiteley, K.C.) sentenced six auxiliary firemen,…

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Theft Charge Refugee's Jewellery. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 3 February 1941 · page 3

A man was arrested yesterday and charged with having stolen £800 worth of jewellery from an Australian refugee, a widow…

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Rutherford's Books Distribution At Pt. Augusta Police Investigating. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Monday 3 February 1941 · page 4

Police at Port Augusta are investigating the distribution of hundreds of Judge Rutherford's books in the district. The literature was printed by the…

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Held Up at Revolver Point Taxi Driver's Story Police Make Arrest Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 3 February 1941 · page 4

William Valentine Chatfield, taxi-driver, was held up at revolver point late last night by a passenger who did not pay his fare…

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Rumania Thousands Still in Gaol". London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 February 1941 · page 5

The German new agency quotes an official Rumanian communique as saying that order had been maintained throughout the country during the past…

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Wild Scenes Riots at Johannesburg Police, Soldiers, Civilians 140 Admitted to Hospital Johannesburg

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 February 1941 · page 5

There were wild scenes in the heart of Johannesburg, the capital of the Transvaal province of South Africa, last night and early to-day, when…

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Comforts Stolen Gaol For Two Men Raid on Pyjamas. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 February 1941 · page 2

Two men were sentenced to gaol in the City Court to-day for stealing Comforts Fund goods. They were Neville John Macdonald, 23, motor driver, of…

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Police Raid On Jehovah's Witnesses Story in Brisbane Court. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 February 1941 · page 1

When two brothers were charged to-day, following a police raid on the headquarters of Jehovah's Witnesses, a dramatic story was told of an…

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FINED £100 Plus 12 Months' Gaol Carried Unlicensed Pistol. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 8 February 1941 · page 5

Vincent Barton Hall, 28, was fined £100 and sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment to-day at Newtown Court, for carrying an unlicensed pistol at…

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