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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1941

600 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 8 of 30

Second Picture Show District Court Appeal

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 28 March 1941 · page 4

Stanley G. Robinson, who managed the "Boomerang" Theatre at Taree for his father prior to its being sold several years ago for £16,000 to…

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Petition Withdrawn Conjugal Rights Supreme Court at Grafton

Daily Examiner · Friday 28 March 1941 · page 7

In the Supreme Court at Grafton yesterday before Mr. Justice L. J. Herron, the case was mentioned in which Percy Clyde Hardaker, of…

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Divorce Court Wife's Petition Succeeds Husband's Story Rejected Cross-suit From Timmsvale

Daily Examiner · Friday 28 March 1941 · page 7

A decree nisi, returnable in six months, was secured yesterday in the Supreme Court, Grafton, by Mrs. iris Rose Anderson, of Lowanna, for…

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Keren Falls to British Assault Italians Bombed As They Retreat Indians Beat Back Counter-attacks Spectacular Ending To Drawn Out Battle LONDON

Daily Examiner · Saturday 29 March 1941 · page 5

British armored units entered Keren at 7 a.m. yesterday morning, after hours of a thunderous artillery barrage. The Italians, streaming in the direction of Asmara, are being shelled and bombed. They are also under the fire of British infantry holding the…

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District Court Claim For Commission

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 1 April 1941 · page 1

In the District Court at Bellingen last week, before His Honor Judge Storkey, V.C., Arthur A. Begg, auctioneer, Coffs Harbour, claimed…

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Quarter Sessions and District Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 April 1941 · page 4

The Quarter Sessions and District Court will commence at Grafton today before His Honor, Judge Storkey, V.C. Among the Quarter Session…

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Month's Gaol Perth Woman Sentenced on Disaffection Charge. Perth

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 April 1941 · page 7

After being sentenced to one month's imprisonment for attempting to cause disaffection among his Majesty's forces, a middle-aged woman was escorted…

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Hearing Adjourned Partnership Claim District Court Matter

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 April 1941 · page 1

In the District Court, held at Grafton yesterday, before Judge Storkey, V.C. the action was mentioned in which Leonard Cheers Lawson, of Grafton,…

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Case Settled Husband And Wife District Court at Grafton

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 April 1941 · page 6

In the District Court at Grafton yesterday, before his Honor, Judge Storkey, V.C., Ada Eva Tibbett, of Southgate road, sued her husband,…

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Damages Claimed Alleged Breach Of Promise District Court Claim Settled

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 April 1941 · page 2

In the District Court, at Grafton, before Judge Storkey, V.C., yesterday, Rosie Irene Amos, of Woolgoolga, spinster, claimed £150 damages from…

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Court Judgment Asked To Be Set Aside Case From Coff's Harbor

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 April 1941 · page 6

Esther Dark, of Coff's Harbor, executrix of the estate of the late Roy Dark, storekeeper, obtained a judgment in the District Court at Bellingen, on…

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Appeal Dismissed Roche Will Case Brisbane Full Court Decision. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 April 1941 · page 4

Brisbane's Full court to-day dismissed the appeal of Edwin Claude Helton, storekeeper, Augathella, from the decision of Justice Macrossan in…

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Nine Months' Gaol Maclean Burglary Case "Prisoner Is a Good Worker."

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 April 1941 · page 7

James Lawson appeared in the Quarter Sessions at Grafton yesterday, before Judge Storkey, V.C., for sentence oh a charge of having broken…

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Bicycle Parts Recovered by Police

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 April 1941 · page 4

Following investigations by Detective Constable D. C. Dallas and Constable E. McInnes. of the Grafton police, a number of bicycle parts reported…

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District Court Judgment Applications

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 April 1941 · page 7

In the District Court at Grafton, before Judge Storkey, V.C., A. Tofler and Co., of Prince street, Grafton, judgment creditor, applied for the oral…

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Gaol Escape Ex-Warder Acquitted "Rope Fastened to Wall" Maitland

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 April 1941 · page 4

Charged with having aided the escape of William Burney and Robert Sidney Jones, a former warder at Maitland gaol. Arthur Edward Hector…

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Alleged Assault On A.I.F. Member Camp Guards Accused. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 April 1941 · page 4

Sensational allegations regarding the alleged ill-treatment of a soldier at Holds worthy military detention camp were made by Mr. Ward (Lab., N.S.W.)…

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District Court E. Dark v. Y. Lindsay

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 4 April 1941 · page 4

The case in which Esther Dark, executrix in the eslate of the late Roy Dark, storekeeper, Coffs Harbour, sued Victor C. Lindsay, carrier of…

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Police Promotions. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 April 1941 · page 3

Police promotions announced to-day include the following:--Sergeant, third class, to be sergeant second class, J. K. McKenzie. Lismore; Constable, first…

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Girl's Death Two Charged with Murder. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 7 April 1941 · page 6

Following the death of a 19-year-old girl at her home in North Fitzroy on March 31. two women were charged with murder at the City Watch House…

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