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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1942

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Man's Evidence Wouldn't Defend Wife Against Japanese Assault

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 14 April 1942 · page 4

BRISBANE, Mon.— "I would not lift my hand to prevent a Japanese from assaulting my wife," said Frederick Henry Bailey, 36,…

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Mrs. Thompson To Be Released To-day Was Sentenced to Death

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 14 April 1942 · page 4

SYDNEY, Mon.— Finis was written to-night to one of the most heartrending domestic tragedies in the annals of…

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Ship's Crew 23 Men Before Court Darwin Thefts Alleged

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 14 April 1942 · page 4

BRISBANE, Mon.— When 23 members of a ship's crew came before a Brisbane Court to-day on a charge of having in their…

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Sittings To-day Quarter Sessions and District Court at Grafton

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 14 April 1942 · page 2

Judge Storkey, V.C., will preside at the sittings of the Quarter Sessions and the District Court at Grafton to-day. The…

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Girl's Death Uncle Charged with Murder

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 April 1942 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tues.— At the Central Criminal Court today the trial or William Ernest McDonald. 40, on a charge of murdering June…

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Boy of 15 Charged with Murder

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 April 1942 · page 2

MELBOURNE. Tues.— Charged with having murdered his father. Leslie Edward Mansfield. 15. was remanded mansfield to-day. Last night…

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Angry Counsel Attacks Judge Lamond Will Not Appear in His Court

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 April 1942 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tues.— Judge Lamond gave a verdict for the main Roads Department in the Workers' Compensation Court to-day, in a case…

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Long Records Young Men In Court Offence at Coff's Harbor Breaking, Entering and Stealing

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 April 1942 · page 1

Two young men, one colored and the other stated to be a quarter-caste, who appeared in the Quarter Sessions at Grafton yesterday on charges of…

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Stealing Charge Grafton Man Guilty Recommendation for Mercy Remand for Sentence

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 April 1942 · page 2

A verdict of guilty with a recommendation of mercy was returned by a jury in the Quarter Sessions at Grafton…

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"Bad Records" Young Men Sentenced Offence at Coff's Harbor

Daily Examiner · Friday 17 April 1942 · page 3

"Both of you have very bad records. You have had many opportunities and have never availed yourselves of them," said…

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Stealing Charge Six Months' Sentence May Be Served on Prison Farm

Daily Examiner · Friday 17 April 1942 · page 3

Loyal Dennis Cavanagh, 28, was sentenced to six months imprisonment by Judge Storkey, V.C., in the Grafton Quarter…

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18 MONTHS Two Men Sentenced Conspiracy Charge "Impudent Swindle." Says Judge

Daily Examiner · Friday 17 April 1942 · page 3

Remarking that he thought it was a particularly impudent swindle from beginning to end, Judge Storkey, V.C., in the…

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Verdict for £98 In Claim For Damages Accident at Nymboida Grafton District Court

Daily Examiner · Friday 17 April 1942 · page 4

A verdict for the plaintiff for £98/9/5 was returned by Judge Storkey, V.C., in the Grafton District Court yesterday in the…

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£224 CLAIMED Sale Of Sawmill At Karangi Case Part Heard Grafton District Court

Daily Examiner · Friday 17 April 1942 · page 1

A case part-heard before Judge Slorkey, V.C., in the Grafton District Court yesterday, was that in which William Donald Buchanan, of Karangi, is…

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£500 Bail Criminal Assault Charge

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 April 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY, Fri.— Norman St. Julien, 25, motor mechanic, was released on £500 bail at Redfern Court to-day when he appeared…

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V.d.c. Man Armed Assault and Robbery

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 April 1942 · page 2

SYDNEY, Fri.— Charles Rowland, an iceworks employeee of St. Peters, declared in the Quarter Sessions to-day that a V.D.C…

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Child Murder Death Sentence Passed "Monster in Human

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 April 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY, Fri.— William Ernest McDonald, 40, soldier, was sentenced to death by Justice Herron at the Central Criminal Court…

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Serious Charges Murder, Arson, Bodily Harm Accused Man Remanded

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 April 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY, Fri.— Thomas Edward Foster, 32, was charged at the Central Court to-day with having feloniously and maliciously…

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Big Check-up Suspects in Q'sland Every Strategic Area Combed by Police

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 April 1942 · page 2

BRISBANE, Fri.— The biggest check-up on fifth column activities made in Queensland has just been completed by the…

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Maclean Pensioner Sentenced

Daily Examiner · Monday 20 April 1942 · page 4

At the Maclean Police Court on Thursday. Ernest William Brown, an old-age pensioner, was sentenced to 15 days' light labor in Grafton gaol on a charge…

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