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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1942

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Valuation Court South Grafton' Cases

Daily Examiner · Friday 29 May 1942 · page 4

At the Valuation Court which sat in Grafton yesterday to hear objections to valuations of the South Grafton Municipality. Mr. R. M. Stewart. P.M…

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Court Action Against Quebec Politician Subversive Speech Alleged

Daily Examiner · Friday 29 May 1942 · page 3

OTTAWA. Wed.—Ths Justice Minister, Mr. Louis St. Laurent, announced in the House of Com-mons to-day that action would be…

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Smash Sequel Soldiers Charged Two Men Killed

Daily Examiner · Saturday 30 May 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY, Fri.—Following a smash on a railway bridge at Lawson in which an eight ton military truck was involved, two…

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Court-martial Govt. Action Condemned

Daily Examiner · Saturday 30 May 1942 · page 3

CANBERRA, Fri.—Condemnation of the action of the Federal Government in gazetting a regulation to enable the military…

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Hunt Goes on Police Seek Young Man

Daily Examiner · Saturday 30 May 1942 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Fri.— Twelve police are still trying to track down the bush man who has eluded them for the past three…

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Critic's Right To Express Views Full Court Decision

Daily Examiner · Saturday 30 May 1942 · page 2

SYDNEY, Fri.—Upholding the right of a critic to fully express his views the Chief Justice, Sir Frederick Jordan, declared in the…

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Collision Sequel Negligent Driving Charge Case at Maclean Court

Daily Examiner · Saturday 30 May 1942 · page 4

A case which was a sequel to a colliss[?] between a motor lorry and motor car on the State Highway near the Tyndale Public School, on the night of…

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No Date Fixed General Court-Martial Evidence on Recent Murders

Daily Examiner · Saturday 30 May 1942 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Fri.—No date has been fixed for the hearing by the general court-martial of evidence connected with the recent…

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Hunt Continues Police Seek Armed Man

Daily Examiner · Monday 1 June 1942 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Sun.—Up to a late hour last night police had not effected the capture of the fugitive they have been chasing…

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U.S. SOLDIER Says He Was Robbed Complaint to Police

Daily Examiner · Monday 1 June 1942 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Sun.—Private Lavern Robinson, an American soldier, reported to the police to-day that he had been robbed of…

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Circuit Court Sittings Cancelled

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 June 1942 · page 2

The sittings of the Circuit Court which were to have commenced in Grafton to-day, have been cancelled. The jury had been…

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Man Charged Woman Assaulted Gave Himself Up

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 June 1942 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues.—Following a brutal assault on Hazel Finn, 29, at a hostel in the city to-night, a young man was arrested and…

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Industrial Court Country Allowances Prosecutions Withdrawn Evans Head Cases

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 June 1942 · page 1

In the Industrial Magistrate's Court at Grafton on Monday, before Mr. R. M. Stewart, P.M., it was announced that the…

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Wife Charged Husband's Knife Wound in Heart

Daily Examiner · Thursday 4 June 1942 · page 2

BRISBANE, Wed.—Annie Eileen Pattison, 49, housewife, was charged to-day with having inflicted grievous, bodily harm on…

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Nazi Police to Be Replaced by Women

Daily Examiner · Thursday 4 June 1942 · page 3

LONDON, Wed.—The Gestapo chief, Himmler, has decreed that women will replace policemen in Germany fit for military service,…

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Offence Denied Assault On Two Girls Criminal Court Case

Daily Examiner · Friday 5 June 1942 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thurs.—Six men charged with criminally assaulting two gins at Botany on April 12, made statements from the dock…

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Palestine Police

Daily Examiner · Friday 5 June 1942 · page 5

JERUSALEM, Thurs.— The High Commissioner has officially proclaimed the Palestine police force as a military force for the…

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Murder Charges Trial About June 10

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 June 1942 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Fri.—The court-martial of Private Edward J. Leonski, 24, on charges of having murdered three women in…

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Perth Trial Conspiracy Charge Evidence of Police Witness

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 June 1942 · page 4

PERTH, Fri.—"Are you in fact an Axis agent?" questioned counsel for Bullock and Williams to the police decoy Thomas. "Am I…

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Two Men Sentenced To Death for Botany Outrage

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 June 1942 · page 4

SYDNEY, Sun.—Mr. Justice Davidson, in the Central Criminal Court last night, sentenced two men to death on charges of having…

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