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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1942

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One Tax Test In High Court Victorian Premier's Announcement

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 June 1942 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Sat.—The constitutionality cf the Commonwealth Government's uniform fixation acts will be challenged…

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Shot Father Young Son Sentenced Ill-treatment of Mother

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 9 June 1942 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Mon.—In Criminal Court to-day Leslie Edward Mansfield, 15, was sentenced to imprisonment for 12…

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Unique Case Melb. Murder Trial to Open This Morning

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 10 June 1942 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tues.—Criminal history has not presented a case so unique as that which opens with the trial by court martial…

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Tax Test in High Court Three States Agree To Seek Validity Ruling

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 10 June 1942 · page 2

CANBERRA, Tues.—"I cannot perceive any unfairness or departure from the stern logic in a situation in which the…

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King's Medal for Police Officers

Daily Examiner · Thursday 11 June 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed.—The Governor. Lord Wakehurst, announced to-day that the King had approved of the award of the King's Police…

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Vic. News Clothes Thieves Busy To Beat Rationing Cruel Theft From Soldiers' Mother

Daily Examiner · Thursday 11 June 1942 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Wed.—Fifteer dairymen and farmers are to be prosecuted for allegedly selling impure milk in the metropolis…

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Mental Status U.S. Army Soldier Medical Examination Murder Trial Adjourned

Daily Examiner · Thursday 11 June 1942 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Wed.—After it had been moved by his counsel, that a medical examination of the accused would be made to…

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Tax Stamps "Black Market" Allegations Man Before Court

Daily Examiner · Thursday 11 June 1942 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed.—In recent months a "black market" for taxation instalment stamps has grown up and stamps varying in…

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Chef's Death Four Charged With Murder Alleged Statement

Daily Examiner · Friday 12 June 1942 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thurs.—At the inquest into the death of Ernest Hoffman, 56, a Swiss chef at the Royal Sydney Golf Club, Rose…

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Uniform Tax Action Postponed Until High Court Decides

Daily Examiner · Friday 12 June 1942 · page 3

CANBERRA, Thurs.— The Commissioner of Taxation, Mr. Jackson, said to-day that the Commonwealth Government did…

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Spy Ring No. 1 In America Three Under Arrest Police Hunt for Others

Daily Examiner · Friday 12 June 1942 · page 2

HARTFORD (Connecticut), Wed.— The Federal Court indicated that the members of No. 1 spy ring included a former official…

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Men Charged Dressed As Girls Possession of Property

Daily Examiner · Saturday 13 June 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY, Fri—Two young men, Frederick Drummond, 19. and Colin Carson. 19, who appeared at the North Sydney Court,…

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Dress Material Stolen From Bond Police Fear Theft Wave

Daily Examiner · Monday 15 June 1942 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sun.—Police fears that the introduction of clothes rationing might lead to a wave of thefts from warehouses and other…

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Police Haul "Travelling Sly Grog Shop" Whisky and Champagne Car

Daily Examiner · Monday 15 June 1942 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Sun—When a police wireless patrol car stopped a sedan car in Exhibition street, last night, it found that the vehicle…

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Uniform Tax W.-a. Lodges Writ Court Hearing on June 21

Daily Examiner · Monday 15 June 1942 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Fri.—Western Australia has joined Victoria Queensland and South Australia in contesting the validity of the…

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U.S. SOLDIER Found Dead In Truck Inquiry by Military Police

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 16 June 1942 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Mon.—An unidentified American soldier was found dead to-day in a railway truck at a goods siding, and…

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Murder and Suicide Death of Husband and Wife

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 June 1942 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Tues.—At the inquest on the bodies of Albert Henry Harvey, 31, of Surrey Hills, and Agnes Sonia Harvey,…

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Vic. News Unusual Court Cases Liquor In Cloak Room Lockers Soldier with Pistol Fined

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 June 1942 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tues.—Lockeys in the cloakroom at Flinders street railway station rented by Edward B. Peyton, of Preston,…

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Suit Lengths Police Make Haul Raid on Butcher's Shop

Daily Examiner · Thursday 18 June 1942 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wed.—Suit lengths in a freezer, and valuable silks in a wireless cabinet were found by the police, following a raid on…

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Police Court Use of Illegal Oil Brings Heavy Fines Over £50 and Costs

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 19 June 1942 · page 2

Mr. R. M. Stewart, Police Magistrate, Visited Dorrigo last Wednesday Week and dealt with several cases at the local Court House. The principal…

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