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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1942

699 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 21 of 35

A.i.f. Men Charged Refused to Remove "Australia" Badges

Daily Examiner · Friday 24 July 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thurs.--A complaint has been made to the State Executive of the Returned Soldiers' League that thirteen A.I.F…

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Sent to Gaol Aliens Who Refused To Work at Woodcutting Camp

Daily Examiner · Friday 24 July 1942 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thurs.--Three of four Italians were to-day gaoled for disobeying instructions from the Forest Commission to…

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Uniform Taxation Plan High Court Majority Decision Upholds Validity of Federal Proposal Deductions From First Pay After August 1

Daily Examiner · Friday 24 July 1942 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Thurs.--The High Court of Australia to-day upheld the validity of the Federal Government's uniform taxation plan, but only by a majority of three to two. Single tax on incomes will, therefore, operate with respect to…

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Grafton Police Court Drover Charged

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 July 1942 · page 4

Before Mr. R. M. Stewart, P.M., in the Grafton Police Court yesterday, Raymond William Kelly pleaded guilty to a charge of subjecting an annual to…

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Vic. News Missing Girl Found In Court Sunday Shows for Troops

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 July 1942 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Mon.--The appearance in the City Court of a girl supposedly 17, on two charges of stealing clothes from a room…

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Man for Trial on Charge of Murder

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 29 July 1942 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tues.--At the conclusion of evidence into the death of Alexander Stewart, seaman, in Balmain Hospital on July 17, the…

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Helped Police To Run Down Thieves Pawnbroker Sent to Gaol

Daily Examiner · Thursday 30 July 1942 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wed.--David Glasser, pawnbroker, who gave information to the police which assisted in the recovery of thousands…

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Treason Charge Two Germans Sentenced to Death

Daily Examiner · Thursday 30 July 1942 · page 5

BERNE, Tues.--Two Germans, Kaufmann, a newspaper editor, and Heinrich Will, an artist were sentenced to death…

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Divorce Court Chalk v. CHALK Petitioner Fails To Appear Respondent Granted Decree Nisi

Daily Examiner · Thursday 30 July 1942 · page 1

"I think it is a great pity that the petitioner did not notify the court that he was not going to appear in this case," said Mr. Justice Edwards, in the…

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Milkman Charged Alleged Adulterated Milk

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 31 July 1942 · page 3

Arthur Mate was charged, in the Coffs Police Court, with selling adulterated milk. Inspector Shiel gave evidence of…

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£10,500 THEFT Teller Arrested At Mackay OVER £10,000 RECOVERED

Daily Examiner · Friday 31 July 1942 · page 4

BRISBANE, Thurs.--Walter Roderick Blundell, the missing bank teller, was arrested at Mackay this morning and charged…

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Pay Increases for Police in Overseas Forces

Daily Examiner · Friday 31 July 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thurs.--The Chief Secretary, Mr. Baddeley, stated to-night that policemen who had enlisted for overseas service would…

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AILMENTS To Defeat Defence Act Strange Story in Court

Daily Examiner · Friday 31 July 1942 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thurs.--Allegations that Bruce Irwin Miller, 26, Scientist, and Panos Chryssikos, 65, agent, had formed an alliance…

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Maclean Police Court Stealing Charge

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 August 1942 · page 4

Before Mr. R. M. Stewart, P.M. Erice Maurice Flint, was charged with stealing a cart on July 1 last valued at £4, the property of John Osborne, of…

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Theft of £10,500 Teller Charged

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 August 1942 · page 2

BRISBANE, Fri.-- A former teller in the Commonwealth Bank, at Townsville, Walter Roderick Blundell, 26, was charged to-day…

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U.S. SOLDIER Gaol and Fine for Assault and Battery

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 August 1942 · page 2

BRISBANE, Fri.--A United States court-martial last night sentenced Private J. W. Floyd, 25, to imprisonment for six months…

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Men Charged Conspiracy Alleged to Defeat Defence Act

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 August 1942 · page 4

SYDNEY, Fri.--According to evidence given in the Central Police Court to-day by Ronald Henry Tillinghast, a member of…

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'Trivial Nature' Wife Charges Husband With Assault Case Proved But Information Dismissed

Daily Examiner · Monday 3 August 1942 · page 4

At the Maclean Police Court on Wednesday last, before Mr. R. M. Stewart, P.M., Kathleen Isabel Ann Brown charged her soldier husband, George…

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Vic. News Week-end Sport Police Start Clean Up

Daily Examiner · Monday 3 August 1942 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Sun.--The League football match of the day, South Melbourne v. Carlton, provided a large crowd with thrills…

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Theft of £10,500 Teller Sent to Gaol

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 August 1942 · page 4

BRISBANE, Mon.--A sentence of three years' imprisonment was imposed on Walter Roderick Blundell, 26, bank teller, at the…

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