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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1942

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Soldier Charged Murder of Wife and Baby

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 December 1942 · page 2

BENDIGO, Tues.-- George Frederick Wellington Maas, 35. soldier, was charged at Bendigo to-day with having murdered his…

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District Courts Martial 12 Months' Detention for Stealing Public Property

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 December 1942 · page 1

Sentences on the undermentioned soldiers recently tried by courts-martial in Northern New South Wales, are as follows:--…

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French Police Germans Don't Trust Them

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 December 1942 · page 3

MOSCOW, Mon.--The Tass Agency correspondent at Geneva reports that Krug Von Nidda. German Consul-General at Vichy…

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Fair Rents Court Rental Lowered Grafton Application

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 December 1942 · page 4

On Monday last an application was made by Annie Maria Mack, a married woman, and the lessee of premises known as No. 117 Pound street…

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U.s. Soldier Charged with Capital Offence

Daily Examiner · Thursday 10 December 1942 · page 2

BRISBANE, Wed. — Edwin Joseph Poochaska, 24, American soldier, was charged at the City Court to–day with having…

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Man Shot Police Suspect Feud

Daily Examiner · Thursday 10 December 1942 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wed.— Shooting which is believed by the police to have been the result of an under world feud occurred at…

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Killed Wife Soldier Sent to Gaol

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 December 1942 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thurs.--George Frederick Maes, 35, soldier, was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment by the Chief Justice. Sir…

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Gaol Sentences for Italian Spy Ring

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 December 1942 · page 3

RIO DE JANEIRO, Thurs.— Count Admando Robilaut, chief of a large Italian spy ring operating in South America, and five…

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Dead in Yard Wounds On Throat Man on Murder Charge

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 December 1942 · page 2

ADELAIDE, Sun.--With, ex-tensive throat wounds, believed to have been caused by broken glass or some other sharp…

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Ten Years Science Teacher Sentenced

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 December 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mon.—At Darling hurst Sessions to-day Cedric Selwyn Bond. 27. school teacher, was sentenced to ten years'…

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Train Fight Three Soldiers Sentenced

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 December 1942 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Mon.—Found guilty of charges arising out of a fracas at Harden on November 16. three soldiers have been…

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Life for Murder Woman and Two Men

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 December 1942 · page 2

SYDNEY, Mon.—The Stale Cabinet to-day commuted sentence of death passed on Barbara Phyllis Surridge, 35; William…

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Triple Murder The Adelaide Horror Taxi Driver Interviewed

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 December 1942 · page 3

ADELAIDE, Mon.—The latest development in the triple murder case is an interview between a taxi driver and the police. The…

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£2800 Verdict Set Aside by High Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 December 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mon.—By a majority of two to one, Justice McTiernan dissenting, the High Court of Australia to-day set aside a verdict of…

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Pyjama Girl . Sensational Story In Probate Court Mother's Application Dismissed by Judge

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 December 1942 · page 2

SYDNEY, Mon.—A remarkable echo of the "Pyjama Girl" murder at Albury in August. 1934, was heard in the Probate…

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Discharged After High Court Ruling

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 16 December 1942 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tues.—Justice Starke, in the High Court to-day granted an application made by Mr. Menzies, K.C., for the…

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£7000 Theft Charge Against Paymaster

Daily Examiner · Thursday 17 December 1942 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wed.—Guy Lambert, 48, army officer, was charged in the Central Police Court to-day with having between November…

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Murder of Jews History's Bloodiest Crime Labor Party's Appeal to Conscience of Civilised Man

Daily Examiner · Thursday 17 December 1942 · page 3

LONDON, Tups.—Describing Germany's avowed aim to wipe out European Jews as history's bloodiest crime, the Labor Party…

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Traffic Breaches Police Court Proceedings

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 18 December 1942 · page 2

At the Dorrigo Police Court, on Wednesday, before Mr. R. M. Stewart, P.M., John Joseph Owen was charged with two offences against the Traffic…

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Murder Charge Melbourne Woman Acquitted

Daily Examiner · Friday 18 December 1942 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Thurs.—Found not guilty of a charge of having murdered her husband, Mrs. May Florence Maddalon, 27, of South…

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