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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1942

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"Pyjama Girl" Police Seek Doctor's Exhibits

Daily Examiner · Friday 18 December 1942 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thurs.—Articles referred to by Dr. T. A. Benbow in the Probate Court early this week as being clues in the Albury…

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Ex-Dorrigo Constable Appeals to Court

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

Constable Graham McGhie, 26, complained in the High Court, Sydney, this week, that his request to the Director-General of Manpower for…

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Alleged Stolen Property Local Court Case Fined £5

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

Mervyn Albert Smitt was charged at the Dorrigo Police Court on Wednesday, before Mr. R. M. Stewart, P.M., with having in his custody, a…

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Spy Ring Five Italians Sentenced

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 December 1942 · page 3

LONDON, Sat.—Five Italians convicted of espionage included two brothers, one of whom was sentenced to death and the other…

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Servant Ban High Court Test Women Up In Arms Sectional Conscription

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 December 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sat.—Women's organisations are going after the Curtin Government's scalp. They intend to test the validity…

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Accident Sequel Negligence Alleged Motorist Charged Hearing Adjourned

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 December 1942 · page 3

While Mrs. Ada Gill, of Alice street, Grafton, and her sister were walking to church on the evening of July 12, Mrs. Gill…

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SABOTAGE In Munitions Factory Two Men Sent to Gaol

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 December 1942 · page 5

SYDNEY, Men.--Two men were each sentenced to six months' hard labor by Mr. McCulloch. S.M., in the Central Court to-day…

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Two Hours Police Held At Bay Man in Room

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 December 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tues.—After a two hour siege police broke through a barrage of bottles at a house in Leichhardt to–day and…

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One Army Sydney's Hostile Unions May Go to High Court

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 December 1942 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tues.—The possibility of seeking a High Court injunction to restrain New South Wales delegates to the January 4…

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A.O.F. Court Star Of The North Annual Meeting

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 December 1942 · page 4

The annual meeting of Court Star of the North, No. 3120, of the Ancient Order of Foresters, was held in the Girl Guides’ Hall, Prince street, Grafton, on…

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Triple Murder Inquest Opened

Daily Examiner · Thursday 24 December 1942 · page 2

ADELAIDE, Wed.—The inquest on the triple murder at a disused betting shop in the cosmopolitan quarter of Adelaide on…

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Police Changes in Metropolitan Area

Daily Examiner · Thursday 24 December 1942 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wed.—Two important changes in the administration of the New South Wales police force were announced by the…

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U.S. SENTRY Found Not Guilty Murder Charge Shooting of Taxi Driver

Daily Examiner · Thursday 24 December 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed.—A plea of not guilty was entered by Pte. Weston Rudolph Smith, 21, United States soldier, when he was…

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Aged Man Hit by Car and Killed Driver Charged with Manslaughter

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 30 December 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tues.—Following the death of Thomas Francis Ball. 73 this morning, William Cyril Moffatt, 35, was remanded at the…

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Kidnapped Forbes' Charges Against U.S. Police Sensational Story

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 30 December 1942 · page 3

NEW YORK, Mon.—John Woolcott Forbes alleged in the Federal Court to-day that agents of the Federal Bureau of…

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[?]Ersized Fish [?]Maclean Police Court

Daily Examiner · Thursday 31 December 1942 · page 4

Mr. R. M. Stewart, [?] the Maclean Police [?] Yesterday, Peter Kevin [?] charged with having…

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Maclean Licensing Court

Daily Examiner · Thursday 31 December 1942 · page 1

At Maclean Court, before Mr. R. M. Stewart, P.M., an application by William A. Scahill, proprietor of the Maclean…

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Dog Racing Report From Police Serious, Says Minister

Daily Examiner · Thursday 31 December 1942 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed.—The Chief Secretary, Mr. Baddeley, said today a very important report had reached him from…

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Heart Attack While Waiting for Court Case

Daily Examiner · Thursday 31 December 1942 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed;—Bartholomew Locantra, 39, motor engineer, who, with seven other men and a woman, was charged with…

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