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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1942

699 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 7 of 35

"Complicity" Govt. and Police Liquor Laws Flouted Criticism Increasing

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 March 1942 · page 3

Sydney, Tuesday.—The Methodist Conference to-day, after expressing grave concern at the quantity of intoxicating…

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Court-martial Kimmel and Short Pearl Harbor Chiefs Sensation in America

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 March 1942 · page 5

WASHINGTON, Wed.—A dramatic epilogue to the Pearl Harbor disaster aroused a sensation to-day, when the War Department…

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Seaward Lights £200 and Gaol Are Penalties

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 March 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mon.—Householders or business organisations who continue to ignore the regulations requiring the effective screening…

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Police Court

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 13 March 1942 · page 2

The District Police Magistrate, Mr. [?]. M. Stewart, made his monthly visit to Dorrigo on Wednesday. The list of cases awaiting disposal was a very…

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Court Cases Coramba Petty Sessions Alleged Assault

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 March 1942 · page 2

In the Coramba Court of Petty Sessions on Monday last, before Mr R. M. Stewart, P.M., Lachlan Hayes was charged with having…

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Alleged Assault Charge and Counter Charge Bowling Green Incident

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 13 March 1942 · page 2

The assault case arising out of an incident on Coffs bowling green on January 20 last was continued before Mr. R. M. Stewart, PM, at Coffs…

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"Murder" Coroner's Verdict Body in Harbor Man's Alleged Statement

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 March 1942 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thurs.—At the conclusion of evidence into the death of William Malcolm McLean, whose body was found…

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Not Now Read Court Depositions

Daily Examiner · Saturday 14 March 1942 · page 1

SYDNEY, Fri.—Under an order issued under the National Security Regulations to-day by the Premier, Mr. McKell, the practice of…

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Appeals in Tick Cases Upheld By Supreme Court Inspector's Order Had No Legal Effect Conviction Could Not Be Supported

Daily Examiner · Saturday 14 March 1942 · page 2

SYDNEY, Fri.—Appeals by John Ryan, Cyril Thomas Clark and Frederick Sm[?]t, against fines of £10 each imposed at Graf ton for refusing to dip cattle under the Stock Diseases Act were upheld by Mr. Justice Owen in the Supreme Court to-day…

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Young Italian Incident At Lismore Police Investigating

Daily Examiner · Monday 16 March 1942 · page 2

LISMORE, Sat.—Lismore police are investigating the application of a young naturalised Italian to renounce his British…

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Man's Death In Callan Park Wife Charged with Murder

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 March 1942 · page 2

SYDNEY, Mon.—Caiaerine Mary Thompson, 41, charged with having murdered her husband, Horace Lee Thompson, admitted…

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Alleged Assault Eastern Dorrigo Cases

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 17 March 1942 · page 1

William Herbert John Cook charged Laclilen Hayes before Mr. R. M. Stewart, PM., at Coramba Police Court last week with assault…

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Fare Arrives Man in Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 March 1942 · page 1

Desmond Blair Schafer, of the R.A.A.F.. appeared in the Grafton Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, charged with having travelled on the railway…

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Girl's Death Strangled, Said Doctor Coroner's Court Evidence

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 March 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mon.—Giving evidence at the City Coroner's Court to-day into the death of June Florence Peisley, 12 whose body…

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Industrial Court Work At Evans Head Breach Alleged Payment of Allowance

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 March 1942 · page 1

In the Industrial Court at Grafton yesterday, F. C. W. Powell, earring on business as F. C. W. Powell and Sons, was proceeded against by Percy…

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Coff's Harbor Assault Case

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 March 1942 · page 4

At the Coff's Harbor Police Court on Friday last, before Mr. R. M. Stewart. P.M., the assault the which was adjourned from the February court was…

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Marine Court Inquiry Into Collision

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 March 1942 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tues.—A Court of Marine inquiry to-day inquired into the circumstances surrounding the collision between the…

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Death Sentence Murder In Second Degree Wife Who Aided Husband's Suicide

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 March 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tues.—At the Central Criminal Court to-day Catherine Mary Thompson, 41, was foun[?] guilty by a jury of murder in the…

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"That's Him" Coroner's Court Witness Dramatic Scene

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 March 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tues.—William Ernest McDonald 40, a member of the A.I.F., who has been charged with the murder of his niece, June…

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Sly Grog Sales Gaol Without Option Drastic New Laws in Q'sland

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 March 1942 · page 4

BRISBANE, Thurs.—The new Queensland liquor restrictions provide for imprisonment, without the option of a fine, for the…

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