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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1943

594 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 27 of 30

Truck Driver On Murder Charge

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 16 November 1943 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Mon.—Allegations that a cold-blooded attempt had been made to do away with possible witnesses on the theory…

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Scotch at £4 a Bottle: Gaol for Hotelkeeper

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 16 November 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY, Mon.—Leo Bernard Cullen, hotelkeeper, of the Criterion Hotel, corner of Sussex and Liverpool…

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Small Debts Court At Coff's Harbor Claim for Horse

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 16 November 1943 · page 1

In the Small Debts Court at Coff's Harbor on Friday, A. O. Webster claimed 4520 damages from W. G. Hutchinson for the loss of a horse which he claimed…

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Doctor Sent to Gaol

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 November 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tues.—Dr. Clifford Gearin (55) was sentenced to 12 months' hard labor to-day for unlawfully issuing a prescription for…

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Black Market Night Court

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 November 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tues.—More prosecutions against hotelkeepers for alleged black marketing in liquor are pending…

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Black Market Tyres Lead to Gaol

Daily Examiner · Thursday 18 November 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed.—John R. Anderson (26), oxywelder, of Paddington, was sentenced to three months' hard labor to-day (at a…

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Life Sentence For Criminal Assault On Elderly Woman

Daily Examiner · Thursday 18 November 1943 · page 3

BRISBANE, Wed.—When he threatened an 86-year-old woman before lie raped her at Brisbane in July, a Mexican-born…

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Nine Months' Gaol On Vagrancy and Custody Charges

Daily Examiner · Thursday 18 November 1943 · page 4

When Joseph Charles McArthur appeared in the Grafton Police Court, before Mr. T. H. Brooke, P.M., on Tuesday, to answer charges of not…

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Court-Martial Hears Charges Against Kempsey Mail

Daily Examiner · Thursday 18 November 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wed.—Acting Captain Cyril Oliver Thompson, area officer, of Kempsey, said to-day at a general…

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Truck Driver Denies Murder Charge

Daily Examiner · Friday 19 November 1943 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thurs.—Harold William Sydney Peter Nugent, truck driver, denied at the Criminal Court to-day that he…

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Fines and Gaol Penalties For Cruelty To Animals

Daily Examiner · Friday 19 November 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thurs.—Following recent suggestions by Magistrates dealing with cases of cruelty to animals, that the…

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Youth Charged With Murder

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 November 1943 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Fri.—A 15-year-old youth was charged at the Scone Children's Court to-day with murder and with having shot…

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Murder Charge Fails In Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 November 1943 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Fri.—After a retirement of 65 minutes a jury in the Criminal Court to-day acquitted Harold William Nugent…

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De Marigny Again Before Court

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 November 1943 · page 3

NASSAU (Bahamas), Thurs.— Alfred De Marigny, who last week was acquitted on a charge of murdering Sir Harry Oakes, was…

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Church Opposition To Suggestion By Magistrate

Daily Examiner · Monday 22 November 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sun.—A suggestion by a Brisbane Stipendiary Magistrate, Mr. P. Wilson, that there should be a revival of the…

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Fines At Night Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 23 November 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY, Mon.—Hotel Metropole, corner of Bent and Young streets, Sydney, was fined £100 to-night at a special Federal…

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Airman Sentenced To Five Years For Manslaughter

Daily Examiner · Thursday 25 November 1943 · page 3

TOWNSVILLE, Wed.—It was astounding that a member of the Air Force had been able to supply a dozen bottles and a…

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Colored Man On Murder Charge

Daily Examiner · Thursday 25 November 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wed.—Victor Anderson, 30, colored man, born of American parents in Australia, pleaded not guilty in the Criminal…

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Malayan Charged With Murder

Daily Examiner · Friday 26 November 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thurs.—A Malayan seaman, Djohan, 31, of the Celebes Islands, was found guilty ai the Central Criminal Court to-day…

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A Month's Gaol For Black Marketing

Daily Examiner · Friday 26 November 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY. Thurs.—Convicted on a charge of having acquired petrol without a license. Stanley Parker, of Lane Cove, was sentenced to…

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