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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1944

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Court-Martial At Warwick

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 January 1944 · page 2

WARWICK, Fri.—At the District Court-martial to-day, Pte. J. Connors, one of four guards charged with ill-treating an…

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Many Vagrant Girls Before Court

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 January 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY, Fri.—The Director of Social Hygiene, Dr. Cooper Booth, revealed to-day that as many as 100 vagrant girls, most of them…

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Archbishop Suggests Gaol For Adultery

Daily Examiner · Monday 3 January 1944 · page 3

BRISBANE, Sun.--The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Brisbane, Dr. Duhig, said yesterday that adultery should be punished by…

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Court Adjourns

Daily Examiner · Monday 3 January 1944 · page 2

WARWICK (Q.), Sat.--After completion of addresses yesterday by defending officers, and summing up by the Judge…

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Grafton Arrests Follow Railway Theft Allegations

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 January 1944 · page 2

Investigating allegations that many thousands of pounds worth of goods had been stolen recently from the railways of…

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Three Men Acquitted By Court-Martial

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 January 1944 · page 3

WARWICK, Mon.—After considering the evidence for two and a half hours the Warwick court-martial to-day did not announce…

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30 Charged With Conspiracy

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 January 1944 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Mon.—A Federal Grand Jury has indicted 28 men and two women charged with conspiracy to aid the…

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Police Court Storekeeper Fined Sold Tea Above Maximum Price

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 January 1944 · page 4

CORAMBA, Tues.—At Coramba Police Court, before Mr. T. H. Brooke, P.M., in what are thought to be the first…

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Court-martial at Warwick

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 January 1944 · page 1

WARWICK, Tues.— Before a District Court-martial to-day, Pte. R. J. Seymour, a former prisoner at Warwick Detention Barracks,…

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Grafton Court Offensive Behavior

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 January 1944 · page 4

Edward Quinn, 43 years of age, was charged before Mr. T. H. Brooke, P.M., at the Grafton Court of Petty Sessions on Monday last…

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Baby Dies After Attack: Police Arrest Father

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 January 1944 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tues.—Following an attack in a boarding house at Footscray early to-day, an 8 months old baby died, and his…

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Denmark Angered By Murder Of Poet

Daily Examiner · Friday 7 January 1944 · page 3

LONDON, Thurs.--The whole of Denmark has been angered by the news of the murder of Kaj Munk, poet pastor, and one of the…

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Alleged Theft Of Trainer's Money

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 January 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY, Mon.--Cecil John Bowie. 18. William John Thorne, 26, and three boys, all under 16, were committed for trial from the…

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Conspiracy Charge Against Police Over Italians

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 January 1944 · page 2

LISMORE, Mon.--Allegations that sums of money had been paid at Nimbin Police Station by Italians for prevention of…

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Association Says Pin-Pricking In Police Force

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 January 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tues.--Pin-pricking in the police force had reached a stage where something must be done, said the New South Wales…

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German Charged With Espionage In America

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 January 1944 · page 3

NEW YORK, Tues. -- William Von Rautter, a naturalised American citizen, a former German count, is held on 25,000…

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Six Months Gaol for Alleged Black Marketing

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 January 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed.--William Waddington, former manager of the St. James Taxi Service Company, was at a Special Federal Court…

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Court-Martial Acquits Four

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 January 1944 · page 3

WARWICK, Wed.--A District Court-martial to-day acquitted Staff Sgt. J. Cardigan, Sgt. T. C. Sichter, C[?]l. Redmond and Pte…

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N.s.w. Police Not on Verge of a Revolt

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 January 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wed.--A statement made at the Police Conference on Monday that the police were on the verge of a revolt was only…

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No Modification Of Gaol Sentence For Miners

Daily Examiner · Saturday 15 January 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY, Fri.--Strong representations made to the Federal Attorney-General, Dr. Evatt, today, by representatives of the…

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