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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1944

572 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 12 of 29

Murder Charge Against Rigger

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 May 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mon.--On a charge of having murdered Francis Reynolds (37), painter, on March 17. Arthur Worthing (64), rigger, of…

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Assault In Hotel Bar Costs Defendant £5 Fine and £22 Costs

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 May 1944 · page 4

Lyle H. Thorne proceeded against Loyal D. Cavanagh, in the Grafton Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, before Mr. T. H. Brooke, P.M., on a…

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Unsolved Mystery Recalled In Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 May 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY, Mon.--An unsolved mystery was recalled to-day in the Probate Court when Mary Whinham Lavers, now living in…

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Drover Fined In Grafton Court For Threatening Violence

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 May 1944 · page 1

Threatening violence in a public place was the charge preferred against Edward Rhodes, of Cangau, by Eric Richardson, grazier, of Jackadgery and…

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Fine of £3 In Grafton Court For Negligent Driving

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 May 1944 · page 1

Before Mr. T. H. Brooke, P.M., in the Grafton Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, Victor Keith Holmes, of Southgate, was charged with…

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Five Men Charged On Coal Delivery Complaints

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 May 1944 · page 6

BRISBANE, Tues.--The hearing of charges in connection with the delivery of coal to Queensland Government vessels was proceeded with in the Supreme…

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Three Months For Old Theft Of Ballot Papers

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 May 1944 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Tues.--was written to-day to a [?]tical story of 2½ years ago[?] caused a sensation throu[?]…

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Tram Crew Mystery For Police

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 May 1944 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tues.--An investigation is being held by the Tramway Department into the strange circumstances surrounding the…

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Murder and Suicide In Sydney Apartment?

Daily Examiner · Thursday 4 May 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed.-- A R.A.A.F. officer and his wife were found shot dead in a two-roomed apartment in a house at Waverley…

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Murder Charge at Lismore Follows Inquest

Daily Examiner · Thursday 4 May 1944 · page 2

LISMORE, Wed.-- At the conclusion of an inquest on the death of Richard Gwynne, whose body was found near a bridge…

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Censorship Documents in Court Disallowed

Daily Examiner · Thursday 4 May 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed.-- At a Special Federal Court to-day. Mr. Atkinson. S.M., refused to make available to counsel for…

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Court-martial of Officer Over A.w.a.s

Daily Examiner · Thursday 4 May 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed-- Before a court-martial to-day Lieut (Temporary Captain) Edgar George Brown was charged…

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Petrol Thieves Sent to Gaol

Daily Examiner · Friday 5 May 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thurs.--Four men who were convicted at Balmain Court to-day of having stolen 880 gallons of petrol, the…

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Bottle Top Causes High Court Case

Daily Examiner · Friday 5 May 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thurs.--The High Court of Australia to-day dismissed an appeal by Davidson and Smith, manufacturing…

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Police Bailed Up by Escapee From Reform School

Daily Examiner · Friday 5 May 1944 · page 2

ADELAIDE, Thurs.--A Statewide search being made by police for a 17-year-old youth who escaped from a…

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Officer Acquitted By Court-martial On Seduction Charges

Daily Examiner · Friday 5 May 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thurs.--A general court-martial to-day acquitted Lieut. (Temporary Captain) Edgar Brown of a charge of conduct…

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Alleged Theft From Navy Yard

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 May 1944 · page 5

SYDNEY, Fri.--Charged with haying stolen a diesel marine engine valued at £682, the property of the Royal Australian…

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Youth Gaoled For Car Theft

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 May 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY, Fri.--Said to have been committed to Gosford Boys' Home on nine occasions and committed to Mitta gong Farm for Boys three times. Albert…

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Allied Air Force's Assault Destroys German Fighter Strength

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 May 1944 · page 5

LONDON, Thurs.--The air assault on Europe is destroying German transportation beyond the enemy's ability to make repairs, and furthermore is reducing the German fighter strength and production to such an extent that most of the large Allied bomber…

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Over 100 Convictions Against Man In the Grafton Court

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 May 1944 · page 2

James Lawson, 53, was charged before Mr. T. H. Brooke, P.M., in the Grafton Court of Petty Sessions yesterday morning, with having at Grafton…

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