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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1944

572 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 13 of 29

Theft Of Petrol By Former Airman

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 9 May 1944 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Mon.--Formerly a pilot in the R.A.A.F., Wilson Parkinson (39) was fined £25 at Essendon Court to-day for having…

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Park Murder Inquest Evidence

Daily Examiner · Thursday 11 May 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed.--The victim of the Centennial Park murder on February 10, Joyce Pattison, was drunk at the time of her death…

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Negro Schoolgirls Murder Playmate with Letter-opener

Daily Examiner · Thursday 11 May 1944 · page 3

NEW YORK, Tues.--Two 12-year-old Negro girls, after overhearing a schoolmate report to a teacher that they had stolen…

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Crimea Clear of Nazis Russians Capture Sebastopol After Three Days Assault with Artillery and Bombers

Daily Examiner · Thursday 11 May 1944 · page 3

LONDON, Wed.--Sebastopol has been captured, and the Crimea completely liberated from the Axis forces. Announcing this in an Order of the Day, addressed to Marshals Vassilevsky and Tolbukhin, which was received in London at…

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Nothing Suspicious. Saraton Theatre Fire Probed By Police

Daily Examiner · Friday 12 May 1944 · page 2

Yesterday Constables Burdon and Foote made inquiries respecting the fire that occurred on the stage of the Saraton Theatre on…

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Censorship Cases May Go Before High Court

Daily Examiner · Friday 12 May 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY. Thurs.--There is a possibility that hearing of the actions by the Sydney daily newspapers claiming damages against…

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Grafton Man Charged in Sydney Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 16 May 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY, Mon.--The hearing was resumed before Mr. Atkinson, S.M., in the Commonwealth Court of Petty Sessions…

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Coff's Jetty Man on Charge of Assault, Robbery

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 16 May 1944 · page 4

At Coff's Harbor Police Court, James Wallace, an aboriginal, was committed for trial by Mr. T. H. Brooke, P. M., on a charge of having assaulted…

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"Not Before the Court"

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 16 May 1944 · page 4

The case of Mabel Charlotte McDonald (44), was mentioned again in the Grafton Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, before Mr. A. E. Hodgson…

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Court Ruling On Disposal Of Beer Supplies

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 16 May 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mon.--Holding that it was in the interests of the public that hotelkeepers should regulate the disposal of their beer…

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Street Fight at Coff's Harbor Leads to Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 16 May 1944 · page 1

Arthur Ferguson and Donald Lionel Daley, aboriginals, pleaded guilty before Mr. T. H. Brooke, P.M., at Coff's Harbor Police Court, on Friday, to…

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Air Assault On Europe Continues

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 May 1944 · page 3

LONDON, Tues.--Medium bombers and fighter bombers were out over occupied Europe yesterday…

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Court Sentence Reduced

Daily Examiner · Thursday 18 May 1944 · page 3

LONDON, Tues.--The appeal of the actor, Ivor Novello, against his sentence to eight weeks' imprisonment for conspiring to…

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Gaol for Theft of £4000

Daily Examiner · Friday 19 May 1944 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Thurs.--A sentence of six years' imprisonment was imposed on Ronald Anderson, 39. accountant, in the General…

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Boys Assault And Rob Sailor

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 May 1944 · page 4

SYDNEY, Fri.--Three boys, two aged 15 years, and the third 14 years, who were charged at the Children's Court with having…

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Comment Aroused Over N.Z. Court Cases

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 May 1944 · page 5

AUCKLAND, Fri.--Comment has been aroused as a result of unusual features in two cases in which men charged with murder…

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Gaol For Stealing Soldiers' Money

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 23 May 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY, Mon.--While acting as collector in the army department of subscriptions from troops to the Commonwealth War Loan,…

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Gaol For Stealing Motors Of Electric Milking Machines

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 23 May 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mon.--Alleged to have been a deserter from the Army for more than 18 months Charles Slingsby, 28, was, at…

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Burglary at Broken Hill

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 23 May 1944 · page 2

BROKEN HILL, Mon.--Breaking into the Co-operative Stores last night thieves stole clothing valued at several hundreds of…

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Cases Further Adjourned In Grafton Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 23 May 1944 · page 2

The cases against William John Zietsch, licensee of the Australian Hotel. South Grafton, and Sydney Hallam Jones, Arthur Cecil Cowling, William…

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