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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1944

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Wife Stabbed: Husband Charged

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 24 May 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tues.--Bail was refused Henry Harris (64) when he was remanded at Campsie Police Court to-day on a charge…

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Police Story Of Safe Robbery

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 24 May 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tues.--George Morris, whose bullet-riddled body was found in his motor car at Miller's Point some weeks ago,…

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Gaol Escapee Caught

Daily Examiner · Thursday 25 May 1944 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed.--Beverley McLaren, 19, who escaped from Long Bay prison yesterday, was apprehended by police in a street at…

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10 Years' Gaol For Wounding

Daily Examiner · Thursday 25 May 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wed.--Found guilty of maliciously wounding Jean Baptist Jeauffredt, an Allied serviceman, on March 22 with intent…

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Police Court Monthly Hearing

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 26 May 1944 · page 1

In the Dorrigo Court of Petty Sessions, before Mr. T. H. Brooke. P.M., on Wednesday, May 10, the following cases were listed:—…

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Court Holds Directions to Employment Invalid

Daily Examiner · Friday 26 May 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thurs.--By a unanimous decision which holds that Section 15 of the National Security Manpower Regulations…

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Two Boys Escape From Long Bay Gaol

Daily Examiner · Saturday 27 May 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY, Fri.--Charged with breaking from prison and escaping, "to the evil example of all others in a like manner…

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Vast Bomber Fleets Assault Germany's Defences Behind the West Wall

Daily Examiner · Saturday 27 May 1944 · page 3

LONDON, Thurs.--Never before have the people in the English coastal towns seen or heard such vast Allied air fleets as crossed the Channel to-day. There was a ceaseless drone of planes in formations numbering up to 250 for nine hours after 7.30 a.m…

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Maclean Industrial Court

Daily Examiner · Monday 29 May 1944 · page 1

In the Industrial Magistrate's Court before Mr. A. E. Hodgson, P.M., the firm of Essex and Nipperess was proceeded against for a breach of the…

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Woman Stabbed: Husband Charged With Murder

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 31 May 1944 · page 2

BRISBANE, Tues.--A 20-year-old married woman, Jessie Waters, was fatally stabbed with a butcher's knife at Ipswich last…

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Publican Sentenced: Notice Of Appeal

Daily Examiner · Thursday 1 June 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wed.--For having sold a bottle of Australian brandy above the fixed price William Harold Manning,…

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Alleged Theft Prom Red Gross Parcels

Daily Examiner · Friday 2 June 1944 · page 2

ADELAIDE, Thurs.--Before the Police Court at Berri, River Murray, to-day. David Arthur Mason and Alexander Hector Mason pleaded not guilty to having…

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Sentence For Murder Of Sergeant

Daily Examiner · Friday 2 June 1944 · page 3

LONDON, Wed.--"To be shot to death by musketry," was the sentence carried out on a United States Private, Alexander…

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Two Years' Gaol For Manslaughter

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 June 1944 · page 4

SYDNEY, Fri.--Arthur Worthing, 63, rigger, who had fatally stabbed Francis Reynolds, 37. painter, at Leichhardt, on March…

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Gaol Escapees Recaptured At Revolver Point

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 June 1944 · page 5

SYDNEY, Fri--Captured at revolver point after escaping from Long Bay Gaol on May 25, Milton Glen Thompson, 18, and Stanley…

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Appeal Heard. Liquor Charges. Supreme Court Decision

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 June 1944 · page 4

SYDNEY, Fri.--In the Supreme Court to-day, William John Zietsch, formerly licensee of the Australian Hotel, South Grafton,…

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Soldier Charged With Wife Murder

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 June 1944 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Discharged from a military hospital, where he had been under treatment for bullet wounds, Victor…

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To Stand Trial On Murder Charge

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 June 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sun.--Brien Rowley Lord, 18, of Cabramatta, was yesterday committed for trial by the Liverpool Coroner on a charge…

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Ulmarra Resident Fined Yesterday In Grafton Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 June 1944 · page 4

In the Grafton Court of Petty Sessions yesterday. George Henry Gary, of Ulmarra, was charged with wandering with an aboriginal woman on May 29…

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Court Ruling on Power To Direct To Work In Private Industry

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 June 1944 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Thurs.—National Security Regulations empowering manpower authorities to direct people to work in…

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