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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1945

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Motorist Fined £2 At Maclean Court

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 April 1945 · page 5

At Maclean Police Court, before Mr. K. M. Dash, P.M., Cecil James Stratton, who was represented by Mr. C. M…

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Moree Murder Trial In Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 May 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mon.—Thomas Martin Dowe, 28, textile worker, married, of St. Peters, pleaded not guilty in the Central Criminal…

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High Court Appeal On Black Marketing

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 May 1945 · page 6

BRISBANE, Mon.—Fraser Henlein Pty., Ltd., of Townsville, and the firm's managing director, Reginald Arthur Crowther,…

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Assault On Japan Is Coming

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 May 1945 · page 1

HONOLULU, Tues.--The Pacific war is entering a new phase, calling soon for a major assault against the Japanese Empire,…

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Wholesale Murder In Prison Camps

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 May 1945 · page 1

LONDON, Tues.--American troops, who have liberated the notorious Nazi concentration camp of Dachau, near Munich,…

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Moree Murder Trial Started Afresh

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 May 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tues.--The trial of Thomas Martin Dowe, 28, textile worker, of St. Peters, on a charge of the murder of Joan Minnie…

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Gaol For Man And Wife For Forging A Will

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 May 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed.--Walter Ellis (47) and his wife, Frances Ellis (50) were sentenced to seven years and three and half years,…

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Dowe Acquitted On Murder Charge

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 May 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY, Fri.--After being out only 15 minutes the Central Criminal Court late to-day acquitted Thomas Martin Dowe…

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President's Sons Charged With Collaboration

Daily Examiner · Monday 7 May 1945 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Sun.--The Secretary to the President of the Philippines, Sergio Osmena, told the American Associated Press…

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P.O.W. Found In Rangoon Gaol

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 May 1945 · page 3

RANGOON, Monday.—Fourteen hundred British. American, Indian and Ghurka prisoners of war were found in Rangoon gaol when…

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Court Congestion

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 May 1945 · page 4

The legal profession of Grafton had the unusual experience yesterday of three courts sitting at the one time. The Supreme…

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Claim For £400 In District Court

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 May 1945 · page 6

Before Judge P. V. Storkey, V.C., at Grafton District Court yesterday, Albert James Wenham, of Stratford, proceeded against Cecil…

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Goering Told Hitler Resistance Useless: Sentenced To Death

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 May 1945 · page 1

LONDON, Thurs.--Arrested on April 27 on Hitler's personal instructions Reich Marshal Hermann Goering was taken to Berchtesgaden, were he was told that he…

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Verdict for Defendant in District Court

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 May 1945 · page 6

The District Court case at Grafton, in which Albert James Wenham, of Stratford, proceeded against Cecil Russ, claiming £400…

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Tobacco Stealing Soldier Charged

Daily Examiner · Thursday 17 May 1945 · page 4

At Grafton Police Court yesterday, before Mr. J. B. Hodgson, J.P., Ronald Thomas Wooderson, a soldier, was charged that on or…

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Doenitz For Trial German Leaders To Face Court

Daily Examiner · Friday 18 May 1945 · page 1

LONDON, Thurs.--Not only Admiral Doenitz and Goering, but Generals Kesselring and Von Rundstedt are being held by the Allies as war prisoners. Announcing this to S.H. A.E.F. correspondents, General…

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Wounding Charge Follows Police Raid

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 May 1945 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Rex Llewellyn Flanagan (29), of Fitzroy, has been charged with having wounded Detective John…

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Arbitration Court Interfering, Says Miners' Leader

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 May 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sun.--"Without doubt the unions in Australia must take particular note of the manner in which the Arbitration Court has…

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Grafton Police Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 May 1945 · page 6

Before Mr. K. M. Dash, Police Magistrate, at Grafton Police Court, yesterday, the following cases were dealt with…

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Coff's Harbour Police Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 May 1945 · page 5

Thomas McMahon (26) at the Coff's Harbour Police Court, before Mr. K. M. Dash, P.M., on Friday last, was fined £2 for riotous…

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