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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1945

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Husband on Murder Charge

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 July 1945 · page 1

MELBOURNE,Tues.--A Charged with murdering his Wife, Lindo Marion Mills, 26, Harry Ernest Mills, 31, told a Criminal Court…

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Police Inspector's Court Farewell

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 July 1945 · page 2

On the eve of retirement after 38 years as a member of the N.S.W. Police Force, Inspector B. H. Baxter, of Grafton, was…

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Six Charged With Murder of W.A.A.A.F.

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 July 1945 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Wed.--Five women and a man were this afternoon charged with the murder of Corporal Vera Wiper, 23, single, of Adelaide, a member of…

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Two Years' Gaol "Nothing At All''

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 July 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed.--When he was sentenced to two years' gaol at the Quarter Session by Judge Barton to-day. Frederick james…

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Police Court Monthly Sitting

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 20 July 1945 · page 2

Mr. G. Berry, new Police Magistrate for the Dorrigo district, conducted his first sitting of the local Court, on Wednesday, July…

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Charged With Assaulting Daughter

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 July 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thurs.--Police alleged in the Parramatta Court to-day that William Ernest Latham, 44, labourer—a veteran of…

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Offender Fined £20 for Driving Under Influence Police Court Conviction

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 20 July 1945 · page 2

Roy Ernest Riley, sawyer, 23 years of age, for driving a motor vehicle whilst under the influence of intoxicating liquor, was fined…

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Denies Murder Of Aborigine

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 July 1945 · page 1

ALICE SPRINGS, Thursday.--Allegations that a pastoralist, Robert Edward Davis, of Willowra Station, had shot two aborigines,…

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Cutting Tree Without Licence Sleeper Cutter's Lapse Magistrate's Warning

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 20 July 1945 · page 2

A case, understood to be the first of its kind heard locally, was before Mr. G. Berry, P.M., at the Dorrigo Police Court, on…

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The First Mail Service for Plateau Selectors Police Barracks Established at Tyringham Further Settlement on Guy Fawkes

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 20 July 1945 · page 1

With the opening up of Tyringham a Police Barracks was established there. The site was near the old crossing of Blick's River, just above the site of the Blicks River Bridge. Reid's sawmill is situated only a short distance above the spot. A few…

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Fires In School: Boy Charged

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 July 1945 · page 1

PERTH, Sun.--Two fires which caused [?]1000 damage at the State School, Bay View Terrace, Clare-mont, last week, have been…

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Charged With Murder of W.A.A.A.F.

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 July 1945 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Monday.--Flight Lieutenant James Henry Greaves, 25, who is the seventh person to be charged with the murder of…

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Prisoners, Set Fire To Gaol Roof

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 July 1945 · page 1

ROME, Mon.--Prisoners in Regina Coeli prison last night capped the 24 hour revolt by setting fire to the roof of the gaol…

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Charged with Conspiracy

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 25 July 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tues.--Overt acts alleged against men charged with conspiracy in the Quarter Sessions to-day read like a racy…

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Verdict Of Murder

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 25 July 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY,Tues.--A verdict that Mrs. Mary Gwendoline Bakeweli, 58, who was found dead in her home in Liverpool street, city, in…

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More Riots In Italian Gaol

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 25 July 1945 · page 1

ROME, Tues.--A new and more serious riot broke out among the 2400 prisoners in the Regina Coeli Gaol, when guards…

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Calm in Italian Gaol

Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 July 1945 · page 4

ROME, Wed.--Calm has been restored in Regina Coeli prison, although conditions within the charred and dilapidated buildings…

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Police Staff At Coramba

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 July 1945 · page 4

Mr. R. S. Vincent, M.L.A., has received the following communication from the Deputy Commissioner of Police with reference…

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Court Apportions Blame For Collision

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 July 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thurs.--Blame for the collision of two coastal ships while in a convoy off the Victorian coast on the night of June…

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Cheque Forcer Sent to Prison Day Convicted and Sentenced to 18 Months Hard Labour Dorrigo Case at Quarter Sessions

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 27 July 1945 · page 4

A charge involving the forging and uttering of a cheque for £22 at Dorrigo, was heard before his Honor Judge Storkey and a jury at Grafton Quarter Sessions on Tuesday, July 17, and resulted in the conviction of Frank Day…

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