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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1945

484 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 8 of 25

Police Court

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 11 April 1945 · page 2

Before Mr. J. H. Hodgson, J.P., at Grafton Police Court yesterday, the following cases were dealt with…

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High Court Ruling On Liability For Military Service

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 11 April 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tues.--Foreign countries whose nationals were conscripted for military service by Australia might retaliate against…

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Soldier Charged With Murder

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 April 1945 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wed.--Bail was refused when Francis Alexander Walls, 46, soldier, was remanded to April 19, at the Central Police…

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District Court

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 April 1945 · page 6

Before the District Court. Albert James Wenham, of Strathford, timber carrier, proceeded against Cecil Russ, of…

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Police Anticipated Crime Wave

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 April 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed.--The hope that Magistrates would deal severely with those who committed breaches of the Pistol Licence…

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Appeal Court at Grafton

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 April 1945 · page 2

Several appeals against convictions for various offences were heard before His Honor, Judge P. V. Storkey, V.C., at Grafton…

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Appeals Against After-Hours Court Conviction

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 April 1945 · page 6

Before his Honor, Judge P. V. Storkey, at Grafton Court yesterday, Oswald Kelly and Michael O'Malley appealed against…

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Father and Son On Murder Charge

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 April 1945 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thurs.—Thomas Henry Kirwin, 55, and his son, Henry Kirwin, 24, of Kooweerup, were charged with the murder of…

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Germans Retain Capacity For Cold-Blooded Murder

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 April 1945 · page 1

LONDON, Thurs.—Even when facing certain defeat the Germans do not appear to have lost their capacity for the cold-blooded murder of their enemies. At dawn yesterday a German…

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Electricity Needed At Police Station

Daily Examiner · Saturday 14 April 1945 · page 4

The monthly meeting of the Woolgoolga Improvement League was held in the Returned Soldiers' Hall. There was a good…

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Royal Court of Mourning

Daily Examiner · Saturday 14 April 1945 · page 3

CANBERRA, Fri.—The Royal Court of Mourning on the death of President Roosevelt will extend to Australia…

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Charged with Vagrancy

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 April 1945 · page 3

KIAMA, Mon.—Bernard Hudson Matheson, 20 described as a laborer, appeared in the Wollongong Police Court to-day on a…

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Not Guilty of Murder Charge

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 April 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mon.—Charged with the murder of her husband 49-year-old mother of 13 children was found not guilty in the…

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Wardens Court Objection Upheld

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 April 1945 · page 4

Before Mr. K. M. Dash, sitting as Warden, at Grafton Police Court yesterday, an objection was heard, lodged by Albert Roy…

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Preference Case. Court Refuses Injunction

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 April 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mon.—James Patrick ("Digger") Dunn was, in the High Court to-day, refused an injunction to delay the…

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Caldwell To Face Court-Martial

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 April 1945 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Mon.— Group Captain Clive ("Killer") Caldwell, D.S.O. D.F.C. and bar, Polish Cross of Valor, has been…

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Peeping Tom Case At Grafton Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 April 1945 · page 6

William Thomas Munday, wardsman at the Grafton Base Hospital, was charged at the Grafton Court yesterday before Mr. K…

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Small Debts Court A Broken Agreement

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 April 1945 · page 4

Before Mr. K. M. Dash at the Small Debts Court Grafton, yesterday, Mervyn J. Firth proceeded against Lester Thompson…

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Accepted Bribe: Sent To Gaol

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 April 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tues.--A former Commonwealth prices official, Samuel Neil Rea, 39, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment, in the…

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Police Association And Affiliation With T. and L. Council

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 April 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tues.--Supporting a motion at the N.S.W. Police Association conference to-day that the association should not affiliate…

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