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New England · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1941

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Increase of 20 Glen Innes Town Population Police Statistics

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 21 January 1941 · page 4

Statistics collected by the police and just made available reveal that the population of Glen Innes municipality bas increased by 20…

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"Pyjama Girl's" Body Supreme Court Writ SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 21 January 1941 · page 1

A Supreme Court writ demanding the body of the "pyjama girl" was [?]sued yesterday against the Commissioner of Police, on behalf of Mrs…

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Jehovah's Witnesses Ketch Seized by Police SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 22 January 1941 · page 1

"Light Ray." a 60-foot ketch belonging to Jehovah's Witnesses, has been seized by the State and Commonwealth police…

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Police Search for Valuable Filly Strayed From Paddock SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 22 January 1941 · page 4

Police are searching for a two-yearold chestnut filly, claimed to be worth £800, which is believed to have strayed from a paddock at Mascot on…

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[?] Charges Two Men Before Court In Poss[?]sion of Petrol Tin and Tubing

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 22 January 1941 · page 3

Two annual [?] were called in the local police Count yesterday morning before Mr. F. Scr[?]pe P.M., when Raymond Alfred Brice…

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Uralla Police Court

The Uralla Times · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 4

In the Police Court on Monday, before Messrs T. M. Heagney and R. Watson, Js.P., T. O'Halloran, charged with maliciously damaging a door…

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Police Struck Jehovah's Witnesses Raid

Guyra Argus · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 4

A woman struck three police officers with a stick during widespread police raids on property belonging to the now illegal Jehovah's Witnesses…

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Bondi Assault Mother and Daughter Fined SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 24 January 1941 · page 4

Mrs. Fay Mahoney (39) and her daughter Esther Mahoney (23) were each fined £3 at Paddington Court today for assaulting William Thomas…

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Small Debts Court

The Inverell Times · Friday 24 January 1941 · page 4

In the Small Debts Court this week F. Gaukroger and Sons proceeded against Thomas Mitchell and Co. Pty. Ltd. for the recovery of £17171. The…

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Police Court

The Inverell Times · Monday 27 January 1941 · page 3

In the local police Court this morning Edward Alfred Carpenter and Roland J. Rooney were each charged with using indecent language…

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Murder Detection

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 27 January 1941 · page 2

[?] of investigation in murder [?] have been improved in such a [?] recent years that it is now extremely difficult for the criminal to…

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Grafton Protest Costly Police Transfers

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 28 January 1941 · page 4

The Mayor of Grafton, Ald. E. H. Chataway, who is president of the Grafton Road Safety Council, made a strong protest at the…

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Britain Prepared For "All Out" Assault Halifax Gives Estimate Washington

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 28 January 1941 · page 1

"We always thought the British Isles the decisive theatre, but it is impossible to over-estimate the strategical importance of the…

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Police Dogs Help Detectives in Man Hunt Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 29 January 1941 · page 1

Dressed in hospital pyjamas and wearing black leather slippers, a Long Bay prisoner escaped from Prince Henry Hospital at Malabar shortly after midnight. He is serving a sentence for breaking and entering and stealing…

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Murder Charge Accused Ex-Prisoner Remanded to Later Date Wellington (N.z.)

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 29 January 1941 · page 4

At the Police Court, Leonard Netting, 29, brushmaker, was charged with the murder of Mrs. Marjory Livingstone Horton, 49,…

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N.Z Murder Charge Wellington Society Woman Died Without Regaining Consciousness Wellington (N.z.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 29 January 1941 · page 4

In the Police Court, Leonard Neiling (39), brushmaker, was charged with the murder of Mrs. Marjory Livingstone Horton (49),…

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Assault

Guyra Argus · Thursday 30 January 1941 · page 2

A young member of the A.T.S. had a message to deliver. "May I see the captain?" she asked the sailor on the gangway…

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Will Ignore Court Sheetmetal Workers SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 30 January 1941 · page 1

The Sheet Metal workers' Union has decided to ignore the Federal Arbitration Court in seeking a new award for New South Wales, and has…

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Husband's Assurance to Magistrate Charged By Wile With Assault

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 31 January 1941 · page 8

A husband gave an assurance in Armidale Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, to the P.M. (Mr. F. T. Scroope) that he would keep…

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Charged with Speeding in Marsh Street Guyra Motorist Fined

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 31 January 1941 · page 8

In Armidale Court of Petty Sessions yesterday Lionel Gordon Moore pleaded not guilty to a charge of having, on December…

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