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New England · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1941

545 stories in New England's papers · page 6 of 28

Groans in Bathroom Police Make Grim Discovery ADELAIDE

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 18 February 1941 · page 4

Da[?] Parry (72), of Parkside, who was found in a [?] nearly full of water, with a weighted bag on his chest, died…

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Stealing Charge Defendant Before Court

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 19 February 1941 · page 4

In the local Police Court yesterday morning Rowland John Rooney was charged with that on Friday last he did steal from Hong Yuen's a quantity…

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Subversive Tactics Defendants Sentenced AUCKLAND

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 19 February 1941 · page 1

Harold Alexander Ostler, son of a Supreme Court Judge, and Travers Christie, who were found guilty by a jury of having attempted to publish a…

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Border Residents Charged Under Traffic Act

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 19 February 1941 · page 4

Before Mr. F. Scroope, P.M., in the local Police Court yesterday morning Daniel Ryan was charged with driving an unregistered motor vehicle and…

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Two Men Charged Following Alleged Appeal For Funds SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 19 February 1941 · page 4

At the Central Court to-day George Barnes (49), agent, and Samuel Levi (27), musician, were charged with having at Sydney made an appeal tor…

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Gaol Breakers 12 Years and a Flogging

Guyra Argus · Thursday 20 February 1941 · page 3

Four of five prisoners who escaped from the Auckland prison on the evening of October 1 after having attacked and injured warders were…

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Released on £900 Bail Each Two Men Charged With Armed Assault SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 21 February 1941 · page 1

Septimus Ammen (22) and John Frederick Hayes (29) were charged at Redfern Court to-day with assault and robbery at Waterloo while armed…

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Military Police Round Up Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 22 February 1941 · page 1

Military police have seized cameras, and taken names and addresses, besides noting car numbers, on the harbor…

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Stealing Charge

The Inverell Times · Monday 24 February 1941 · page 3

In the local Police Court this morning, before Messrs. E. N. Ditchfield and H. H. Johnston. Roland John Rooney pleaded guilty to a charge of…

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Warialda Court

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 24 February 1941 · page 2

The following cases were dealt with by Mr. S. A. Thornton P.M., at the court on Wednesday : Several drovers had been proceeded…

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Drill Hall Theft Two Men Charged

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 25 February 1941 · page 4

Two men alleged to have broken and entered the Drill Hall on the Glen Innes. showground on the night of Thursday last and…

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Theft From Store Glen Innes Man Charged

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 25 February 1941 · page 4

Lyall Gordon Stanley was charged In Tenterfield Police Court yesterday with having on Friday night, at Glen Innes broken and entered the store…

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Traffic Court Motorists Charged Queensland Travellers' Speeds

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 25 February 1941 · page 5

In the local Police Court yesterday several motorists pleaded guilty to breaches of the Motor Traffic Act…

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Military Boots Police Seize Leather SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 25 February 1941 · page 1

Police yesterday seized a number of military boots, the leather of which it is alleged had been condemned by the Commonwealth…

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Nudism Alleged Witness Was "Disgusted" Six Charged in Sydney SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 26 February 1941 · page 4

He was disgusted by the spectacle, but from what he had seen, his morals had not been corrupted, said a witness at the Quarter Sessions to-day,…

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Aborigines Arrested Alleged Attack on Old Man Charge is Assault and Robbery SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 26 February 1941 · page 1

Following an attack on a middleaged man at La Perouse, last night. two young half-caste aborigines from Orford were arrested and charged…

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Licensing Court

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 28 February 1941 · page 6

In the Licensing Court at Armidale yesterday, the Licensing Magistrate (Mr. F. T. Scroope) granted William V. Jackson's application for…

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Armidale Small Debts Court

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 28 February 1941 · page 8

In Armidale Small Debts Court yesterday, before the Police Magistrate (Mr. F. T. Scroope) Percy G. Love proceeded against H.R.Bower,…

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Eviction Case Against Bardia Widow Adjournment Granted Defendant Too III to be in Court SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 28 February 1941 · page 4

An adjournment until March 28 was granted at Paddington Court to-day when the eviction case of Mrs. Mary Davis whose husband…

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Police in Sofia Are Now Controlled by Gestapo Chief's Men (Australian Associated Press and British Official Wireless.) LONDON

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 28 February 1941 · page 1

Heavy snow to-day throughout northern Bulgaria is almost certainly granting Bulgaria a few days reprieve from occupation. No German forces crossed…

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