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New England · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1942

541 stories in New England's papers · page 12 of 28

Charge of Murder

Guyra Argus · Thursday 7 May 1942 · page 2

In the Coroner's Court at Walget, Thomas Brumpton was committed for trial on a charge of murdering Charles Tweddell, captain of the Walget Fire…

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Orchardist Underpaid By Apple and Pear Board Court Verdict For £320 SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 8 May 1942 · page 4

A verdict for £320 compensation was given in favour of Alwyn Uren Tonking, former Chief Secretary in N.S.W., and now an…

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Police Issue Warning to District Land Owners

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 9 May 1942 · page 2

The local police desire to bring under notice of landholders that the time for the furnishing of pastoral and agricultural statistics has expired…

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Graman Theft Cases

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 11 May 1942 · page 3

At the Inverell Court a shearer named Edward Brown appeared to answer two charges of stealing. The first related to a pair of rubber knee…

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Hotelkeeper Charged

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 12 May 1942 · page 2

He bert Guest, for whom Mr. J. R. Windeyer appeared, pleaded guilty to being the licencee of premises on which Ronald Campbell was found…

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"On The Premises" Two Men Charged

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 12 May 1942 · page 2

William Stanley Lynn and Ronald Campbell were each charged in yesterday's Police Court before Mr. F. T. Scroope, PM., with…

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Warden's Court

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 12 May 1942 · page 4

In the local Mining Warden's Court yesterday an application by John Welsh for assessment of compensation on an area held under…

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Guyra Police Court

Guyra Argus · Thursday 14 May 1942 · page 1

At the Guyra Police Court yesterday (Wednesday) morning before Mr. Scroope P.M. Mr. A.A. Mackenzie of Guyra was granted a license under…

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Police Court

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 15 May 1942 · page 15

On Wednesday A. A. Mackenzie was granted, on behalf of the New England Mutual Building and Investment Society Ltd., a licence…

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Mining Applications in Warden's Court

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 15 May 1942 · page 4

In the Warden's Court at Armidale yesterday, before Mr. F. T. Scroope, P.M., Metz Gold Mines Pty. Ltd. was granted a prospecting…

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Fair Rents Court Claim For Reduction

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 15 May 1942 · page 3

Before Mr. F T. Scroope, P.M., at Armidale yesterday, Mrs. Evelyn Winlferd Webb, of 102 [?]-street, applied to the Fair…

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Criminal Assault By Coloured Man BRISBANE

The Inverell Times · Monday 18 May 1942 · page 1

Badly battered by a coloured man a 27-year-old single woman was overpowered and criminally assaulted in an air-raid shelter in South Brisbane…

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Circle Kharkov? Russians Move More Slowely To The Assault

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 18 May 1942 · page 1

LONDON, Sunday.—Indications of a possible encirclement movement of Kharkov are now evident, following the break-through by the Russian forces at Losavoya, 75 miles south-west of Kharkov, and…

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George Cross Winner at Court Martial Pleads Guilty to Serious Charges LONDON

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 19 May 1942 · page 1

Captain Robert Davies, of the Royal Engineers, who personally removed a bomb from Saint Paul's Cathedral, London, and…

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Negligent Driving Police Court Charge

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 20 May 1942 · page 3

In the local Police Court yesterday morning before Mr. F. Scroope. P.M a charge of driving in a negligent manner was preferred against James…

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URALLA Police Court Cases Thefts of Vegetabls

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 20 May 1942 · page 7

The Court House at Uralla on Monday morning resembled a greengnocer's establishment, with vegetables very much in evidence…

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Soldier Charged with Capital Offence

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 20 May 1942 · page 1

BRISBANE, Wednesday.—At the request of the United States authorities, J. W. Floyd, who was charged With comjnitting…

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District Court and Quarter Sessions

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 20 May 1942 · page 8

The District Court and Quarter Sessions will be held at Armidale Court House to-morrow. Six cases are listed in the District…

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Melbourne Killings Police in Search MELBOURNE

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 20 May 1942 · page 1

The Police [?] m[?]gaing the [?] are now more [?] theory that the [?] of Melbourne…

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