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New England · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1942

541 stories in New England's papers · page 4 of 28

One-legged Tramp Before Court on Vagrancy Charge

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 31 January 1942 · page 5

Arthur Thompson (32) a one-legged man, was charged under the Vagrancy Act at Guyra. Sergeant Sewell stated that he saw…

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Callan Park Suicide Patient Shoots Himself Police Detain Woman SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 2 February 1942 · page 4

Harold Thompson 40 an inmate of Callan Park Mental Asylum shot himself in the head with a sawn-off pea rifle this…

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Court Sequel to Fruit Machine in Hotel Parlor

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 3 February 1942 · page 6

In the first prosecution of its kind in the Stale, the licensee of the Woy Woy Hotel, George Weimar, 55, was before the Gosford Court of Petty…

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[?] Mother Charged With Murder

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 4 February 1942 · page 6

A young woman in a state of hysteria walked into the home of Mrs. Sanders in Woll[?] Street, Kingsgrove, on Monday Morning, and said that a baby…

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Police Court

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 4 February 1942 · page 3

In the local Police court yesterday morning before Messrs. R. J Higgins and L. J. Cloonan. J. P. Richard E. Singleton was fined £2. court costs 8…

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Brutal Assault in Sydney Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 4 February 1942 · page 4

Allegedly the victim of a brutal assault by three soldiers in Williams street last night. William Colem[?] 44, of Kings Cross, is in a critical…

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Brutal Assault Man in Critical Condition SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 4 February 1942 · page 3

Allegedly the victim of a brutal assault by three soldiers in William Street last night William Coleman (44), of King's Cross, is in a critical…

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Woman on Murder Charge Attends Husband's Funeral Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 4 February 1942 · page 4

Catherine Mary Thompson, 41, who has been charged with the murder of her husband, Horace Thompson 44, has been granted permission to…

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Police Appeal To Men and Women With Stock and Land Experience

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 4 February 1942 · page 4

Men and women experienced in handling of stock, or who are used to farm work, are urged to communicate with Inspector Worboys…

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Guyra Police Court

Guyra Argus · Thursday 5 February 1942 · page 3

At the Guyra Police Court on Thursday last, 29th January, Arthur Thompson, (32) was charged under the vagrancy act. He was arrested on the…

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Hotel Cook's Death From Effects of a Brutal Assault SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 5 February 1942 · page 4

Allegedly assaulted with violent brutality by two of three soldiers 24 hours earlier, William Coleman (44), hotel cook, died in St. Vincent's…

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Series of Thefts From Country Dwellings Three Men Before Court

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 5 February 1942 · page 3

Three young men, Stanley Haddow, John Hargreaves and Arthur Collins, pleaded guilty before His Honor Judge Storkey,…

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Evacuation of Stock Special Notice to all Land Holders The Guyra Police Patrol

Guyra Argus · Thursday 5 February 1942 · page 2

Guyra Police would like to interview all Land Owners in the Guyra Police Patrol, urgently, at the Police Station, in connection with the Evacuation of…

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Court

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 6 February 1942 · page 8

At Uralla Court of Petty Sessions on Tuesday a care in which Messrs. McRae's Pty. Ltd. proceeded against Myrtle Eileen Simmons, of Kentucky,…

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Woman Sentenced for Illegal Operation Orange

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 6 February 1942 · page 4

At the Orange Quarter Sessions yesterday, Elsie Evelyn Bowhay, whose husband has been reported wounded in…

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Round-up of Soldiers After Fatal Assault Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 6 February 1942 · page 4

In a widespread search for three soldiers involved in a fatal assault on William Coleman (44), hotel cook, on Tuesday night, the police…

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Yesterday's News Armidole Schools -War Precautions - Murder Search Compulsion Unonism

The Inverell Times · Friday 6 February 1942 · page 3

[?]..week All school report [?]…

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Crimes of Violence Police Otherwise Busy SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Friday 6 February 1942 · page 1

The Secretory of the Police Association. Mr Cosgrave. claimed yesterday that because half of the police force were doing work which should be done…

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Crime Wave Increases Because Police Are on Work of Other Bodies Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 6 February 1942 · page 1

The secretary of the Police Association, Mr. Cosgrove, claimed yesterday that because half the police force were doing work…

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Baby Battered to Death Mother Charged With Murder

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 7 February 1942 · page 2

A young woman in a slate of hysteria walked into the home of Mrs. Sanders in Wolli Street. Kingsgrove, on Monday morning, and said that a baby…

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