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Northern Rivers · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1941

809 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 13 of 41

District Court Wages, Overtime Claims Succeed Cafe Employees

Northern Star · Friday 2 May 1941 · page 13

verdict for £60 and £25, respectively, was returned in favour of Mrs. Ann Churchill and Mrs. Esther Alice Evelyn Chisholm by…

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Man Sentenced for Begging Alms

Northern Star · Saturday 3 May 1941 · page 11

Herbert William Whiting (38), labourer, of North Lismore, was sentenced to imprisonment with hard labour for 14 days by Mr. A. J…

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Convicted for Assault at Tweed Heads

Tweed Daily · Saturday 3 May 1941 · page 5

Herbert Arlington (57), second-hand dealer, of Tweed Heads, was convicted by Mr. A. J. Bryant, P.M., in Tweed Heads Court of Petty Sessions on…

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Pleads Guilty to Assault at Tweed Heads

Tweed Daily · Saturday 3 May 1941 · page 8

Leslie Mason (20), dental mechanic, of Murwillumbah, pleaded guilty in Tweed Heads Court of Petty Sessions on Thursday on a charge of having…

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Found Shot Before Due in Court

Northern Star · Saturday 3 May 1941 · page 7

GOSFORD. Friday.—William Alfred Stevenson was found shot early, to-day when he was due to appear at the Gosford Court…

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Boys Took German Pilot to Police

Tweed Daily · Monday 5 May 1941 · page 1

LONDON, Sunday:—Three evacuee boys, aged between 15 and 17, returning from seeing the wreck of a German plane shot…

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Gaoled for Life Elderly Man Convicted On Murder Charge

Northern Star · Monday 5 May 1941 · page 5

BRISBANE, Sunday. — James Callaghan (60), boring engineer, was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment at Cunnamulla…

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Court Story of Fracas Between Women

Tweed Daily · Monday 5 May 1941 · page 6

At Coolangatta Court before Mr. W. P. Wilson, P.M., on Friday, Hilda Schwartz proceeded against Hazel Taylor on a charge of assault on…

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Boy Charged With Murder

Northern Star · Tuesday 6 May 1941 · page 11

ADELAIDE, Monday. — Adelaide police arrested a 15-year-old boy and charged him with the murder of William Thomas Halse (77), a…

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Woman Sentenced

Northern Star · Tuesday 6 May 1941 · page 8

On a charge that she was an idle and disorderly person, Eadie Donnelly (30), a coloured woman from Yuigilbar, was sentenced to 21 days'…

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Stealing Charge Dismissed

Northern Star · Tuesday 6 May 1941 · page 2

"The pound definitely disappeared but I would be very reluctant, on the evidence, to convict Vale," said the P.M., Mr. A. J. Bryant, at Lismore…

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Lismore Police Court Competed Against Railways Brisbane Carrier Fined

Northern Star · Tuesday 6 May 1941 · page 2

Samual Paratz, carrier, of Brisbane, was fined £5, with costs and expenses totalling £1 8s, by Mr. A. J. Bryant, P.M., at the Lismore Police Court…

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Boy on Charge of Murder

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 6 May 1941 · page 6

ADELAIDE, Monday:--Brian John Turner, 15 years and 8 months, appeared in the Children's Court to-day charged with the murder of William…

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Casino Court House Repairs Contract

Northern Star · Tuesday 6 May 1941 · page 10

SYDNEY, Monday.—A contract for the following work has been signed by the Department, of Works and Local Government: Casino Court House…

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Boot Contracts Proceedings in High Court

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 6 May 1941 · page 2

SYDNEY: The Federal Attorney-General, Mr. Hughes, said yesterday that proceedings were about to be launched in the High Court against a…

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High Court Prosecutions Army Boots Case

Northern Star · Tuesday 6 May 1941 · page 7

SYDNEY, Monday.—The Federal Attorney-General (Mr. Hughes) announced to-night that prosecutions would be launched in the…

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Police to Be Asked Traffic Domes and Lamp Standards

Northern Star · Tuesday 6 May 1941 · page 6

Traffic domes and lamp standards provided the subject for a lengthy discussion at the Lismore Municipal Council meeting last night. For many…

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Police Officers Shot Search for Man in Bush

Northern Star · Wednesday 7 May 1941 · page 7

BRISBANE. Tuesday.—In pursuing their inquiries to-day into the alleged Daylate—Bruelad "ringin" of last Januar,…

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Man Charged at Bundabebg

Tweed Daily · Thursday 8 May 1941 · page 2

BUNDABERG, Wednesday: Percy Strickley (59), farm laborer, appeared in the Police Court charged that, with Frank Bach, senr., and Frank Bach,…

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Father And Son Charged With Conspiracy

Northern Star · Thursday 8 May 1941 · page 12

BRISBANE, Wednesday.—Frank Bach, senior (54), farmer, and Frank Back, junior, were charged at Toowoomba court to-day that…

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