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Northern Rivers · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1941

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Alleged Stealing From Internees Members of Escort Charged

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 21 May 1941 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday:--Two members of the Pioneer Corps, Acting Regimental Sergt.-Major Charles Albert Bowles and Sergt. Arthur…

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Internee Escorts Face Field Court Martial in England

Northern Star · Wednesday 21 May 1941 · page 7

LONDON, Tuesday (AAP).—Members of the Pioneer Corps, Acting Regimental Sergeant Major Charles Albert Bowles and Sergean[?] Arthur…

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Nebo Murder Inquiries

Tweed Daily · Thursday 22 May 1941 · page 6

BRISBANE, Wednesday:--Detectives, searching for guns capable of having fired shots in the Nebo murder, seized a fifth weapon to-day and it…

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Evidence on Alleged Theft From Internees

Tweed Daily · Thursday 22 May 1941 · page 7

LONDON, Tuesday:--After several officers had given evidence in the court martial on charges arising out of escorting German and Italian…

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Magistrate's Son In A.I.F. Missing

Northern Star · Thursday 22 May 1941 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—When Mr. Sheridan, S.M., was about to hear a case at Parramatta Court yesterday, he received word that his son, who is…

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Man Charged with Stealing Watches

Tweed Daily · Friday 23 May 1941 · page 6

A plate-glass window of Godlonton's novelty shop in Griffith Street, Coolangatta was smashed early yesterday morning and four watches! valued at…

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Sentenced for Refusal to Take Enlistment Oath

Tweed Daily · Friday 23 May 1941 · page 4

BRISBANE, Thursday: -- Charved for refusing to take the oath of enlistment when called up as a national service trainee, Lloyd Anderson (23),…

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Charged with Assault

Tweed Daily · Saturday 24 May 1941 · page 5

In the Court of Petty Sessions, Murwillumbah, yesterday, Beance Singh, a banana grower, was charged with having assaulted Kishen Singh and…

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Duke Had Never Met Hess N.Z. Announces Loss of Minesweeper Alleged Stealing of £2700

Tweed Daily · Saturday 24 May 1941 · page 3

LONDON, Thursday:—A statement that the Duke of Hamilton had never met Hess prior to the arrival of the latter AUCKLAND, Friday:—The loss of H.M.S. Turiri, commissioned as a minesweeper, was announced to-day. She was engaged in SYDNEY, Friday:—Valorie Hudson (27), of Sydney, was remanded at the City Police Court to-day to appear in Sydney next week on a charge…

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Police Court Gaol for Three Months

Northern Star · Tuesday 27 May 1941 · page 2

Ernest Edward Estreich (57), a banana plantation worker, of Billinudgel, whose counsel (Mr. A. M. Cottee) said was the…

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Police Court. Calf Buyer Convicted

Northern Star · Tuesday 27 May 1941 · page 2

William Ernest Smith, a calf buyer, employed by Tancred Brothers, Grafton, was convicted at the Lismore Police Court…

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Alleged Murder of Naval Reservist

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 27 May 1941 · page 3

Detectives boarded a vessel at an Australian port to investigate the death of Leo T. Baker, a member of the Australian Naval Reserve, who…

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Poltce Court Dear Joy Rides—£10 Each

Northern Star · Tuesday 27 May 1941 · page 3

Four young men who pleaded guilty at the Lismore Police Court yesterday, before Mr. A. Bryant, P.M., to charges of using motor…

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Court Sequel to Street Brawl Two Men Fined

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 27 May 1941 · page 6

There was a sequel in Murwillumbah Court of Petty Sessions yesterday to what- police said might have developed into a serious brawl on May…

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Alleged Murder

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 28 May 1941 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday:-- Allen James Dalziell (21). naval reservist, was charged in the Police Court to-day with having murdered Leo Barker,…

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Commander of Escort on Internee Ship Charged

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 28 May 1941 · page 8

LONDON, Monday:--Major William Patrick Scott, of the Pioneer Corps, who commanded the escort aboard the internee ship Duniera…

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Collision Leads to Claim in Court Hearing Adjourned

Tweed Daily · Thursday 29 May 1941 · page 8

After lengthy evidence in the Small Debts Court yesterday before Mr. A. J. Bryant, P.M., a claim for damages was adjourned to next Court…

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Sentenced to Two Years Demanded Money Under Threat

Tweed Daily · Saturday 31 May 1941 · page 7

BRISBANE, Friday:--Arthur Beale (31), road grader, was sentenced to Imprisonment for two years in the Criminal Court to-day by Mr. Justice…

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Two Years' Gaol Threatening Letter to M.L.A.

Northern Star · Saturday 31 May 1941 · page 10

BRISBANE, Friday.—Arthur Beale (31), road grader, was sentenced to two years' gaol by Justice Macrossan at the Criminal Court to-day on a…

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Police Court. Policing Prohibition Orders P.M's. COMMENTS

Northern Star · Tuesday 3 June 1941 · page 8

After hearing evidence regarding the difficulty of identification by hotel licensees of persons against whom prohibition orders were made, Mr. A. J…

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