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Northern Rivers · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1941

809 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 16 of 41

Licensing Court

Northern Star · Tuesday 3 June 1941 · page 8

At the Lismore Licensing Court yesterday, Mr. A. J. Bryant, P.M., granted a Sunday trading license to Arthur Clifford Chisholm, and renewed a…

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Police Have a Lost Purse

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 3 June 1941 · page 2

Tweed Heads police have in their possession a purse containing money found recently in the Empire Theatre, Tweed Heads. The owner can secure…

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Police Officers Farewelled

Northern Star · Wednesday 4 June 1941 · page 6

Prior to leaving Lismore to commence duties at Gilgandra and Gunnedah, respectively, Sgt. J. McKenzie and Const. L. Townsend were…

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Alleged Murder Bailor Committed for Trial

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 4 June 1941 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday:—The City Coroner (Mr. Oram), after inquiring to-day into the death of Leo Thomas Baker (20), able…

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Seaman For Trial On Murder Charge

Northern Star · Wednesday 4 June 1941 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Two witnesses alleged that Alan James Dalziel, 21-year-old seaman, had admitted having killed Leo…

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Police Efforts Appreciated

Northern Star · Thursday 5 June 1941 · page 5

Accompanying a receipt for £2614 0s 1d, which was raised by Lismore police and given as a free gift to the Commonwealth Government for war…

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Qld. Cane Cutting Court Cancels Contracts Sequel to Dispute Over Aliens

Northern Star · Thursday 5 June 1941 · page 5

BRISBANE, Wednesday.—Applications were made to the Industrial Court in Chambers in Brisbane to-day by the Australian…

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Had Sequel in Court Truck Collision In Main-St. Small Debts Claim

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 6 June 1941 · page 3

A collision between two utility trucks in Main-street, Kyogle, on February 21 had a sequel in Kyogle Small Debts Court on…

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Ballina Police and Citizens' Appeal

Northern Star · Saturday 7 June 1941 · page 4

BALLINA, Friday.—The treasurer of Ballina District Police and Citizens' War Fund (Const. W. Gibbons) has received acknowledgment by the…

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Casino Police Court Three Firms Fined Purity of Olive Oil

Northern Star · Monday 9 June 1941 · page 7

CASINO, Sunday.—Proceedings were brought against three local firms at the Casino Police Court on Thursday on a charge of selling adulterated olive…

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Police Court. Guilty On Two Assault Charges

Northern Star · Tuesday 10 June 1941 · page 2

Frederick William Phillips (22), a labourer, pleaded guilty at the Lismore Police Court yesterday, before Mr. A. J. Bryant, to charges of…

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Police Court Inspector Insulted Conviction Against Cyclist

Northern Star · Tuesday 10 June 1941 · page 8

Leslie Harold Johnston, traffic inspector of the Lismore Municipal Council, said at the Lismore Police Court yesterday that when William H…

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Police Court Driver's Duty See Equipment in Order

Northern Star · Tuesday 10 June 1941 · page 10

The Police Magistrate (Mr. A. J. Bryant) told Roy Davies, a South Lismore carrier, in the Lismore Police Court yesterday it was the duty of…

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£5000 Damages Claim Police Sergeant Alleges Defamation

Northern Star · Tuesday 10 June 1941 · page 3

BRISBANE, Monday.—The hearing was commenced to-day in the Supreme Court of a claim for £5000 damages for alleged defamation by Timothy…

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Acquitted on Murder at Sea Charge

Northern Star · Wednesday 11 June 1941 · page 7

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Alan James Dalziell (21) was acquitted to-day in the Central Criminal Court after facing trial on a charge of murder…

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Two Japanese Included in Three Men Charged by U.s. with Spying

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 11 June 1941 · page 2

LOS ANGELES, Monday (A.A.P.):—Three men, of whom two are Japanese, have been arrested by the Federal Bureau of…

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Four Hindus Each Fined £5 for Assault Murwillumbah Court

Tweed Daily · Thursday 12 June 1941 · page 7

A fight among Hindus, in which chipping hoes were used as weapons, at Nobby's Creek on a Sunday morning last month,…

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Murwillumbah Court

Tweed Daily · Thursday 12 June 1941 · page 7

In Murwillumbah Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, Mr. A. J. Bryant, Police Magistrate, issued an order, by consent of defendant, giving…

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Says He Received Money From Duce After Murder

Tweed Daily · Thursday 12 June 1941 · page 8

LONDON, Thursday (A.A.P.):-- The Associated Press representative at Cairo states that a photostat copy of a letter from Amerigo…

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Sentenced to Death

Tweed Daily · Friday 13 June 1941 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday:—At the Central Criminal Court to-day before Mr. Justice Street, Thomas Herbert Skinner (40 motor driver and soldier,…

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