Stealing Charges Dismissed
BALLINA, Friday.—Two charges by Arthur George Alexander Preston alleging that George Harris, cane ganger, of Ballina, had stolen sums of money…
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Courts & crime, 1941
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Assault on Bookmaker and Wife Mother and Daughter Convicted
SYDNEY, Friday.—Mrs. K. Mahoney and her daughter, Esther Mahoney (23), were convicted at Paddington Police Court to-day on a charge of…
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From to-day the interests of Lismore will be guarded by more police than ever before. That position has been brought…
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CASINO, Friday.—At the Casino court Reginald Jas. Reeves, of Fairy Hill, was fined £3 on a charge of negligent driving…
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Lismore police yesterday raidsd a number of premises alleged to be occupied by members of the sect…
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NEW YORK, Tuesday:—The "New York Post" exclusively reveals that 35 persons, mostly policemen and politicians, received…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Small Debts Court
In Murwillumbah Small Debts Court yesterday, Mr. J. McElroy entered Judgment for £418, the amount paid into court in full settlement, in the…
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LONDON, Wednesday:—The Secretary of State for War (Mr. D. Margesson) said in the House of Commons that it had been decided that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Three Months' Gaol for Theft
William F. Small (42), cook, was sentenced to three months' imprisonment in Grafton Gaol by Mr. J. McElroy, P.M., in Tweed Heads Court…
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Gramophones, records, books and pamphlets alleged to have been used by followers of the sect known as Jehovah's Witnesses in the…
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NEW YORK, Thursday:--According to the New York "Journal," steam shovellers working on a bank of the Passaic River, at Lyndhurst, New…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Charged With Theft Of Jewellery
SYDNEY, Sunday.—A man was arrested yesterday and charged with having stolen £800 worth of jewellery from an Austrian refugee widow. She…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Constable Charged At Departmental Inquiry
SYDNEY, Sunday.—Detective Constable Ray Stehr, international footballer, has been charged with misconduct as a member of the force and is…
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SYDNEY, Saturday.—Lawrance Anderson Wall was charged at the Central Summons Court with having had counterfeit petrol ration tickets in his…
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ADELAIDE, Monday.—The first prosecution of its kind here was heard in Adelaide Court to-day, when Wilkinson and Co. Ltd. were charged…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Charged with Having Bogus Ration Tickets
SYDNEY: Lawrence Anderson Wall was charged at the Central Summons Court with having had counterfeit petrol ration tickets in his…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"Life Too Short" Magistrate's Advice To Litigants
"Life is too short to quarrel," said the police magistrate (Mr. J. McElroy) addressing parties in an ascault case at the Lismore Police Court…
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PARIS, Sunday: — M. Roger Langeron, the Prefect of the Paris police, has been removed from his post and charged with being a supporter of…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Two men were sentenced to gaol at the City Court to-day for stealing comforts fund goods. They were Neville John…
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BRISBANE, Wednesday.—When two brothers were charged today following a police raid on headquarters of Jehovah's…
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