Husband on Murder Intent Charge
SYDNEY, Monday.—Arising out of the removal of Mrs. Pearl Metcalf to Camden Hospital last Saturday with a bullet wound in her legs and the…
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Courts & crime, 1941
809 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 6 of 41
Murwillumbah Court Case
At the Murwillumbah Court yesterday, Christian Jorbjornsen pleaded guilty to each of three charges: Drunkenness; resisting a police officer…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Failed to Obey Police Direction
For failure to obey the direction of a constable to move his car to the proper parking zone at Brunswick Heads on Boxing Day, William James…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday:-- Hundreds of people in Botany Road, Waterloo, saw a fierce fight between two men who had been…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Stealing Charge Withdrawn
BALLINA, Friday.—A charge agains[?] John Alfred Barrow, 21, labourer, o[?] Ballina, that on January 26 he knowingly had in possessio n of Michae…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Seize Cameras
SYDNEY, Friday:--Civil police acting under the direction of military officers have carried out extensive raids around the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Investigate Woman's Death
SYDNEY, Sunday:--Detectives are investigating the death of an unknown woman, of about 25 or 30 years of age, whose body was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Byron Bay Court
In the Small Debts Court at Byron Bay, Mr. J. McElroy, P.M., ordered that £3 10s l0d paid into court be paid to the judgment debtor…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Shot in Gun Battle with Civilians
MELBOURNE, Sunday: -- Two policemen and a civilian were shot and a third constable injured in a gun battle in Greeves…
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Thomas Benoni Lincoln (20), labourer, was sentenced to seven months' imprisonment with hard labour in Grafton gaol, in Lismore Police…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →British Military Police Units
Britain's Military Police Units parade in gas masks. They have been formed from the ranks of mobile policemen ("speed cops") and the road scouts of motor organsations, and are thus expert motor-cyclists with a thorough knowledge of the country…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Military Boots Police Seize Half-Soles
SYDNEY, Monday:-- Action taken by detectives to-day is likely to lead to far-reaching investigations into the manufacture of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →German Internee Says He Is Atheist Court Sequel To Escape
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—A German internee who recently escaped from custody together with two other men to-day told the Echuca Court that he…
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NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.—In the police court, Sidney Thomas Benton (62), miner, was further remanded to March 7 on charges of manslaughter…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Murwillumbah Small Debts Court
In Murwillumbah Small Debts Court yesterday the Police Magistrate (Mr. J. McElroy) ordered the payment to the judgment creditor of £646 paid…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Damages for Injury to Cattle Claim Succeeds at M'bah Court
A verdict for plaintiff for £1296, with court costs 13 and witnesses' expenses £2, was entered by the Police Magistrate…
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Earl Raymond King (32), drover, and N[?]vilie William Wellesley Bice (27), cattle buyer, were each fined £10 on a cattle stealing charge in…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →German Charging U.s. Minister with Assault
SOFIA, Thursday:--It is announced that the German injured in the fracas with Mr. G. H. Earle, American Minister in Bulgaria, is bringing an…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Claim for £108 for Board Non-Suit at Coolangatta Court
In Coolangatta Court on Friday before Mr. S. Wilson. P.M. Jean Sommerville, guest house proprietress, of Coolangatta, claimed from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Court Damages Claim Fails
Ida Rose Vidler, a widow, of Bishop's Creek, was non-suited in a damages action in the Small Debts Court at Lismore yesterday…
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