Remanded on Wife Murder Charge
SYDNEY. Monday:-- Harvey Oliver Potts was charged at Wellington Court this morning with having murdered" his wife, Ida Patricia Potts (42). and…
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Courts & crime, 1941
809 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 8 of 41
Tragic Discovery by Police
MELBOURNE, Monday:-- Miss Georgina Emery, an elderly pensioner, was found dead and her eldest sister, Miss Beartice Alice…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday:--The Police Reserve Bill, which was originally introduced in the Legislative Assembly in October, 1939, will be passed through…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday. -- The death at a surgery on February 28 of Winifred Pretoria O'Brien, formerly of Gunnedah and lately…
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MULLUMBIMBY, Wednesday.--Charged with permitting an unlicensed person, Miss Pat Mead, to drive a motor vehicle, John Malcolm…
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CASINO, Thursday.--The Police Magistrate (Mr. A. J. Bryant) was farewelled at Casino court today prior to his transfer to the Lismore…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.--Police reservists would be a sort of legalised New Guard, and would give the Government a force of strike-breakers when…
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NEWCASTLE, Friday.-- Following the finding of the battered body of Frances Charles Trimmer (20) in her home at Islington this morning, her…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Magistrate Farewelled at Mullumbimby
Opportunity was taken at Mullumbimby Police Court recently to bid farewell to the Police Magistrate (Mr. J. McEIroy). who…
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SYDNEY. Friday.--Charged with stealing £2 from an American sailor, Arthur Crowe (26), was sentenced to six months' imprisonment at the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Charge of Stealing Truck Men Remanded at Murwillumbah
William Drake (35), laborer, and Allan Grove, alias Allan Gordon Buttress (19), laborer, appeared before Mr. F G. Pocock, J.P., at Murwillumbah…
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Police carried out three raids in the Richmond River district on Saturday. Three men were arrested and were charged at police stations for…
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BRISBANE, Sunday:--Approximately 800 police will be on duty on Tuesday, the majority stationed along the route of the march by the U.S…
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An order for the payment to the judgment creditor of £1 3s 4d paid into court was made when the case Daniel Bohane v. G. May (a male)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Story of Vicious Fight Told at Murder Trial
DARWIN, Monday:--The story of a vicious hand-to-hand fight between two aborigines which ended in the death of one while…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →U.S. Protest to Japanese Bodily Assault Charges
TOKYO (AAP), Tuesday.--The United States Ambassador to Japan (Mr. Joseph Grew), acting on behall of the Diplomatic Corps, has…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.--A stir was caused in the Legislative Council to-night when the Labour leader (Mr. Concannon) alleged that the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Magistrate Farewelled at Murwillumbah
On the occasion of his last appearance on the Bench at Murwillumbah Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, the Police Magistrate (Mr. J. McEIroy) was farewelled…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Query Concerning Supreme Court Case
SYDNEY, Wednesday:-- A printed question concerning the Supreme Court case in which Hubert Ralfe sued William John Smith last October was submitted by Mr. Carlton…
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