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Northern Rivers · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1943

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Move To Suppress S.P. Betting Postal Dept. To Assist Police

Northern Star · Tuesday 2 February 1943 · page 5

CANBERRA, Monday.—Mr. Curtin has instructed the Postal Department to co-operate with the State authorities to prevent postal services being used for illegal betting…

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Alleged Murder

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 3 February 1943 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Tuesday: Charles Mills (60), military pensioner, who walked into Bendigo Police Station on Sunday night and said he had…

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Retiring After 30 Years in Police Force

Northern Star · Wednesday 3 February 1943 · page 4

CASINO, Tuesday.—Sergeant Allied Madelin, who had been in charge of the Casino Police Station since 1939, has been…

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War On S.P. Police Not to Tap 'Phones or Examine Mails

Northern Star · Wednesday 3 February 1943 · page 5

CANBERRA, Tuesday.—The police would not be allowed to tap private telephone lines or examine mail in private, post…

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"Dead" Man Restored to Life by Court

Northern Star · Thursday 4 February 1943 · page 5

BRISBANE, Wednesday. — Declared dead for legal purposes last December, Edward Joseph Yates, of Brisbane, a process server, was…

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Theft Of Motor Tyres

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 5 February 1943 · page 6

Perturbed at the rising number of thefts of motor vehicle tyres, the N.R.M.A. warns motorists that they are risking the complete…

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13 Men in Court As Sequel to Club Raid Police Evidence On Poker Machines

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 5 February 1943 · page 2

A sequel to a police raid on Kyogle Men's Club in Main-Street on October 24, 1942 was the appearance of William Rub[?] in Kyogle police Court, before Mr. R. M. Stewart, P.M. on Wednesday, be a charge of having been the Keeper of a common [?]…

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Police Seek Permission to Enlist

Northern Star · Friday 5 February 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday. — Gordon Wilfred Cunningham (32), of North Condl. Mathew. Black Ronald (31), of Coogee; John Alexander…

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Neon Contracts to Stand Says High Court

Northern Star · Friday 5 February 1943 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The High Court of Australia to-day unanimously decided that contracts entered into for the rental of Neon…

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Ballina Police Court

Northern Star · Saturday 6 February 1943 · page 4

BALLINA Friday.—At the Ballina Police Court today Frederick Clarence Richmond Bushell pleaded guilty to two charges of using…

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Attempted Murder of Father Alleged

Northern Star · Saturday 6 February 1943 · page 5

BRISBANE, Friday.—A twenty-years-old farm hand, charged with having attempted to kill his father, Joseph Laverty, on January 21, was…

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Munition Workers on Strike Court Order Defied

Northern Star · Saturday 6 February 1943 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday.—Defying an order made by the Court and also one made at a mass meeting, 1200 iron workers on strike at a large…

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Casino Police Court

Northern Star · Monday 8 February 1943 · page 5

CASINO, Sunday.—Charged before Mr. E. J. Smith, J.P., Chamber Magistrate, with being drunk in Walker-street, Richard Gleeson and…

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Woodburn Police Court

Northern Star · Monday 8 February 1943 · page 2

At Wood burn Police Court Donald John Robinson, who failed to appear, was charged that on December 8, 1942, he drove a motor…

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K.O. When Old Sweethearts Met Auckland Court Story

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 9 February 1943 · page 3

An extraordinary martial mix-up was revealed in Auckland court when Frederick Limbert, 48, was charged with having assaulted Mrs…

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Melbourne Taxi Murder

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 10 February 1943 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tuesday: Close co-operation between the homicide squad and the USA Provost Corps is expected to result in an early…

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Gaol for Doubling Price of Suit

Northern Star · Wednesday 10 February 1943 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A sentence of six months' imprisonment was imposed on Samuel Rosenwax, trading as the City Tailors, George…

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7 Years' Gaol For Offence Against Boy

Northern Star · Wednesday 10 February 1943 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.—Convicted at the Newcastle Quarter Sessions to-day on a charge of having committed an offence against a boy,…

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Allied Servicemen Charged Alleged Armed Hold-up

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 10 February 1943 · page 1

GRAFTON,, Tuesday: Two Allied servicemen, Karl Max Brocks (21) and George Francis Brugermann (19), were remanded at…

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Coolangatta Court

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 10 February 1943 · page 4

Johnny Lena, a colored man residing at Tweed Heads, appeared at Coolangatta Police Court on Monday before Messrs. W. H. Stafford…

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