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Northern Rivers · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1943

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No More Police May Enlist

Northern Star · Wednesday 10 February 1943 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday. — No more members of the New South Wales Police Force will be permitted to enlist, said the Deputy Director of…

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Murwillumbah Court £15 in Fines On Stealing Charges

Tweed Daily · Thursday 11 February 1943 · page 4

Fines totalling £15, which he was allowed three months to pay, were imposed on Cornelius Kelly, of Murwillumbah, in the Court of…

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Theft of Tyres

Northern Star · Thursday 11 February 1943 · page 5

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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2 Years' Gaol for False Pretences

Northern Star · Thursday 11 February 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—On nine charges of false pretences, George Edward William Dunn (33), a clerk, was sentenced in the Central Police…

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Verdict for Plaintiff in Small Debts Court

Tweed Daily · Thursday 11 February 1943 · page 3

In the Small Debts Court at Murwillumbah yesterday Brown Bros, carriers, of Murwillumbah claimed from W. J. Cvens electrical…

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Remanded on Murder Charge

Northern Star · Friday 12 February 1943 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday.—On a charge of having maliciously murdered Angelo Azzapardi in Seale-street, City, last night, Richard Agiuf (38), a…

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Gaol for Tailor Double Price To Sailors

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 12 February 1943 · page 4

Convicted of having offered a suit of clothes for sale for £1616- when the fixed maximum price was £88-, Samuel Rosenwax, trading as City…

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SECOND V.C. for Bravery in N.G. Charged Japanese To Save Headquarters

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 12 February 1943 · page 2

Charging at Japanese in New Guinea with a Bren gun, Pte. Bruce Steel Kingsbury of West Preston, Victoria, cut a pathway and won the eleventh Victoria Cross awarded to an Australian in this war and the second won in New Guinea…

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Life Sentence for Gaol Breaker

Northern Star · Saturday 13 February 1943 · page 5

PERTH Friday.—On charges involving criminal assault, robbery with violence, and breaking and entering after he had escaped from…

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Suicide Threat Alleged Sydney Editor Before Court

Northern Star · Saturday 13 February 1943 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday.—Giving evidence in what was originally known as "the McNally case" Constable Neville Grigg, at the Central Police Court to-day, alleged that after he had been arrested in a…

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Police Quell Disturbance in Melbourne

Northern Star · Monday 15 February 1943 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Sixty civilian police, including mounted troopers, and service police were necessary to quell a…

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Boy's Flight in Plane Ends in Crash--and Court

Tweed Daily · Monday 15 February 1943 · page 2

LONDON, Saturday: A 14-year-old Home Guard cadet saw a United States trainer plane standing unattended on a field "Somewhere…

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Police Seek Child Abductor

Northern Star · Tuesday 16 February 1943 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Monday.—Police are searching for a man who was seen to lift a four-year-old girl from the front garden of her home at Joslin…

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Drunken Party; Sequel In Court

Northern Star · Tuesday 16 February 1943 · page 4

A drunken party on the North Lismore railway station on Saturday afternoon had a sequel in the Lismore Police Court…

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Police Dismissal Appeal to Be Heard in Camera

Northern Star · Tuesday 16 February 1943 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday. — An allegation that a police sergeant of first class rank and near the retiring age, had suddenly been deprived…

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£500 Murder Reward

Northern Star · Wednesday 17 February 1943 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Tuesday. — The State Government has offered a reward of £500 for information leading to the identification of the…

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Police Sergeant Re-instated

Northern Star · Wednesday 17 February 1943 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—By a majority. the Manpower Appeals Board, after hearing a case in camera, has ^recommended that…

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Old Age Pensioner On Murder Charge

Northern Star · Thursday 18 February 1943 · page 5

TOWNSVILLE, Wednesday.—On a charge of murdering Michael Kelly in a hut here on December 31, an old age pensioner, Joseph Don…

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Retiring Police Officer Entertained

Northern Star · Thursday 18 February 1943 · page 4

CASINO, Wednesday. — To mark the occasion of his retirement from the Police Force, and to show the high esteem in…

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Britain Will Not Be Forgiven If Gandhi Dies in Gaol

Northern Star · Thursday 18 February 1943 · page 5

DELHI, Wednesday (AAP). — A delayed report of a speech by D. Maitra, a Nationalist member of the Legislative Assembly, says…

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