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Northern Rivers · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1944

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Attempted Murder Alleged Police Story of Fracas

Northern Star · Thursday 3 February 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Bail was refused Edward John Oswald when he was remanded at Parramatta Court to-day on a charge of having…

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Two Shot Dead Murder, Suicide Verdict

Northern Star · Thursday 3 February 1944 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday. — At the inquest to-day on a young widow and a middle aged factory cleaner, who were found shot in an…

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Soldier Gaoled For Gaol Theft

Northern Star · Friday 4 February 1944 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday. — Frank Miller. 21. a soldier, who stole articles valued at £7 Is 7d from a cell mate at the Central Police…

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Sailor on Charge of Murder

Northern Star · Friday 4 February 1944 · page 3

BRISBANE, Thursday.—Francisco Rosario San Nicolas, 28, an Allied sailor, was to have been, present at the City Police Court to-day to…

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Alleged Murder by U.s. Sailor

Tweed Daily · Friday 4 February 1944 · page 1

BRISBANE, Thursday: Francisco Rozario San Nicolas (28), U.S. sailor, was charged today with having murdered William Watson…

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Sentenced to 10 Years

Tweed Daily · Saturday 5 February 1944 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: Committed at the Darlinghurst Sessions today on charges of having maliciously attempted to discharge a loaded…

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Attempt on Life of Milan Police Chief

Tweed Daily · Saturday 5 February 1944 · page 1

LONDON, Friday: Berlin Radio says: "An attempt was made on the life of the Milan Police Chief (Nicolini), while he was going to…

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Terrorists and French Police Fight

Northern Star · Monday 7 February 1944 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday (AAP).—Paris radio, last night disclosed that French police throughout the past week had been engaged in fighting…

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Doctors Told to Refuse Police Evidence

Northern Star · Monday 7 February 1944 · page 5

AUCKLAND, Sunday. — At the inquiry into the death of a single woman, aged 17, from peritonitis following abortion, a doctor told…

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FIRM U.S. Hold on Key Atoll Marines Poised For New Marshalls Assault

Northern Star · Monday 7 February 1944 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Sunday (AAP).—Three more islands in the Marshall are now in American hands. A Pacific Fleet Headquarters announces that all resistance had been cleared from Kwajalein, the main island of the Kwajalein atoll…

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Police Officers Charged Alleged Conspiracy Against Italians Yesterday's Evidence

Northern Star · Tuesday 8 February 1944 · page 4

Evidence that £200 had been paid by an Italian to a police officer, allegedly posing as a Government manpower man, to prevent the call-up of his unnaturalised brother into the Civil Construction Corps,…

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Mass Murder Of Polish War Prisoners

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 8 February 1944 · page 8

The Soviet Commission investigating the mass murder of Polish prisoners of war in the Katyn Forest (near Smolensk) believes that…

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Alleges Two Police Conspired to Extort Money from Italians

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 8 February 1944 · page 3

LISMORE, Monday: Evidence that £200 had been paid by an Italian to a police officer allegedly posing as a Government manpower man to prevent the call-up of his un-naturalised brother into the Civil Construction Corps…

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Conspiracy Charge Against 2 Police Officers

Northern Star · Wednesday 9 February 1944 · page 4

When first charged with conspiracy after his arrest on January 8, Harold Douglas Kenny, a member of the C.I.B. in Sydney, said he had feared it for a long time and attributed the action to the Commissioner of…

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Alleged Conspiracy By Police Further Evidence

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 9 February 1944 · page 2

LISMORE, Tuesday: After drawing £60 from a bank in Lismore following talks at Nimbin Police Station with Constable Fletcher the previous day, three Italians approached the priest who took them to Lismore CPS Office,…

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Gaol for 85-Year-Old "Menace To Society"

Northern Star · Thursday 10 February 1944 · page 5

TAMWORTH Wednesday.— When Hugh O'Donnel, 85 pleaded guilty at the Tamworth Quarter Sessions today on a charge…

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Alleged Conspiracy By Police

Tweed Daily · Thursday 10 February 1944 · page 3

LISMORE, Wednesday: After the constable in charge of Nimbin Police Station on January 4 had told her "a…

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Police Trailed Taxi For 350 Mlies

Northern Star · Thursday 10 February 1944 · page 3

ADELAIDE, Wednesday.—Pleading guilty to charges of having used petrol contrary to the National Security Regulations, Eric Parkman,…

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Alleged Conspiracy By Police

Tweed Daily · Friday 11 February 1944 · page 4

LISMORE, Thursday: Nego[?]ations a Her which an Italian tol[?]d the officer in charge of Nimbin Police Station on January 5…

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Sentenced by U.s. Court-martial

Tweed Daily · Saturday 12 February 1944 · page 4

BRISBANE, Friday: An American court-martial passed sentence of 10 years' hard labor and dishonorable discharge from the…

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