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Northern Rivers · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1945

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Police Recover Missing Truck

Northern Star · Monday 1 January 1945 · page 4

CASINO, Sunday.—A utility truck stolen from Hassell's garage on Thursday nignt was recovered by the police at Grafton yesterday…

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£1000 Liouor Haul by Sydney Police

Tweed Daily · Monday 1 January 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday: One of the most valuable stocks of liquor seized in Sydney for years was taken by the Darlinghurst…

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Charged With Murder Of U.S. Negro

Northern Star · Tuesday 2 January 1945 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Monday.—At the City Court to-day Leo Clinton Cartledge, 23, a labourer, of Fitzroy, was charged with having…

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German Mass Murder 0 Of Helpless Prisoners

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 2 January 1945 · page 1

LONDON, Monday: Results of the preliminary investigation into the cold-blooded shooting of 115 American prisoners of war at Malmedy on December 17 have been officially…

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Murder Charge

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 3 January 1945 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday: John Frederick Hayes, (31) laborer, was charged at the Central Police Court to-day with having…

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Murder Charge Remand

Northern Star · Wednesday 3 January 1945 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—John Frederick Hayes 31, a labourer, was charged at the Central Police Court today with having…

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17 Men Charged at Tweed Heads

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 3 January 1945 · page 6

Arising out of distdrbances which took place at Tweed Heads rodeo on Saturday last, a total of 17 men were charged before…

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Gaol for Illegal Possession of Officer's Uniform

Northern Star · Wednesday 3 January 1945 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday. — Richard Blake. 19, was sentenced to-day at the Central Criminal Court to one month's goal for being in…

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Dogs Surprise Police

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 3 January 1945 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tuesday: Wire less patrolmen raced to South Yarra at 2 a.m. to-day to ivestigate a report that thieves were…

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High Court Ruling on Pds Taxation

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 3 January 1945 · page 2

BRISBANE, Tuesday: The High Court has decided that the problem of when is butter not an agriculture product by…

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Court Martial Lieut Tells Why He Drove Women to M'bah

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 3 January 1945 · page 3

BRISBANE, Tues.: NX80701, Lieut. Reginald Charles Quint told a general court-martial to-day that He gave three civilian…

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Saved Up To Go To Gaol

Northern Star · Friday 5 January 1945 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday. — Charles Raymond, 51, labour[?] Wentworthville, was fined £4 at the Campsie…

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Charge of Shooting with Murder Intent

Northern Star · Friday 5 January 1945 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday.—A charge of shooting Pilot Officer Kelvin Harvey Smith with intent to murder was preferred against…

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Less Stealing of U.s. Army Supplies in North France

Tweed Daily · Friday 5 January 1945 · page 4

NEW YORK, Thursday: The correspondent of the New York Times in Washington says: Brigadier-General J. Dillon, who…

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Alleged Intent to Murder a Pilot-officer

Tweed Daily · Friday 5 January 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: A charge of shooting Pilot-Officer Kelvin Harvey Smith with intent to murder was preferred against…

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Pleads Guilty to Stealing Kit Bags

Tweed Daily · Saturday 6 January 1945 · page 2

TOWNSVILLE, Friday: In the Police Court this morning Cecil Farnham Edward Dobson (19), a member of a signal corns,…

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Captain Tried Before Court-martial

Tweed Daily · Saturday 6 January 1945 · page 2

CAIRNS, Friday: Captain Edward Gavin Farr Butler, RAE. AIF (returned), was tried before, a general court-martial at Cairns…

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Council to Police Water Restrictions

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 9 January 1945 · page 1

Restrictions imposed by Kyogle Shire Council on December 12 limiting the use of water are still in force. An officer of the council…

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Four Charged with Shooting

Northern Star · Wednesday 10 January 1945 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—At the Central Police Court to-day it was alleged that Dr. Stuart Jones, who was shot early in November,…

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Decorum in Court

Northern Star · Wednesday 10 January 1945 · page 3

Sir,—I was interested in the interview with the Police Magistrate concerning the rebuke administered to an accused person for…

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