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Northern Rivers · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1945

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Four Men on Charges Of Shooting With Intent to Murder

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 10 January 1945 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday: An allegation that Alexander Jowett, also known as "Scotty McDonald," had admitted shooting Dr. Reginald Jones, of Macquarie Street, wast made by Detective Kelly in the Central Police Court…

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Rebuke for Man in Court Without Coat

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 10 January 1945 · page 2

At Lismore Court on Monday the PM (Mr A. J. Bryant) rebuked Francis Wallace Dickson (35), for appearing in court improperly…

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Murder of Shopkeeper

Northern Star · Thursday 11 January 1945 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday. — The police hold the opinion that the murderer of Maurice Joseph Hannigan was at the scene of the crime…

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Casino Court

Northern Star · Thursday 11 January 1945 · page 4

CASINO, Wednesday.—At Casino Court this morning, before Mr. E. J. Smith (Chamber Magistrate), William Green (32) was charged…

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50 Years' G[?] Theft [?] U.s. Army Propert[?]

Northern Star · Thursday 11 January 1945 · page 1

LONDON, Wednesday (AAP).-[?] Gaol sentences of 45 to 50 years were imposed on four American soldiers in France for the theft and…

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Decorum in Court

Northern Star · Thursday 11 January 1945 · page 3

Sir, — I agree with "Spero Meliora's" opinion on Mr. Bryant's remarks regarding the wearing of coats in the court room. I am at a…

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50 and 45 Year Gaol Terms for U.s. Soldiers

Tweed Daily · Thursday 11 January 1945 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday: In Paris prison sentences of 45 and 50 years were imposed on four American soldiers for the theft and sale of cigarettes and other American Government property…

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Suicide Pact Suspected By Police

Tweed Daily · Thursday 11 January 1945 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Wednesday: The police believe a suicide pact resulted in the bodies of a Ballarat doctor and a…

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Doctor Tells Court Of Shooting

Northern Star · Thursday 11 January 1945 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—In the Central Court today Dr. Reginald Stuart Jones gave evidence that Alexander Jarrett told him he was…

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The Northern Star Published Daily at Lismore. Thursday, January 11, 1945. Coats in Court

Northern Star · Thursday 11 January 1945 · page 4

THERE can be nothing but approval for the general contention of the Police Magistrate at Lismore (Mr. Bryant)…

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Court Decorum

Northern Star · Friday 12 January 1945 · page 3

Sir,—I think hide-bound observance of out-moded customs is causing more and more people to turn to Communism, for escape…

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6 Months' Jail on Charge of Stealing Liquor from Railway

Tweed Daily · Friday 12 January 1945 · page 3

As a sequal to the theft of many bottles of liquor from a truck at Murwillumbah railway station on December 24 a seaman was sentenced to six months' imprisonment at Murwillumbah Court of Petty Sessions…

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Police Drop Charge Against Angeli

Tweed Daily · Friday 12 January 1945 · page 5

A police charge against Domenico Angeli, an Italian prisoner of war, that he had attempted to have earnal…

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Police Seek Young Man For Questioning

Northern Star · Friday 12 January 1945 · page 5

SYDNEY, "Thursday.—Detectives investigating the murder of Morris Joseph Hannigan, 62, a tinsmith, in a shop in King's Street, city, on…

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Court Searched For Bombs Before Cairo Trial Opens

Tweed Daily · Friday 12 January 1945 · page 1

CAIRO, Thursday: After police and British troops had carried out a "Guy Fawkes" search of the Egyptian Court buildings yesterday, two Pa'estinian Jews, Eliaho Hakim and Aliaho Ben Souri, were charged at a military…

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Casino Police Court

Northern Star · Saturday 13 January 1945 · page 4

CASINO, Friday.—Before the Chamber Magistrate (Mr. E. J. Smith) in Casino Police Court, Walter Charles Clarson, 28, railway…

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U.S. Soldier Sentenced To Death

Tweed Daily · Monday 15 January 1945 · page 3

LONDON, Sunday: An American court-martial sentenced to death by hanging Private Georce Smith of Pittsburg, who…

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De Gaullists Sentenced To Death by Germans

Northern Star · Monday 15 January 1945 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday (AAP).—The German Newsagsncy, quoting a German Foreign Office spokesman, said five de Gaullists in German…

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No Clues Yet in Brisbane Murder

Tweed Daily · Monday 15 January 1945 · page 1

BRISBANE, Sunday: The police are still without any clues for the murder of Lieut. Allen C. Midcieton, U.S. Army. There is no…

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Wounded Police, Then Suicided

Northern Star · Monday 15 January 1945 · page 5

SYDNEY, Sunday. — Stephen Henry Cunpingham, 24, who shot himself dead on Saturday afternoon after an affray in which…

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