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Northern Rivers · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1946

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Man Charged With Murder

Northern Star · Thursday 17 January 1946 · page 5

BRISBANE, Wednesday.—Charged in the City Police Court today with the wilful murder of Bridget Guy on or about December 29,…

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Charged with Murder of Wife

Tweed Daily · Thursday 17 January 1946 · page 2

BRISBANE, Wednesday: Thomas Guy (55), farmer, appeared in the Police Court to-day charged with the wilful…

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Alleged Double Child Murder

Tweed Daily · Thursday 17 January 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday: a postmortem examination disclosed that two female infants whose bodies were found wrapped in…

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Court Martial of Clive Caldwell on Liquor Charges

Northern Star · Thursday 17 January 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday. — Allegations that Group-Captain Clive Robertson Caldwell, D. S.O., D.F.C. and Bar and Polish Cross of Valour directed him to sell liquor to American airmen on Morotai at the equivalent of £12 10s a bottle for whisky and £10 for gin, were made…

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U.N. to Control British Mandates Aust. May Help Police Postwar World

Northern Star · Thursday 17 January 1946 · page 1

LONDON, Wednesday (AAP).—The Colonial and Foreign offices are already drafting an agreement which will be required in transferring Britain's Mandated Territories for control by the United Nations' Trusteeship Council, says Agency Diplomatic correspondents…

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Maltese Charged with Murder

Tweed Daily · Friday 18 January 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: Joe Xuereb (36), Maltese market gardener, was charged in Parramatta Police Court today with…

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Farewell To Magistrate

Tweed Daily · Friday 18 January 1946 · page 2

A record attendance of nine Murwillumbah solicitors assembled in the court house yesterday to say…

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Alleged Murder by Six Chinese

Tweed Daily · Friday 18 January 1946 · page 4

BRISBANE, Thursday: The hearing, of a murder charge against six Chinese, alleged to have killed another Chinese…

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Germans Charged with Killing Over 2Mil. Russians

Tweed Daily · Friday 18 January 1946 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday: Eighteen Germans, including three generals, were charged before a Minsk district military court…

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Four Court Applications for Premises

Tweed Daily · Friday 18 January 1946 · page 5

Sidelight of the acute housing shortage in Murvillumbah were four applications for premises before the Court of Petty…

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A.i.f Captain to Face Court Martial

Northern Star · Friday 18 January 1946 · page 1

LAE, Thursday (AAP).—Captain John Joseph Murphy, of Brisbane, will be charged before a general court martial to-morrow on two…

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Caldwell Court Martial Raaf Made £2,000 Weekly Trading Liquor in Islands

Northern Star · Friday 18 January 1946 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday.—A witness who gave evidence at the court-martial to-day of Group-Captain C. R. Caldwell, said that R.A.A.F. personnel made up to £2000 per week and more trading with the Americans. He said he and his officers knew of the trading, but it was…

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Chinese on Charge of Murder

Tweed Daily · Saturday 19 January 1946 · page 1

BRISBANE, Friday: Six Chinese, charged with the wilful murder of George Sue Bow at Breakfast Creek on November 27,…

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How Qld. Police Train Cadets

Tweed Daily · Saturday 19 January 1946 · page 3

EIGHTY-FOUR cadets, of ages ranging from 16 to 19, are receiving intensive training for the Queensland Police Force…

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Police Raid on Tennis Court Bar

Tweed Daily · Monday 21 January 1946 · page 1

ADELAIDE, Sunday: Police raided the bar of the Memorial Drive tennis courts yesterday. They took the names of two…

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Members of Court-martial

Northern Star · Monday 21 January 1946 · page 1

Air Vice-Marshal S. J. Goble, President of the Court, and Air Commodore J. P. J. McCauley. a member of the board of officers, arriving at Bradfield Park for the court martial of Group captain Caldwell, D.S.O., D.F.C. and Bar. and Polish Cross of Valour…

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Australia Puts In Claim for Seal On Tokio Court

Tweed Daily · Monday 21 January 1946 · page 1

BRISBANE, Sunday: A report front Tokio that Australia would not be represented on the Allied War Court to try major Japanese war criminals was denied tonight by Sir…

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Court Farewell to Magistrate

Northern Star · Tuesday 22 January 1946 · page 4

Before the usual business of Lismore Court yesterday tributes were paid to Mr. A. J. Bryant P.M., who is being transferred on…

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Man Fined For Assault

Northern Star · Tuesday 22 January 1946 · page 5

At Lismore Court of Petty S[?] sions yesterday Kevin Patrick Thomas Geraghty summoned Leslie Raynor, of Boatharbour, for…

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Two Fined at Murwillumbah Court

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 22 January 1946 · page 6

Sequel to a brawl in the Murwillumbah Hotel on Friday afternoon, two men were fined in Murwillumbah Court of Petty…

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