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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1944

572 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 28 of 29

Ming Man Charged with Murder

Daily Examiner · Monday 11 December 1944 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Sun. -- Darrel Ainslie Sutton, 19, of Douglas street, Stockton, Newcastle, was arrested last night and charged…

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Charge Of Stealing Army Refrigerators

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 December 1944 · page 1

SYDNEY, Mon.--Five refrigerators from an Army stores dump, which formed part of a consignment urgently required for a blood…

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Russian Assault Bursts Open Short Road To Vienna

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 December 1944 · page 3

LONDON, Mon.--Russian troops are within seven and a half miles of Budapest in their drive from the north. Marshal Malinovsky's assault on both sides of Budapest has burst open a short road to Vienna, states Reuter's correspondent in…

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Sent to Gaol on Liquor Charge

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 December 1944 · page 4

ARMIDALE, Thurs.--The police alleged in the Armidale Court today, that when Henri Ferrers Neale, 25, of Wayville (S.A.), who…

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Charged with Possession of Bar of Gold

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 December 1944 · page 5

ADELAIDES Thurs.--In the Police Court to-day, Cpl. William Robert Pearson, 46, of Cottesloe, West Australia, and Pte…

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State Full Court Upholds Validity Of Black Marketing Act

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 December 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wed.--The State Full Court to-day upheld the validity of the Black Marketing Act, and confirmed the…

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Murder Charge Follows Shooting

Daily Examiner · Saturday 16 December 1944 · page 4

SYDNEY, Fri.--A witness at the inquest on Edna Jean Lund (29), who died at a hotel in George street, North, from a…

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Charge of Murder Follows Inquest on Moree Waitress

Daily Examiner · Saturday 16 December 1944 · page 4

MOREE, Fri.--Thomas Martin Dowe, 28, textile worker, of St. Peters, was to-day committed for trial on a charge of murdering…

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Theft From Motor Car Admitted At Coff's Harbour Court

Daily Examiner · Monday 18 December 1944 · page 1

At Coff's Harbour Police Court Robert Alexander Ritchie, 18, was charged with stealing a motor wheel, a tyre tube and a…

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Magistrate Farewelled At Coff's Harbour

Daily Examiner · Monday 18 December 1944 · page 4

At the conclusion of the sitting of the Police Court at Coff's Harbour, on Friday last Mr. T. H. Brooke, P.M., who has been…

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Police' Magistrate Farewelled At Grafton Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 19 December 1944 · page 3

Mr. T. H. Brooke, Police Magistrate, was farewelled at Grafton Police Court yesterday. morning, on the eve of his…

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Charged With Murder Of Little Girl

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 19 December 1944 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Mon. -- The jagged end of an exploded mortar bomb was used to murder Janice Marie Baul, 7, of George street,…

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Greyhounds In Taxis Lead Drivers To Grafton Police Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 19 December 1944 · page 4

The transport of greyhounds in taxi cabs resulted in two defendants being fined by Mr. T. H. Brooke, P.M., at Grafton…

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Ex-Prisoner Admits Wounding Himself In Gaol At Grafton

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 19 December 1944 · page 3

A charge of attempting to commit suicide by cutting into his side with a table knife, while an inmate of Grafton…

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Unlawful Possession Of Bar of Gold Brings Gaol Sentences

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 19 December 1944 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Monday.--In the Police Court to-day, Corporal William Robert Pearson, 44, was ordered five months…

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Receiving Charge Involves Movies At Grafton Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 19 December 1944 · page 3

At Grafton Police Court yesterday before Mr. T. H. Brooke. P.M., Ry Lindsay James Wood (21) was charged that on or about…

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Young Soldier Charged

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 20 December 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tues.--Mervyn, Fletcher Acheson, 22, soldier, of Heberfield, was charged at the Central Police Court to-day, with…

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Assault on Oil Installations

Daily Examiner · Thursday 21 December 1944 · page 3

ROME, Wed.--Flying Fortresses and Liberators yesterday continued the assault against German oil installations by attacking…

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Charged With Shooting At Woman

Daily Examiner · Thursday 21 December 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wed.--At the Paddingtom Court to-day, Robert Martin Duggan, 29, glass polisher was charged with having shot at…

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Found Guilty Of Murder Of Child

Daily Examiner · Thursday 21 December 1944 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Wed.--Ronald Morgan, 24, of Moonee Ponds, processor, was found guilty at the Criminal Court to-day of the…

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