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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1944

572 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 9 of 29

Hunger Strike In Gaol Ends

Daily Examiner · Saturday 25 March 1944 · page 5

BELFAST, Thurs.--The hunger strike of members of the Irish Republican Army in Belfast Gaol ended this afternoon,…

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Negro Servicemen Sentenced To Death

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 March 1944 · page 2

BRISBANE, Sun.—A United States court-martial has sentenced to death five negro servicemen who committed an…

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Air Assault on Germany Evidence That Enemy Used Pause in Offensive to Strengthen Berlin's Defences

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 March 1944 · page 3

LONDON, Sun.—Including Friday night's heavy R.A.F. attack against Berlin and further heavy blows on targets in north-west and central Germany yesterday, when the eighth major Allied assault against Germany since dawn on Wednesday last was…

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Pyjama Girl Inquest. N.s.w. Police Chief to Give Evidence

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 March 1944 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Sat.—The New South Wales Police Commissioner (Mr. W. J. Mackay) is expected to arrive by plane…

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Hotel Bookkeeping Methods Questioned in Federal Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 March 1944 · page 4

At Grafton, in a special Federal Court, before Mr. R. Atkinson, S.M., yesterday, Joseph Bryan, licensee of Tattersall's Hotel, Casino, pleaded not…

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Six Year's Gaol For Criminal Assault

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 29 March 1944 · page 3

BRISBANE, Tues.--A sentence of six years' gaol was given Henry Desmond Buckley, 24, soldier, by Mr. Justice Douglas,…

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Lismore Case. Police Officers Sentenced

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 29 March 1944 · page 2

LISMORE, Tues.--Declaring they had abused and prostituted the authority with which they had been invested as…

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Death Sentence For Murder

Daily Examiner · Thursday 30 March 1944 · page 2

ADELAIDE, Wed.--In the Criminal Court to-day, Harold James Box, 45, fitter, of Blackwood, was sentenced to death…

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Soldier For Trial On Murder Charge

Daily Examiner · Thursday 30 March 1944 · page 3

AUCKLAND, Wed.--A New Zealand soldier, Thomas Rex Beagle, 19, was to-day committed for trial on a charge of having…

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Charged With Murder Of U.S. Sergeant

Daily Examiner · Friday 31 March 1944 · page 3

BRISBANE, Thurs.--Alma Morgan, 23, was charged in the Police Court to-day with having murdered Robert L. Norwood, a…

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Remanded On Murder Charge

Daily Examiner · Friday 31 March 1944 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thurs.--Cecil Bobbs, 37, metal worker, who was arrested in Newcastle last Sunday, was charged in the City…

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Former Officer Before Court-Martial

Daily Examiner · Friday 31 March 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thurs.--During court-martial proceedings today a former officer of the Army Salvage Corps' since invalided…

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Member Tells of Police Report on Horseflesh Sales

Daily Examiner · Friday 31 March 1944 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thurs.--According to a police report on the sale of horseflesh in the metropolitan area, between 20 and 30 tons of…

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Charged With Theft Of Wireless Set

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 April 1944 · page 4

At the Grafton Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, before Mr. T. H. Brooke, P. M., three Australian soldiers, George Russell Wightley, 26, John Squire, 23…

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Fined For Theft Of Parachute

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 April 1944 · page 3

TOWNSVILLE. Fri --Marjorie Adams. 26. employed by the United States Army, was fined £25.in the Townsville Court to-day, when she pleaded guilty to a…

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Police Report On Use Of Horseflesh Not Ready Yet

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 April 1944 · page 4

SYDNEY, Fri.--The report made by police officers concerning allegations that horseflesh was being used in the manufacture of pies and sausages, was…

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British Police Shot At Haifa

Daily Examiner · Monday 3 April 1944 · page 3

LONDON, Sat.--According to the Jerusalem correspondent of the British United Press, a British police inspector and…

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Quarter Sessions And District Court Opens To-morrow

Daily Examiner · Monday 3 April 1944 · page 2

Judge Storkey, V.C., will preside at the Grafton Quarter Sessions and District Court, which will open at the Grafton…

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Quarter Sessions And District Court Opens To-day

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 April 1944 · page 2

Grafton Quarter Sessions will open this morning at 10 o'clock, to be followed by the District Court. Judge Storkey, V.C., will…

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Crown Case Breaks Down In Stealing Charge

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 April 1944 · page 4

Noel Deaves was charged in the Grafton Quarter Sessions yesterday, before Judge Storkey, V.C., with on May 27 1943. breaking and entering the store…

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