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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1946

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Naval Deserter Sentenced On Sixteen Charges

Daily Examiner · Saturday 29 June 1946 · page 6

Raymond Price, 36, labourer, also known as Reginald Gulwell, a deserter from the Royal Navy. pleaded guilty before the…

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"I've Had Many Chances," Says Youth In Court

Daily Examiner · Saturday 29 June 1946 · page 8

"Iv'e had many chances, and I deserve whatever I'm going to get," said William Edward Tollis, 19, when he appeared…

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Police Commissioner Edited Story For U.S. Magazine

Daily Examiner · Monday 1 July 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sun.-- The Commissioner of Police (Mr. W. J. Mackay) yesterday admitted the story of the Albury Pyjama Girl…

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Heavy Penalty for Assault

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 July 1946 · page 5

Samuel E. Ilegnay charged, before Mr. A. G. Morgan, Police Magistrate at Grafton Police Court yesterday, with…

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Assault Action From South Grafton

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 July 1946 · page 5

Proceeded against by Henry Joseph White on charges of assault and insulting words at South Grafton, Charles D…

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Needs Judgment Of Solomon, Says Magistrate

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 July 1946 · page 2

"This case like many others of a similar nature would take the judgment of Solomon to solve effectively," said the…

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Court Sequel to Collision

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 July 1946 · page 5

Before Mr. A. G. Morgan, Police Magistrate at Grafton Police Court yesterday, Clarence Amos pleaded guilty to failing to give way to a…

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Mother Charged With Murder

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 July 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tues.-- A young married woman whose 20 -months -old ion was found fatally gassed, in the kitchen of their home at…

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Minister Rebukes Canberra Police

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 July 1946 · page 3

CANBERRA, Tues.-- The Minister for the Interior (Mr. Johnson) to-day rebuked the Canberra police for raiding the…

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Police Search for Missing Child

Daily Examiner · Thursday 4 July 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed.-- The police search for a 17- years- old boy and a 13- year- old girl who are missing from their homes at Ryde since Monday has now extended to the country districts Both were seen wearing…

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Court To Deal With Kempsey Hospital Dispute

Daily Examiner · Thursday 4 July 1946 · page 3

KEMPSEY, Wed.-- Judge Kinsella to-day failed to settle the Macleay District Hospital dispute, which followed the dismissal of Sister Swift on Saturday, June 15. On the breakdown of private negotiations his Honour…

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Promotions in Police Force

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 July 1946 · page 4

SYDNEY, Fri.-- Of 159 promotions in the New South Wales police force announced to-day only 48 are in country areas. They…

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40- Hour Week for N. Z. Police

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 July 1946 · page 1

WELLINGTON, Friday. --The Stabilisation Commission has granted the New Zealand police force a 40- hour week as from…

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Alleged Theft Of Goods Worth £13,500

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 9 July 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.--Detectives with guns drawn in Richards Avenue, Coogee, this morning arrested five men, who were later…

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Police Evict "Squatters"

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 9 July 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Mon.--Three families who squatted into three Housing Commission homes at Granville yesterday had a short lived peace,…

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Police Search For Man

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 9 July 1946 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Mon.--Police are continuing their search for Edward Charles Davis (35), who absconded from £200 bail…

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Police Search for Children

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 9 July 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Mon.--Police are searching for three children, aged 9 to 11, who have been missing from their homes at Lidcombe…

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Police Allege Death Pact Man Charged With Murder

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 10 July 1946 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.--A man has been charged with murder following the death in Newcastle Hospital last night of Beryl May Newburn (18), of Mayfield, who collapsed in Fletcher Park, Newcastle, after eating a chocolate, which is alleged to…

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Man Charged With Theft Of Goods Worth £13,000

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 10 July 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.--At Newtown court to-day seven men were remanded to August 15 on a charge of breaking, entering and stealing goods worth £13,000, the property of the Netherlands East Indies…

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Police View On Sydney Bashings

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 10 July 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues.--Black marketing, gambling and sometimes domestic grievances, were at the root of many of the bashings…

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