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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1946

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Demonstrators And Police Clash

Daily Examiner · Saturday 26 January 1946 · page 3

BOMBAY, Fri.—Sporadic outbreaks of fighting between police and bands of demonstrators continued last night after two days'…

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Homma To Appeal To U.S. Court

Daily Examiner · Saturday 26 January 1946 · page 1

MANILA, Fri.—The Supreme Court, by a five to three decision, has denied General Homma a writ of habeas corpus and a writ…

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Jewellery Theft At Tamworth

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 29 January 1946 · page 4

Jewellery valued at £210/19/ was stolen from the shop of W. Evans and Sons, jewellers, of Tamworth, last week…

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Queensland Police Inspectors Confer

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 29 January 1946 · page 1

The Queensland Minister for Health and Home Affairs (Mr. Foley) opened a conference of Queensland Police Inspectors. All phases of police administration were discussed by those present…

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Woolgoolga Burglary

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 30 January 1946 · page 2

Going to his garage in Pacific highway, Woolgoolga, on Monday, Mr. A. F. Sykes discovered that thieves had been active…

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Charged with Rape

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 30 January 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tues.—Allan Stanley Haines (18), labourer, was charged in the Ryde Court to-day with the rape of a nine-year-old…

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Sentenced on Four Charges of Theft

Daily Examiner · Thursday 31 January 1946 · page 6

COFF'S HARBOUR, Wed.—At the Coff's Harbour Police Court on Monday, Kenneth Hugh Dunlop, 21, labourer, pleaded guilty…

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To Stand Trial On Murder Charge

Daily Examiner · Thursday 31 January 1946 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wed.—Edward James White, 65, of Darlinghurst, was committed for trial by the City Coroner to-day, on a charge of…

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Court-martial Decision

Daily Examiner · Thursday 31 January 1946 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Wed.—The result of Group Captain Caldwell's court-martial will be conveyed to him to-day, and will be…

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Military Court at Morotai

Daily Examiner · Thursday 31 January 1946 · page 1

MOROTAI, Wed.—The highest ranking enemy military officer so far brought before the Morotal military court, Major General Endo, was charged to-day with having failed to ensure treatment for P.O.W.'s in accordance with the law and usage of…

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Assault Charge Dismissed

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 2

MACLEAN, Thursday.—At the Maclean Police Court on Wednesday before Mr. G. L. Berry, P.M., Walter Herbert Tunks, of…

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Murder Of Airmen Ordered By Hitler

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 1

NUREMBERG, Thurs.—Among the documents filed at the Nuremberg war trials was one relating to the murder of 50 British airmen who were recaptured after escaping en masse from Stalag Luft 33 (P.O.W. camp for air crews) on the night of…

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Archbishop Sentenced

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 February 1946 · page 3

LONDON, Sun.—A Polish court has sentenced the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Danzig, Karl Maria Splett, to eight years'…

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Attempt To Escape From Police Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mon.—In a desperate bid to escape from the Central Police Court to-day, Richard William Bernard (25), laborer,…

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Irregularities Alleged In Bathurst Gaol

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 4

SYDNEY, Sun.—The Minister of Justice (Mr. R. Downing) will study allegations made by William Henry Davies, former…

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Army Deserter Sent To Gaol

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Mon.—Charged with demanding £500 from John Jericevitch, an army deserter was sentenced to 12 months' gaol at…

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Viennese Girl Sentenced For Killing Russian

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 1

VIENNA, Monday.—A Russian military court sentenced to death a Viennese, Eva Illing, for the murder of a Russian major last…

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Alleged Theft Of Articles From Warehouse

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 5

Robert Noel Walker, 18, an aborigine, appeared in the Grafton Court of Petty Sessions yesterday on a charge of having…

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Freak Ox Subject of Court Case

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 5

A freak ox, 3ft. 6in. high, purchased at Miles, Queensland, had been exhibited at agricultural shows as "Teeno. the tiny…

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40-Hour Week Claim Adjourned by Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Mon.—To afford the opportunity for determination by the court of what was probably the most important industrial question before the public at present, the Attorney-General (Dr. Evatt) intervened in the hearing of the P.I.E.U…

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