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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1946

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German Sentenced To Death

Daily Examiner · Monday 7 October 1946 · page 1

HERFORD (Germany), Sun.--A British Military Court sentenced to death a German charged with killing an unidentified…

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Charged With Murder Of Wife

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 October 1946 · page 1

BALLARAT, Tues.--"I want to go to the scaffold, I deserve it," was part of a statement allegedly made by Alexander Reed, 41, of…

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Police Recruiting

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 October 1946 · page 2

The N.S.W. Police Recruiting Committee will arrive in Grafton on Friday next, and will be in attendance, accompanied by a…

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Police Inquiries Into Death of Man

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 October 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues.--Police at Manilla, on the Northern Tablelands, are investigating the death of Thomas Grady (72), whose…

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Coff's Harbour Seeks District Court Sittings

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 October 1946 · page 3

COFF'S HARBOUR, Tues.--The Coff's Harbour Chamber of Commerce, at its monthly meeting, decided to make…

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Police Recruits Wanted

Daily Examiner · Thursday 10 October 1946 · page 5

The New South Wales Police Recruiting Committee will be in Grafton to-morrow at the Grafton Police Station. The Police…

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Tamworth Magistrate Transferred

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 October 1946 · page 5

After 17 months as Police Magistrate of the large Tamworth circuit. Mr. A. E. Hodgson, formerly of Glen Innes has received…

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Sentenced On Eight-Year-Old Offence

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 October 1946 · page 3

The long arm of the law caught up with James Shannon Little, 42, salesman, when he was seen in Griffith street, Coolangatta on…

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Police Recruiting Committee Has Few Applications

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 October 1946 · page 5

COFF'S HARBOUR, Thurs.-- The New South Wales Police Recruiting Committee, which was in Coff's Harbour to-day,…

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Man Before Court On 10-Year-Old Charge

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 October 1946 · page 3

DUBBO, Thursday.--At the Dubbo Police Court to-day, Frederick Lincoln McDermott (38), labourer, was charged "by direction of the Attorney-General" with having murdered Wil-llam Henry. Layers (49), storekeeper, at Glenelg, 12 miles from…

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Charged With Murder Of Three People

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 October 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Fri. -- The inquiry into the deaths of three persons in a shooting affray at Waterloo on August 29 was continued this…

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Hide Stealing Charges At Ulmarra Court

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 October 1946 · page 5

ULMARRA, Friday, -- Patrick Alexis Fitzgerald was charged before the Police Magistrate, Mr. G. L. Berry, at Ulmarra Court of…

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Gaol Sentences For Thefts

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 October 1946 · page 5

Harold Albert Taylor, 20, labourer, was sentenced to imprisonment for six months by the Police Magistrate (Mr. G. L…

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Men Escape From Newcastle Gaol

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 October 1946 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, Friday. -- Two prisoners escaped from the New-castle gaol early this morning after an iron grille had been removed, possibly by someone outside. One of the men was…

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Police Recruiting

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 October 1946 · page 5

A number of applicants were interviewed by the New South Wales Police Recruiting Committee at Grafton yesterday…

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Refused Bail On Murder Charge

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 October 1946 · page 1

GRENFELL, Fri. -- A Magisterial inquiry and not a coroner's inquest would be held into the cause of the death of William…

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Skip Court Sprints Two in 24½

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 October 1946 · page 6

SYDNEY, Friday. -- Caninbury Stakes nominee, Skip Court, sprinted two furlongs in 24½ at Randwick this morning…

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Careless Use Of Fire Case In Court

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 October 1946 · page 5

ULMARRA, Fri. -- Before the Police Magistrate, Mr. G. L. Berry, at Ulmarra Court of Petty Sessions, to-day, Leslie John…

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16 Years Gaol for Archbishop

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 October 1946 · page 1

BELGRADE, Monday.--Almost coincident with the sentence of 16 years hard labor imposed by the Yogo-Slav People's Court on the leader at the Catholic Church in Yogo-Slavia, Archbishop Stepinac, the official Communist newspaper, "Borba," which often…

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Police Recruits

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 15 October 1946 · page 2

Apparently there is no great anxiety among young men to join the police force. At Coffs Harbour the Recruiting Committee had only two…

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