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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1946

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Investigations In Park Murder Case

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 November 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues. --Police working on the Cooper Park murder case, say they are concentrating on a definite line of investigation…

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Further Evidence In 10- Year- Old Murder Charge

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 November 1946 · page 1

GENFELL, Tues. -- Experts failed to find fingerprints on the petrol pump outside the home of William Lavers, after he…

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Court Sequel to Night Chase

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 November 1946 · page 3

BYRON BAY, Mon. -- A chase by Constable MacDonald of a man in Jonson street, Byron Bay, on Saturday night had a sequel…

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Flood Warning Set To Be Sought From Police Department Grafton Council

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 November 1946 · page 4

USE of Police Department short-wave transmittals appliances for flood Communications will be sought by the Grafton City Council The council was informed…

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Further Evidence On 10-Year-Old Murder Charge

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 November 1946 · page 3

GRENFELL, Wed.--A woman who said she was known professionally as Madame Cleo, pointed to Frederick Lincoln McDermott,…

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Inquest Into Death Of Man Shot By Police

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 November 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed.--The widow of a man who was fatally shot by police in alleged suspicious circumstances at a house in…

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Witness Says. Man Admitted Murder

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 November 1946 · page 1

GRENFELL, Thursday.--When Frederick Lincoln McDermot (39), labourer, was in court to-day charged with the murder of William Henry Layers, a woman witness said that she heard him say last, year that he had killed Lavers…

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To Stand Trial For Murder Of Wife

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 November 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday.--The City Coroner (Mr. R. M. Stewart) to-day committed Constable William Joseph Cable (30) for trial on a charge that he murdered his wife, Audrey Elva Cable (29). The Coroner found Mrs. Cable…

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New Turn In Police Search For Killer

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 November 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thurs.--There was a new turn in the police search for the killer of Mrs. Ada Lambert, whose body was found in…

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For Trial on Charge of Murder

Daily Examiner · Saturday 9 November 1946 · page 1

GRENFELL, Fri.--At the conclusion of the murder case today, Frederick Lincoln McDermott, 38, laborer, was committed…

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Theft Charge Against Jockey

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 November 1946 · page 2

An apprentice jockey, James Reginald Guilfoyle (20), appeared in the Grafton Police Court before Mr. H. Breakell, J.P.,…

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Murder Campaign In India Spreads

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 November 1946 · page 1

NEW DELHI, Monday.--India's murder campaign is approaching ominously close to the north-west frontier. The latest explosion was in Meerut where 50 Moslems were killed by Hindus in riots…

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Police Help Sought In Preventing Fires

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 November 1946 · page 4

A request to Murwillumbah police to investigate any fire which appeared to have been deliberately set, or where gross…

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Traffic Police Appointed to Grafton District

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 November 1946 · page 2

Notification was received at last night's meeting of the Grafton branch of the Road Safety Council, that two police…

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Year's Gaol For Stealing Car

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 November 1946 · page 2

William Edward Tollis (19), who admitted several previous convictions, was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment by Judge…

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Gaol For Two Men

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 November 1946 · page 2

Stanley John Roeth (25), half caste, and Fossie Parry (21), aboriginal, pleaded guilty in the Grafton Quarter Sessions…

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Alleged Theft From Goods Trains

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 November 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues.--Detectives investigating thefts from goods trains crossing the Blue Mountains, last night surrounded a…

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Murder Charge Against Boy

Daily Examiner · Thursday 14 November 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed.--After having been questioned at Campsie Police Station last night Allan William Gould (14 years and 11 months) was to-day charged with…

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Men Charged with Shooting at Policeman

Daily Examiner · Thursday 14 November 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed.—--At the Central Court to-day Antonio Martini (29), and Edward Garland (34) were charged with having shot at…

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Gaol For Two Years On Bodily Harm Charge

Daily Examiner · Thursday 14 November 1946 · page 5

Found guilty in Grafton Quarter Sessions yesterday, before Judge Storkey, of having assaulted William Endicott,…

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