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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1946

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Man And Wife On Murder Charge

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 20 November 1946 · page 1

PERTH, Tues.--Sydney Hammond (26) and his wife Cecilia Hammond (18) appeared in the Central Criminal Court to-day,…

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Police Survey Of Traffic Control Problems

Daily Examiner · Thursday 21 November 1946 · page 2

Under the direction of the N.S.W. Commissioner of Police (Mr. W. J. Mackay) two officers (Sergeant M. R. Sherwood and…

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May Hold Court At Hospital

Daily Examiner · Thursday 21 November 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed.--A special court may have to be set up in hospital to hear evidence in the case in which a woman is charged…

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Youths Charged With Murder

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 November 1946 · page 1

ADELAIDE, Thurs.--In the Adelaide Juvenile Court to-day, four youths aged from 13 to 16, were charged with the murder…

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Magistrate Commended Men Who Aided Police

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 November 1946 · page 3

LISMORE, Thurs.--At the Casino Court to-day, the Police Magistrate, Mr. G. L. Berry, commended the action of neighbours…

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Police Court the November List

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 22 November 1946 · page 1

Police Magistrate, Mr. G. L. Berry, dealt with a number of cases at the Dorrigo Court on the occasion of his November…

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Charged With Having Prohibited Exports

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 November 1946 · page 1

DARWIN, Thurs.--William Stephen Bomba, a Czecho-Slovaakian had concealed industrial diamonds valued at more than…

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Convicted and Sentenced to the Rising Local Youth on Revolver Stealing Charge "Saw It in the Kitchen and Took It"

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 22 November 1946 · page 1

Robert Francis Gater, aged 20, was convicted and sentenced to the rising of the Court on a revolver stealing charge, when he…

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Gaol For Setting Fire To House

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 November 1946 · page 1

ADELAIDE, Thurs.--For having set fire to the home of the Deputy Prices Commissioner (Mr. W. F. J. McCann). Maurice Wilbur Albert…

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Youth with Fully Loaded Alleges Got Through Skylight of Hobbs' Store Police Court Charge

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 22 November 1946 · page 1

Apprehended in a motor car on one of Dorrigo's main roads, with two other youths, on the night of Sunday, October 20, Kenneth Edward Dee, aged 19, was found by Sgt A. R. Beavan, of the local Police, to have a fully loaded revolver in his possession…

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Peculiar Story From Coffs Flash Back Reveals Man Already Married Confession to Police

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 22 November 1946 · page 3

"I agree with you that it is a peculiar case. I have had a few thousand through my hands but all my experience does not help…

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£5 Fine For Dangerous Machinery Mill Coy. Before Court Guard Not Pitted to Docking Saw

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 22 November 1946 · page 1

For not having securely fenced all parts of dangerous machinery—a docking saw—Joseph Reid Pty. Ltd., sawmillers at…

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Youth Sentenced To One Month's Hard Labour For Stealing

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 November 1946 · page 5

Charged with stealing one tin of biscuits, one small attache case and two bottles of ale, of a total value of £1115, the…

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Shot By Police: Evidence At Coroner's Inquest

Daily Examiner · Monday 25 November 1946 · page 4

LISMORE, Sat.--Evidence disclosed there was no doubt that the death of the man shot in the street chase in Lismore by two…

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Youth Charged With Murder

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 November 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Mon.--Alexander Campbell Tipping (18) has been charged with having, murdered Alan Cooper (5), at Crows Nest,…

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Gaol Sentence for Girl

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 November 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Mon.--A girl aged 16 was to-day sentenced to six months' gaol for attacking a teacher with an iron bar…

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Found Hanged in Gaol Cell

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 November 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Mon.--John Lawn was to-day found hanging in his cell in Parramatta Gaol. He was sentenced last week to 12 months'…

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Police Constable For Brushgrove

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 November 1946 · page 2

A police constable will be stationed at Brushgrove as soon as premises are available for his accommodation, said Police…

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More Police Wanted For South Grafton

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 November 1946 · page 2

The Mayor of South Grafton Ald J. C. Lane, told members of the South Grafton Council last night that when he and the Town…

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Grafton Police Warning On Rear Reflectors

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 November 1946 · page 2

Grafton police have been instructed to "book" cyclists riding bicycles at night without a rear reflector installed…

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