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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1946

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Charged With Shop Breaking

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 27 February 1946 · page 4

At the Court of Petty Sessions, Coff's Harbour, on Monday, Neville Roberts, 19, Kenneth Keith Fear, 18, and DarrelL Paul Kelly,…

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Refused Bail On Murder Charge

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 27 February 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tues.—Stating that the general rule of law in such cases was to refuse bail except in extraordinary circumstances, Mr…

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Maclean Police Court

The Clarence River Advocate · Thursday 28 February 1946 · page 2

At Maclean police Court on Wednesday. before Mr. Berry, P.M., Edward Valentine Garde was convicted and fined for unlawfully cutting and…

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Halfway Creek Wine Bar Theft

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 February 1946 · page 2

The theft of £1/16/9 took place from the till of the Halfway Creek wine bar yesterday. After Graf ton police had been…

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Sailor On Theft Charge

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 March 1946 · page 2

Peter Joseph Campbell Eraser, 21, stated by police to be an a.w.l. Royal Navy sailor, was charged in the Grafton Court of…

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Decision To Apply To Court For 40-Hour Week Endorsed By Trades and Labour Council

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 March 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thurs.—The New South Wales Trades and Labor Council to-night overwhelmingly endorsed the A.C.T.U…

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Japanese Killer Sentenced To Death

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 March 1946 · page 1

SINGAPORE, Fri.—The War Crimes Court sentenced to death by shooting General Fukei Shimpei…

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R.N. Ratings Given 10 Years' Gaol

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 March 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Fri.—Sentences of 10 years imprisonment were to-day imposed on two Royal Naval ratings on charges of assault and…

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U.s. Police in Fight with 3000 Strikers

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 March 1946 · page 1

PHILADELPHIA, Fri.—In a club swinging melee, lasting 30 minutes, police on horseback, motor cycles and in patrol cars,…

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Jap Naval Officers Sentenced To Death

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 March 1946 · page 1

SINGAPORE, Sun.—Three of the six Japanese naval officers charged with murdering nine Burmese who tried to escape from…

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A.W.L. Sailor Sentenced For Stealing

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 March 1946 · page 4

Peter J. C. Fraser, from the Royal Navy, was sentenced to three months' hard labor by Mr. G. L. Berry, Police…

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Eight Lads Before Court On Stealing Charges

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 March 1946 · page 5

A STORY of juvenile crime perpetrated by a gang of lads, whose ages ranged from 12 to 14 years, was unfolded by Detective Sergeant I. C. Dallas, of Graf ton, and Detective Constable. H. T. Jenkins, of Sydney, before Mr. G. L. Berry, Police…

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Magistrate Calls Defendant A Parasite

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 March 1946 · page 4

"You are a parasite preying: on the Returned Soldiers' League," said Mr. G. L. Berry, Police Magistrate, at Grafton Police…

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40-Hour Week Case Again Before Arbitration Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 March 1946 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Monday.—The most important issue to come before the Arbitration Court for many years—40-hour week case—was resumed to-day before a court crowded with industrial leaders and other interested groups…

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Gaol for Cousin of Quisling

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 March 1946 · page 2

OSLO, Thurs.—Eli Quisling, cousin of Major V. Quisling, was sentenced to two and a half years' hard labor and the loss of civic…

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Life Imprisonment For Murder Of Wife

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 March 1946 · page 3

BRISBANE, Thurs.—After a two-hour retirement to-night the jury found Thomas Guy, farmer, 55, of Tingalpa, guilty of…

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Police Clash With Unemployed

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 March 1946 · page 3

ROME, Thurs.—Two policemen were killed and several injured in clashes with unemployed at Bari. Unemployed seized an armoured…

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Canadian M.P. To Be Charged With Espionage

Daily Examiner · Monday 11 March 1946 · page 3

NEW YORK, Sunday.—The "Daily News' Ottawa correspondent learns that a Canadian Parliamentarian will be…

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Warden's Court At Coramba

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 March 1946 · page 2

Mr. G. L. Berry, Mining Warden of Grafton, sitting at the Warden's Court at Coramba, held an inquiry into a complaint lodged by Cecil…

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Arbitration for Police

Daily Examiner · Thursday 14 March 1946 · page 6

SYDNEY, Wed.—The New South Wales Police Force will be given right of access to the Arbitration Court for…

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