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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1947

799 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 16 of 40

Bag Snatcher Sent to Gaol

Daily Examiner · Friday 2 May 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thurs.--Eric John Eielden ((20), milkman, of Melbourne, was to-day sent to gaol, for 12 months when convicted of…

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Sentence For Part In Jewel Theft

Daily Examiner · Friday 2 May 1947 · page 3

FRANKFURT, Thursday.--The Military Court sentenced Colonel J. W. Durant to 15 years' hard labour and dismissal from the…

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Police Hunt For Murderers

Daily Examiner · Friday 2 May 1947 · page 3

LONDON, Thurs. -- Scotland Yard issued a statement to help detectives in the hunt for the murderers of Alec De Antiquis…

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Police Court Case

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 May 1947 · page 3

At the Maclean Police Court, before the Police Magistrate, Cecil Roberts was charged with failing to renew the registration…

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Stole From Uncle; 12 Months' Gaol

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 May 1947 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Fri.--Charged with having stolen £1200 from his uncle, a Melbourne barman Dennis Shine, 26, traveller, was…

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Wide Search For Murder Suspect

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 May 1947 · page 1

LONDON, Fri.--In their search for an airman suspected by detectives to be concerned in the murder of the taxi driver…

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Application by Police

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 May 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY, Fri.--The New. South Wales Police Association to-day applied to the Chief Conciliation Commissioner (Mr. K. J…

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Attempted Murder Alleged, But Live Happily

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 May 1947 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Friday.--When William Arthur Davies, 44, farmer, appeared in court to-day charged with having wounded…

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Presentation To Police Tracker

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 May 1947 · page 3

A presentation was made on Thursday by members of the Grafton' Police Sub-District to Sergeant Tracker W. Robinson to…

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Vittorio Mussolini Reported To Argentina Police

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 May 1947 · page 1

BUENOS AIRES, Fri.--Vittorio Mussolini reported his presence in Argentina to the police yesterday and offered to…

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Bicycle Stealing Prevalent

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 May 1947 · page 2

Police Inspector W. O. McEwan stated yesterday that a special effort was being made by the force to put an end to…

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First Report On World Police Force

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 May 1947 · page 1

LAKE SUCCESS, Sun.--The first report from the Military Staff Committee of the United Nations, comprising Army,…

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Supreme Court Grafton Sitting

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 May 1947 · page 2

A sitting of the Supreme Court will be held in Grafton to-day before Mr. Justice W. F. L. Owen and a jury. The only criminal…

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Clashed with Police Stranger Pays Penalty

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 6 May 1947 · page 4

Edward Alfred Armstrong (21), a stranger to the town, clashed with the police on Sunday night, as a result of which he was brought…

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Coffs Court, Workers' Compensation Commission

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 6 May 1947 · page 5

A sitting of the Workers' Compensation Court, His Honor Judge Lamond presiding, is to toe held at Coffs Courthouse on Thursday, May…

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Tenancy Tangle At Grafton Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 May 1947 · page 5

Unusual circumstances arose 'before the Police Magistrate, Mr. G. L. Berry, at Grafton Court ox Petty Sessions yesterday, in…

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Hitch-Hiked To Sydney For Court Appearance

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 May 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Mon. -- William John Laugh ton, of Dirranbandi, Queensland, who hitch-hiked to Sydney to appear in the…

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Two Men Charged With Wounding

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 May 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed.--In the Central Court to-day, Malcolm Moore, 24, lorry driver, and Edgar Rawson Miller 33, musician, were charged…

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Tired Of Freedom Telephoned Police

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 May 1947 · page 1

LONDON, Wed.--Sixteen Arab prisoners who "shared" in the mass escape of Jewish prisoners from Acre prison at the…

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Alleged Theft From Aerodrome

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 May 1947 · page 6

Eric Reginald Rishwick, a member of the R.A.A.F., on remand from Grafton, was committed for trial at Woodburn Court of Petty…

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