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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1947

799 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 21 of 40

Alleged Theft Of £3000

Daily Examiner · Monday 16 June 1947 · page 1

PERTH, Sunda.--Leslie James Gleeson, 28, truck driver of Melbourne, was arrested at Kalgoorlie on Friday night in connection…

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Russia Charged With Offensive

Daily Examiner · Monday 16 June 1947 · page 1

NANKING, Sun--The Government's Central News Agency. has charged "a certain nation"--the Chinese Press term for Russia--as…

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Police Active Many Arrests

Daily Examiner · Monday 16 June 1947 · page 2

COFF'S HARBOUR, Sun. -- Plain clothes police were active in Coff's Harbour on Saturday. Numerous arrests made in…

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Labourer Sentenced

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 June 1947 · page 4

SYDNEY, Mon.--Pleading guilty to charges of assault, indecent language and maliciously damaging a policeman's uniform, Roy…

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Charged With Murder

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 June 1947 · page 1

ROMA, Tues.--Colin Joseph Lusk (29), forestry worker, of Walumbilla, was, charged in court to-day with having wilfully…

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Condemned Jews Taken To Gaol

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 June 1947 · page 1

JERUSALEM, Tues.--The three Jews condemned to death for participating in the Acre prison raid have been removed from…

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World Police Force Discussed By U.N.O.

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 June 1947 · page 1

LAKE SUCCESS, Tues.--An indirect warning that Russia might use the veto in any vote on controversial sections of the…

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Reward Offered Murder Information

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 June 1947 · page 1

AUCKLAND, Wed.--The Government has offered a reward of £500 with an indemnity from prosecution in an effort to clear…

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Police Investigate Death Of Circus Ponies

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 June 1947 · page 2

MYSTERIOUS death of three performing ponies from Wirth's Circus is puzzling Grafton police. Two other ponies, which showed signs of having been…

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Young Man Charged With Double Murder

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 June 1947 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Thurs.—A young man charged in the Criminal Court with a double murder was said by the Crown to have been…

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Police Court Lengthy List of Cases

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 20 June 1947 · page 3

Police Magistrate, Mr. E. I. Cocks, had a fairly lengthy last to deal with at the June sittings of the Dorrigo Police Court. Amongst the cases not…

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Driving Under Influence Police Court Charge Brings £10 Fine Defendant Faces Bench on Three Counts

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 20 June 1947 · page 3

At the Dorrigo Police Court, before Mr. E. I. Cocks, P.M., on Wednesday, 11th, Arthur Connor, 33, a sleeper cutter, was…

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Death Of Circus Ponies Still Police Mystery

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 June 1947 · page 2

Grafton police investigating the death of three circus ponies belonging to Wirth's Circus are now inclined to believe that…

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Man Charged With Double Murder Whipped By Father

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 June 1947 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Fri.—It was stated in court to-day that James Henry Napper, 23-year-old ex-serviceman, who is…

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Court Ruling On Occupancy Of Dwelling

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 June 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Fri.—The State Full Court to-day ruled that a dwelling about to be vacated by one tenant and occupied by another,…

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Two Men Charged With Assault

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 June 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Mon.--Charged at Paddington Court to-day with having, while armed, assaulted and robbed Jack Kouvelis,…

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Ex-Canadian Termed "Fraud" By Magistrate

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 June 1947 · page 4

SENTENCING Gerald Patrick Good, 25, labourer, of Woolgoolga road, to three months' imprisonment, the Police Magistrate (Mr. E. I. Cocks), at Grafton Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, said the defendant was a humbug and a fraud…

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Grafton Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 June 1947 · page 4

Pleading guilty to having behaved in an offensive manner at the Post Office Hotel, South Grafton, Alfred Smith, 57, labourer…

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Police Recover Boy's Body From Creek

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 June 1947 · page 2

LISMORE, Mon.--The body of a four-year-old boy who was missing from the Department of Public Works dredge at…

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Crime Increasing, But Police Force Decreasing

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 June 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Mon.--Although crime is increasing, all attempts to make up the numerical deficiency in the strength of the…

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