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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1947

799 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 26 of 40

Court Appearance Follows Stabbing Affray

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 August 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Mon.--Wilfred Frederick Holt (22), merchant seaman, was remanded until August 25 at the Central Court…

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Charged with Assault

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 August 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tues.—William Regan Hatton, who fought professionally under the name of Billy Martin, and Patrick Thomas…

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Young Boys Charged With Arson

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 August 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tues.—Three boys, aged 12 to 14, who escaped from a Boys' Home several days ago were arrested by police while…

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Charged with Murder

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 August 1947 · page 2

PERTH, Wed.--Newton Charles Livingston, 63, of Mount Seabrook Station, 85 miles from Meekatharra, was charged last night…

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Britain's Efficient Women Traffic Police

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 August 1947 · page 3

This picture shows an alert British woman traffic officer directing motorists on their way to Ascot races. She is using a walkie-talkie apparatus and is operating a traffic control sign…

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Youths Sentenced For Hold-up

Daily Examiner · Saturday 9 August 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY. Fri.--In the Parramalta Quarter Sessions to-day Albert Joseph Marx 17, and Norman Doidge, 16, were sentenced…

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Missing Witness In Court, says He Is Not "A Damned Scoundrel"

Daily Examiner · Saturday 9 August 1947 · page 1

BRISBANE, Fri.--When Patrick Kerry Copley, M.L.A., 45, barrister, and Arthur Joseph Stevens, 39, business man, first appeared…

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Grafton Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 August 1947 · page 2

Carl Robert Ellaby (38), labourer, pleaded guilty in the Grafton Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, before Mr. H. Breakell,…

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Duck Shooters Before Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 August 1947 · page 3

ULMARRA, Monday.—Several charges relating to the carrying of firearms on a Sunday and being in possession of protected birds…

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Former Mill Manager On Theft Charge

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 August 1947 · page 5

The trial of Arthur Edward Copeman (39), wood worker, on a charge of stealing three pine logs, the property of John…

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District Court Judges

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 August 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tues.--It is expected that the Executive Council tomorrow will announce the appointment as acting district court…

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40-Hour Week for Police

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 August 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tues.--According to an instruction issued to-day, members of the Police Force will not be paid for time worked over…

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Two Years' Gaol For Brothers

Daily Examiner · Thursday 14 August 1947 · page 7

Prison terms of 12 months each were imposed on two brothers, James William Henry Austin Traynor (20), labourer, and…

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Soldier Gaoled For Robbery And Murder

Daily Examiner · Thursday 14 August 1947 · page 1

TOKIO, Wed. (A.A.P.-Reuter).--A 21 year old N.S.W. soldier, Private Mervyn William Allan, of the 65th Australian Infantry…

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High Court Rules On Banking Act

Daily Examiner · Thursday 14 August 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.--Section 48 of the Federal Banking Act was declared invalid by a majority decision of the Full Bench of the High Court to-day. Under this section the Commonwealth had sought to compel…

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Charged With Murder

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 August 1947 · page 3

AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Thursday (A.A.P.).-- Herbert Edward Pearce, 21, farmhand, was to-day charged with the murder of Mrs…

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Nazis Sentenced

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 August 1947 · page 3

FRANKFURT, Thurs. (A.A.P.). An American Military Court at Dachau sentenced to death by hanging 22 former Nazi doctors…

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One Month's Gaol For Vagrancy

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 15 August 1947 · page 2

Edward Breckenridge (22), an aboriginal, was sentenced to one month's hard labor on a charge of having insufficient lawful means of…

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First Soldier To Be Convicted For Murder

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 August 1947 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thurs.-- Army officials said to-day that the N.S.W. soldier sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment for…

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Strangers on Stealing Charge Booked Room at Hotel and Stole Blankets Lapse Costs £2 EACH

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 15 August 1947 · page 1

Two strangers to the district were fined £2 each at the Court of Petty Sessions yesterday morning on charges of stealing two…

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