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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1947

799 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 27 of 40

Tennis Court At Swan Creek School

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 August 1947 · page 4

SWAN CREEK.-- The Swan Creek P. and C. meeting was told that steady progress was being made with the building of…

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Fines of £100 Breaches of Rationing Order Local Traders Before Court

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

Fines totalling £100 with costs, were imposed on the Dorrigo Co.-op. Dairy Company and Taylor Bros, butchers, when they…

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Bulgarian Leader Sentenced To Death

Daily Examiner · Monday 18 August 1947 · page 1

SOFIA, Sun. (A.A.P.).--Nikola Petkov, Agrarian Party leader, was sentenced to death on a charge of conspiracy to…

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Battered Man Charged On Shooting Counts

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 20 August 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues.--A man appeared in the Central Court today with an eye blackened, his face badly bruised and clothes…

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North Sydney Shooting Woman Charged With Murder

Daily Examiner · Thursday 21 August 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday.--As a sequel to the fatal shooting of Robert Athol Hall, 21, in North Sydney last night, Mary Jane Pardy 28, dancing teacher, appeared sobbing in the Central Court to-day to answer a charge of having murdered Hall…

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Alleged To Have Sold Woman Murder Pistol

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 August 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thurs.--In Central Court to-day police alleged a man had sold a woman a pistol which they claimed she used to kill…

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Charged With Stealing Timber Worth £3320

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 August 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY, Fri.--Ernest Jame[?] Smith, 51, woodworker, was committed for trial on a charge of having stolen timber valued at…

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Dismissed Labourer Charged With Murder

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 August 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY, Fri.--In the Central Court to-day, Thomas Walter Morgan, 38, labourer, was charged with having murdered…

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Four Years' Gaol For Misappropriation

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 August 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Fri.--Found guilty on Tuesday of misappropriating £7124, Phillip Dudleigh Walker, 50, accountant, of Hunter street,…

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Young Airmen Arrested On Stealing Charge

Daily Examiner · Monday 25 August 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sun.--Two young airmen were arrested in a flat in North Sydney last night following a search by detectives who…

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Tattooed Man Charged With Rape, Robbery

Daily Examiner · Monday 25 August 1947 · page 2

LONDON, Sun. (A.A.P.).--The "Times" states police have laid a charge of rape and robbery against a tattooed man,…

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Italian Charged With Murder

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 August 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Mon.--In the Liverpool Court to-day, a 55 year old Italian, Domenico Blefari, was charged with having murdered…

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Licensing Court Postponements

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 August 1947 · page 5

Applications by the Licensing Inspector for orders requiring substantial alterations and repairs to various hotels within…

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Special Treatment Recommended by Magistrate

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 27 August 1947 · page 4

In sentencing Kelvin T. Biddle to six months' hard labour on a charge of being in possession of a pistol, the Stipendiary Magistrate…

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Not Guilty Of Murder

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 27 August 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tues.--In the Central Court to-day, John Henry Miles, 17, labourer, was found not guilty of having murdered his…

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Young Married Woman Charged With Theft

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 August 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed.--Charged in the Central Court with having stolen [?]3277 from Day and Liverpool [?]treets Motor Company between…

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Maclean Court

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 August 1947 · page 2

MACLEAN: At the Maclean Court, before Mr. E. I. Cocks, S.M., Allyn Glynn Connelly, labourer, charged with having been…

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Judge Kirby Appointed To Arbitration Court

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 August 1947 · page 1

CANBERRA, Wed.--The Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) to-day announced the appointment of Judge R. C. Kirby to the…

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Elderly Woman Charged With Murder Of Sister

Daily Examiner · Friday 29 August 1947 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Thurs.-- Mrs. Mary Stackpole, 78, of East Melbourne, was battered to death today…

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Bowlers Dring More Than Golfers, Says Magistrate

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 29 August 1947 · page 3

"I have found that bowlers drink move than golfers,' declared Mr. V. H. Wells, Licensing Magistrate amidst laughter at the Goulburn…

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