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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1947

799 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 36 of 40

Pensioner Charged With Attempt On Life Of Tax Chief

Daily Examiner · Saturday 15 November 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Fri.—A 76-year-old pensioner, charged with intent to murder a former Commissioner of Taxation, in…

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Deranged War Veteran Captured By Police

Daily Examiner · Saturday 15 November 1947 · page 4

MELBOURNE. Fri.—A deranget war veteran who escaped from Bun[?] Mental Hospital on Monday, was captured this afternoon on the…

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Police Raid Cabaret Charge 21 People

Daily Examiner · Monday 17 November 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sun.—Twenty-one people were arrested when police raided the Maxine Cabaret in Paddington last night. They…

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Labour Seeks To Pack High Court

Daily Examiner · Monday 17 November 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sun.—The packing of the High Court with men who would support all their acts was one of the aims of the Labour…

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Photographer Charged

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 November 1947 · page 5

John Kelly (37), photographer, pleaded not guilty in the Graf ton Court of Petty Sessions yesterday to charges of having used…

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Clerk Charged

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 November 1947 · page 4

Robert John Hatch (26), married, clerk, of Grafton pleaded guilty in the Grafton Court of Petty Sessions yesterday to a…

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Magistrate Dismisses Building Charge

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 November 1947 · page 5

A CHARGE against Sir Earle Page, M.H.R. for Cowper, of having carried out building operations without the written consent of the Minister, was dismissed by Mr. E. I. Cocks, S.M., in the Grafton Court of Petty Sessions yesterday…

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Man Committed On Breaking, Entering and Stealing Charge

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 18 November 1947 · page 8

Arthur Edward Egan, 19 years, who appeared before Mr. E. I. Cocks, SM, at Coffs Police Court on Friday last, was committed…

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Auckland's Morals Under Fire In Murder Charge

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 November 1947 · page 1

AUCKLAND, Mon. (AAP-Reuter).—Evidence would indicate a state of immorality and wickedness that one, would regret to find…

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Police Seek Bashers: Victim Dead

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 November 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Mon.—Police have started a State-wide search for two men who brutally bashed a man at Granville Railway Station…

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Premises Entered Police and Detective Investigating

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 18 November 1947 · page 1

Sgts. S. Smith and Wilson, of J Coffs Police, and Detective Clarke, of Grafton, are investigating a strange entry made by some person…

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No Intention Of Packing High Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 November 1947 · page 1

CANBERRA, Mon.—Allegations, that the Labour Party aimed at packing the High Court with men who would support…

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Violence in Europe France Battle Order For Police

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 November 1947 · page 1

PARIS, Mon. (A.A.P.).—Police military patrols, in full battle order, rounded up more than 1500 trouble-makers. Of these 450 were detained for further…

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Rail Strike "On" Despite Order Of Industrial Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 November 1947 · page 1

BRISBANE, Men.—An order restraining Railway Union men from striking to-morrow unless the endorsement of the railway's…

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Murder Trial In New Zealand

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 November 1947 · page 3

AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Tuesday (A.A. P. -Reuter).—Resuming an outline of evidence at the trial of Pansy Louise Frances Haskell…

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Granted Bail On 1938 Murder Charge

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 November 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tues.—Sydney Baden Powell Shannon (47), who appeared in the Supreme Court this morning before Mr. Justice Owen…

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Domestic Servant To Face Murder Trial

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 November 1947 · page 3

DUNEDIN, Tues. (A.A.P.-Reuter).—Phyllis Freeman (33) domestic servant, was committed to the Supreme Court for trial…

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High Court's Integrity Challenged

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 November 1947 · page 2

THE action of the private banks in issuing a writ cut of the High Court at Sydney seeking an injunction to restrain the Federal Government from proceeding with its plan to nationalise them, highlights the recent attack by Mr. Rosevear on the integrity of…

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Broke Recognisance Man Before Court

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 November 1947 · page 5

COFF'S HARBOUR, Mon.—A defendant in a case at the Coff's Harbour Court of Petty Sessions told the court that a charge of…

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No Intention To Pack High Court—Chifley

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 November 1947 · page 3

CANBERRA, Tues.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) declared in the House of Representatives to-day that the Commonwealth…

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