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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1947

799 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 5 of 40

Assault Charge Fails At Maclean

Daily Examiner · Thursday 30 January 1947 · page 3

MACLEAN, Wed.—After hearing evidence in a case at the Maclean Police Court this morning the Police Magistrate, Mr. G. L…

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Butcher Charged With Making Illegal Profits

Daily Examiner · Thursday 30 January 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed.—It was alleged in a special Federal Court to-day that a butler had been taking £2000 a year allegedly from the…

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Traffic Breaches At Maclean Court

Daily Examiner · Thursday 30 January 1947 · page 4

MACLEAN, Wed.—Cyril Douglas Bindley and Kevin Sidney Durrington, of Harwood Island, pleaded guilty to traffic breaches…

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Man Charged With Murder Found Dead

Daily Examiner · Friday 31 January 1947 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Austin Rhoden, 32, who had been charged with the attempted murder of his wife, died in the observation…

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Mussolini's Former Friend Sentenced

Daily Examiner · Friday 31 January 1947 · page 1

PARIS, Thurs.—Magda, Fontanges, 37-year-old former friend of Mussolini, has been sentenced to 15 years' hard…

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Taxi-Cab Murder In Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 31 January 1947 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Thurs.—"Chinatown" has been subjected to an intense search by a large body of detectives and police since the murder last night of Yung Shing, 53-year-old bosun of the freighter Fort Abitibi…

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Police Headquarters Dynamited By Miners

Daily Examiner · Friday 31 January 1947 · page 1

LA PAZ (Bolivia), Thurs.—At least 10 police were killed and 50 injured when striking miners at Potosi dynamited police headquarters on Tuesday night, says the newspaper, "La Razon." The Miners' casualties are not…

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Coff's Harbour Court Statistics

Daily Examiner · Friday 31 January 1947 · page 2

COFF'S HARBOUR, Thurs.— Figures supplied by the C.P.S at Coff's Harbour (Mr. T. Slack) show that there has been…

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Young Man Before Police Court

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 February 1947 · page 2

James Thomas Gibson (19), labourer, of Koolkhan, appeared in the Grafton Police Court yesterday before Mr. H. Breakall,…

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Chinese Charged With Melbourne Murder

Daily Examiner · Monday 3 February 1947 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Police allege that a young Chinese, charged last night with the murder of a countryman, had been…

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Twenty-One Former S.S. Men And Guards Sentenced To Death

Daily Examiner · Monday 3 February 1947 · page 1

HAMBURG, Sun.—The French Military Government at Rastatt sentenced to death 21 former S.S. men and camp guards…

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Bomb Exploded In De-Nazification Court

Daily Examiner · Monday 3 February 1947 · page 1

NUREMBERG, Sun.—A bomb exploded in the office of Camill Sachs De-Nazification Court, which is trying Von Papen…

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Magistrate Sympathises With Property Owners

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 February 1947 · page 2

During the hearing of a tenancy case at Grafton Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, the Police Magistrate, Mr. G. L…

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Committed For Trial On Stealing Charge

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 February 1947 · page 4

Jack Clive Jarrett, of Casino, was committed for trial by the Police Magistrate (Mr. Gi L. Berry) at Graf ton Court of…

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Murder Charge Laid Against Chinese

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 February 1947 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Monday.—Chan Kwan, 31, Chinese stallholder, of Fitzroy, was charged in the City, Court to-day with the murder of…

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Not Guilty Plea to Brisbane Murder

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 February 1947 · page 3

BRISBANE, Mon.—Wingfield Spence Brown, accountant, 49, pleaded not guilty to a charge of murdering Bronia Mary…

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Police Told Stolen To Taxation Dept

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 February 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mon.—A man told Police that he had taken £7184/17/ from his father's table and paid it to the Taxation Department, is…

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Steamer Arrested By High Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 February 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Mon.—A warrant was issued in the High Court today for the arrest of the 7000 ton American freighter, Moina…

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Acid Throwing Charge Denied In Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 February 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mon.—Frederick Robert Wood. 37. French polisher, denied in Butwood Court to-day, that he had…

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Mrs. Ethel Livesey In Bankruptcy Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 February 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mon.—Mrs. Florence Elizabeth Ethel Livesey told the Bankruptcy Court to-day that £55 owing to Farmer…

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