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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1947

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Murderer Handcuffed Before Appeal Court

Daily Examiner · Saturday 15 February 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY, Fri.—There was an unusual sight in the Court of Criminal Appeal this morning when a convicted murderer was…

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Printer Faces Contempt Of Court Charge

Daily Examiner · Saturday 15 February 1947 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Fri.—Justice Gavan Duffy, in the Practice Court to-day, granted an order nisi calling upon Edgar J. K…

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Boys Charged With Murder Of Master

Daily Examiner · Monday 17 February 1947 · page 3

LONDON, Sun.—Police have rounded up 10 boys who decamped from a farm home near Stoke, after William Peter…

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Tamworth Man Charged With Rape

Daily Examiner · Monday 17 February 1947 · page 5

TAMWORTH, Sun.—A man was arrested at 4.30 a.m to-day at his home in Tamworth and charged at the Tamworth police…

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Negro Hater Sentenced To 12 Months In Public Works Camp

Daily Examiner · Monday 17 February 1947 · page 3

ATLANTA (Georgia County) Sun.—The Superior Court sentenced to 12 months in a public works camp, for incitement to…

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Police Refused To Move "Squatters"

Daily Examiner · Monday 17 February 1947 · page 1

BRISBANE, Sun.—Following police refusal to remove three families who yesterday took possession of the old South Brisbane…

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Man And Woman On Stealing Charge

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 February 1947 · page 5

A man and a woman, residents of Sydney, were remanded by Mr. G. L. Berry at Grafton Court of Petty Sessions…

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Swollen River Delays Court Action

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 February 1947 · page 5

Before the Police Magistrate (Mr. G. L. Berry) at Grafton Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, the case was called in which…

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Young Man Charged With Murder Of Father And Sister

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 February 1947 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tues.—Late this afternoon detectives arrested James Henry Napper, 24, of Sale, and charged him with…

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To Face Trial For Criminal Assault

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 February 1947 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tues.—Richard Buries, 39, wharf labourer, of Richmond, was committed for trial from Richmond Court…

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Trial Continued For 1936 Murder

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 February 1947 · page 1

BATHURST, Tues.—The trial of FredericK Lincoln McDermott, 38, labourer, for the murder of William Henry Lavers,…

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Double Murder Remand

Daily Examiner · Thursday 20 February 1947 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Wed.— James Henry Napper 24, share farmer, of Sale, was to-day, remanded to appear in Melbourne next…

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1936 Murder Trial Continued

Daily Examiner · Thursday 20 February 1947 · page 3

BATHURST, Wed.—The trial of Frederick Lincoln McDermott, 38, labourer, on a charge of having murdered William Henry Lavers…

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Businessman Guilty Of Wilful Murder

Daily Examiner · Thursday 20 February 1947 · page 3

PERTH, Wednesday.—Leonard Charles Jackson, 48 former businessman of Kalgoorlie, was sentenced to death to-day by…

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Police Court the February List

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 21 February 1947 · page 3

Police Magistrate, Mr. G. L. Berry, paid his official visit to Dorrigo on Wednesday, Ferbruary 12th, and at the Dorrigo Court…

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Wants Tamworth Gaol Reopened

Daily Examiner · Friday 21 February 1947 · page 2

The senior member of the legal profession in Tamworth, Mr. R. J. O'Halloran, in the Tamworth Court of Petty Sessions, protested…

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Unlawful Assault Dependant Fined £5 or Ten Days

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 21 February 1947 · page 3

Harry Smith Holloway, labourer, aged 55 years, was charged at the February sitting of the Dorrigo Police Court before Mr…

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Unlawful Assault Dorrigo Man on Bond "Square It with Them, Sergeant."

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 21 February 1947 · page 1

At the February sittings of the Dorrigo Police Court, before Mr. G. L. Berry, P.M., Ray Hecules Edwards, 24, factory hand, was…

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Fined for Sunday Trading Local Publican Before Court Conviction Not Recorded

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 21 February 1947 · page 1

Cecil Francis Smith, licensee of the Commercial Hotel, was fined £2 when he appeared before Mr. G. L. Berry, P.M., at the…

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Woman Arrested For Murder

Daily Examiner · Saturday 22 February 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY, Fri.—Detectives this afternoon arrested Ella Agnes Stratford, 37, domestic, of Daringhurst, and charged her with…

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