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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1948

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Assault Charge

Daily Examiner · Friday 7 May 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thurs.--Jack Haines (40), former middleweight champion boxer, was charged at Paddington Court to-day with having…

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Theft of Car Alleged

Daily Examiner · Friday 7 May 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday.--It was alleged in Central Court to-day, that when a car dealer refused to accept the pegged…

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Woman Charged With Murder

Daily Examiner · Saturday 8 May 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Fri.--A woman, who is alleged to Save arranged a suicide pact with a man, was tor day committed…

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False Statements to Police

Daily Examiner · Saturday 8 May 1948 · page 2

BRISBANE, Fri.--Police said to-day that an 18 years old girl telephonist who claimed- to have been attacked by a man in her…

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Witness III In Supreme Court

Daily Examiner · Saturday 8 May 1948 · page 2

There was a stir in the Supreme Court at Grafton yesterday, when an elderly Brisbane consulting engineer…

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Coff's Harbour Court Of Petty Sessions

Daily Examiner · Saturday 8 May 1948 · page 6

COFF'S HARBOUR.--At the Coff's Harbour Court of Petty Sessions before Mr. E. I. Cocks, S.M., Arthur B. Gill, a…

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Charged with Poisoning Wife

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 May 1948 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Mon.--A police constable who allegedly administered arsenic to his wife in health food to-day in the Criminal Court…

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Dramatic Court Move Venue Of Actions Changed

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 May 1948 · page 4

IN a dramatic turn to the hearing of a further damages claim against the Orara Shire Council in the Supreme Court at Grafton yesterday, Mr. Justice Herron granted an application for the venue of the action to be changed from Grafton…

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Youth Detained By Police

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 May 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.--After a State-wide hunt police detained a youth at Werris Creek this afternoon for questioning…

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Youth Charged

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 May 1948 · page 1

WERRIS CREEK, Wed.--A 16-year-old youth appeared in the Werris Greek Court to-day, on a charge of having murdered Hugh…

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Remanded on Murder Charge

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 May 1948 · page 3

MOREE, Wed.--William Dennison, of Terry Hie Hie, near Moree, was charged in the Moree Court to-day with the murder of…

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Police Use Tommy Guns

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 May 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed.--Tommy guns are being carried by a special squad of detectives assigned to track down safeblowng…

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Believes Gang Stealing Motors

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 May 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thurs.--Tamworth police believe that a well-organised gang is travelling through country areas by truck stealing…

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Murder Theory Dropped by Police

Daily Examiner · Saturday 15 May 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.--Police have dropped the murder theory in the death of Gerald Ambrose Fitzgerald (50) was was found last…

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Not Guilty of Attempted Murder

Daily Examiner · Saturday 15 May 1948 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Fri.--Within five minutes of retiring, a Criminal Court jury to-day returned a verdict of not guilty in the case in which Constable John…

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Police Escort for Umpire

Daily Examiner · Monday 17 May 1948 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Sun.-- Mounted and foot police were called on yesterday to escort an umpire from the ground after a football…

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Two Charge with Murder

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 May 1948 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Mon.--Two men were charged in the City Court to-day with the murder of Frank Vickers, 35, of South Australia,…

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Gruesome Police Discovery

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 May 1948 · page 1

LOS ANGELES, Mon. (A.A.P.). --Police yesterday, found the head of a woman and two charred skulls in an East Lbs Angeles…

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Licensing Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 May 1948 · page 5

In the Licensing Court at Grafton yesterday, Mr. E. I. Cocks, Licensing Magistrate, granted an application for the…

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Torn Blankets In Police Cell

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 May 1948 · page 4

A 48-year-old Grafton man, Harvey Hampden Phelps, was fined £1 by Mr. E. I. Cocks, S.M., in the Grafton Court of Petty…

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