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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1948

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Magistrate Warns Cyclists

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 29 June 1948 · page 4

If people persisted in committing these offences, then the penalties would certainly be stepped up, said Mr. E. L…

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Carrier Charged Sugar in Possession

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 29 June 1948 · page 2

Clyde Allan Cheers, carter of Tuncurry was at Taree Police Court last week fined £10 on a charge of having in his…

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Charged With Murder Of Daughter's Fiance

Daily Examiner · Friday 2 July 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thurs.--A 61-year-old Mosman carpenter was to-day, at the Coroner's Court, committed for trial on a charge of…

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Police Mount Guard At Scene Of Crash

Daily Examiner · Friday 2 July 1948 · page 1

HARDEN, Thurs.--Police guards were maintained last night and to-day to prevent looting from the wreckage of the South-West Mail train, which crashed near Harden early yesterday. POLICE at Harden to-night…

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Letter Of Confession Produced In Court

Daily Examiner · Friday 2 July 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday.--A letter claiming responsibility for rape land assaults, for which one man has been sentenced to death and…

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Children Shot Father Charged With Murder

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 July 1948 · page 1

GLEN INNES, Friday.--Police to-day charged a 65-year-old labourer with the murder of his six children in a ramshackle shanty, four miles from Glen Innes…

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Chase By Police Through Streets

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 July 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday.--A 70 mile an hour chase by police through city, streets after the attempted hold-up of a city hotel ended when the stolen car mounted a footpath in Pit't street and sheared off the front windows of three shops before crashing into an iron…

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Police Draw Batons To Save Umpire

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 July 1948 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Police had to draw their batons to save the umpire from an enraged crowd after the Australian Rules Carlton v. North Melbourne match yesterday. More than 500 spectators tried to break down the door of the umpire's…

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Offenders Before Coffs Police Court

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 6 July 1948 · page 5

Three defendants were charged at Coffs Police Court yesterday with being drunk and disorderly. Police stated that…

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Cattle Buyer Charged

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 July 1948 · page 4

A 26-year-old Grafton cattle buyer, Francis Donald Gordon Woodcroft, appeared in the Grafton Court of Petty Sessions…

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Alleged Trespass And Assault

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 July 1948 · page 4

Two charges of trespass and assault [?] out of [?] in a house at 38 Mackay street, South Grafton, were mentioned…

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Yugo-Slav Police Raid Homes Of Italian Reds

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 July 1948 · page 1

LONDON, Tues. (A.A.P.).-- Yugo-Slav police are raiding Italian Communist homes in the Yugo-Slav Zone of the…

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School Court To Be Repaired At Ulmarra

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 July 1948 · page 4

ULMARRA.-- A well attended meeting of the Ulmarra P. and C. Association was held at the schoolrooms. Rev. G. H. Williams…

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Murder of Chaplain

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 July 1948 · page 1

TOKIO, Wed. (A.A.P.-Reuter).--An American soldier has been arrested in connection with the murder of a U.S. Army chaplain,…

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Court Upholds Validity Of A.J.C. Turnover Tax

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 July 1948 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wed.--The State Full Court to-day upheld the power of the Australian Jockey Club to collect one per cent of bookmakers' turnover…

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Labourer For Trial On Murder Charge

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 July 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday.-- James Michael Murray, a 30-years-old labourer, was to-day committed for trial by the City Coroner (Mr…

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Police Warning On Visitors

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 July 1948 · page 2

Inspector W. O. McEwan, Officer-in-Charge of the Grafton police sub-district, warned yesterday that as many strangers would…

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Police Protect Player From Irate Crowd

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 July 1948 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--The crowd booed, and some spectators swung punches at the former N.S.W. Rugby League captain,…

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Charged With Theft Of Engagement Ring

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 July 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tues.--A married woman charged a man at Burwood Court to-day with having taken her engagement ring from…

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Brothers at Variance Court Case Follows Alleged Assault "Deplorable State of Affairs," Says Magistrate

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 16 July 1948 · page 1

"If you can't agree with your brother it's a deplorable state of affairs," said the S.M., Mr. E. I. Cooks, addressing a defendant at Wednesday's…

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