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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1948

608 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 28 of 31

Charged With Murder At Glenthorne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 November 1948 · page 2

TAREE. Friday.-- Clarence H. French, 42, timber, cutter, appeared in Taree Court to-day charged with the murder of…

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Assault Cases Are Settled

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 November 1948 · page 6

After a settlement in several cases of alleged unlawful assault had been announced at Grafton Court of Petty Sessions…

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Hungarian Police Confiscate Paper

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 November 1948 · page 6

LONDON, Fri. (A. A. P.).-- Hungarian police confiscated an edition of the Catholic newspaper, "Magyar Jurier," to prevent an…

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Police Protection For Graft Witness

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 November 1948 · page 3

LONDON, Fri. (A. A. P.).-- Police protection has been provided for Alfred Bieber, one of the principal witnesses at the…

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Court Sequel To Collision

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 November 1948 · page 6

In the Grafton Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, Mr. E. I. Cocks, S. M., adjourned until February 7 the hearing of two…

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Police Will Attempt To Exhume Body

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 November 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Fri.-- At daylight to-morrow, police from Harden will attempt to exhume the body of a girl said to have been buried…

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Increase Of £1 A Week For Police Officers

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 November 1948 · page 5

SYDNEY, Fri.-- A flat rate increase of £1 a week, retrospective to September 25, was granted to non-commissioned police…

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Association Fined £200 And Costs For Contempt Of Court

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 November 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Fri.-- The Metal Trades Employers' Association was fined £200 and costs for contempt of court by the Full…

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Backyard Grave For Girl, 2 Charged

Daily Examiner · Monday 22 November 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday.--A woman and her 18-year-old son were charged at the Harden police station last night with concealing the death of the woman's 16-year-old-daughter. Those charged are Mrs. Florence Sloane. Yule Holmes (46),…

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Cases at Coffs Police Court

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 23 November 1948 · page 5

Two cases of offensive behaviour were heard at Coffs Police Court on Thursday. James Long, aged 52, pleaded…

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Gaol Sentence

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 23 November 1948 · page 5

Ronald Victor Tribe, 25, labourer, who is serving a prison sentence at Grafton, was Sentenced to a further three…

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End Of Evidence In South Grafton Assault Charges

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 23 November 1948 · page 5

Evidence ended at the Grafton Court of Petty Sessions yesterday in the actions by Frederick Aubrey Skinner, of…

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[?]Spector Praises Coffs Police

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 23 November 1948 · page 4

Superintendent G. Delaney, in Coffs Harbo ryesterday, commented that there is very little crime here. He also…

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Police Advised Against Union Affiliation

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 23 November 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Mon.-- A Police Association affiliation with the Trades and Labour Council would lessen the prestige of the service in the…

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Cement Lack Holds Up Court Hearing

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 23 November 1948 · page 4

A hold-up in supplies of cement had caused a delay in reconstruction of a South Grafton bakery, said Mr. D. L. McIntyre (Collins…

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Acquitted Of Charge Of Horse Stealing

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 24 November 1948 · page 2

LISMORE, Tues.--After retiring for only eight minuses, a Lismore Quarter Session jury to-day. acquitted Valentine Edward…

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Convicted Of Theft From Grafton Woman

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 24 November 1948 · page 2

LISMORE. Tues.--A Tweed River bargeman was sentenced to two years' hard labour by Judge Storkey V.C. at the Lismore…

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Suicide Sequel To Police Questioning

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 24 November 1948 · page 3

LONDON. Tues. (A.A.P.).--Italian newspapers are demanding an investigation into the case of a 22-year-old servant girl…

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Youth Charged With Patricide

Daily Examiner · Thursday 25 November 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed.--The Crown Prosecutor (Mr. C. V. Rodney, K.C.) told the Central Criminal Court jury to-day that if they…

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Minister Challenges Court's Conclusions

Daily Examiner · Thursday 25 November 1948 · page 1

CANBERRA, Wednesday.--A conflict between the Minister for Air (Mr. Drakeford) and Mr. Justice Simpson who conducted the Court of Inquiry Into the Lutana air disaster, was revealed in the House of Representatives to-day in the report which he…

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