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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1949

743 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 12 of 38

Jockey Charged

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 May 1949 · page 5

SYDNEY, Mon.--A plea of not guilty was made by Jockey David Hugh ("Darby") Munro when he appeared in Central…

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Police Widows' Pensions; Dissatisfaction

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 May 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Mon.--The minimum rate of pension paid to widows of policemen killed on duty was not as much as paid…

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Evidence In Court On Car Fatality

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 May 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday--After a woman was fatally injured by a car, the car was stopped. Two men returned to the woman, but left her on the road and drove away…

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Year's Gaol For Indecent Assault

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 May 1949 · page 3

LISMORE, Tues.--A man who committed an incedent assault at Dorrigo, on a girl aged nine years 11 months,was to-day sentenced…

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Woman Collapsed When Sentenced

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 May 1949 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tuesday .--A woman collapsed in the Criminal Court to-day when Mr. Justice Martin sentenced her…

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Charged With Causing Bodily Harm

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 May 1949 · page 6

BRISBANE, Tuesday,--The 22 year-old brother of Ivan Le Gallien, serving, life sentence, for the murder of his father, appeared in…

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£1000 Reward for Murder Solution

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 May 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues.--A reward of £1000 is being offered by the State Government for the solution of the Maroubra murder…

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Sobbing Indian Says He Will Die In Gaol

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 May 1949 · page 2

LISMORE, Tues.--A sobbing Indian, at least 70 years of age, called out that he would die in gaol, after he had been…

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Charged With Murder of Father

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 May 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY Wed. At the City Coroner's Court to-day Joseph George Eaton (33) of Redfern, was committed for trial on a…

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Police Protest On Uniform For Blacktrackers

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 May 1949 · page 2

Adopting a motion sponsored by M. J . O'Connor of Grafton, the New South Wales Police Association will ask the…

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Two Men Charged With Manslaughter

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 May 1949 · page 1

LISMORE, Thursday.—Two labourers from Main Arm, Mullumbimby, have been charged with manslaughter following the discovery of a badly battered body of a middle-aged man in a creek three-quarters of a mile from Billinudgel at 1 a.m. this…

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Sentenced to Death

Daily Examiner · Monday 9 May 1949 · page 2

COLOGNE, Sun. (AAP).--A 37-year-old former Berlin waitress, Irmgard Swinke, was sentenced to death for poisoning five…

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Gaol Could Not Hold Them All

Daily Examiner · Monday 9 May 1949 · page 4

QUEBEC. Sunday (AAP).--So many men were arrested in a riot of striking asbestos workers, yesterday, that the nearest gaol…

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Police Precautions At Domain Meeting

Daily Examiner · Monday 9 May 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sun.--Police took extraordinary precautions to guard against any disturbance at a meeting of waterside…

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Charged with Gold Breach

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 May 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Mon.--An alleged attempt to send gold out of Australia without the written permission of the Commonwealth…

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Police Stations Condemned

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 10 May 1949 · page 7

The condition of many of the police stations in New South Wales was condemned and strong protest raised over…

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Police Action Sought Against Destroyers Of Trees

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 May 1949 · page 3

South Grafton Council last night decided to ask the police to institute proceedings against people destroying ornamental…

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Big List Of Charges At Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 May 1949 · page 5

Men who were arrested on charges of drunkenness at the Grafton Showground were among a large Lumber of persons charged…

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Seamen Sentenced

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 11 May 1949 · page 3

WELLINGTON, Tues. (AAP Reuter).--All 27 crew members of the Canadian steamer [?], were to-day sentenced by a…

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Man Charged With Year-Old Robberies

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 May 1949 · page 2

COFF'S HARBOUR, Wed. When the Brisbane-Sydney express reached Coff's Harbour last night, police detained a…

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