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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1949

743 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 24 of 38

Flood Death Roll Six Police Fear More

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 30 August 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.--The official deathroll in the disastrous Kempsey flood has now reached six, but as the floodwaters gradually recede police expect a far greater…

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Police Warning to Children

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 31 August 1949 · page 2

GRAFTON police yesterday issued a warning to children at present on holidays of the danger in the careless and unauthorised use of boats on the river. Detective A. G. Clark said…

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Charged With Theft Of Army Equipment

Daily Examiner · Thursday 1 September 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed.-- An Army warrant officer was to-day remanded in Penrith Court on charges of stealing 7938 blankets,…

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Gaol Sentences for Driving Offences

Daily Examiner · Thursday 1 September 1949 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wed.--Two drivers were each sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment to-day when they appeared in…

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Released Pending Court Hearing

Daily Examiner · Thursday 1 September 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed.--Thirty-eight Chinese granted bail last Monday were released from Long Bay Gaol at 6.30 o'clock to-night. Bail totalling £9500 was lodged by 14…

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Company Director Charged

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 2 September 1949 · page 2

Additional evidence to that already published in the case in which George Alexander Johnstone Macdonald, former…

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10 Years' Gaol For Armed Robbery

Daily Examiner · Friday 2 September 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thurs.-- A 20-years-old youth was sentenced by Judge Holden, in the Quarter Sessions to-day to 10 years'…

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Police Arrest Dobson

Daily Examiner · Friday 2 September 1949 · page 1

TOWNSVILLE, Thursday.-- Police to-day at Magnetic Island arrested 22-year-old William Thomas Dobson,…

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Escapees Charged

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 September 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Fri.--Darcy Ezekiel Dugan, 28, and William Cecil Mears, Long Bay Gaol escapes, were remanded in Paddington…

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Proposes Court Of Human Rights

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 September 1949 · page 1

STRASBOURG, Friday (AAP)--By 13 votes to seven the legal committee of the European Consultative Assembly to-day…

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Assault Alleged Against Police

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 September 1949 · page 2

DORRIGO, Sun.--Hearing of charges of assault against three members of the Dorrigo police force was adjourned by…

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Charged With Malicious Wounding

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 September 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.-- James Ferguson (35), cook of Boomerang street, Turramurra, was committed to trail at Hornsby…

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Police Appeal to Motorists

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 September 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.--Police had been instructed to pay strict attention to speeding by heavy lorries, including those…

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Accident Sequel In Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 September 1949 · page 4

Clarence George Richards of Woolgoolga, was fined £3, with costs, at Grafton Court of Petty Sessions yesterday for riding a…

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Charged with Murder of Migrant

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 September 1949 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tues.--A Ukrainian appeared in the City Court to-day, charged with having murdered a fellow…

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Priest Sentenced to Death

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 September 1949 · page 1

VATICAN CITY, Tuesday (AAP).--Vatican City Radio said yesterday that a Polish Catholic priest, Stanislas Janusz,…

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Aborigine Sentenced For Manslaughter

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 September 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.--Mr. Justice Dwyer in the Criminal Court to-day urged the strict enforcement of the law…

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Magistrate Welcomed To Coff's Harbour

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 September 1949 · page 2

COFF'S HARBOUR, Tues.--At the Coff's Harbour Court of Petty Sessions to-day, members of the legal profession and…

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Warders Punished Over Gaol Escape

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 September 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues.--At an inquiry to-day into the escape of two prisoners from Long Bay Gaol, one warder was…

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Hearing On Sedition Charged Adjourned

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 September 1949 · page 1

PERTH, Tues.--The hearing of the sedition charge against Kevin Martin Healy, chairman of the Western Australian Communist…

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