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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1949

743 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 37 of 38

Court Decision On Shop Hours

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 20 December 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Mon.--A decision as to whether shops in Sydney, Newcastle and many country towns will be closed on…

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Charged With Murder Of Husband

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 21 December 1949 · page 1

COONAMBLE, Tues.-- Police to-day arrested and charged Ethel Maude Wood with the murder of her husband, Claude William…

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Man Sentenced For Assaulting Nurse

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 21 December 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues.--Judge Stacy, in the Quarter Sessions to-day, sentenced a 35-year-old man to two years and 10 months' gaol on…

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Police Hold Down Screaming Man

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 21 December 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues.--Two policemen had to forcibly hold down a screaming 57-year-old man in the dock of the Central Court…

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Basic Wage Case Court Refuses Application

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 21 December 1949 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tues.-- The Full Bench of the Arbitration Court to-day refused an application by Mr. W. P. Evans (for…

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Charged With Murder Of Pensioner

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 December 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed.--Norman Craig (44), a labourer, of Chullora, was remanded without bail until December 30, at the Parramatta…

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Committed For Trial On Murder Charge

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 December 1949 · page 1

COONAMBLE, Wed.--A 47- year-old woman was to-day charged with the murder of her husband. Claude William Wood,…

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Court Upholds Immigration Act

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 December 1949 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Wed.--The War Time Refugees' Removal Act and the 1949 Immigration Act were declared valid by the Full High…

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Wharfies Defy Court Order

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 December 1949 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--In defiance of the Arbitration Court, Waterside Workers Federation officials to-day repeated their orders to wharfies to stop at noon…

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Charged With Murder

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 December 1949 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Mon.--Charged with the murder of George Frederick Pearson (35), labourer, a man to-day admitted being at…

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Norwegian Charged With Murder

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 December 1949 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Mon.-- Homicide detectives to-night charged a 53-year-old Norwegian with the murder of William Stewart (60),…

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Store Burglary

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 December 1949 · page 2

Mr. D. L. Bindley's store at Harwood Island, was broken into on Christmas Day and a number of articles were stolen…

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4M Yen Theft Nearly Came Off

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 December 1949 · page 5

A four million yen theft that nearly came off, but for the quick intervention of the Japanese police at Kure, last week was…

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Police Search For Escaped Inmates

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 December 1949 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Mon.--Squads of armed police are combing dense undergrowth near Beechworth Mental Heine for two inmates…

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Man Charged With Murder Of Woman

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 28 December 1949 · page 1

ADELAIDE, Tues.-A 37-year- old man was charged to-day with the murder yesterday of Mrs. Elsie May Wheeler (39)…

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Norwegian Remand On Murder Charge

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 28 December 1949 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Olaf Kaal Kharlsen (53), stoker, was charged in the City-Court to-day watn having murdered William…

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Police Intensify Inquiries

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 28 December 1949 · page 2

Clarence River pounce have intensified their inquiries into the Harwood Island burglary. They have recovered at South…

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Police Search For Alleged Kidnapper

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 28 December 1949 · page 1

CHICAGO, Tuesday (AAP).-- Police last night were, searching for three youths whom a 15- year-old girl alleged kidnapped…

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Police Suspect Girl Murdered

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 December 1949 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Detectives suspect murder in the case of a 20-year-old woman--Miss Elizabeth Maureen Williams, formerly of Moonah, Hobart--whose body was found on the foreshore of Albert Park at dawn to-day…

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Police Asked To Assist Stewards

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 December 1949 · page 5

TAMWORTH, Wed.--Police have been requested to assist racing stewards in their inquiry into the bona fides of Perall, which…

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