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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1949

743 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 5 of 38

Waiter Sentenced On Spy Charge

Daily Examiner · Saturday 19 February 1949 · page 3

MUNICH, Friday (A.A.P.).—A 31-year-old waiter on the Orient Express, Frontisek Klecka, has been sentenced, to 20 years'…

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Five Years Gaol For Assault

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 February 1949 · page 4

SYDNEY, Mon.—Alleged to have assaulted a nightwatchman when armed, 19-year-old Albert Arthur Guinney, of Pyrmont, was…

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Cases at Coffs Police Court

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 22 February 1949 · page 5

Trouble among aboriginals in Coffs Harbour flared up again last week-end. Liquor was again the main cause of…

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Assault and Robbery Case Collapsed

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 22 February 1949 · page 6

A case in which two brothers were charged at Coffs Police Court on Friday with assault and robbery…

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Night Raid By Police On Junction Hotel

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 February 1949 · page 4

THE story of a police night raid on the Junction Hotel, Carr's Creek, was unfolded at Grafton Court of Petty Sessions, before Mr. E. I. Cocks, S.M., yesterday. The licensee, Henry Sala…

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Cripple Charged With Murder

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 February 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues.—Crippled for life a man charged with murder will appear in the Coroner's Court to-morrow on a bed…

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Reds Murder Catholics

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 February 1949 · page 1

ROME, Tues. (A.A.P.).—The Vatican Radio announces the Communists in China have murdered 483 Catholic priests, 16…

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Youth At Court Special Bed

Daily Examiner · Thursday 24 February 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed.—A youth who will probably never walk again appeared to-day at the inquest into the death of a man…

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Court Order to Writer

Daily Examiner · Friday 25 February 1949 · page 1

NEW YORK, Thurs.(A.A.P.).—As soon as she stepped from a plane which brought her from Moscow to-day, Anna Louise…

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Coff's Harbour Police Raids

Daily Examiner · Monday 28 February 1949 · page 2

COFF'S HARBOUR, Sun.—Members of No. 21 Division from Police Headquarters, Sydney, visited Coff's Harbour on…

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Son Charged with Murder

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 March 1949 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Mon.—The father of a 16-year-old boy, who has been charged with his murder, had been a "mental and…

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Lower Clarence Police Raids

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 March 1949 · page 5

MACLEAN, Mon.—On Saturday raids were made by police officers on the premises of residents in the Lawrence and…

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Stealing Charge

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 March 1949 · page 4

MACLEAN.—At Lawrence Court of Petty Sessions on Tuesday afternoon, before Mr. Raschke, relieving S.M., Allan E…

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French Major Charged With Spying

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 March 1949 · page 1

PARIS, Tuesday. (AAP).—A French Army major was charged and taken to gaol after being arrested yesterday for allegedly…

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High Court Appeal Dismissed

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 March 1949 · page 2

An appeal to the High Court by an appellant named Schuitz, on a judgment against him in favour of Joseph Reid Proprietary…

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Court Decision Favours R.S.L.

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 March 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wed.—As the result of a Full Court decision to-day, the R.S.L. is now at liberty to consider the expulsion of a…

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Corruption in Gaol

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 March 1949 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thurs. — An amazing story of bribery, corruption and graft at Pentridge Gaol has been unearthed by…

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Man Charged With Assault And Robbery

Daily Examiner · Monday 7 March 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sun.—Alleged to have assaulted and robbed a woman of £20 at Surry Hills late last night, a man was…

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Cardinal's Accomplices Sentenced

Daily Examiner · Monday 7 March 1949 · page 1

BUDAPEST, Sun. (A.A.P.).—Fourteen accomplices of Cardinal Mindszenty were sentenced to from one to eight years'…

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Man Charged with Murder

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 March 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday.—After a middle-aged timber-cutter, had allegedly beaten a young woman to death at Taree on…

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