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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1949

743 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 6 of 38

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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Magistrate Had "Something to Say"

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 8 March 1949 · page 2

"Have you anything to say?" asked Mr. F. C. H. Craddock, SM, of a 19-year-old youth who was charged at Coolangatta…

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Theft of Petrol Coupons Alleged

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 March 1949 · page 4

Eric Hilton Norris, 30, motor driver of the Australian Hotel. South Grafton, was charged in the Grafton Court of Petty…

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Russian Still Held In Gaol

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 March 1949 · page 1

NEW YORK, Monday (A.A.P.).—Valentin Gubitchev, a Russian employee of the U.N. Secretariat, remained in a Federal gaol yesterday despite a demand by the…

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Girl Remanded On Murder Charge

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 March 1949 · page 2

LITHGOW, Mon—Charged with the murder of her stepmother a 17-year-old girl was to-day, in the Children's Court…

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Neighbours Settle Court Action

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 March 1949 · page 4

A summons action involving two Grafton neighbours was settled in the Grafton Court of Petty Sessions yesterday after…

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TENNIS. Bellingen Court Lighting Cost £110

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 March 1949 · page 4

BELLINGEN.—At the annual meeting of Bellingen Tennis Club it was revealed that although a large amount of money was spent the club finished…

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Man Charged with Murder

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 March 1949 · page 5

ROCKHAMPTON, Tues. — A 38-year-old dairyman was charged in the Police Court to-day with having murdered Henry…

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Sentenced To Death For Murder

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 March 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Found guilty at the Central Criminal Court to-day of the murder of Thera Lorraine Godwin, 25, at Taree, on November 18, Clarence Henry French 42, a timber-cutter, was sentenced to death…

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Sentenced for House-breaking

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 March 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues.—A 32-years-old wharf labourer was sentenced to three years' imprisonment in the Quarter Sessions to-day for…

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Stock Stealing On Increase

Daily Examiner · Thursday 10 March 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed.—An increase in cattle, rustling and sheep stealing in N.S.W. was claimed by graziers at to-day's session of…

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Brought From Gaol To Give Evidence

Daily Examiner · Thursday 10 March 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed.—Brought from Long Bay Gaol to give evidence before the New Guinea Timber Deal Royal Commission, John Smith ("Jock") Garden said to-day that the External Territories Minister (Mr. Ward) had told him Ray Parer's…

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Court Defers Action

Daily Examiner · Thursday 10 March 1949 · page 3

BRISBANE, Wed.—The Full Industrial Court, after hearing an application by the Brisbane City Council for an order to…

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Poisoned Pigs; Sentenced To Death

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 March 1949 · page 3

BELGRADE, Thurs. (A.A.P.).—Four employees of a Yugoslav State farm in Slavonia have been sentenced to death on a charge…

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Men Sentenced For Bank Robbery

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 March 1949 · page 1

BRISBANE, Fri.—Four men involved in the Sanford Bank hold-up to-day received sentences ranging front 10 to five…

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Gaol For Year On Stealing Charge

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 March 1949 · page 4

A Quarter Sessions jury at, Graf ton yesterday found Colin Keith Craft (33), married labourer, of Mountain View…

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Stealing Charge

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 March 1949 · page 4

Kenneth Robert Nelson (18), abourer of Darlinghurst; Wallace George Schellnack (19), labourer, of Plumbton; and Kenneth Ross…

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Cases at Coffs Police Court

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 15 March 1949 · page 8

Christopher James Davis, aged 41, a colored laborer, appeared on two changes at Coffs Police Court yesterday…

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Indecent Assault

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 March 1949 · page 4

Eric Arthur Ladd, 26, single, labourer, of Coff's s Harbour, pleaded guilty at Grafton Quarter Sessions yesterday to having…

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Re-hearing of Assault Case

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 March 1949 · page 4

The re-hearing of a summons action by Ronald George Hall, of Dobie street, Grafton, against Richard, Jones, for unlawful…

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