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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1949

743 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 8 of 38

Assault Charge

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 March 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY. Tues.—Already serving a 12-year gaol sentence, Kenneth Austin (21) appeared in Central Court to-day charged…

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Secret Police Agent

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 March 1949 · page 1

NEW YORK, Tues. (AAP).—At least one member of the Russian secret police—MVD—is in the Soviet delegation en route to…

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Ordered to Appear Before Court

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 March 1949 · page 3

LONDON, Tues. (AAP).—Proprietors of the London morning newspaper the "Daily Mirror" which has a…

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Charged with Selling Babies

Daily Examiner · Thursday 24 March 1949 · page 3

ROME, Wed. (A.A.P.).—Police at the town of Bitonto have arrested a midwife for allegedly selling more than 100 babies to…

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Comic Court Unlikely St. Leger Starter

Daily Examiner · Thursday 24 March 1949 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wed.—It is unlikely that Comic Court will oppose Carbon Copy in the A.J.C. St. Leger. Advice from Adelaide to-day stated that Comic…

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Youth Charged

Daily Examiner · Friday 25 March 1949 · page 2

LISMORE, Thurs.—A 17-year-old Sydney youth employed by a farmer at Bangalow, 20 miles from Lismore was alleged to have…

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Clothing Gifts Police Examine

Daily Examiner · Friday 25 March 1949 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Thurday.—Clothing given by John George Haigh, charged with the murder of a wealthy widow, Mrs…

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No Decision Yet On Comic Court

Daily Examiner · Friday 25 March 1949 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thurs.—Melbourne trainer J. Cummings, who arrived in Sydney to-day, said he would have to contact Comic Court's owners in Adelaide…

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Charged With Building Breaches

Daily Examiner · Saturday 26 March 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.—According to evidence in the Central Summons Court to-day, Azzalin O. Romano, racehorse owner, and…

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Paper Fined For Contempt of Court

Daily Examiner · Saturday 26 March 1949 · page 1

LONDON, Friday (A.A.P.).—The king's Bench Divisional Court to-day sentenced the editor of the London "Daily Mirror," Silveser Bolam, to three months' imprisonment and fined the newspaper's proprietors £10,000 for contempt of court…

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German Police Pledged To Aid Soviet

Daily Examiner · Monday 28 March 1949 · page 1

BERLIN, Sun. (A.A.P.).—Herr Arthur Lehmann, deputy-chief of Berlin's east sector of German police, tolo his 7000 men at a…

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Theft From Butcher

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 29 March 1949 · page 5

Goldthorpe's, butchery in Skinner street, South Grafton, was broken into early on Friday morning, and money and food were…

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Three Months' Gaol For False Pretences

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 29 March 1949 · page 5

SINEONE Chctcuti, 42, labourer, of 176 Forbes street, East Sydney, was yesterday sentenced by Mr. A. R. Raschke, S.M., to three months' hard labour on a false pretences charge regarding a valueless cheque…

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Communist Leader Before Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 29 March 1949 · page 1

SIDNEY, Monday.—The communist party secretary, L. L. Sharkey, 50, pleaded not guilty, and chose to be tried by a jury, when he appeared at the Special Federal Court to-day to answer two charges of sedition…

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Nine Years' Gaol For Manslaughter

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 30 March 1949 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tues.—Leslie Frederick, Parr (28), shearer, of Alliston was sentenced to nine years' gaol by Mr. Justice Clancy at…

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Gaol Term for Ferry Hand

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 30 March 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues.—Hilton Thomas Green, 23, ferryhand, was sentenced to a year and ten months' gaol for manslaughter by Judge…

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Secret Court Trial

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 30 March 1949 · page 3

PRAGUE, Tues. (A.A.P).—An American-soldier was sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment with hard labour, and, another to 10…

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Malayan Charged

Daily Examiner · Thursday 31 March 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wed.—A Malayan R.S.L. member, Abou Samat Anyah, 29, of Palmer Lane, Darlinghurst, who was wounded…

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Sentenced To Death On Serious Charge

Daily Examiner · Thursday 31 March 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed.—At the Quarter Sessions to-day John Eugene Hodgson, 19, was sentenced to death on a charge of having…

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Court To Hear Claim For £10 Basic Wage

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 April 1949 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Claims for a total basic wage of £10 will be placed before the Arbitration Court next month by the A.C.T.U. executive. Several unions, including…

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