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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1950

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Sentenced To Death For Lakemba Murders

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 22 March 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues.--Kevin John Irwin, 23, was found guilty in the Central Criminal Court today of the murder of Mrs…

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Acquitted At Court Martial

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 22 March 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.--Lieut. John Ferguson, D.S.C., was acquitted by a Naval Court-Martial to-day on charges of acting negligently while Commanding Officer of…

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Police Promotions

Daily Examiner · Thursday 23 March 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed.--The Police Commissioner (Mr. Scott) to-night announced the following promotions in the N.S.W. Police…

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Migrant Acquitted On Murder Charge

Daily Examiner · Thursday 23 March 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed--A murder trial in Central Criminal Court came to a dramatic end this afternoon with the acquittal of…

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Charged with Attempted Murder

Daily Examiner · Friday 24 March 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thurs. -- A tram-wayman, whom police allege, fired seven shots at a work-mate, was committed for trial…

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Sent To Gaol

Daily Examiner · Friday 24 March 1950 · page 4

Eric Raymond Williams, timber cutter, of Kungala, was sentenced to three months' imprisonment by Mr. A. E. Capp, S.M., at Grafton…

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Gaol Governor Suspended

Daily Examiner · Friday 24 March 1950 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thurs. -- The Governor of Pentridge Gaol (Mr. J. F. Edwards) has been suspended from duty on a…

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Charged with Abduction

Daily Examiner · Friday 24 March 1950 · page 1

SAN JOSE (California), Thurs. (AAP). -- An unemployed man, Frank La Salle, 52, was arrested at a trailer camp here and…

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Railway Driver Convicted Of Theft Of Drums

Daily Examiner · Friday 24 March 1950 · page 7

A 52-years-old locomotive driver with 38 years of service in the N.S.W. Railways, was convicted at Grafton Court…

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Committed For Trial For Murder

Daily Examiner · Friday 24 March 1950 · page 1

ADELAIDE, Thurs. -- A 60-year-old woman was to-day committed for trial at Mannum when the Coroner found that she had…

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Police Station For Sawtell

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 24 March 1950 · page 7

At last meeting of Bellingen Shire Council a letter was received from M. Cunningham & Sons, Coffs Harbour, protesting,…

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District Court Claim Succeeds

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 24 March 1950 · page 6

In the District Court at Beilmgen Leo Toft & Co, Coffs Harbour claimed £21 2s 6d from L. Collingwood for construction of…

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Charged with Murder

Daily Examiner · Saturday 25 March 1950 · page 1

BRISBANE, Friday. -- Charles Norman House, 20, station hand, of Alpha, was charged in Alpha Police Court with the murder of…

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Sentenced to Gaol for Bigamy

Daily Examiner · Saturday 25 March 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday. -- Stated to he the father of six children of a bigamous marriage, Thomas Porter Toner, 42,…

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Sentenced to 12 Years for Train Assault

Daily Examiner · Saturday 25 March 1950 · page 1

MAINLAND, Fri. -- Rodney Francis Thorley, 34, labourer, of Singleton, was sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment by…

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Charged With Theft Of Building Materials

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 March 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sun. -- Three men were charged at Kogarah Police Station early this morning with stealing building materials valued…

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Man Fined for Theft

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 March 1950 · page 5

Mr. A. E. Capp, S.M., at Grafton Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, convicted John Austin Ritchie (31), of Denison street,…

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Murder Charge Sequel To Woman's Death

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 March 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Mon. -- As a sequel to the death of a 19-year-old girl who allegedly underwent an illegal operation a woman…

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Judge's Order to Court Attendants

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 March 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Mon. -- Judge Berne to-day ordered court attendants to remove from the court any person seen ''smiling or…

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Theft Of Overcoat

Daily Examiner · Thursday 30 March 1950 · page 4

MACLEAN.-- Reginald Victor Blakeney, a coloured man, was fined £5, in default 10 days' hard labour at Maclean Court of…

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