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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1950

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Maclean Court

Daily Examiner · Friday 31 March 1950 · page 2

Alex McQueen, senr., of Palmer's Channel, was not the Alex McQueen referred to in the report of proceedings at the…

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Queensland Men Before Court

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 31 March 1950 · page 2

Two residents of Queensland, John Henry Askew and Keith Desmond Hardy, aged 20 and 18 years respectively, where…

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Acquitted By Court Martial

Daily Examiner · Friday 31 March 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thurs.--A Navy Court-Martial to-day acquitted Lieut.Commander Cecil James Cochran, of charges in…

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Forerunner of Modern Motor Court

Daily Examiner · Friday 31 March 1950 · page 4

One of the sets for "Outbreak," the 20th Century-Fox production, starring Richard Widmark, Paul Douglas and Barbara Bel Geddes,…

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Gaol for Stealing Parachute Nylon

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 April 1950 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Fri.--Convicted of stealing parachute nylon worth £4645 from the R.A.A.F. Stores Depot at Tottenham last year,…

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Crippled Woman Charged

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 April 1950 · page 6

Mrs. Lucy Lavina Elsie Whatley, 56, of Fitzroy street, Grafton, appeared before a special sittings of Grafton Court of…

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Sentenced To Life Imprisonment

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 April 1950 · page 1

CAIRNS, Fri.--Found guilty of the murder of Mabel Jane Sheffield, 70, at Mt. Cook, on January 12, George Percival…

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Pleads Guilty at Court Martial

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 April 1950 · page 3

NORFOLK (Virginia), Friday (AAP).--Captain William Brown yesterday threw himself on the mercy of a Navy Court Martial…

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Gaol for Week

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 April 1950 · page 5

Stanley Turner, musician, whose address was given as Dungog, was taken to Grafton gaol yesterday when he was unable to…

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Sentenced for Kidnapping

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 April 1950 · page 3

CAMDEN (New Jersey), Tues. (A.A.P.).--Frank La Salle, 52, motor mechanic was to-day sentenced to imprisonment for from…

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Sent To Gaol For Stealing Bread

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 April 1950 · page 6

COFF'S HARBOUR.--At the Court of Petty Sessions, Coff's Harbour, Reginald Heather, 29, labourer, of no fixed place of…

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Theft of Shirt

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 April 1950 · page 6

COFF'S HARBOUR.--In the Court of Petty Sessions, Cecil John Carter, 36, barman, was sentenced to one month's hard…

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Woolgoolga Assault Case Fails

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Thursday 6 April 1950 · page 7

A care in which Olive Willett charged William Bowie with common assault was dismissed by Mr. A. E. Capp, SM, at…

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Fitted For Stealing Fishing Line

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 April 1950 · page 6

COFF'S HARBOUR.--Kenneth Davidson, 21, labourer, of Woolgoolga, pleaded guilty at the Court of Petty Sessions to a…

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Man Arrested Charged with Breaking and Entering

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Thursday 6 April 1950 · page 1

Robert Holt Adams, aged 23 years, motor body builder, was arrested in Sydney on 29th March, 1950, and charged with breaking and entering…

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Painted "Treys" Puzzles Court

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Thursday 6 April 1950 · page 7

Mention of a number of threepences painted on one side, found in connection with alleged gaming, prompted Mr. A. E…

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Sentence For Assault On Fellow Prisoner

Daily Examiner · Friday 7 April 1950 · page 1

SINGAPORE. Thurs. (AAP-Reuter).-- Captain "Turco" Westerling, former leader of the private "Heavenly Host" army in…

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Police Warn Of Flood Threat

Daily Examiner · Friday 7 April 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday.-- Police to-night warned 4000 residents of the Camden district, near Sydney, to stand by for immediate evacuation from their homes…

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Men and Women Cry in Court

Daily Examiner · Friday 7 April 1950 · page 3

IOWA CITY, Thurs. (AAP).-- Men and women cried in court yesterday when the jury acquitted Robert Badnasek (24), on a…

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Assault Charge Dismissed

Daily Examiner · Monday 10 April 1950 · page 3

COFF'S HARBOUR.--To commit an assault there must be some intention to hurt the person injured, said Mr. E. A. Capp,…

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