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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1950

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Charged With Murder

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 30 May 1950 · page 1

NEW YORK, Mon. (AAP).-- Mrs. Anna Bornholdt (58), was charged with the murder yesterday, after police accused her of…

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Gaol Escapees Seen

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 30 May 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mon. --The three escapees from Berima gaol were seen near Trangie to-day. PoPlice have narrowed their…

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Congestion at Lismore Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 30 May 1950 · page 3

LISMORE, Mon.--Congestion at Lismore District Court of Petty Sessions is now hopelessly beyond the Magistrate to clear up in…

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Wife's Evidence in Divorce Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 30 May 1950 · page 3

"BRISBANE Mon.--A woman told the Supreme Court to-day that her husband smacked her on the face in the vestry of the…

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Pilot Charged

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 31 May 1950 · page 2

MONTREAL, Tues. (AAP).-- An.American pilot, who is alleged to have tampered with the emergency brake on a chartered…

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Husband And Wife Sentenced

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 31 May 1950 · page 1

ADELAIDE, Tues.--In the Criminal Court to-day, Andrew John Hoff (56), was sentenced to four years' hard labour, on a…

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Escapees Ran Into Police Road Block

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 31 May 1950 · page 1

BROKEN HILL, Tuesday. --A desperate slash for freedom By three young men who escaped from Berrima Gaol on Sunday had its sequel in their arrest, at gunpoint, at 4a.m. to-day, six miles from Broken Hill…

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Three Years' Gaol For Conspiracy

Daily Examiner · Thursday 1 June 1950 · page 6

SYDNEY, Wed.--Judge Curlewis at the Quarter Sessions to-day, sentenced a South African journalist to three…

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Woman's Body Found; Husband Charged

Daily Examiner · Thursday 1 June 1950 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, Wed.--The naked body of a dead woman with a belt tied tightly round the throat, was found on an…

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Murder Re-trial

Daily Examiner · Friday 2 June 1950 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Thurs.--In the fourth day of the Middle Park beach murder re- trial, a long duel took place between Mr. R…

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Charged With Delivering Atomic Secrets

Daily Examiner · Friday 2 June 1950 · page 2

PHILADELPHIA, Thursday (AAP)--Appointment of a defence lawyer "whose patriotism is unimpeachable." wag sought by…

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Police Court

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 June 1950 · page 6

William Donovan, 27, labourer, of no fixed address, was fined £1, at Grafton Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, when he pleaded…

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Theft at Hotel Alleged

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 June 1950 · page 2

A man was arrested at Grafton last night and charged with stealing from a hotel bathroom. Police action followed…

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Hotel Proprietor On Stealing Charge

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 June 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Fri.--A 50-year-old hotel proprietor was committed for trial at the Central Court to-day on a charge of…

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Cattle Stealing On North Coast

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 June 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Fri.--Police are investigating reports of widespread cattle stealing on the North Coast of New…

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Praise For Grafton Police Officers

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 June 1950 · page 3

POLICE in the Grafton district were the fairest body of law enforcement officers in the State, said a hotelkeeper last night. The speaker, Mr. E. B. Staunton, of the Grafton Hotel, was…

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Barber Charged With City Murder

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 June 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sun.—A 55-yearold labourer was found dead with his head in a pool of blood in a Buckingham street,…

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Japanese Police Arrest Reds

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 June 1950 · page 1

TOKIO, Sun. (AAP-Reuter). —Eighteen Communist election campaigners, one of which carried a poster of Stalin, have…

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ARU Seeks Court Action

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 June 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sun.—The Federal Registrar of the Commonwealth Arbitration Court is to be asked to determine whether the…

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Gaol for Hotel Theft

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 June 1950 · page 4

Patrick Barry Miller, 54, labourer, who described himself in court as an Irish immigrant was sentenced to six months'…

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