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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1950

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Heavily Armed Police

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 August 1950 · page 4

BERLIN, Tues. (AAP).-- Soviet Zone propaganda chief Gerhart Eisler last night admitted for the first time that the…

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Crown Alleges Savage Assault

Daily Examiner · Thursday 24 August 1950 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wednesday.--A man had murdered a 22-months-old baby girl "for the simple offence of making a noise," The Crown Prosecutor (Mr. R. Kidston) said in the Central Criminal Court to-day…

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Gaol Sentences For Mixed Marriage

Daily Examiner · Friday 25 August 1950 · page 1

CAPETOWN, Thursday (AAP).--A European Moslem, Neville Edrid Bryant (38) and his 19-year-old…

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Death Sentence For Child's Murder

Daily Examiner · Friday 25 August 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thurs.--Reginald John Lynch, 23, labourer, of Fairfield, was sentenced to death by Mr. Justice Clancy in the Criminal Court to-day after a jury had found him guilty of the murder of…

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Assault Case Information Dismissed

Daily Examiner · Saturday 26 August 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Fri.--Mr. Hawkins. S M., at Central Court to-day found that New South Wales Rugby Union selector…

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Court Told Of Girl's Suicide Note

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 29 August 1950 · page 3

BALLARAT, Mon. -- A girl who committed suicide left a note to her parents saying: "I wanted a good time before…

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Comic Court Looks Fit

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 30 August 1950 · page 7

MELBOURNE. Tues.--Comic Court locked particularly fit when he ran an easy mile at Flemington this morning in…

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Hastily Recruited Police Help Save Town

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 30 August 1950 · page 1

TOKIO, Tues. (AAP-Reuter).--South Korean infantry, with the help of hastily recruited police, saved Pohang from capture to-day…

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Licensing Court At Maclean

Daily Examiner · Thursday 31 August 1950 · page 3

MACLEAN, Wed. -- The adjourned application by George W. Shankland for permission to carry on the Business of the…

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Father, Son Charged with Murder

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 September 1950 · page 1

TAMWORTH, Thurs. -- At Quirindi this afternoon a father and his 36-year-old son were charged with…

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Fisherman Charged With Murder Of Girls

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 September 1950 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, Thus. -- A 25-year-old fisherman was charged in Newcastle Court to-day with the murder, at Toukley, of Grace Holmes (18), and her sister Kathleen (11)…

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Fined £10 For Stealing Overcoat

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 September 1950 · page 4

MACLEAN. -- Taking an overcoat from an omnibus cost Clarence Abraham Carr £10 and costs at Maclean Court of Petty…

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Sentenced For Defrauding Home-Seekers

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 September 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thurs. -- Judge Holden to-day sentenced a mother of six children to three and a half years'…

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Documents From Raid in Court

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 September 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues. -- Mr. Eric Miller, K.C., said in the Arbitration Court to-day that documents seized in last year's raid on Marx House would enable Communists who were not members to…

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Comic Court Has Boil On Back

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 September 1950 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Friday.--Comic Court, hot favourite for to-morroow's Memsie Stakes at Caulfield. has a boil on his back,…

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Women Dies After Accident; Man Charged)

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 September 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sun.--Police last night charged a man with manslaughter after a motor cycle and side-car had knocked down and…

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Carrier charged

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 September 1950 · page 5

An Ulmarra carrier, Albert Keith Bailey, 22, appeared at Grafton Court of Petty Session yesterday charged with…

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Armed Police For Western Germany

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 September 1950 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday, (AAP).--Britain will support formation of an armed police force, 20,000 strong for Western Germany…

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Court Told Of Interstate Search For Murder Clues

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 September 1950 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wed.--Police in Central Court today described investigations ranging from Brisbane to Perth which culminated in the arrest of a man now charged with murder…

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Police Claim on Overtime

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 September 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed.-- A police superintendent has to collect all accounts for fodder and food dropped in the air-lift to…

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