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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1950

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Tennis Court At Lawrence

Daily Examiner · Monday 18 December 1950 · page 3

LAWRENCE. -- After many weeks of work, hampered greatly by scarcity of materials and wet weather, the "Bona…

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Three Months' Gaol For Assault

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 19 December 1950 · page 5

Ronald Rex Coleman was yesterday sentenced to three months' imprisonment by Mr. A. E. Capp, S.M., in the…

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Savage Assault On Beachhead

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 19 December 1950 · page 1

TOKIO, Mon. (AAP).--Wave after Wave of Chinese Communists smashed against the Allied defence arc around Hungnam beach-head in north-east…

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Shearer On Murder Charges

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 19 December 1950 · page 1

BATHURST, Mon.--Police alleged at Bathurst Court to-day that a young Victorian sheared battered to death a wealthy socialite, stole her jewellery, and three days later, shot dead a taxi driver at…

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Murder Victim's Second Hold-up

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 19 December 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Mon. -- Sydney taxi-driver. Norman Cecil Dickson (36), who was found shot dead in his cab at…

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Police At Seaside Resorts

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 19 December 1950 · page 4

Police Inspector, W. O. Mc- Swan, stated yesterday that h[?] had made arrangements for extra police at some seaside…

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Police Court the Monthly Sitting

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 20 December 1950 · page 1

The following cases were heard before Mr. A. E. Capp, S.M. at the Dorrigo Court of Petty Sessions:— SMOKING IN PUBLIC HALL…

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Sentenced As Spies

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 20 December 1950 · page 3

BERLIN. Tues. (AAP). -- A Russian Military Court sentence to death six Germans as American Secret Service agents,…

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Information Dismissed In Stealing Case

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 20 December 1950 · page 3

Mr. A. E. Capp, S.M., dismissed the information in a case in the Grafton Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, in which…

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Murder Evidence Circumstantial

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 20 December 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues.--Mr. W. Dovey, K.C., told the Central Criminal Court to-day that the evidence against William Birtle was purely circumstantial and that Birtle had been tried before the public from the…

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Dugan and Mears in Grafton Gaol

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 20 December 1950 · page 3

Under heavy police guard, Darcy Ezekiel Dugan and William Cecil Mears were yesterday taken to the Grafton gaol to serve a sentence of penal servitude for…

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Former Policeman On Murder Charge

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 20 December 1950 · page 1

DARWIN, Tues.--Donald Jack McFarlane (31), a former Northern Territory police constable, was to-day charged with the…

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Police Delay Ship

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 20 December 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues.--Police held up the departure of the Italian liner, Ugolino Vivaldi at Sydney Heads, to-night to search for…

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Leave Mooring Buoys Alone Warn Police

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 20 December 1950 · page 2

A warning that interference with mooring buoys was a serious offence, punishable by heavy penalties under the…

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Woman Charged With Murder

Daily Examiner · Thursday 21 December 1950 · page 1

BOOROWA, Wed.--A woman was charged in the Boorowa Court yesterday with having murdered Charles Merritt, a…

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Husband Charged

Daily Examiner · Thursday 21 December 1950 · page 3

BROKEN HILL, Wed.--Jack William Willoughby (28), timber worker, was remanded in custody to-day, when he appeared…

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Melbourne Murder Charge

Daily Examiner · Thursday 21 December 1950 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Wed. -- The City Coroner (Mr. Burke, S.M.) to-day committed for trial Harold Roy Francis (32) of St…

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Not Guilty Of Swamp Murder

Daily Examiner · Thursday 21 December 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed. -- William Birtle (25), fisherman, was found not guilty of the murder of Kathleen Holmes (11), at Toukley, on August 29…

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Seasonal Advice From Police

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Thursday 21 December 1950 · page 4

At this time of the year the task of the Police is made very difficult by irresponsible motorists who disregard all safety…

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Grazier On Charge Of Cattle Stealing

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 December 1950 · page 1

KYOGLE Thurs.--A grazier was remanded on £100 bail at the Kyogle Court of Petty Sessions on charges of alleged cattle…

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