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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1950

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Contempt Of Court Communist Publisher

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 14 February 1950 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Mon.--Mr. Justice Barry, in the Practice Court to-day, made a rule nisi calling on the printer and…

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Polish Migrant On Murder Charge

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 February 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday-- A Polish migrant charged with the murder of an army private at Moorebank military camp on…

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Closely Guarded While In Court

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 February 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues.--Eight detectives and a number of uniformed police closely guarded Darcy Dugan (29), and William Mears (27) when they appeared before Mr. Debenham, S.M., at Central Court…

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Charged With Attempted Murder Of Mother

Daily Examiner · Friday 17 February 1950 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Thursday. -- Charged with the attempted murder of his mother a man is believed tot have told police…

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Theft of Valuable Fowls

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 17 February 1950 · page 1

Thieves entered the premises of Mr. E. Filewood, Mildura Street, Coffs Jetty, and stole some valuable fowls which were…

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Judge Objects To Words On Court List

Daily Examiner · Friday 17 February 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thurs.-- Judge Berne refused to try a case in the Quarter Sessions to-day because he thought that the…

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Case Between Doctors Settled Out Of Court

Daily Examiner · Friday 17 February 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thurs.-- The case between Dr. Leslie Critchley Dunlop and Dr. Moir, a Macquarie st eel specialist, collapsed to-day before…

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Japanese Charged

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 February 1950 · page 1

TOKIO, Fri. (AAP-Reuter).--Twenty-six Japanese war criminal suspects held at Sugamo prison, in Tokio, have…

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Bones May Be Those Of Murder Victim

Daily Examiner · Monday 20 February 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sun.--C.I.B. scientific experts will to-morrow examine, human bones found near Young yesterday to ascertain if…

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Police Probing Disappearance of Witness

Daily Examiner · Monday 20 February 1950 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Sun.--Confronted with tile mysterious disappearance cf Robert Brewster, key witness in the tommy gun…

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Miner Forfeits Bail On Assault Charge

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 21 February 1950 · page 5

A Portland coal miner, Allan William Tonkin (21), forfeited £5 bail when he did not appear at Grafton Court yesterday on a…

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No Vatican Intercession For Charged Japanese

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 21 February 1950 · page 1

CANBERRA, Monday.-- The Minister for the Army (Mr. Francis) said to-day there had been no intercession on the part…

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Police Search for Coff's Man

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 21 February 1950 · page 2

COFF'S HARBOUR, Mon.-- Coff's Harbour police are searching for a man who has been missing since Saturday…

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Police Clean up Jetty Offences

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 21 February 1950 · page 7

Roberies and other offences committed at Coffs Jetty dating as far back as January last year were cleaned up by the police…

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Melbourne Inquest: Man Committed For Trial For Murder

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 21 February 1950 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Monday.-- John Bryan Kerr, 25, radio announcer, was committed for trial by the City Coroner to-day on a charge of haying murdered Elizabeth Maureen Williams…

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Greek Interpretor at Grafton Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 21 February 1950 · page 5

A Grafton cafe proprietor, Nicholas Langley, was sworn in as interpretor for a Greek witness in a case at the Grafton…

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"If" a Big Word In Court Case

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 21 February 1950 · page 7

The word "if" was the deciding factor in a case before Coffs Court of Petty Sessions on Friday last. Jane Keevers, an…

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Charged With Gross Indecency

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 22 February 1950 · page 1

ADELAIDE, Tuesday.-- Men dressed and posed as women at parties in a city shop, according to evidence, at the Adelaide…

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Train Driver Charged With Manslaughter

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 22 February 1950 · page 3

NEW YORK, Tues. (AAP).-- An electric train driver, Jacob Kiefer, has been remanded until March 6 on 10,000 dollars bail…

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Charged With Abducting Own Son

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 22 February 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tues.--A 35-years-old woman was charged in Central Court to-day with abducting her own two-year-old…

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