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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1950

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Doctor Sentenced To Gaol

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 March 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed.—Mr. Soiling, S.M., in Paddington Court to–day sentenced Dr. Murdoch Matheson Lines, 26, Bronte road,…

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Charged with Advocating Fascist Revival

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 March 1950 · page 1

ROME, Wed. (AAP).—Pietro Sangiorgi, managing director of Rome newspaper "Avanti Ardito" was arrested yesterday and…

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Acquitted On Murder Charge

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 March 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed.—Jack Molyneux, 37, foundry worker, was acquitted in Central Criminal Court to–day on a charge of…

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To Be Hanged for Murder of Wife

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 March 1950 · page 3

QUEBEC, Wed. (AAP).—A 32–year–old jewellery salesman, J. Albert Quay, will hang for the murder of his wife—killed…

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Coff's Farewell To Police Officer

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 March 1950 · page 5

COFF'S HARBOUR, Wed.— Prior to his departure for Grafton, Detective Constable C. D. Smith was farewelled by…

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Police Charge Woman

Daily Examiner · Friday 17 March 1950 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Thursday. — A woman whom police alleged watched her husband die of cyanide poisoning was charged…

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Court News Found Drunk

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 17 March 1950 · page 8

The following defendants failed to appear before Mr. E. A. Capp, SM, at the Dorrigo Court House on Wednesday last, recognisance being…

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Threat Of Court Action For ‘Wagging’

Daily Examiner · Friday 17 March 1950 · page 2

Mr. R. Ashton, Child Welfare Officer for the Clarence River district, yesterday warned parents of school children that he…

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Dugan–Mears Case Dramatic Incident In Central Court

Daily Examiner · Friday 17 March 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thurs.—A dramatic incident occurred in Central Court to–day, at hearing of charges against Darcy Dugan and William Mears, when a young woman ran towards Detective Sergeant Raymond…

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Woman Charged

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 March 1950 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Friday.--A 39 years old woman whom police alleged survived a double death pact with her husband, was…

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Tennis Star Charged

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 March 1950 · page 1

CHICAGO, Fri. (A.A.P.).--Diana Barrymore's husband, John Howard, tennis professional, was arraigned yesterday on vice…

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Found Guilty of Murder

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 March 1950 · page 1

ADELAIDE, Fri.--A Supreme Court jury to-day found Henry Rogers, 41, married of Renoun Park guilty of the murder in…

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Found Guilty of Murder

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 March 1950 · page 1

LANCASTER (Pennsylvania), Fri. (A.A.P.).--A 20-year-old ex-serviceman, Edward Gibbs, sobbed last night when found…

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Help To Police

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 March 1950 · page 2

Sir,--I have read with considerable interest the Police reports submitted to me concerning the arrest and subsequent conviction…

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Court Martials Ordered

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 March 1950 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Fri. (A.A.P.).--The court martials of Captain W. Brown and two other officers of the battleship. Missouri for…

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Wins Court Claim

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 March 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Fri.--A 77-years-old husband won his claim for the return of more than £7000 worth of Treasury bonds and property…

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Mears' Dramatic Outburst In Court "Should Rake Out Bashers"

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 March 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.--Gaol escapee William Cecil Mears, in another dramatic outburst in Central Court to-day, declared that "a comb should be run through the police force to rake out all those bashers."…

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Young Man Charged

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 21 March 1950 · page 5

A young telephone technician, Frederick Arthur Haynes. appeared at Grafton Court of Petty Sessions yesterday on three…

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Crown Case Outlined In Lakemba Murder Trial

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 21 March 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Mon.--After a young man charged with murder pleaded not guilty, his senior counsel said in the…

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Sentenced To Death For Husband's Murder

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 22 March 1950 · page 2

ADELAIDE, Tues.-- Mrs. Laura Elsa Emms, 36, McLaren Flat, who pleaded guilty in the Criminal Court, to having shot…

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