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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1951

685 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 12 of 35

Police Recover Missing Cycle

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 May 1951 · page 2

Grafton police yesterday recovered from the bush six miles from Woolgoolga, on the Pacific Highway, a motor…

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Police Use Batons On Strikers

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 May 1951 · page 1

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Wednesday (A.A.P.-Reuter)--A march of 1000 strikers to-day from the Wellington Trades Hall to Parliament House was…

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Plaintiff's Father Dies In Court

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 May 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed.--John Romales, 60-year-old Darlinghurst cafe proprietor, father of the plaintiff in a Greek versus Greek breach of promise case, dropped dead in the Supreme Court to-day…

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Coroner Commends. Police Efforts

Daily Examiner · Monday 7 May 1951 · page 2

BELLINGEN.--Special commendation of the work of the local police in recovering the body of Milton Barnes from a…

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Stealing Charge Dismissed

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 May 1951 · page 4

A charge of stealing against a Grafton City Council sanitary waggon driver, Geoffrey Peter Gorman, 38, of 173…

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Gaol On Vagrancy Charge

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 May 1951 · page 4

Harvey Baker, 22, labourer, a coloured man, of Woolgoolga road, was sentenced to one month's imprisonment by Mr…

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No Evidence In Assault Action

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 May 1951 · page 4

Leslie Kevin Dougherty, 33, labourer, of Grafton, formerly of Chatsworth Island, was discharged on a charge of…

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Man Remanded On Murder Charge

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 May 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.--A man charged with having murdered his neighbour was remanded on £800 bail at Newtown Court…

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No Evidence Of Ill-treatment At Grafton Gaol

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 May 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Mon.--There was no evidence of illtreatment of prisoners in Grafton Gaol, the food was good, and there was no vermin, the Minister for Justice (Mr. Downing) said to-day…

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Police Inspector As Fireman

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 May 1951 · page 2

Members of the N.S.W. Police Force are called upon to perform a wide and diversified range of duties, but…

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Court Rejects New Appeal

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 May 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY. Mon.--A widow, awarded £700 in 1941 for the loss of her husband. could not now proceed with a new hearing…

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Great Work by Local Police

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 11 May 1951 · page 1

The splendid work of members of Coifs Harbour Police played a major part in the success of the fireworks display…

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20 Years' Gaol For Yugo-Slav

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 May 1951 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Fri.--A Yugo-Slav migrant found guilty early this month of wounding a Polish migrant with intent to…

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Surrendered To National Police

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 May 1951 · page 1

PANAMA, Fri. (A.A.P.),--Panama's deposed President (Arnulfo Arias) surrendered to the National Police yesterday after a bloody battle for the Presidential Palace…

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Court Upholds Bancks' Right

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 May 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Fri.--The Full High Court to-day upheld the right of James Charles Bancks creator of "Ginger Meggs" to…

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Magistrate in Quandary

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 May 1951 · page 4

"It is a problem to know what to do with you for your own good," said Mr. A. E. Capp, S M., at Grafton Court of Petty…

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Charged With Attempting To Kill Nurse

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 May 1951 · page 1

TOOWOOMBA, Mon --A 19- year-old mental hospital nurse appeared in the Toowoomba Police Count charged with…

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Grafton Gaol Is Capably Humanely Administered

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 16 May 1951 · page 3

After an inspection of Grafton Gaol I can testify to the cleanliness of the institution and the wholesome nature of the food provided for the normal prisoner…

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Police Allege Death After Assault

Daily Examiner · Thursday 17 May 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed.--A 17 months old baby boy had died as the result of an assault by a 33 years old bus driver, police alleged in…

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Charged with Killing Baby

Daily Examiner · Thursday 17 May 1951 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Wed. A baby boy, Victor John Culliver, aged 12 months, had died as the result of a punch from a 20 years…

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