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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1951

685 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 22 of 35

Alleged Attempt To Murder Wife

Daily Examiner · Thursday 9 August 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wed. -- Francis Joseph Brennan (29) labourer, of Hathern street, Leichhardt, was granted £150 bail when he…

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For Trial On Murder Charge

Daily Examiner · Thursday 9 August 1951 · page 3

KANDOS, Wednesday--Eror Djuro (20), labourer of Kandos, was to-day committed for trial at the Bathurst Criminal Court on October 16 on a charge of murdering William George Rogers, miner,…

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Auxiliary Police Killed in Ambush

Daily Examiner · Thursday 9 August 1951 · page 3

SINGAPORE, Wed. (AAP-Reuter).-- Fourteen Chinese auxiliary police escorting rubber tappers on the Tapsh estate,…

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Ex-Policeman Charged With Murder

Daily Examiner · Friday 10 August 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thurs.--An ex-poiiceman had admitted shooting his father and burying the body, a police witness told the City Coroner, Mr. A. N. Bolt, to-day…

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Man Charged With Consorting

Daily Examiner · Friday 10 August 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thurs.-- A man, about to be charged with consorting, had said: "Mr. Evatt, the Chief Secretary told us we…

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Man Still Eludes Police

Daily Examiner · Friday 10 August 1951 · page 2

An armed man whom police are seeking in the Woolgoolga district again eluded them yesterday afternoon…

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Maclean Farewells Police Sergeant

Daily Examiner · Friday 10 August 1951 · page 5

MACLEAN.-- "Dunmorven," was crowded when Sergeant T. A. Schuback and his wife were tendered a farewell…

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Sydney Dun Sentenced

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 14 August 1951 · page 3

A Sydney man, Robert Francis Priestley, aged 20, who gave his address as 69 Mitchell Street, Enfield, was sentenced…

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Traffic Charges at Grafton Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 14 August 1951 · page 5

A lengthy list of charges under the Motor Traffic Act was dealt with by Mr. A. E. Capp, at Grafton Court of…

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Two Acquitted Of Murder

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 August 1951 · page 2

BRISBANE, Tues.--Leonard Vaughan Toms, (38), and George Joseph Hackett, (31), labourers, were to-day found…

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To Stand Trial On Murder Charge

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 August 1951 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Tues.--Newcastle District Coroner, Mr. T. H. D. See today committed Michael Joseph Maher, 50,…

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Police Aid To Recover Ketch Gear

Daily Examiner · Friday 17 August 1951 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, Thurs.--Captain Golden cf the ketch Seafarer, which ran aground yesterday after being adrift…

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Big Police Guard At Lee Inquiry

Daily Examiner · Friday 17 August 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday--William Hollebone and John Frederick (Chow) Hayes were manacled to detectives and under heavy police guard when they entered the City Coroner's Court to-day…

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Brawl At Coffs; Seven Soldiers Before Court

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 August 1951 · page 3

COFFS HARBOUR, Fri.-- A sequel to a disturbance on Coffs Harbour railway station last night was the appearance…

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Eight Charged With Complicity

Daily Examiner · Monday 20 August 1951 · page 1

AMMAN, Sunday (A.A.P.).--The trial opened at Abdali, near here, yesterday of eight of the 10 men accused of complicity in the assassination of King Abdullah of Transiordan…

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Police Shoot Mental Patient

Daily Examiner · Monday 20 August 1951 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Sun. (AAP).--Two detectives yesterday shot and killed an escaped mental patient whom they suspected of…

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Court To Fly To Gulf Island

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 21 August 1951 · page 1

DARWIN, Mon.--A full Police Court will by to Groote Eylandt, 450 air miles east of Darwin, on Wednesday to try a…

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For Trial on Murder Charge

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 22 August 1951 · page 3

LISMORE, Tuesday--William Henry Abbott, 29, assistant stock inspector, of Busby's Flat was committed for trial at the Casino Coroner's Court to-day on a charge of murdering a young married…

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Grafton Court

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 22 August 1951 · page 3

Macksville J. Worthing, of Ryan street, South Grafton, was fined 10, with 10 costs, at Grafton Court of Petty Sessions…

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Police View On Bushfires

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 22 August 1951 · page 6

Grafton police have not received any report of bush fires accurring in the Clarence River district…

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