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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1952

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Police Fear Taxi Driver Murdered

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 May 1952 · page 1

"BRISBANE, Friday. -- Police fear that a taxi-driver, whose abandoned, bloodstained cab…

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Compensation For Assault

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 May 1952 · page 4

Mr. A. E. Cap[?] S.M., gave an order in favour of the applicant for £60 in the Grafton Court of…

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Southport Murder Search Widens

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 May 1952 · page 3

BRISBANE, Monday--Police investigations into the disappareance of Southport taxi driver Athol Henry McGowan, 23, who is believed to have been savagely murdered,…

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New Sentence For Man In Grafton Gaol

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 May 1952 · page 4

A man at present serving a six months sentence in the Grifton gaol for stealing was sentenced to a further…

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Third Trial On Murder Charge

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 May 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Mon.--At his third trial in the Central Criminal Court to-day John Frederick ("Chow") Hayes…

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Court Declares Orders Valid

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 May 1952 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Monday--Orders of the Arbitration Court directing the Waterside Workers' Federation to lift its overtime ban, and comply with the award in future, were declared valid by the Full High Court to-day…

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Grafton Builder In Court On Driving Charge

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 May 1952 · page 5

A prominent Grafton builder, William James Thompson, was discharged on a bond to be of good…

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Red Control At Koje By Murder

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 28 May 1952 · page 1

KOJE ISLAND, Tues.-- Communist leaders on Koje Island murdered at least 115 fellow prisoners, in gaining…

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Four Years' Gaol; Car Stealing

Daily Examiner · Friday 30 May 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thurs,--John Lloyd Stocks, 23, tailor and car salesman, was sentenced to four years' gaol…

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Fined £15 for Stealing Poultry

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 30 May 1952 · page 2

A Newcastle aboriginal, Arthur Herbert Waters, aged 39, was fined £15 and ordered to pay £1 compensation by Mr. A. E. Capp,…

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Police Alerted

Daily Examiner · Friday 30 May 1952 · page 3

TOKIO, Thurs.--Twenty-five thousand Japanese police are, alerted to deal with anti-Government…

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Police Suspect Cattle Thieves

Daily Examiner · Friday 30 May 1952 · page 2

MACKSVILLE, Thurs. --Nambucca Heads police suspect that cattle thieves have been active…

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Small Debts Court

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 30 May 1952 · page 1

A. J. H. Gilkison received a verdict for £20/7/, including costs against Lal Singh, in the Small Debts Court on Tuesday. The…

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Yamba Valuations Reduced By Court

Daily Examiner · Friday 30 May 1952 · page 4

MACLEAN, Thursday.--At the Maclean Valuation Appeal Court, before Mr. A. E. Capp, S.M., Messrs. Scott Smith and Sullivan, kiosk proprietors, of Yamba, successfully appealed against the valuation placed upon…

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Court Ruling On Rabbit Destruction

Daily Examiner · Friday 30 May 1952 · page 3

QYDNEY, Thurs.—The Full State Court to-day, ruled that pastoralists: were not compelled to destroy all rabbits on their properties…

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Murder Charges

Daily Examiner · Saturday 31 May 1952 · page 4

NEW YORK, Friday.--A man who was committed to a mental hospital some months ago after…

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Seven Years' Gaol For Manslaughter

Daily Examiner · Saturday 31 May 1952 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Fri.--At I his second trial, Stanley Henry Shaw 32, former bantamweight boxer was…

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Gaol Threat For Witness At Inquiry

Daily Examiner · Saturday 31 May 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday --The Liquor Royal Commissioner (Mr. Justice Maxwell) to-day threatened to send to gaol a man described as a "mischievous humbug…

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Rioters Attack Japanese Police

Daily Examiner · Saturday 31 May 1952 · page 1

TOKIO, Friday.--Three thousand Communist led rioters attacked Japanese police with stones and…

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House Rentals Raised By Court

Daily Examiner · Saturday 31 May 1952 · page 4

In each instance Fair Rents Court decisions announced yesterday by Mr. A. E. Capp, S.M., revealed…

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