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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1952

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Police Work To Seal Off West Berlin

Daily Examiner · Saturday 31 May 1952 · page 1

BERLIN, Friday.--Thousands of East German police are working day and night to seal off West Berlin from…

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Taxi Driver's Death Police Believe Murder Premeditated

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 June 1952 · page 1

BRISBANE, Sun.-- Detectives now believe that the murder of taxi driver Athol Henry McCowan at…

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Police Abandon Swamp Search

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 June 1952 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Sun.--The search for 70-years-old Miss Margaret Clement-- the Lady of the Swamp-- was officially abandoned to-day. It had been going on ceaselessly ever since she disappeared from, her lonely Tullaree…

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French Police Raid Red Offices

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 June 1952 · page 1

PARIS, Sunday-- French police made widespread raids on Communist Party Headquarters and offices throughout Paris yesterday. The raids were part of the Government's…

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Divorcee Charged With Murder

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 June 1952 · page 2

SYDNEY, Mon.--Police to-day charged a 39-ryear-old woman at Finley with the murder of an unnamed…

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Murder Charge

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 June 1952 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Mon.-- Police charged a 26-years-old man with murdering his father at West Brunswick…

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Appeal Against Murder Conviction

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 June 1952 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Mon.--William John O'Meally, 28, today lodged an appeal against his conviction and sentence…

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Police Seal Off West Berlin

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 June 1952 · page 3

BERLIN, Mon.--East German police to-day completely sealed off West Berlin from the Soviet zone in the…

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Arbitration Court Fines Watersiders

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 June 1952 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Monday-- The Arbitration Court to-day fined the Waterside Workers Federation £500 for contempt of court in failing to comply with an order to lift the…

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Brothers-In-Law At Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 June 1952 · page 5

Mervyn Barnier, labourer, of Lawrence, prosecuted his brother-in-law, Robert John Philpott, of Lawrence…

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Acquitted On Murder Charge

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 June 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues. -- A 26 years old labourer was acquitted, in the Central Criminal Court to-day, on a…

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May Be Key to Murder

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 June 1952 · page 1

BROKEN HILL, Tues.-- Police believe the dance hall holds the key to the vicious rape and murder of…

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Brewery May Police Hotels

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 June 1952 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday-- Tooth and Co. had no knowledge two big wine and spirit merchants had been blackmarketing liquor, and were astounded at disclosures of the amount of…

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Police Seek Car Occupants

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 June 1952 · page 1

BRISBANE, Tuesday-- Detectives investigating the Southport taxi murder case believe they may have a clue to the occupants of a green Austin car which was seen parked near…

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Liquor Inquiry Charge Of Assault By Proprietor

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 June 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday-- Frederick B. Prendergast, a commercial traveller, told the Liquor Royal Commission to-day that the proprietor of the Oriental Hotel, Springwood. had…

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Feeling High In Broken Hill Over Murder

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 June 1952 · page 1

BROKEN HILL, Wed.-- Public opinion over the murder of 17 years old Thelma Dal Pozzo early on…

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Piano Taken Into Court

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 June 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed.-- A piano was taken into the Equity Court during hearing of an action concerning the…

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Remand on Stealing Charge

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 6 June 1952 · page 1

Vince Morgan, an aborigine, aged 23, was remanded to appear at next Tuesday's Court of Petty Sessions when he…

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Diggers Appreciate Police Help

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 6 June 1952 · page 1

Coffs Harbour Diggers expressed appreciation at the monthly meeting of the sub-branch for the action of Coffs Harbour police…

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'Wilful Defiance Of The Court'

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 June 1952 · page 1

Later, Mr. Holt told Mr. Davies (Lab., N.S.W.) that the Government was only taking its present action…

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