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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1952

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Daring Gaol Escape Bid Nipped In Bud

Daily Examiner · Friday 18 July 1952 · page 3

The vigilance of night officers at Grafton Gaol foiled an ingenious and well planned attempt at escape…

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Court Battle Over

Daily Examiner · Saturday 19 July 1952 · page 1

HOLLYWOOD, Fri.--The long and heated court-battle between Howard Hughes and Jean Simmons was…

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Assault Charges

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 July 1952 · page 4

GLENREAGH.--Clarence Edward Winkler. of Bucca Creek. successfully proceeded against John Joseph…

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Remanded On Assault Charge

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 July 1952 · page 5

A 19-year-old labourer from Copmanhurst road, Mountain View, was remanded for one week in the…

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Serious Charge Dismissed; Assault Fine

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 July 1952 · page 4

A charge against Sylvester Charles Jarrett, 30, timbergetter, of Corindi Clarence, of breaking and…

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Licensing Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 July 1952 · page 4

The publican's licence of the Grafton Hotel, Grafton was transferred in the Grafton Licensing Court…

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Quiet Week For Police

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 22 July 1952 · page 1

Only one case was heard in the Court of Petty Sessions during the week, which was the quietest for some months Thos…

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Police Fire On Rioters; Three Dead

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 July 1952 · page 1

TEHERAN, Mon.-- Police and troops to-day fired into a crowd of more than 2000 persons trying to…

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Bus Driver In Court On Four Charges

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 July 1952 · page 4

Charles Leslie Fethney, 42, bus driver, of Cremorne, appeared in the Grafton Court of Petty Sessions…

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Court Rejects Oil Approach

Daily Examiner · Thursday 24 July 1952 · page 1

THE HAGUE, Wednesday.--The International Court yesterday rejected Britain's claim that it was competent to deal with her complaint against Persia's nationalisation of the British-owned oil industry…

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Rioting Convicts Defy Army Of Police

Daily Examiner · Thursday 24 July 1952 · page 1

BOSTON (Massachuset's). Wed.--Rioting convicts, led by two murderers, to-day defied an army of police as…

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Indecent Assault Gaolings

Daily Examiner · Friday 25 July 1952 · page 6

LISMORE, Wed.—Prison sentences were imposed by Judge Storkey, V.C., in Lismore Quarter Sessions on…

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Fined £5 For Assault

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 25 July 1952 · page 2

Mr. A. E. Capp, SM, fined John Joseph Brooks, of Bucca Creek, £5 on a charge of assaulting Clarence Edward Winkler,…

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Prevalent Offence Says Magistrate

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 29 July 1952 · page 4

"This type of offence is prevalent, but only a few cases come Before the court," said Mr. A. E…

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Gaol Sentence For Boxer

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 29 July 1952 · page 7

SYDNEY, Mon.--A well- known boxer was to-day sentenced to three months' gaol for assaulting a…

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Police Raid Dice Players

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 29 July 1952 · page 4

The keeper of a common gaming house at South Grafton was fined £20, and 22 people found on the…

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Woman Faces Murder Charge

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 30 July 1952 · page 1

COWRA, Tues.--A 50-years-old woman, of Noonbinna, near Cowra, was arrested to-day and charged with the murder of her daughter's fiance…

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Police investigate Mystery Illness

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 30 July 1952 · page 1

COWRA, Tuesday.--Detectives are investigating circumstances surrounding the mystery iilness of a man admitted yesterday to Cowra District Hospital. Doctors have been unable…

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Police Had Cameras There, Too

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 30 July 1952 · page 1

NEW YORK, Tues. -- A group [?] 23 "not-sotired business men," who went into the country to…

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Court Told Bride Fled

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 30 July 1952 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tuesday--The validity of a marriage ceremony from which the bride fled as her tram driver suitor placed the ring on her finger, will be decided by the State Full Court…

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