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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1952

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Labourer Charged

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 March 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed.—Arthur James Thornton (37). labourer. Lennox street. Newtown, was remanded on £200…

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Acclaimed Hero, Fined For Stealing

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 March 1952 · page 4

BRISBANE, Wed.—A who was stated to have been acclaimed throughout Australia for an action which…

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Police Alerted

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 March 1952 · page 2

Police surveillance in the Westlawn area had been increased following reports of stone throwing and…

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Murder List Mainly Women

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 March 1952 · page 3

SALSBURG, Wednesday—Twenty years hard labour was the penalty imposed on handsome 19-year-old Jeser…

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Court Order Delays Burial

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 March 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed.—An interim injunction, delaying the burial of a body was granted by Mr. Acting…

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Remanded on Stealing Charge

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 12

Mitchell Leonard Whaddy, aged 26, an aboriginal, cf Nambucca Heads, was yesterday remanded on a charge of…

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Police Search For Escapee

Daily Examiner · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 3

Sydney, Thurs.—Police throughout the State are conducting a search for a mental home escapee who…

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Court Dismisses Charge Against Sawmillers

Daily Examiner · Saturday 8 March 1952 · page 3

A case of interest to sawmillers was heard at Dorigo before Mr. A. E. Capp. S.M., when Francis William…

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Youth Carnival Goes To Court

Daily Examiner · Saturday 8 March 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Fri.—The National Committee of the Youth of Peace and Friendship Carnival to-day made application in the Equity Court to prevent the Sydney City Council from cancelling licenses for hire of halls…

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Court Upholds Dorrigo Appeals On Potato Case

Daily Examiner · Saturday 8 March 1952 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Fri.—The Full High Court to-day set aside the conviction and dismissed information…

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Presentation to Gaol Warder

Daily Examiner · Monday 10 March 1952 · page 2

At the Grafton Gaol on Saturday a presentation was made to First-Class Warder P. J. Guiry, who…

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Remanded on Stealing Charge

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 11 March 1952 · page 1

Geoffrey Walter Notley, aged 25, of no fixed abode, was apprehended at the Coffs Harbour railway station yesterday by…

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Re-Trial On Murder Charge

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 March 1952 · page 4

SYDNEY, Mon.—The retrial of John Frederic ("Chow") Hayes on a charge of murdering…

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Police Action Sought Against Vandals

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 March 1952 · page 2

South Grafton Council last night decided to ask the police to endeavour to discover vandals who were…

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Smart Arrest By Coffs Police

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 March 1952 · page 2

COFFS HARBOUR, Mon.—Local police carried out a smart arrest to-day. They detained a man at 6 o'clock…

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18 Months' Gaol

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 March 1952 · page 4

Frank Robert Moses, 24, an aborigine, was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment by Judge Storkey at…

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Gaol For Youths

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 March 1952 · page 4

Two youths who stole a motor cycle in Newcastle and travelled with a sawn off 22 rifle were sentenced…

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Magistrate Rescinds Rent Order

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 March 1952 · page 5

Mr. N. T. Owen. (McGuren, Owen and Tucker), stated last night that as reported in yesterday's…

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To Stand Trial For Assault

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 March 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Thomas James Hampton, 37, labourer, Darlinghurst Road, King's Cross, was…

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Gaol Sentence for Married Man

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 March 1952 · page 4

A former A.I.F. prisoner of war in the hands of the Japanese pleaded guilty, at Grafton Quarter Sessions…

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