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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1953

731 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 13 of 37

Court Asked To Punish Footballer

Daily Examiner · Thursday 30 April 1953 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Wed.--The Crown asked the Supreme Court to-day to punish former Fitzroy footballer,…

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Magistrate Finds Annand Guilty

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 May 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday.--A Central Police Court Magistrate to-day found Douglas Shenton Annand guilty of charges of having solicited for an immoral purpose, assaulted the police, resisted the police and…

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Council Appeal Upheld By Full Court

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 May 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thurs.--State Full Court to-day upheld an appeal by Fairfield Municipal Council against…

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Court Told Shares Bought From Minister

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 May 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday.--Mrs. Marie Joan Doyle, wife of the bankrupt punter and investor, told the Bankruptcy Court to-day that she had bought shares from the…

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TENNIS Work Commenced On New Court

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 1 May 1953 · page 12

The Dorrigo Shire Council grader is now levelling the site for our new court. When this is completed the court will be…

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Gaol For Trainer

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 May 1953 · page 6

MONTREAL, Fri.--A former trainer of retired world middleweight champion Ray Robinson, 30 years old Bill…

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Father Sent to Gaol

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 May 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Fri.--Judge Lloyd to-day sentenced a 42 years old man to five years' gaol for having attempted…

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Documents Sent To Police

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 May 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Mon.--The Minister for Local Government, Mr. Renshaw, has sent to the Police Department all…

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Court Official Dies On Train

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 May 1953 · page 2

Believed to have died in his sleep, an elderly official of the New South Wales Supreme Court was found…

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Lawrence Police Court

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 May 1953 · page 2

LAWRENCE, Thurs.--A Brushgrove man, Leslie Arthur Johnson, was fined £20 by Mr. A. E. Capp,…

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Charged With Shooting

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 May 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thurs.--The police prosecutor, Sgt. Martin, said in Newtown Court to-day, that the shooting of…

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Gun And Saddle In Stealing Cases

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 May 1953 · page 4

MACLEAN.--At Maclean Court of Petty Session. Trevor Lloyd Harris, 23, fisherman, of Harwood, was…

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Police to Assist Ward Appeal

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 May 1953 · page 2

Police of Grafton sub-district have decided to make a big effort in support of the Florence Miller Ward…

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Court Rejects Application For Service Exemption Coffs Harbour

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 May 1953 · page 5

Thurs.--At the Court of Petty Sessions, Coffs Harbour, Mr. C. H. Blackmore, S.M., dismissed the…

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Police Search Switches To Tablelands

Daily Examiner · Saturday 9 May 1953 · page 3

Police activity in the search for the Kempsey lock-up escapee, Brian Peterson 19, switched from…

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Court Gives Wife Custody Of Child

Daily Examiner · Saturday 9 May 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.--A man who last year was acquitted of having murdered his son, was to-day ordered by the Equity Court to deliver the child to his wife's custody…

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Jury's Verdict Restored By High Court

Daily Examiner · Saturday 9 May 1953 · page 4

SYDNEY, Fri.--A Sydney woman who lost a leg in a level crossing smash at Horsham, Victoria, in 1951,…

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Police Visit Hotel

Daily Examiner · Monday 11 May 1953 · page 7

Polling in the Senate election was quiet at Grafton, although there was considerable police activity in…

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Solicitor Charged

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 May 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mon.--A detective said in the Lunacy Court to-day that a solicitor, accused of insanity, had called…

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Man Warned Of Gaol Sentence

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 May 1953 · page 4

A young Casino road man, Ernest George Rogan, 23, was warned by Mr. A. E. Capp, S.M., at Grafton…

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