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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1953

731 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 16 of 37

Harwood Valuation Appeal Court

Daily Examiner · Monday 1 June 1953 · page 4

MACLEAN.--There was a list of 85 appeals against the 1953 assessments before an Appeal Court held at Maclean. Mr. A. E. Capp, S.M., presided. Mr. W. B. Fleming…

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Police Will Search Westminster Abbey

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 June 1953 · page 1

LONDON, Mon.--Police will make a foot-by-foot search of Westminster Abbey before Queen Elizabeth is crowned there to-morrow. [?]…

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1500-Mile Car Dash to Appear in Court

Daily Examiner · Thursday 4 June 1953 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Wed.--A former estate agent arrived in the High Court to-day after a 1500 mile car dash from Queensland, just in time to prevent a warrant being issued for his arrest for non-appearance…

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Charged With Murder Of Wife

Daily Examiner · Friday 5 June 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thurs.--A 49 years old father of nine, in the Central Criminal Court to-day, pleaded not guilty…

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Gaol Sentence For Vagrancy

Daily Examiner · Friday 5 June 1953 · page 4

Raymond Arthur Kingsley, 62, of no fixed abode, was sentenced to three months' hard labour at the Coramba Court of Petty Sessions. Kingsley pleaded guilty to a charge…

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Leading Rider Before Court

Daily Examiner · Friday 5 June 1953 · page 3

CASINO, Thurs.--Leading North Coast jockey, Lionel T. (Tommy) Alvos, was fined in Casino Court on charges…

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Wages Case Could Lawfully Go On Full High Court Ruling

Daily Examiner · Friday 5 June 1953 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Thurs.--The wages-hours case could lawfully proceed before the Arbitration Court, whether or not Mr. Justice Foster returned to the Bench, the Full High Court unanimously ruled to-day…

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No Inquiry Into Police Record

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 June 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.--It was not the practice of the Education Department to inquire into the police record of tenderers, nor was it usual to carry out any bankruptcy or…

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Queen And Crown At Police Cabaret Ball

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 June 1953 · page 2

A beautiful photograph of the Queen above a lighted replica of St. Edward's Crown was the centre-piece of the hall decorations for last night's second, annual Police Cabaret Ball. Proceeds from the ball…

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Posed As Len Dittmar, Six Months' Gaol

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 9 June 1953 · page 3

LISMORE, Mon.--A man who had posed as former Australian waiter champion, Len Dittmar, was to-day…

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Police Tracker Is Featured

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 9 June 1953 · page 2

The full front page of the cover of the May issue of "Dawn," a magazine for the 'aboriginal people of N.S.W.,…

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Court Leniency Criticised

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 9 June 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mon.--The N.S.W. Police Commissioner, Mr. C. J. Delaney, to-day criticised court leniency towards drunken drivers in 1952…

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Police Investigate Feud Among Macedonians

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 9 June 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Mon.--Two C.I.B. detectives investigating the feud among Macedonian farmers at Crabbe's Creek, near Murwillumbah, to-day made inquiries at Queanbeyan…

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"I Don't Trust The Police," Says New Australian

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 9 June 1953 · page 6

When Constable H. R. White questioned Stanlislaus lean lopeck (26), a new Australian of no fixed abode, he said: "I don't,…

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At Police Station

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 10 June 1953 · page 7

LISMORE, Tues.--A 45-years-old painter admitted in Lismore Court of Petty Sessions yesterday that he…

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Typist Charged With Attempt To Kill Mayor

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 10 June 1953 · page 6

ROCKHAMPTON, Tues.--Police to-day charged a girl typist with heaving unlawfully attempted to kill the…

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Pleaded Guilty To Assault Charge COFFS HARBOUR.--Alfred

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 10 June 1953 · page 4

Mercy (34), an aborigne, of Coffs Harbour, who pleaded guilty to a charge of assault was…

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To Stand Trial On Murder Charge

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 10 June 1953 · page 4

BELLIGEN, Tues.--Carl Gerard Perry (43), farmer, of Repton, was committed for trial on a charge of murder by the District Corober, Mr. F. C. Hain, to-day…

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Police Investigates Suspicious Deaths

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 10 June 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.--Detectives from the C.I.B. are investigating the suspicious deaths of three people, who they believe died from the effects of thallium poisoning…

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New Australian Before Court

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 10 June 1953 · page 4

COFFS HARBOUR.--At the Court of Petty Sessions, Colts Harbour, Stanislaus Jean Jopeck (26), a new…

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