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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1953

731 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 17 of 37

Arrested By Court Bailiff

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 10 June 1953 · page 1

BRISBANE, Tuesday.--Maryborough businessman Howard New Smith was arrested by a Supreme Court…

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Police Advice Sought On Angle Parking

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 10 June 1953 · page 6

The Town Clerk (Mr. C. J. Beresford) has been asked by South Grafton Council to have the Police…

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To Stand Trial On Murder Charge

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 12 June 1953 · page 8

Cari Gerard Perry (43), farmer, of Repton, was committed for trial on a charge of murder by the District…

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Committed for Trial on Murder Charge

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 12 June 1953 · page 1

A Repton farmer Carl Gerard Perry, was committed for trial on a charge of murder by the F. C. Hain on Tuesday. Bail…

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Police Exhume Body Of Woman

Daily Examiner · Friday 12 June 1953 · page 1

KATOOMBA, Thurs.--Police to-day exhumed the body of a suspected victim of thallium poisoning…

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Police Allege Baby Sitter Strangled Child

Daily Examiner · Friday 12 June 1953 · page 5

LONDON, Thurs.--An attractive 17-years-old baby sitter, known only to the mother who hired her as…

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Awaits Trial Fourth Time For Murder

Daily Examiner · Saturday 13 June 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Fri.--A man who has already appeared on a murder charge before three different Judges and…

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Husband Charged With Assault

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 16 June 1953 · page 4

Edward Wilson, 49, labourer, of Ryan street, South Grafton, pleaded not guilty at Grafton Court of…

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Gaol Fer Youth Who Stole Tools

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 16 June 1953 · page 3

A youth, who, when arrested in Victoria recently, confessed to several thefts at Grafton two years ago,…

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Attempted Gaol Break--Questions Someone Should Answer

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 16 June 1953 · page 2

ANYONE who has read of the series of desperate mutinies and attempts at mass escapes in big prisons oversea will not be too happy about…

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Things Normal At Gaol

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 June 1953 · page 2

"Everything is back to normal. The usual routine had been the order from Sunday afternoon…

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Police Present Big Cheque To Fund

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 June 1953 · page 2

A cheque for £32575 was handed to Miss E. F. Miller, Matron of the Grafton Base Hospital yesterday afternoon, when members of the Grafton and South Grafton Police…

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Gaol Break Charges To-day

Daily Examiner · Friday 19 June 1953 · page 2

The 12 Grafton gaol prisoners who were associated with last Sunday's mass escape…

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Young Man On Charge Of Murder

Daily Examiner · Friday 19 June 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thurs.-- A young man, charged with murder said to-day, "It was like finding my own father,"…

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US Court To Consider Rosenberg Case

Daily Examiner · Friday 19 June 1953 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Thurs.-- The drama of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg built to a climax to-day, as the United States Supreme Court assembled, just 11 hours before the time…

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Broke Down And Cried In Court

Daily Examiner · Friday 19 June 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thurs.-- Miss Joan Murray, questioned about her intimacy with men, shouted angrily…

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Tennis New Court Top-dressed at Week-end

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 19 June 1953 · page 10

Thanks to the band of workers who gave up last Sunday morning the Coffs Harbour Tennis Club's new court is now covered…

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Gaol Break Charges; Half Heard

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 June 1953 · page 6

SYDNEY, Fri.--Six of the 12 prisoners who attempted to escape from Grafton gaol last Sunday…

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Court Control Of Ballot

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 June 1953 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Fri.--The Industrial Registrar, Mr. J. E. Taylor, to-day granted a request by 1816 members…

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Sydney Man In Texas Gaol

Daily Examiner · Monday 22 June 1953 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sun.—Grey- haired Mrs. Alice Thompson, of Petersham, heard the first news that her…

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