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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1953

731 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 23 of 37

Considering Appeal To Higher Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 August 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Mon. -- Former police sergeant S. D. Cameron is considering appealing to a higher court…

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12 Months' Gaol For Young Man

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 August 1953 · page 4

A young married man from Casino was sentenced to 12 months' hard labour by Judge Storkey, V.C., in…

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Police Praised For Fire Work

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 August 1953 · page 3

KYOGLE: A letter is to be written to the Chief Secretary's Department commending the action of…

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Charged With Murder Of Former Boxer

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 August 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday. -- An elderly man had admitted stabbing a former champion boxer with a knife, Sergt. J. J. Agnew said in the Coroner's Court to-day…

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Judge Dismisses Assault Appeal

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 August 1953 · page 4

An appeal by Alexander David McClymont against his conviction in March on a charge of assaulting Vincent Matthew Fahey at the South Grafton saleyards on…

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Wide Search For Gaol Escapees

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 August 1953 · page 7

MOSS VALE, Wednesday. -- Police are making a wide search for two prisoners who escaped from Berrima Gaol to-day. The prisoners escaped from a working…

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Hearing Appeal In Closed Court

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 August 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed. --A police inspector to-day appealed against the promotion of six other inspectors…

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Mother-ln-Law Charged

Daily Examiner · Friday 7 August 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday. -- A woman was charged at Central Court this afternoon, with having administered thallium poison with intent to murder international…

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Early Dorrigo. the First Mail Service for Plateau Selectors Police Barracks Established At Tyringham Further Settlement on Guy Fawkes

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 7 August 1953 · page 2

With the opening up of Tyringham, a Police Barracks was established there. The site was near the old crossing of Blick's River, just above the site of the Blick's River bridge. Reid's sawmill is situated only a…

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Hobart Murder

Daily Examiner · Saturday 8 August 1953 · page 1

HOBART, Fri.--A 59 years old man was murdered near Hobart this morning…

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Police Impound Cattle; Two Men Charged

Daily Examiner · Monday 10 August 1953 · page 6

DARWIN, Sun.--Northern Territory police have broken what they believe to be the biggest cattle duffing case…

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Charged with Administering Thallium

Daily Examiner · Monday 10 August 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sun.--A man was charged to-day with having administered thallium to a member of his…

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Lithuanian On Murder Charge

Daily Examiner · Monday 10 August 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday.--Police charged a Lithuanian with murder after a woman was fatally stabbed in a Surry…

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Accepted Police Evidence

Daily Examiner · Monday 10 August 1953 · page 5

CASINO, Sat.--Mr. A. E. Capp, S.M., said in Casino Court of Petty Sessions yesterday that he would accept…

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Murder Charges Against Woman

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 August 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday. -- A 63-years-old woman charged with poisoning her stepmother had taken cups of tea to the ailing woman, a witness said in the City Coroner's…

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Police Fire on Demonstrators

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 August 1953 · page 1

SRINAGAR, (Kashmir), Monday. -- Police and troops last night opened fire on mobs demonstrating against the arrest of the Prime Minister, Sheikh Abdullah…

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Three Months More For Prisoner Who Escaped From Gaol

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 August 1953 · page 7

A prisoner who escaped from the garden area of Grafton Gaol on July 28 was sentenced to three…

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Police Allege Man Tried To Poison Father

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 August 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Mon. -- A 32-years-old man, whom police allege tried to poison his father with thallium, was…

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AEU Challenges Court Ballots

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 August 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday--The Full High Court to-day began hearing two suits by the Amalgamated Engineering Union challenging court-controlled ballots…

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Detective Tells Court Tea Contained Thallium

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 August 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday--A cup of tea which Mrs. Caroline Grills allegedly gave to her sister-in-law had contained thallium poison, a detective told the City Coroner's Court to-day. Mrs. Grills had told him that she could offer no explanation of…

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