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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1953

731 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 29 of 37

Police To Report On Two State Mines

Daily Examiner · Friday 2 October 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Premier, Mr. Cahill, said to-day that any question of the State Coal Authority's future was deferred until he received a police report on State coal mine administration…

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Charged With Stealing Cattle

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 October 1953 · page 3

DARWIN, Friday.—Hugh Watson Byers, standing trial for cattle stealing, had been too ill to muster 1200 cattle, which later went on the road to Dalmore…

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Assault Allegations

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 October 1953 · page 4

MACLEAN,--At the Court of Petty Sessions before Mr. A. E. Capp, S.M., Ronald Wentworth, John…

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Army Payroll Theft Denied

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 October 1953 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Friday.--A 36-year-old labourer was to-day committed for trial on a charge of having stolen a £33,593 army payroll from Mayne…

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Massed Breakout By Prisoners Attempted To Assault Compound Commander

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 October 1953 · page 1

PANMUNJOM, Friday.—Two Chinese prisoners of war were killed and five wounded when anti-Communist prisoners staged their second mass breakout in two days. The prisoners broke from their compound and tried to…

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Charged With Stealing £5159

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 October 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sun.--A former executive of the Commercial Banking Company of Sydney Ltd., Henry Lance…

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Charged with Beating Wife

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 October 1953 · page 1

NEW YORK, Sun.--Delmar Leffler, 19, went to buy a gun to kill his wife at St. John's, Michigan, but found…

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French Assault Vietminh Base

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 October 1953 · page 1

HANOI. Monday.--French parachute troops have been dropped on a big Vietminh supply base on the Chinese…

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Colleagues Farewell Police Sergeant

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 6 October 1953 · page 1

Sergeant W. J. Steinhauer, who has been officer in-charge of Coffs Harbour Police Station for the past three years, was…

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High School Boy Injured; Motorist Before the Court

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 6 October 1953 · page 2

Following an accident in which a High School pupil. Clement Francis Rankin, was knocked to the roadway and…

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Court Ruling On Tax Deductions For Holiday Pay

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 October 1953 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Mon.--Employers cannot claim tax deductions for holiday pay until employees take and…

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Young Man On Assault Charges

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 October 1953 · page 4

A young man appeared before Mr. P. Davenport, J.P., at Grafton Court of Petty Sessions yesterday on…

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Police Sergeant To Retire

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 October 1953 · page 6

COFFS HARBOUR, Tues. Sgt. W. Steinhauer, who for the past three years has been officer-in-charge of…

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Police Theory Not Murder

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 October 1953 · page 2

TAMWORTH, Wed.—Detectives investigating the death of 40-year-old Tamworth widow, Mrs. Dorothy…

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Man Shot Dead; Woman Charged

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 October 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed.—A man was shot dead at Mandurama, a central west town, this afternoon…

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Attempted Murder Charge Prosecutor Suggests Possible Motive

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 October 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A motive for poisoning allegedly committed by Mrs. Caroline Grills might be that she had become an habitual poisoner,…

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For Trial On Theft Charge

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 October 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thurs.--A former bank executive was committed for trial to-day on a charge of having…

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Citizens Farewell Popular Retiring Police Sergeant

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 9 October 1953 · page 1

Sergeant Second-class W. J. Steinhauer, who is about to enter upon long service leave, prior to retirement from the…

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Visitors Prominent On Court List

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 9 October 1953 · page 6

Four visitors and an equal number from Coifs Harbour's coloured people comprised the lists at the Court of Petty Sessions last…

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Charged With False Swearing

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 October 1953 · page 5

SYDNEY, Fri.—The fourth Liquor Royal Commission witness to be charged with false swearing will stand…

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