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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1953

731 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 35 of 37

Six Charges Of Stealing

Daily Examiner · Monday 30 November 1953 · page 4

MACLEAN, Sat.--Arrested on a warrant at Inverell, Raymond Griffin, of Bingara, appeared before…

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May Break Rigid Court Procedure

Daily Examiner · Monday 30 November 1953 · page 1

NEW YORK, Sun.--Australians and New Zealanders will probably be able to break rigid Court…

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Traffic Uses Atcoffs Harbour Police Court

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 1 December 1953 · page 8

At Coffs Harbour Court of Petty Sessions on Tuesday Mr. A. E. Capp, S.M., dealt with a number of traffic cases…

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Fine And Costs £99 In Assault Case

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 December 1953 · page 4

MACLEAN.—The hearing of charges of assault at Harwood Island was concluded at Maclean Court of Petty Sessions. One defendant was…

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Fined £30 for Stealing From Cars in High Street

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 1 December 1953 · page 5

Sydney Percival Innes, known as Sydney Messingham, 35, labourer of Coffs Harbour was fined a toted of £30 by Mr…

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Police Station's Fate Postponed

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 December 1953 · page 2

The Premier, Mr. J. J. Cahill, has informed the Leader of the Country Party Lieut. Colonel M. F. Bruxner…

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Sent to Gaol For Insufficient Lawful Means of Support

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 1 December 1953 · page 8

Lucy King, 19, and Valma Williams, 18, were each sentenced to 14 days imprisonment with light labour when they appeared…

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Speeding Charges At Maclean Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 December 1953 · page 6

MACLEAN.—A number of motorists who exceeded the speed limit in built-up areas of the Pacific…

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Gaol for Cream Carrier

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 December 1953 · page 5

An Ulmarra cream carrier, Ivo Amos, 40, was sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment by Judge Storkey, V.C., at Grafton Quarter Sessions yesterday, on two counts of having carnally known a…

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Man Sentenced for Forgery

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 December 1953 · page 7

SYDNEY, Wed.--Edward Charles Windeyer, 39, was sentenced to seven years' gaol on a charge of having…

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Attempted To Break Gaol

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 December 1953 · page 1

BRISBANE, Wed.--Arthur Ernest Halliday, 43, serving a life sentence for the murder of Southport…

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High Court Decision Reserved

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 December 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed.--The Full High Court to-day reserved its decision in a case, challenging the power…

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Court Told Inspector Took Bribe

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 December 1953 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Wed.--A Prices Branch investigator was told by Mr. Justice O'Bryan in the…

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Parliamentarians Defy Police

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 December 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday. --Two State Parliament Members to-day defied police to try to force them to;disclose their informants on alleged corruption in the City Council. They were Dr. L. J…

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City Council Act Order Sought By Police

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 December 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday. -- An application was made by police in the Supreme Court to-day for an order against John Fairfax and Sons, Pty., Ltd., under the…

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Man Charged With Attempted Murder

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 December 1953 · page 5

LONDON, Fri.--A man who allegedly threw his four-year-old son in front of a moving bus has been…

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Gaol Escapee Recaptured

Daily Examiner · Monday 7 December 1953 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Sun.—Russell Bliss, 25-years-old Pentridge escape, who has been at large for nearly a…

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Magistrate Appeals For Settlement

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 December 1953 · page 4

Mr. A. E. Capp, S.M., at Grafton Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, appealed to parties in two charges of…

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Says Pay Roll Theft Cleverly Contrived

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 December 1953 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Monday.--The £33,593 Mayne Nickless pay roll theft, "the greatest theft in the annals of Australian history", was very cleverly and…

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Charged With Wounding

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 December 1953 · page 3

WAGGA WAGGA, Tues.—A railway detective challenged to produce his credentials, drew a pistol, said…

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