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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1954

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Military Court Proceedings Not Be Published

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 April 1954 · page 3

CANBERRA, Tues.--The Minister for the Army, Mr. Francis, announced in the House of…

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Gaol For Former Bank Clerk

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 April 1954 · page 5

LISMORE, Wed.--A former bank clerk was to-day sentenced to two years' gaol by Judge Storkey, V.C., on…

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Police Affiliate With Labour Council

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 April 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed. -- The Police Association annual conference to-day decided to affiliate with the…

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Rebels Assault Command Post

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 April 1954 · page 1

HANOI, Thursday.--Communist Indo-Chinese rebels assaulted a French Command post outside Hanoi's northern suburbs to-day, but were driven off by its…

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Precautions at Long Bay Gaol

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 9 April 1954 · page 4

In future visitors will not be able to take foodstuffs, or any other similar goods to Long Bay goal—they must leave money to…

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Brothers Charged with Offensive Behaviour

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 9 April 1954 · page 4

Two brothers, Alfred and Claude Mercy, were charged with offensive behaviour at Coffs Harbour Court of Petty…

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Supreme Court

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 April 1954 · page 2

The Supreme Court sittings at Grafton before Mr. Justice Maguire will open on Wednesday, April 28…

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Court Dismisses Appeals

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 April 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thurs.--Nine appeals by non-unionists for exemption from compulsory unionism were…

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Complaints On Food For Police

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 April 1954 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thurs.--Policemen at Lismore had been given food unfit to be eaten, a delegate told the Police…

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Gaol for Assaulting Constable

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 April 1954 · page 6

COFFS HARBOUR.--Alfred Mercy (38), labourer, a coloured man of Coffs Harbour, was sentenced to…

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No Sign Of Fresh Assault

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 April 1954 · page 1

HANOI, Thurs.--The French High Command said, to-day there was still no sign of any fresh rebel…

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Boy Accused Of Murder Threat

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 April 1954 · page 6

LONDON, Fri--A boy, aged 14, is accused in a case before the London Juvenile Court of sending a letter threatening to…

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State Full Court Dismisses Appeal

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 April 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.--An appeal by Mrs Caroline Grills against a conviction for attempted murder was unanimously dismissed by the State Full Court to-day…

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Woman Charged With Murder

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 April 1954 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, Sun.-- Police charged a woman with the murder of a 14-week-old baby boy found…

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Police Theory on Skeleton

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 April 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday.--The skeleton of a woman found this week in Victoria may be that of a N.S.W. widow…

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Driver Charged

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 April 1954 · page 6

Sidney Clarence Tibbett, 36, beekeeper, of Ryan street, South Grafton, was charged at Grafton Court…

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Unlawful Assault of Constable

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 April 1954 · page 5

ARMIDALE.--After a two-and-a-half day hearing. Darrel Kirkby Burey (26), of Rosewood, Black…

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Death Of Twins Puzzles Police

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 April 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Mon.--Police are puzzled by the deaths of four-months-old twins at Rydalmere to-day…

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Basketball Court to Be Smaller

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 April 1954 · page 5

The size of the Grafton and District Men's Basketball Association's court in the Grafton Drill Hall will…

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Police Flouted

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 April 1954 · page 6

PARIS, Tues.-- French Communists flouted police by publishing a single sheet edition of the Communist…

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