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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1954

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Visiting Part Of Time Of Alleged Assault Says Detective

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 April 1954 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday.--A C.I.B. detective told the Studley Ruxton Royal Commission to-day that he had been visiting his mother-in-law during part of the time he is alleged to have assaulted David Edward Studley-Ruxton…

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Supreme Court Judge Collapses

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 April 1954 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- Mr. Justice Martin collapsed while former Fitzroy footballer, Goldsmith Collins, was making serious allegations against him…

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Doctor Charged

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 April 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed.--A 35-year-old Queenscliffe doctor was to-day charged in Central Court with…

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Stealing From Person; Charge Dismissed

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Thursday 15 April 1954 · page 12

"In view of want of sobriety of the informant it would be dangerous to convict defendant on his evidence," said Mr. A. E…

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Charged With Killing Son

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 April 1954 · page 3

NEWCASTLE. Wed.--A woman was committed for trial by the Newcastle Coroner to-day, on a charge…

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Man Charged Following Motor Cycle Accident

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Thursday 15 April 1954 · page 2

A Woolgoolga man, Aldwyn Clive Rollins (22), who was the pillion rider on a motor cycle involved in an accident on…

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Court Orders Return Of Child

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 April 1954 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Wed.--A Warrak grazier and his wife were ordered by the Supreme Court to-day to…

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Stealing Charge Dismissed

Daily Examiner · Monday 19 April 1954 · page 4

COFFS HARBOUR.-- After hearing evidence in a charge of stealing from the person against William…

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Police Investigate Change Of Sex Operation

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 21 April 1954 · page 4

COPENHAGEN, Tues. --Copenhagen police said they were investigating to determine whether charges…

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Police Think Woman Murdered With Shotgun

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 21 April 1954 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Police have decided that the woman whose body was found buried on King…

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Detective Denies Assault Charge

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 April 1954 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wednesday. -- Detective Arthur Leonard Smaills told a Royal Commission to-day he was having tea at his mother-in-law's home at the time of an…

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Mounted Police Control Traffic

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 April 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday. -- Mounted police were used experimentally to-day at two city intersections to…

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Court Orders Separation

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 April 1954 · page 1

NEW YORK, Thurs.--John Sheppard, 43-year-old salesman, was separated by court order from the slim…

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Court Releases Mother Who Abandoned Baby

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 April 1954 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Mon.--The young Sydney mother who abandoned her four-months-old son on the back steps of…

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Brothers Charged

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 28 April 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues. -- Two brothers appeared in Went- worth Court to-day charged with raping a 17-year-old…

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Seven Years' Gaol For Manslaughter

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 April 1954 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Wed.--A bank security officer was sentenced in the Criminal Court to-day to seven years gaol for the manslaughter of a bank manager he…

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Herald Fined For Contempt Of Court

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 April 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed. -- The Full Supreme Court to-day fined the publishers of the "Sydney Morning Herald" £250 for contempt of court…

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Mother Charged With Murder

Daily Examiner · Friday 30 April 1954 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday.--The mother of three children appeared in Central Court to-day, on a charge of having murdered her husband. She is Norma…

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Four Charges of Breaking, Entering and Stealing

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 30 April 1954 · page 2

At Catts Harbour Court of Potty Sessions on Tuesday, Mr. A. E. Capp, SH, committed Douglas Francis Hardie (27), of…

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Four Charged with Exceeding Speed Limit

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 30 April 1954 · page 3

At Coffs Harbour Court of Petty Sessions on Tuesday four persons were charged with exceeding the speed limit in a…

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