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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1954

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Queen To Review Police Forces

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 January 1954 · page 4

Queen Elizabeth II will review the police forces of the United Kingdom in Hyde Park, London, on July…

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Bank Officer on Charge of Murder

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 January 1954 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Murray Smith, 39, an officer of the Bank of New South Wales, was remanded…

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Fined for Theft

Daily Examiner · Thursday 14 January 1954 · page 5

COFFS HARBOUR.--At the Court of Petty Sessions, Coffs Harbour, Richard Button (42), labourer,…

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Guilty Of Assault

Daily Examiner · Thursday 14 January 1954 · page 5

COFFS HARBOUR.--Ben Tioren (20), a seaman from the steamer Basra, who pleaded guilty was fined £5…

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Stole From Bank; Lost At Races Police Allege

Daily Examiner · Thursday 14 January 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday. -- A bank clerk, who police allege stole £235017 at Norrabri and lost most of it at the races, was at Central Court to-day,…

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Aborigine Fined £10 For Stealing Hat

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 15 January 1954 · page 11

An aborigine, Richard Button (42), of Coffs Harbour, was fined £10 at the Court of Petty Sessions on Tuesday for stealing a…

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Charged With Illegally Using Motor Cycle

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 January 1954 · page 5

COFFS HARBOUR.--At the Court of Petty Sessions, Coffs Harbour, Mr. A. E. Capp, S.M., after hearing…

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Two Men Committed for Trial on Stealing Charges

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 15 January 1954 · page 3

At Coffs Harbour Court of Petty Sessions on Tuesday, Mr. A. E. Capp. S.M. committed two men for trial on charges…

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Seaman Charged Following Fracas in Jetty Cafe

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 15 January 1954 · page 2

Ben Tioran (20), a seaman off the ss Basra, was fined £5, on a charge of unlawfully assaulting Constantine…

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Prisoner Charged With Wounding

Daily Examiner · Saturday 16 January 1954 · page 3

BATHURST, Fri.-- A 23-year-old prisoner serving a two-year sentence in Bathurst Gaol, was to-day…

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Woman On Charge Of Murder

Daily Examiner · Saturday 16 January 1954 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Fri.--A 56 year-old woman charged with the murder of a St. Kilda private hotel…

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No Evidence by Police

Daily Examiner · Saturday 16 January 1954 · page 3

BELLINGEN, Fri. --Carl Gerard Perry, 43, of Repton, who some months ago was found not guilty of the…

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Court-Martial In Japan

Daily Examiner · Saturday 16 January 1954 · page 1

TOKIO, Fri.--The courtmartial of Lieut. Norman Poole, of the Australian Army--charged on 18 counts…

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Police Funeral Was First In Kempsey

Daily Examiner · Saturday 16 January 1954 · page 2

Inspector Dick Yardy, who died suddenly on December 23 was accorded a police funeral, a most…

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Treatt Supports Police Inquiry

Daily Examiner · Monday 18 January 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday. -- A move for a Royal Commission into the Police Force was supported to-day by the Leader of the State Opposition, Mr. V. Treatt. Mr. Treatt was commenting on allegations in a Sydney…

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Year's Gaol For Stealing Yacht

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 19 January 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.--A labourer of no fixed abode, was to-day sentenced to a year's gaol at Burwod Court…

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Charges Follow Theft Of Wool

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 19 January 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday--Charged in connection with theft of large quantities of wool in June and July, 1952, and November, 1953, 12 men appeared, at Central…

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Movements On Night Of Butler Murder

Daily Examiner · Thursday 21 January 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed. -- Mrs. Ethel Butler, told the City Coroner's Court to-day she did…

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Sydney Police Believe Shipwreck Note a Hoax

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 1

Sydney police believe a shipwreck note, found in a sealed ship's medicine bottle at the mouth of Bonville Creek this…

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Gaol For Boxer

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 January 1954 · page 5

LONDON, Fri.--Former lightweight champion 29-year-old Tommy McGovern was imprisoned for six…

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