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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1954

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Charged With False Pretences

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 July 1954 · page 3

LONDON, Sun.--Alfred Henry Ford, 35, described as a farmer of no fixed address, was committed for…

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Nine Months' Sentence on Stealing Charges

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 13 July 1954 · page 4

A young aboriginal, Norman Howard Holten who appeared before Judge J. P. Fitzpatrick. at the Quarter Sessions Court…

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Licensing Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 July 1954 · page 6

In the Licensing Court, Grafton; yesterday, two applications were mentioned in connection with the…

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Injunction Refused By High Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 July 1954 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Monday. --The High Court- to-day refused to prevent the Royal Commission on espionage from questioning Sydney journalist Rupert Lockwood in…

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Police Clear Showground

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 July 1954 · page 3

Grafton police last night advised caravan owners in Grafton Showground to, move to flood-free areas…

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Jury's Verdict In Assault Case

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 July 1954 · page 5

LISMORE, Wednesday. -- The jury in the Lismore Quarter Sessions brought in a verdict of not guilty against a Kyogle man charged with assault, after it heard the…

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Police Ready For Test

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 July 1954 · page 7

SYDNEY, Wed.--Police do not expect another outbreak at the Third League Test on Saturday, but are…

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Industrial Magistrate's Court

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 16 July 1954 · page 8

On application by Ernest C. O'Dea, secretary of the Shop Assistants' and Warehouse Employees' Federation, Mr. A. E…

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[?] Charged [?] Drunkenness

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 16 July 1954 · page 1

Gorge James (39), of Coffs [?]our, was admonished and charged when he pleaded [?] at the Court of Petty…

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Collapsed During Murder Trial

Daily Examiner · Friday 16 July 1954 · page 1

BRISBANE, Thurs. -- A Ukranian migrant charged with the wilful murder of his wife collapsed in the…

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For Trial on Murder Charge

Daily Examiner · Friday 16 July 1954 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Thurs.-- At the conclusion of an inquest into the death of sixyear-old Pamela Walton, of…

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Police Say Girls Killed Aunt

Daily Examiner · Friday 16 July 1954 · page 5

MANILA. -- Filipino police alleged three girls kicked and clubbed their aunt to death when she…

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Information Withdrawn in Court by Complainant

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 16 July 1954 · page 2

An information against Alex Dudley Stuart Freeman (46), auctioneer, of Dorrigo, for fraudulently omitting to account for the…

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Police Search Mountain Area

Daily Examiner · Saturday 17 July 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday. -- Police are scouring the Blue Mountains area for a man they wish to question in connection with the murder of an 80-year-old Bathurst…

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Charged With Murder Of Wife

Daily Examiner · Monday 19 July 1954 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Sunday. -- Homicide defectives last night charged John Henry Baldwin, (38), of St. Arrnaud, with the murder of his wife, Mrs. Beryl Baldwin,…

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Magistrate Obliged

Daily Examiner · Monday 19 July 1954 · page 5

HONG KONG.-- Twenty-one-year - old So Chuen Wad was disappointed when Mr. Hin Shing Lo, Hong…

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Believe Gang Stealing Sheep

Daily Examiner · Monday 19 July 1954 · page 2

NARRANDERA, S u n.-- A prominent CIB detective has arrived in Narrandera to take charge of…

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Charged With Bathurst Murder

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 20 July 1954 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Monday.--Leonard James Elliott (28), labourer, of Sutherland, New South Wales, was charged in the Melbourne City watch-house this…

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Police Say Woman Admitted Killing

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 20 July 1954 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, Monday.--A new Australian woman said she strangled a journalist's wife because she wanted to "free" the man and his son, police…

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Not Sufficient Police to Patrol Town

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 20 July 1954 · page 1

At the Coffs Harbour Chamber of Commerce meeting a statement was made that there were insufficient police…

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