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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1954

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Court Crag Fit; Will Run In Big Sprint

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 20 July 1954 · page 7

Court Crag, Grafton course record holder, has recovered from his leg injury and will start in the Ramornie Handicap to-morrow…

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Murder Charge

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 21 July 1954 · page 3

Melbourne, Tues.--The police search for a man alleged to have been concerned in the murder of…

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Place For Police In Race Carnival

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 21 July 1954 · page 7

Police have an important role in the racing carnival to-day and to-morrow. A special plan has been…

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Man Stabbed In Brisbane Gaol

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 July 1954 · page 3

BRISBANE, Wed.--One of the best-known figures of the Australian underworld, Harold Cornelius alias Norman Bradshaw, was attacked and stabbed in…

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Pensioner On Murder Charge

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 July 1954 · page 1

BRISBANE, Fri.-- A war pensioner was committed for trial on a murder charge, in Brisbane Police Court…

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Women Weep in Court Dock

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 July 1954 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Fri.--Two women broke down and wept in the Criminal Court dock to-day when a jury…

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Son Charged

Daily Examiner · Monday 26 July 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sun.--Police yesterday charged an 8-year-old youth with murdering his father after an…

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Mother Charged

Daily Examiner · Monday 26 July 1954 · page 1

PERTH, Sun.—Mrs. Annie Marjorie Carpenter (52), a married woman, has been charged with the wilful…

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Gaol Sentences For Women

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 July 1954 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Monday. -- Two women were gaoled in the Criminal Court lo-day, one for 18 months, the other for six months for assaulting a woman the…

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Admitted Theft Of £17,000

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 July 1954 · page 1

PERTH, Mon.--When the charge against a former Australian National Airways accountant, Redmund…

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Remanded On Murder Charge

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 July 1954 · page 1

BATHURST, Monday. -- A labourer, charged with the murder of an 80-year-old Walang storekeeper, was to-day remanded at Bathurst Court…

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Robbery May Be Motive for Murder

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 July 1954 · page 1

WOLLONGONG, Mon.--C.I.B. detectives believe the motive for the murder of a New Australian at…

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Court Decision Favours Lessor

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 July 1954 · page 4

Mr. A. E. Capp, S.M., at Grafton Court of Petty Sessions yesterday gave his reserved decision in…

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Court Action Follows Collision

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 July 1954 · page 4

A COLLISION at the Ryan and Bent street intersection at South Grafton on New Year's Day when a…

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Three Youths Charged

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 28 July 1954 · page 2

KEMPSEY, Tues.-- Detective M. E. Green with Constable K. Booth arrested three youths travelling…

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Men Charged With Thefts Of Mailbags

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 28 July 1954 · page 1

KATOOMBA, Tuesday.--Two men appeared in Katoomba Court to-day, charged on two counts of having stolen mailbags, containing a total of £30,100. The men, William Vivian…

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Police Question New Australians

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 28 July 1954 · page 1

WOLLONGONG, Tues.-- C.I.B. detectives investigating the murder of a Wollongong steelworker on…

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Police Report Man Located

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 28 July 1954 · page 1

BRISBANE, Tues.-- A father of seven children, who was believed drowned or taken by a shark, was…

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Police Believe Attempt Made To Wreck Train

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 July 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday. -- Detectives believe a deliberate attempt was made to wreck the South Coast daylight express which was derailed at Bulli this afternoon…

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Five Years For Theft

Daily Examiner · Friday 30 July 1954 · page 3

PERTH, Thursday.--A former Australian National Airways accountant, Redmund Hurley O'Dwyer (37), was…

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