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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1954

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Bankruptcy Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 31 August 1954 · page 6

COFFS HARBOUR--Mr. O. J. Lake, S.M., conducted a public examination in bankruptcy of John Francis…

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Industrial Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 31 August 1954 · page 6

MACLEAN, Mon. -- The Department of Labour and Industry proceeded against Martin A. Carney, at…

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Police Drive for Recruits

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 31 August 1954 · page 5

A drive is being conducted throughout the State to obtain recruits for the New South Wales Police Department. A police official said at…

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Two Years' Gaol For Stabbing

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 September 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tues.--A 19-year-old youth was sentenced to two year's gaol in the Quarter Sessions to-day…

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3 Charged With Mailbag Theft

Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 September 1954 · page 4

KATOOMBA, Wednesday.—Three men in Katoomba Court to-day were committed for trial on charges of…

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Police Warning To Children

Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 September 1954 · page 2

School children were warned yesterday not to play on the streets during their holiday break by…

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Contempt Action Dismissed By State Full Court

Daily Examiner · Friday 3 September 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday. -- The State Full Court to-day dismissed a contempt of court action against Associated News papers Ltd., publishers of Hie "Sun". The Attorney General,…

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Police Clear Union Members From Court

Daily Examiner · Saturday 4 September 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Fri.--A special squad of police cleared more than 300 Amalgamated Engineering Union…

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Told Hopman To Get Off Court

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 September 1954 · page 3

FOREST HILLS (New York), Sunday. -- Mr. Arch Trabert, father of America's top-ranked tennis player, angrily told Harry Hopman, manager of the…

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Theft From Office Safe

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 7 September 1954 · page 3

COFFS HARBOUR, Mon.--Thieves entered the premises of the Mid-Coast Cooperative Meat Society in…

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Police Chief Back

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 7 September 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday--The Commissioner of Police, Mr. C. J. Delaney, resumed duty to-day after an absence of a month…

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Police Search

Daily Examiner · Thursday 9 September 1954 · page 1

LONDON, Wed.—Police searched unsuccessfully yesterday for a United States Air Force Sergeant, who…

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Theft Charge

Daily Examiner · Friday 10 September 1954 · page 3

Keith David Shearman, 29, labourer, of Woodburn street, Casino, appeared before Mr. H. Gray, J.P., at…

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Gaol Sentence For Ruxton

Daily Examiner · Friday 10 September 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thurs.--At the Quarter Sessions to-day, David Edward Studley-Ruxton was sentenced to eight…

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Seven Charged With Drunkenness

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 10 September 1954 · page 10

Seven men were charged with drunkenness over the week-end. Five were arrested at the aboriginals' camping reserve and…

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Third Gaol Riot In 24 Hours

Daily Examiner · Saturday 11 September 1954 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Fri. -- An armed warder poured a stream of bullets into a cell in which six rioting…

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Desperate Bids To Escape Gaol

Daily Examiner · Monday 13 September 1954 · page 2

The unearthing of a revolver in the grounds of Long Bay Gaol, and the subsequent conjecture on a planned escape, serve as a reminder of famous escape…

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Gaol On Two Charges

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 14 September 1954 · page 5

Keith David Shearman, 29, labourer, of Woodburn street, Evans Head, was sentenced to three months'…

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£1000 Reward In Murder Case

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 14 September 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY; Mon. -- The State Government to-day offered £1000 reward in the Bondi murder case,…

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Youth Charged with Murder of Father

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 September 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues.--A youth said he had done the rest of the family a good turn by shooting his father, a…

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