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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1954

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From "Examiner" 90 Years Ago ..... Grafton Gaol

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 September 1954 · page 2

State of the Grafton Gaol.--The following is a correct statement of the number of prisoners confined in and…

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Six Charged With Drunk[?]

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 17 September 1954 · page 12

Six men were charged with; drunkenness at Cotts Harbour Court of Petty Sessions. They were Francis John Wickham…

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Charged With Liquor Offensive

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 17 September 1954 · page 6

[?] Byrnes, of Sawtell for [?] to an aboriginal, which commenced [?] [?] Court of Petty Sessions on July 13. was…

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Murder Search

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 September 1954 · page 1

LONDON, Fri.--Scotland Yard detectives are seeking two burly rain-coated men who may be…

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Charged with Murder

Daily Examiner · Monday 20 September 1954 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Police last night charged a 31-year-old man of Camp Pell, with the murder of a…

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Police Think Man Saw Killing

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 21 September 1954 · page 3

LONDON, Mon.--Det[?]ives to-day hunted for a man who they believe saw a killer throttle beautiful…

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Murder Charge; Soldier For Trial

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 22 September 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues.—A woman whose nude body was found in a city residential was dangerously under the…

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Two-Year-Old Murder Inquiry Re-opened

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 22 September 1954 · page 1

BRISBANE, Tuesday.—Detective Sergeant Ray Kelly, of the Sydney C.I.B., arrived in Ingham by air to-day to re-open the two-year-old Shirley Butler murder inquiry Shirley Butler's battered…

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Committed On Stealing Charges

Daily Examiner · Thursday 23 September 1954 · page 7

KEMPSEY, Wed.-- Brian Huntley Sleeman (20), appeared before Kempsey Petty Sessions Court to-day…

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Daring Theft Of Gold Bullion

Daily Examiner · Thursday 23 September 1954 · page 4

LONDON, Wednesday-- Two cases containing gold bullion worth £46,000 sterling, were stolen in a daring daylight robbery in Central London late yesterday…

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Murder Lead Breaks Down

Daily Examiner · Thursday 23 September 1954 · page 1

INGHAM (Qld.), Wed.-- Police are convinced that a man who said he could assist in the investigation into…

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Acquitted On Murder Charge

Daily Examiner · Friday 24 September 1954 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, Thurs.--A Supreme Court jury to-day found a 29-year-old woman not guilty of murdering…

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Youths Sentenced

Daily Examiner · Saturday 25 September 1954 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Fri.--Five youths, aged between 15 and 18, were sentenced in the Criminal Court to-day…

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Four Years' Gaol For Domestic

Daily Examiner · Saturday 25 September 1954 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Friday.-- In the Criminal Court today, Dora Kratchovil (29) was sentenced to four…

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Police Mystified By Poisoning

Daily Examiner · Saturday 25 September 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday. -- Police are mystified by the suspected poisoning of a young Peakhurst couple. C.I.B. Chief, Supt. J…

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Police Charge

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 September 1954 · page 3

BOMBAY, Sun.--Seven people including a Communist leader were injured on Saturday night, when…

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Magistrate Takes Serious View

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 September 1954 · page 5

Mr. A. E. Capp, S.M., at Grafton Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, said he took a very serious view of…

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Licensing Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 September 1954 · page 4

Before Mr. A. E. Capp, S.M., at Grafton Licensing Court yesterday, an application by Linde Ronald…

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Police Probe On Man's Death

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 September 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Mon. -- Police are inquiring into the circumstances surrounding the death of prominent Sydney…

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Revision Court

Daily Examiner · Thursday 30 September 1954 · page 7

MACLEAN.--Mr. A. E. Capp, S.M., examined the roll of voters and supplementary roll for Harwood…

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