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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1954

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Murder Theory

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 January 1954 · page 3

LONDON, Fri.--Scotland Yard detectives have not discounted a theory that the murderer of Mrs…

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Man Detained By Police

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 January 1954 · page 3

COFFS HARBOUR, Fri.--Prompt action by Police resulted in a man being detained for questioning at…

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U.S. Police Use TV To Round Up Crooks

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 January 1954 · page 1

LOS ANGELES, Fri.--With the help of television and an alert citizenry, Los Angeles is rounding up…

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Man And Juveniles Charged

Daily Examiner · Monday 25 January 1954 · page 2

A man and two juveniles who were detained by Grafton police on Saturday had a number of charges…

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Ready For Assault On Himalayas

Daily Examiner · Monday 25 January 1954 · page 2

T O K I O. -- Japanese Alpinists, preparing for their second assault-on 26.658ft,, Mt. Manaslu in the…

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Menaced Police With Rifles After Car Crash

Daily Examiner · Monday 25 January 1954 · page 1

BRISBANE, Sun. -- Two men menaced detectives with rifles and escaped after a stolen car they were…

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Magistrate's View

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 January 1954 · page 3

MAITLAND.--A drunken man in charge of a vehicle was nearly as bad as a lunatic with a lethal weapon…

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Youth Remanded On Murder Charge

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 January 1954 · page 1

BRISBANE, Mon.--A 16-year-old youth was reminded for eight days without bail in Monto…

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Boy Charged with Attempt to Kill Woman

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 January 1954 · page 1

BRISBANE, Mon.--A boy of 13 was charged at Bundaberg Children's Court to-day with attempting to…

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Colonred Man Sentenced to Three Months and Fined £10

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 26 January 1954 · page 3

A coloured man, Edward William Breckenbridge, of Coffs Harbour, was charged at the Court of Petty Sessions last week on…

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Spanish Police Disperse Demonstrators

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 January 1954 · page 3

MADRID, Mon.--Spanish police made baton charges and fired shots into the air to disperse…

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Joy-Riding Cases At Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 January 1954 · page 4

Illegal use of motor vehicles for "joy riding" purposes by three youths was disclosed at Grafton Court of Petty Sessions yesterday…

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Manager Charged With Theft

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tuesday-- John Montgomery, 24, Acting manager of the Morr Meat Company's Elizabeth…

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10 Years' Gaol For 'Aquafot' Father

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 3

MIAMI (Florida), Tues.--Russell Tongay was convicted of manslaughter in the Criminal Court…

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Police Exhume Grazier's Body

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday--The body of an elderly man was exhumed to-day at Armidale. Police fear the man may have been…

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Cahill Receives Police Report

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.--The Premier (Mr. Cahill) has reecived a report from the Police Commissioner (Mr…

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£20 Fine For Assaulting Police

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 January 1954 · page 3

MACLEAN, Wed.-- At Maclean Court of Petty Sessions to-day, Eric Noel Cotten, labourer, of Lawrence,…

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Police Inquiry Unlikely

Daily Examiner · Friday 29 January 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thurs. --Stat Cabinet is unlikely to appoint a Royal Commission or any inquiry into the…

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Police Charge Rioting Students

Daily Examiner · Friday 29 January 1954 · page 1

MADRID, Thurs. --Police charged rioting students in three further anti-British demonstrations in Madrid…

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Work on Dorrigo Police Station Commenced

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 29 January 1954 · page 1

The N.S.W. Department of Works has accepted a tender from H. R. Shaw for repairs, painting and fencing on the…

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