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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1954

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Police Cadets Wage Incdeases

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 30 November 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mon.—The Police Commissioner, Mr. C. J. Delaney, to-day announced large weekly wage…

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Home Escapee Before Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 30 November 1954 · page 7

An escapee from Goodna Mental Home, Queensland, appeared before Mr. A. E. Capp, S.M., at Grafton Court…

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Police Allegation Husbands Given Rat Poison

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 30 November 1954 · page 1

TULSA (Oklahoma), Monday.—Police said yesterday that Mrs. Nannie Doss (49), a grandmother, had admitted she killed two of her seven husbands by…

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Police To Use Radar And T.V.

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 30 November 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—New South Wales police will use radar anl T.V. to trap speedsters and traffic…

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Wanted To Go To Gaol

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 December 1954 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Tues.--A man was sentenced to a month's gaol at his own request, in Newcastle Court…

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Gaol For Forgery

Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 December 1954 · page 1

LONDON, Wed.--Captain Peter Baker (33), Conservative M.P., was sentenced at Old Bailey yesterday, to…

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Maces Appeal To High Court

Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 December 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday. -- Bus conductress Joan Murray was not fit to have custody of her child and there was no likelihood of her conduct improving in…

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Bond On Indecent Assault Charges

Daily Examiner · Saturday 4 December 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Fri.--A former scoutmaster was placed on a five- year good behaviour bond in Quarter Sessions…

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Police Allege Murder Plot by Women

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 December 1954 · page 2

NEW YORK. Sunday.-- Three women had plotted to murder the husband of one of them for a profit of…

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Gaol For Asylum Escapee

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 7 December 1954 · page 6

A man who was said to have escaped from Goodna mental institution, Queensland, appeared at Grafton…

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Fines After Police Visit Hotel

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 7 December 1954 · page 6

A police visit to Tattersall's Hotel, South Grafton, at 6.40 p.m. on September 10, led to the imposition of…

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Visitors Charged With Drmakemess

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Thursday 9 December 1954 · page 8

Several visitors to Coffs Harbour last Friday night imbided too freely on the train journey and were arrested,for…

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Hauliers' Appeals Upheld By Court

Daily Examiner · Thursday 9 December 1954 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wednesday--Judge Lloyd to-day upheld appeals by 11 city, country and interstate hauliers against a total of £1915 fines imposed under provisions of…

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Gaol Term For Barrister's Son

Daily Examiner · Friday 10 December 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday--The son of a leading New Zealand barrister was sentenced to three years' gaol by…

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Police Alerted In Car Search

Daily Examiner · Saturday 11 December 1954 · page 5

Police in the Grafton subdistrict have been alerted to be on the lookout for two stolen cars, one from…

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Court Action On House Sale

Daily Examiner · Saturday 11 December 1954 · page 5

In the District Court at Newcastle, William Perkins, an estate agent, of Newcastle, sued Herbert George…

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Round- The-Clock Search By Armed Police

Daily Examiner · Saturday 11 December 1954 · page 1

BRISBANE, Friday.--Squads of armed police patrolled South Brisbane suburbs to-night after a man alleged early to-day that two youths had attempted shoot…

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Charge of Murder

Daily Examiner · Monday 13 December 1954 · page 1

VALETTA, Sun.--Stoker Mechanic John Thomson (20), serving in the H.M.S. Striker, was charged…

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Doubts About Court Order

Daily Examiner · Monday 13 December 1954 · page 1

JUNEE, Sun.--A young thief who was recently given a bond on condition that he did Saturday work for a…

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Three Years' Gaol For Labourer

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 14 December 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Mon. -- A 22year-old labourer was sentenced to three years' gaol to-day for the attempted…

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