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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1954

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Police Control In Flooded Street Letter To The Editor

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 24 February 1954 · page 2

Sir,--I would like to pass on a very sincere thank you to the City Council men who did such a grand job…

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police Report On Harwood Damage

Daily Examiner · Thursday 25 February 1954 · page 2

A report received at the Grafton Police Station from the Harwood Police paints a grim picture of the flood…

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Police Intensify Search for New Australian

Daily Examiner · Thursday 25 February 1954 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wed. -- Detectives investigating the murder of C.S.I.R.O. chemist Olaf Perkman on the…

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Juvenile Charged

Daily Examiner · Friday 26 February 1954 · page 2

A juvenile was charged by Maclean police last night with illegally using a motor car and a motor cycle…

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Eight Charged With Drunkenness

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 26 February 1954 · page 10

Eight men were charged with drunkenness at Coffs Harbour Court of Petty Sessions last weekErnest Albert Gregory (55),…

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Police Promoted

Daily Examiner · Friday 26 February 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY. Thurs.-- The following promotions in the Police Force were announced by the Commissioner for…

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Women Hysterical When Police Rode Horses Into Crowd

Daily Examiner · Friday 26 February 1954 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Thurs.--Two women were trodden on by police horses and others fainted when more than 5000 people broke through the barricades…

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Court Told Electrician Put Screwdriver In Signal Relay Box

Daily Examiner · Friday 26 February 1954 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thurs.--An expert witness told the Coroner's Court to-day, a signal electrician had admitted placing a screwdriver in a signal relay box to maintain…

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Three Arrested by Police in Bush

Daily Examiner · Saturday 27 February 1954 · page 3

Three young men were arrested by Grafton and Casino police yesterday after a search in the bush near Whiporie, 33 miles north of Grafton…

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Charged With Train Killing

Daily Examiner · Monday 1 March 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday.--Ronald Vincent Holl had admitted shooting Olaf Perkman in the Narrandera-Sydney train on Saturday, February 20, the Police…

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Coloured Man Charged With Offensive Behaviour

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 2 March 1954 · page 4

Casey Gundy (49), of Coffs Harbour, pleaded guilty to a charge of behaving in an offensive manner in High Street, at…

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Floods Affect Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 March 1954 · page 4

Flooding of the Clarence River district last week still affected Court of Petty Sessions…

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Court Sequel To Collision

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 March 1954 · page 4

Hearing of a prosecution against Reginald Hinchcliffe, of Tattersall's Hotel, South Grafton, was…

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Remanded On Theft Charge

Daily Examiner · Friday 5 March 1954 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Thurs --The former secretary of the Melbourne branch of the waterside Workers'…

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Opposition MHR Attacks Court

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 March 1954 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Sun.--The Federal Government was instituting a new High Court in Australia to…

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Man Escapes: Police Dragnet Around Lismore

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 March 1954 · page 3

LISMORE, Sun.--Lismore police to-night threw a dragnet around the city in an endeavour to capture…

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2 Doctors, Chemist Charged

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 9 March 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Mon.--Two doctors and a chemist were charged in the Special Court to-day with…

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Fair Rents Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 9 March 1954 · page 4

Before the Fair Rents Court, Grafton; yesterday Mr. A. E. Capp, S.M., gave a decision in two matters…

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Billiard Room Incident Ends In Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 9 March 1954 · page 4

A fine costs and compensation cost a defendant £178 when he pleaded guilty under "extreme…

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Threatened To Cut His Throat Man Told Court His Friend

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 9 March 1954 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday. -- A man charged with attempting to murder him had threatened to "cut his throat", put the razor in his hand and make it look like…

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