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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1954

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Doctor On Charge Of Murder

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 16 March 1954 · page 1

BRISBANE, Mon.--The young resident doctor of Townsville Hospital was charged in Townsville Police…

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Court Improvements

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 16 March 1954 · page 5

RED ROCK.--Messrs. E. Arnott, R. Hannaford, K. Bailey and W. Woods, of Coffs Harbour and Corindi…

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Young Man For Trial On Car Theft Charge

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 16 March 1954 · page 6

Leslie Thomas Martin, 18, was committed for trial yesterday on a charge of stealing a Utility truck, the…

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Assault Action Dismissed

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 March 1954 · page 7

Mr. A. E. Capp S.M., at Grafton Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, found that a man had forced his way…

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Bathurst Prisoner Charged

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 March 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues.--A prisoner from Bathurst Gaol was charged at Darlinghurst Criminal Court to-day with…

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Attacked Father: Two Months' Gaol

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 March 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues.--Police told Central Court to-day that a 20-year-old man had gone berserk and savagely…

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Year's Gaol For False Pre[?]ences

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 March 1954 · page 3

BELLINGEN.--Terrence C. Bolton, whose correct name is Mervyn A. Olsen. was sentenced to 12 months'…

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Alleged Murder Attempt Was "Merely Bluff"

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 March 1954 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tues.--A former industrial diamond company manager told the Criminal Court to-day that…

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Police Patrol Arab Quarter

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 March 1954 · page 2

TUNIS, Tuesday.--Strong police squads are patrolling the Arab quarter of Tunis to-day to prevent a…

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Court Sequel To Collision

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 March 1954 · page 4

A collision at the intersection of Craig and Clarence streets, Grafton, on October 14, 1953, was the…

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Prisoner Tells Of Gaol 'Syndicate'

Daily Examiner · Thursday 18 March 1954 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wed.-- A Bathurst Gaol prisoner told the Quarter Sessions to-day he would not answer a question because it might place him in jeopardy among other…

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Young Mother On Murder Charge

Daily Examiner · Thursday 18 March 1954 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Wed.-- Allegations that a young mother had placed her two-months-old son on a bed and…

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Lad Acquitted On Murder Charge

Daily Examiner · Thursday 18 March 1954 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wednesday.--A woman ran screaming and crying from Central Criminal Court to-day while waiting for the jury's decision in her son's murder trial…

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Not Guilty Of Murder Attempt

Daily Examiner · Thursday 18 March 1954 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Wed.-- A Criminal Court Jury to-day accepted a manager's plea that he attempted to bluff, and not [?]o…

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Court To Settle Pilot's Claims

Daily Examiner · Thursday 18 March 1954 · page 5

SYDNEY. Wed.-- Commercial airline pilots to-day decided to leave settlement of their claims on wages…

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Police Alleged "Ringing In"

Daily Examiner · Friday 19 March 1954 · page 1

LONDON, Thurs. -- Four men received gaol terms after being found guilty yesterday at the Old…

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Air Assault on Vietminh Supply Line

Daily Examiner · Monday 22 March 1954 · page 1

SAIGON, Sunday.-- Non-stop French air assaults on the Vietminh artillery positions and supply lines near Dien Bien Phu have delayed the rebels offensive on…

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Engineers Face Stealing Charge

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 23 March 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Mon. -- Two engineers were remanded in Central Court to-day on charges of stealing aircraft…

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Brutal Murder In Queensland

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 23 March 1954 · page 1

BRISBANE, Monday. -- The murderer of William Andrew Dingwall, 59, overlooked about- £4000 in notes at a stationery shop at Mount Morgan early…

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Prosecutor Claims: Specialist Attempted Murder

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 23 March 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mon.--Dr. Robert Alexander De Castrgo Basto, Macquarie Street specialist, had attempted to…

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