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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1954

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Fair Rents Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 23 March 1954 · page 6

At Grafton Fair Rents Court yesterday Mr. A. E. Capp, S.M. made the following rental…

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Signed Statement Read In Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 23 March 1954 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday. -- Royal Commission Secretory, Love, read in Court the statement which Studley-Ruxton allegedly signed at Darlinghurst Police…

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Gaol For Shopbreakers

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 24 March 1954 · page 4

Two men with long criminal records were each sentenced to 15 months' imprisonment on a…

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Married Man Sent To Gaol

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 24 March 1954 · page 5

A Lawrence farmer, Donald Alexander Cameron, 47, married, was sentenced to four years' imprisonment…

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Neighbour Tells Of Murder

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 24 March 1954 · page 4

BRISBANE, Tues. -- A butcher charged with the murder of a married woman was a religious crank and…

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Girl Cries After Court Verdict

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 24 March 1954 · page 5

A Maclean girl cried at Grafton District Court yesterday after being awarded damages by Judge Storkey V.C., in an action for assault…

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Studley-Ruxton Claim He Thought That Detectives Intended To Murder Him

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 24 March 1954 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday. -- David Edward Studley-Ruxton, 32, told the Royal Commission to-day he had thought two detectives at Darlinghurst Police Station would murder" him…

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Charged With Exposing Baby

Daily Examiner · Thursday 25 March 1954 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Wed.--Mrs. Lee Joan Roberts, 24, of Queens street, Newtown, Sidney, was charged in the…

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Butcher Guilty Of Murder

Daily Examiner · Thursday 25 March 1954 · page 1

BRISBANE, Wed.--A 35-years-old butcher, who stabbed his. lover to death with a butcher's knife in a…

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Man Menaced Race Trainer Court Told

Daily Examiner · Thursday 25 March 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed.--Two men had forced a well-known Sydney racehorse trainer into a car and had…

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Police Fear Murderer May Kill Again To Escape

Daily Examiner · Thursday 25 March 1954 · page 3

BRISBANE, Wednesday.--Police fear that the murderer of Mt. Morgan newsagent Andrew Dingwall may kill again. They think that the man will kill again to get money for escape from the tight police cordon around the Rockhampton…

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Grafton Woman Told Court Husband Assaulted Her Once A Day

Daily Examiner · Thursday 25 March 1954 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wednesday.--A woman told the Divorce Court to-day that her husband had assaulted her at least once a day for three weeks before she left…

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Charge Against Sydney Newspaper Full Court Reserves Decision

Daily Examiner · Friday 26 March 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday.--The State Full Court to-day reserved decision on a contempt of court charge against the "Daily Telegraph."…

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Gaol For Murder Of War Bride

Daily Examiner · Saturday 27 March 1954 · page 1

NORFOLK (Virginia), Fri.--A former United States navy petty officer was convicted of the…

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Action Against Mirror Court Reserves Decision

Daily Examiner · Saturday 27 March 1954 · page 4

SYDNEY, Fri.--The Full Bench of the Industrial Commission to-day reserved its decision on an action by…

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Loss Of Life In Training Exercise Be Fully Investigated in Open Coroner's Court

Daily Examiner · Saturday 27 March 1954 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Friday.--The circumstances surrounding the loss of life during a recent training exercise at Newcastle would he fully investigated in open court at the Coroner's inquiry, the Minister for the Army, Mr. Francis, said to-day…

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Two Charged

Daily Examiner · Monday 29 March 1954 · page 1

CANBERRA, Sun.--Two men have been arrested in Canberra following an extensive police investigation…

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Five Officers Identified Claims Assault By Police

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 30 March 1954 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday. -- David Edward Studley-Ruxton to-day identifed five police officers whom he claims assaulted him at Darlinghurst police station on…

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Charged With Abduction

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 30 March 1954 · page 6

SYDNEY. Mon.--A woman charged with abducting a baby was remanded to-day after the Magistrate was…

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Theft Of Bricks Alleged

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 30 March 1954 · page 6

CANBERRA, Men.--Two men at Canberra Police Court were to-day remanded s for on days on a charge…

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