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Mid North Coast · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1953

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Sands Charged

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 13 May 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY.--Two charges were laid against boxer Alfie Sands, 23, in the Newcastle Court on Monday following a…

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Woman Charged with Thallium Poisoning

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 13 May 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues.--Described by her solicitor as the wife of a well-known businessman, Mrs. Caroline Grilles, 63, of Gladesville, appeared in court this morning charged with administering…

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Committed for Trial on Murder

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 13 May 1953 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Tues.: The City Coroner today committed Lionel Richard Lee, a former member of the…

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Farmer Held After Murder at Bellingen

Macleay Argus · Friday 15 May 1953 · page 1

Following the fatal shooting of an elderly farmer, and the wounding of another man, on Tuesday, Car[?] Gerard Perry, 43, a farmer of Repton, appeared the Bellingen Petty Sessions on…

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Current Topics... Appeal to Police for Watch

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 15 May 1953 · page 2

A resident of the housing settlement at Hargreave Park, Sydney, has appealed to the Gloucester police to assist her in recovering a…

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Conference On Park Tennis Court Fencing

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 15 May 1953 · page 1

Gloucester Park Tennis Club will be asked by the Gloucester Shire Council to appoint representatives to confer with the…

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Court of Petty Sessions. Failed To Return Number Plates

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 15 May 1953 · page 6

Kevin Bramble, of Ela[?]s, charged at Taree Court of Petty Sessions on Monday, 11th May, with failing to return…

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Fined £5 for Stealing Pepper-pot

The Northern Champion · Tuesday 19 May 1953 · page 1

The theft of a pepper-pot valued at three shillings cost a labourer £5 at Taree Court of Petty Sessions yesterday…

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Husband Convicted for Assault on Wife

The Northern Champion · Tuesday 19 May 1953 · page 7

"Although I do consider Mrs. Mackaway has, to a large extent, exaggerated matters which happened, Mackaway has admitted that he did lay hands on his wife," stated Mr. O. J. Lake…

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Film Inside Gaol

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 20 May 1953 · page 2

Not generally known that a film of the Goulburn gaol orchestra--the first full documentary of its kind in the…

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Gladstone Police Station Repairs

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 20 May 1953 · page 4

Mr. L. C. Jordan, M.L.A., has been advised that the renovation of the Gladstone police premises has been…

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Armed Man Hunt Follows Murder Of Girl

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 20 May 1953 · page 1

WAUCHOPE, Tues.--A large body of armed police and civilians are combing thick rugged country for a half caste aborigine following the brutal murder of a 25-year-old…

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Alleged Murder in Thick Bush with Gun

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 20 May 1953 · page 4

"Lend me a gun, I want to shoot some rabbits," said a half caste to Mr. George Byatt shortly alter he had been seen running from where Miss Ruby Workman had been attacked…

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Police Search For Half Caste

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 20 May 1953 · page 2

Detective Conaghan and Constable Adair, of Taree Police, are assisting in the search in the Wauchope…

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Court Examines Bankrupt Plumber

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 20 May 1953 · page 2

Mr. J. Lake, S.M., conducted a public examination of Alfred Sylvester Lulham, of Taree, in the Taree Court…

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Court Hears Wife on "Scuffle" with Husband

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 20 May 1953 · page 1

Enos Harold Mackaway, 39, railway employee, of 22 Smith St., Taree, charged with assaulting his wife, was fined £3 by Mr. J. Lake, S.M., at the Taree Court of Petty Sessions on Monday…

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Fined for Assault

Macleay Argus · Friday 22 May 1953 · page 6

Before Mr. O. J. Lake, S.M., in Kempsey Petty Sessions, on Wednesday, Mrs. Mona Jane Dyson…

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Charged With Allowing Animals Suffer

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Friday 22 May 1953 · page 8

Mr. Lake S.M. said at the Taree Court of Petty Sessions on Monday that he d'd not re[?]d a charge against…

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Life in "Red" Gaol Seen by Journalist

Macleay Argus · Friday 22 May 1953 · page 7

NUREMBERG.--An American journalist, William Oatis, described his life during two years in Communist camps in Czechoslovakia as varied from time to time, but "generally good."…

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Police Chase Hot Lead; Forged Note

Macleay Argus · Friday 22 May 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday.--C.I.B. detectives, and Commonwealth Bank officers, are chasing the first real lead given to them on the passing of more than 50 forged £10 notes…

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