Police Present
Police last night mixed with a large crowd which gathered outside Ballina track while arguments took place between…
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Courts & crime, 1954
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£112 Theft at Grafton
GRAFTON, Sunday.--Between closing time on Saturday and opening time this morning, thieves entered…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →N.s.w. Police Pipe Band Takes Title
TENTERFIELD, Sunday.--The New South Wales Police Pipe Band yesterday won the Australian A grade pipe band…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Allege Guard Admitted Having 32 Drinks
SYDNEY, Monday.--An electric train guard, whom police allege told them he had "probably had more than 32 drinks before starting duty on New Year's Eve", was…
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Among interesting models in the motor cycle section of the recent Cycle and Motor Cycle Show at Earl's Court,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Gaol Breakers Recaptured
MULHOUSE (France), Tuesday. -- Five criminals who broke out of Mulhouse gaol because "we wanted to join…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bookmaker on Theft Charge
HOBART, Wednesday. -- A 40-year-old bookmaker, Cecil William Bowes, has been charged with the theft of £15,566163…
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LONDON, Wednesday (AAP-Reuter). -- Described by the judge as having the "uninhibited lust and cruelty of a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →North Koreans on Murder Charge
PANMUNJOM, Wednesday (AAP-Reuter). -- Eight anti-Communist North Korean prisoners of war appeared before an Indian courtmartial at Panmunjom today accused of murdering four…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Probe Woman's Death
SYDNEY, Wednesday. -- Walcha police today took possession of a bottle of sheep drench following the death in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Court Claim On Boxer
NEW YORK, Wednesday (AAP). -- A suit for 100,000, dollars against British boxer, Randolph Turpin. has been…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Court Sequel to Fight
KYOGLE, Wednesday. -- Pleading guilty to charges of being found drunk on a public street, and behaving…
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TEMORA, Wednesday. -- After an intensive all-night search, by more than 120 armed police and civilians, a 23-year-old labourer appeared in Temora Court today…
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MURWILLUMBAH, Wednesday. -- Murwillumbah Clerk of Petty Sessions, Mr. C. H. Hubbard, said today that two…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Labourer on Murder Charge
PARKES, Thursday.--A 33-year-old labourer was charged in the Parkes Court of Petty Sessions today with the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Magistrate Hears Applications For N.S. Deferment
Two applications for deferment of National Service training were granted by Mr. J. R. Scarlett, stipendiary magistrate, at Kyogle Court of Petty Sessions on Tuesday…
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Charges of driving under the Influence of intoxicating liquor and of driving negligently on December 24 last…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Court Told Man Said Woman Destroyed His Life
BRISBANE, Thursday.--A detective told Brisbane Police Court today that a 35-year-old butcher, charged with the murder of a woman he met through a newspaper…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Comment Community Service In Charging Man With DUI Offence
"We have probably done this man, his wife, and the community generally, a service by charging him with driving under the influence", said Sgt. George W. Metcalfe in Kyogle Court of…
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BRISBANE, Friday.--A butcher was committed for trial in Brisbane Police Court today on a charge of having…
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