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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1929

1,576 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 49 of 79

State Unions Protest Against Exclusion From Federal Court. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 August 1929 · page 4

Claiming to represent 200,000 State and semi-State employees the Instrumentalities Unions Committee has sent a letter to each member of the Federal and State…

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Strike Leaders Protest Against Arrests Theodore's Outburst Labor Government Would Control Police. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 August 1929 · page 5

A mass meeting was held, at Sydney Town Hall to-night, to protest against the arrest of the seven leaders in the timber dispute…

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Daring Hold-up Fails Armed And Masked Men Attack Butcher Bound with Rope and Threatened with Revolvers Shot Fired At Civilian Police Arrest Two Men After Struggle Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 August 1929 · page 5

Redfern was the scene of one of the most sensational armed hold-ups for some years to-night. Two armed and masked men, after tying up the proprietor of a butcher's shop, forced him to disclose whore the money was hidden and then…

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Redfern Hold-up Two Men Charged Assault-intent to Murder Bail Fixed at £200. SYDNEY

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 August 1929 · page 5

William Wilton, 29, carpenter, and William Henry Nelson, 30 laborer, appeared at the Redfern Police Court to-day, on charges arising from the…

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Woman's Body Exhumed By Police Buried Seven Years Ago Husband Charged with Murder Sensational Sydney Case. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 August 1929 · page 5

Secret investigation by leading detectives of the Criminal Investigation Branch culminated in a sensational arrest late, last night, when Walter…

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Quarter Sessions Stealing From a Dwelling Two Appeals Upheld

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 August 1929 · page 6

At the Grafton Quarter Sessions yesterday, before his Honor Judge Mocatta, Frederick Leslie Taylor, aged 36, and Harry Walkerden, aged 19, pleaded guilty…

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Cocaine in Camera Police Raid at Darlinghurst. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 August 1929 · page 5

Police raided a house at Darlinghurst last night and seized a quantity of cocaine and arrested three men and two women. When a small camera lying on the…

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Sale of Revolvers Police Chief Urges Restrictions. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 August 1929 · page 5

Discussing the recent armed hold-ups the Commissioner of Police, General Blarney, said to-day the law should be amended to prohibit the issue of…

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Cessnock Assault Case Suspect Before the Court. Cessnock

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 August 1929 · page 5

Frederick Pake, 50, who was arrested at Wiseman's Ferry yesterday, appeared at the local court to-day. on a charge of having occasioned grievous bodily harm…

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Quarter Sessions Stealing From a Dwelling

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 August 1929 · page 4

Frederick Leslie Taylor, aged 36, and Harry Walkerden, aged 19, were brought before his Honor, Judge Mocatta, at the Grafton Quarter Sessions yesterday…

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Man Charged Alleged Doping at Tingha. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 August 1929 · page 3

Thomas Carpenter was charged at the Deep water Police Court with having maliciously killed the racehorse, Baby Seal, and with having tortured…

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Five Years Gaol. "See If That Will Stop You." Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 August 1929 · page 5

Judge Curlewis, at Darlinghurst Sessions to-day, sentenced Joseph Walker, 26, to five years gaol on a charge of having assaulted Edward Carter with Intent to rob…

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"I'll Murder You" Man Committed for Trial. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 August 1929 · page 5

At Burwood court to-day, William Firth, 56, laborer, was committed for trial on a charge of having inflicted grievous bodily harm on John McLeish, 68, at…

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'Lone Wolf' Two Years Gaol 'Never Had a Chance' Prisoner to Be Deported. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 August 1929 · page 4

Owen Glyndwr Evans, 19, known as the "Lone Wolf," was sentenced to two years' imprisonment to-day on four charges of…

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Murder Verdict Against Persons Unknown Croydon Poison Mystery Widow Followed by Morbid Crowd. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 August 1929 · page 5

The final inquest on the three Croydon poisoning victims resulted in a verdict of wilful murder against some person or persons unknown…

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District Court Allan Hamilton. V, C, J, Alderdice Breach of Employment Agreement

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 August 1929 · page 6

At the Grafton District Court yesterday, before his Honor Judge Mocatta and a jury, Allan Hamilton, late of Perth, West Australia, and at present of…

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Drug Trafficking Mother and Daughter Sentenced. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 August 1929 · page 5

At the Darlinghurst Sessions yesterday, Ada McGuiness, 62, was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment for having cocaine in her possession, and her…

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Alleged Child Neglect Woman Charged with Manslaughter. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 August 1929 · page 5

At the Sessions to-day, Mary Kane, a middle-aged woman, was charged with manslaughter, arising out of the death of a child named Leonard Kirkwood,…

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Hungarian Bluebeard Murdered Thirteen Wives Discovered in Roumanian Gaol. Vienna

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 August 1929 · page 5

The story of a Hungarian Bluebeard named Belakiss, who murdered 13 wives before the war, and then disappeared, was revealed to-day. The mystery of his…

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District Court May V Jabour the Poisoning of a Dog

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 August 1929 · page 2

At the Grafton District Court yesterday, before his Honor Judge Mocatta, A. J. May, a butcher, whose premises are at the corner of Spring and Wharf streets,…

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