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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1929

1,576 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 50 of 79

'Labor Daily' Rule Nisi Granted Alleged Contempt of Court Editor Joined in the Case. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 August 1929 · page 5

Before the Full Court to-day, Mr. Lamb, K.C., on behalf of the Attorney-General, applied for a rule nisi calling upon the Labor Daily, Limited, and O…

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Bankruptcy Court

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 August 1929 · page 4

At the Bankruptcy Court, held at Grafton, yesterday, before the Deputy Registrar, Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, P.M., a public examination was conducted into…

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Alleged Assault Woman in Railway Carriage. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 August 1929 · page 4

A woman passenger on a train from Sydney to Sutherland informed the police that a man, travelling in the same compartment endeavored to assault her. She…

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Bribery Allegations Police Department Inquiry. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 August 1929 · page 4

The Crown Law Office has informed the Commissioner of Police that it is not intended to lay a charge against the police officer regarding whom allegations of…

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Slashed with Razors Did Not Require Police Action. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 August 1929 · page 4

Bruce Higgs, 22, was brought to Sydney Hospital by a taxi driver early this morning. He was in a state of collapse and was bleeding profusely from…

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Theft From a Bank

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 August 1929 · page 4

Patrick Joseph McMahon, 29, a clerk, was charged at the Brisbane Police Court with stealing £168, the property of the National Bank of Australasia. Accused…

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Pensioner's Death Man Arrested on Murder Charge. Coolamon

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 August 1929 · page 4

Harry Skinner, a well-known pensioner in the district, was found in an outhouse at a hotel yesterday, in an unconscious state suffering from severe head injuries…

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Brisbane Police Raid

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 August 1929 · page 4

Two big raids on alleged gambling premises in Brisbane were carried out by the police on Saturday night, the places visited being the Terrier Club and the…

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Month in Gaol Drunken Motor Driver. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 August 1929 · page 5

At the Parramatta Court to-day, Victor Folkes, 42, a motor driver, was sentenced to a month's gaol on a charge of driving a lorry while under the influence…

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Constable Assaulted 'Kicked When He Was Down' Gaol Without the Option

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 August 1929 · page 7

The sequel to an assault upon Contable John Thomas Shennan, which occurred in Prince street, Grafton, late on Friday night was heard at the Grafton…

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'Just Out of Gaol' Struggle in Tamworth Hotel Pursued Man Produces Razor Tamworth

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 August 1929 · page 5

At the Tamworth court to-day, William Bourne, 28, was committed for trial on a charge of breaking and entering the Post Office Hotel and stealing £13 from…

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Engineers on Strike Application to Arbitration Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 August 1929 · page 6

It was learned to-day that the Metal Trades Employers' Association proposes to apply to the Arbitration proposes to apply to the Arbitration Court on Monday for a declaration that a state of…

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Bail Refused Pearson Poison Case Husband Before Court Charge of Wife Murder. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 August 1929 · page 4

Ae the Central Court to-day, the Magistrate refused to grant bail to Walter Rufus Pearson, who, on remand, was charged with having…

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Valueless Cheques Man Sentenced to 12 Months. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 August 1929 · page 5

At the General Sessions to-day, John Farquharson, 45, an engineer, who stated on oath he had a quarter of a share in an estate of £91,000 in Scotland, and was…

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Caol for "Basher" Assault on Elderly Man. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 August 1929 · page 6

William Moore, 25, the timber worker who was convicted at the Darlinghurst Sessions yesterday, of having occasioned actual bodily harm to Joseph Latham, 65,…

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Redfern Hold-up Armed Men In Shop Story in Police Court Two Men for Trial. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 August 1929 · page 4

There was a sequel to the sensational capture of two alleged hold-up men after the robbery at a butcher's shop, at Redfern, recently, when, at…

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Mass Picketing Accusations Against the Police. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 August 1929 · page 4

Mass picketing continued at Hudson's timber yards, Glebe, to-day, and a youth who is alleged to have made an insulting remark to the police was arrested. A…

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Motor Collisions. Sequels in Police Court

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 16 August 1929 · page 6

The motor collision on the Bellinger road at Boambee some weeks ago, when Robt. Reid £ Co's. lorry and a car driven by Mrs. Robt…

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Timber Pickets Fined Magistrate's Remarks. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 16 August 1929 · page 4

Two timber pickets were fined £5 and £3, respectively, at the Glebe Court to-day on charges of rising insulting words and indecent language, arising out of the mass…

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About a Dog. Defendant Charged with Killing

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 16 August 1929 · page 3

After bearing evidence in the case at Coffs Harbour Police Court on Wednesday in which Hubert Harold Foote was charged with having…

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