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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1929

1,576 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 57 of 79

Daughter Severely Punished Father Charged with Assault Perth

Daily Examiner · Monday 16 September 1929 · page 5

Thomas Gibson, 30 fisherman was remanded for sentence at the Perth Police Court yesterday on a charge of having unlawfully assaulted his daughter, Mary…

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Police Court Sequel to Dance

Daily Examiner · Monday 16 September 1929 · page 4

As the result of a dance at Chilling ham on the night of August 28, there were two cases in Murwillumbah Police Court on Tuesday, before Mr. W. F…

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Body in Trunk Skull Smashed In Lille Murder Mystery Police Have No Clues. Paris

Daily Examiner · Monday 16 September 1929 · page 5

A first-class mystery has developed following the discovery of the body of a man an unclaimed trunk at the Lille railway station…

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Hunger Striker Death in Indian Gaol. Calcutta

Daily Examiner · Monday 16 September 1929 · page 5

Jatindernath Dass, one of the accused in the accused in the Lahore conspiracy case, who has been hunger striking since July 13, died this afternoon in Lahore gaol. He was…

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Hold Ups Police Question Man. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 16 September 1929 · page 5

The police were informed yesterday morning that a man who is believed to have been implicated in hold-ups on Friday night,had inquired from a house…

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German Plot Police Unearth Rifles. Berlin

Daily Examiner · Monday 16 September 1929 · page 5

Cleverly concealed in the roof of a barn, near Altona, the police found two machine guns, 28 rifles, many hand grenades and several boxes of ammunition…

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Before the Magistrate Yesterday's Court Cases

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 September 1929 · page 6

The police having found Vincent McDonald in an inebriated condition in Duke street, Grafton, they locked him up. He was released on bail of 10 on the…

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Stealing an Anvil

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 September 1929 · page 4

A charge of stealing an anvil, the property of W. Hayward, of Bellingen, and formerly of Gleniffer, was preferred against Angel Gabriel Capararo, who…

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Accused Man Discharged Alleged Intent to Murder. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 September 1929 · page 5

At the Central Court to-day Walter Tomlinson, 31, was charged with having shot at James Devine at Maroubra on July 18 with intent to murder him…

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Shoplifting Case Cash And Carry Store Woman Convicted of Stealing a Friday Night Episode

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 September 1929 · page 4

At the Grafton Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, the Police Magistrate (Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd), was occupied all day in the hearing of a stealing charge agasint…

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Police Discovery Shooting Tragedy Preceded Fire. Auckland

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 September 1929 · page 8

The police have ascertained that one of the men who, with three other adults and four children, were burned to death in a fire tragedy at Himatangi a little…

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INNOCENT Two Prisoners Released Police Methods Sensation in Netherlands. Amsterdown

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 September 1929 · page 5

There were remarkable disclosures after the release from prison of two laborers, Klinder and Theunissen, who served four year of fifteen…

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'The Triple Murder' Shell-shocked Soldier Amok Double Murder and Suicide. Vancouver

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 September 1929 · page 5

William Campbell Phillips, a shellshocked veteran, ran amok to-day with a hatchet, and killed his daughter Joan, 10, son Erie, 4, slashed his wife's face. set…

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Country Girls Evidence in Assault Case Visits to Chinese. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 September 1929 · page 1

At the Darlinghurst Sessions to-day Willim Phillips, 20, and Harold Tarleton. 20, were charged with having assaulted a Chinese cabinetmaker named Quong…

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Police Notified Stolen Goods Recovered. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 September 1929 · page 5

Last night a man up the Waverley police and told them that a haul of stolen goods would be found on the lawn adjoining the station. Although sceptical,…

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Police Officer Injured Attacked by Three Men. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 September 1929 · page 1

A message from Bourke states that when Constable Rippon, officer in charge of the Yantabulla police station, 82 miles from Bourke, took tea into a cell for…

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Caught with Goods Police Patrol Car on Spot. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 September 1929 · page 5

While proceeding along George street, Redfern, at about 2.30 this morning in he police patrol car, Sergeant Madden and Constable Naish saw two men leaving…

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JEALOUSY? Woman Shot Dead Man on Murder Charge From Asylum to Dock. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 September 1929 · page 5

Frederick Lister Laurance, 62, a painter appeared before the Central Criminal Court to-day on a charge of having murdered Miriam Gertrude…

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Famous Scientist Murdered in Paris Head of Police Records Department. Paris

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 September 1929 · page 5

Monsi[?]ur Bayle, Chief of the Parisial Police Records Department, was climbing a dark and narrow staircase, leading to the office of the Palais de Justice, when…

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Note From Plane Found Near Bellingen 'Short of Petrol' Police Investigating Mysterious Affair

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 September 1929 · page 4

Part of a wireless transformer from an aeroplane was found in a paddock, near Bellingen township, yesterday morning with note…

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