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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1930

1,628 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 18 of 82

New York Communists Police Issue Black List. New York

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 March 1930 · page 5

Twelve directors of an industrial corporation stated they would discharge all of the 300 persons whose names were submitted by Police Commissioner Whalen as…

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Chief Stipendiary Magistrate. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 March 1930 · page 4

The State Cabinet has confirmed the appointment of Mr. J. W. Laidlaw as Chief Stipendiary Magistrate in succession to Mr. A. Gates, retired…

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Panic in Court Communists' Plot Fails. Bucharest

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 March 1930 · page 5

After eight riotous Communists were sentenced, their comrades threw detonators into the court, with the hope of rescuing the prisoners in the confusion…

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Women Duped Under Promise of Marriage Police Arrest Suspect. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 March 1930 · page 5

The police yesterday arrested a man in connection with a number of frauds practised on widows and a single woman. It is alleged the man, after promising…

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District Court Damaged Car Sequel to Fire Verdict for £50

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 March 1930 · page 4

The Grafton sitting of the District Court opened before his Honor, Judge Mocatta, yesterday. The first case to be entered upon was a…

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Sentenced to Work

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 14 March 1930 · page 1

In the Children's Curt at Coffs Harbour on Wednesday the Relieving Magistrate, Mr. A. E. Chapman, dealt with a boy on a charge of…

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14 YEARS Brisbane Solicitor Sentenced Theft of £15,516 Judge's Scathing Comment ''Utterly Unscrupulous." Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 March 1930 · page 5

Justice Macrossan inflicted a severe sentence on Robert McCowan, solicitor, 54, who had pleaded guilty to charges involving theft of £15,516…

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ROOM 66 Fox Murder Trial Margate Sensation Mother's Death—son Charged Dramatic Happenings. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 March 1930 · page 5

Dramatic happenings in room 66 at the Metropole Hotel, Margate, were given by the Attorney–General, Sir William Jowitt, at the opening…

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Two Yeas Imprisonment Cattle Stealing in Victoria Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 March 1930 · page 5

George Heywood, of Bungendore, Victoria, was sentenced to two years’ hard labor, on a charge of cattle stealing. It was stated that stolen cattle, when…

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Prefer Gaol Girls Who Were Fined. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 March 1930 · page 5

Two girls and two men were fined at the Central Court to–day on charges arising out of the recent unemployed gathering at the Trades Hall, when the police…

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Furniture Smashed Police Not Responsible. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 March 1930 · page 3

Referring to the report that a woman's house in Campbell street, Surry Hills, had been raided by police and the furniture smashed, the Acting Chief…

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A Court Scene. Tried to Remove His Pants

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 14 March 1930 · page 3

When Andrew Motherwell (56) was presented at South Melbourne Court on Wednesday on a charge of assault, he tried to take off his trousers…

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District Court Share Farming Agreement Alleged Breach Plaintiff Secures Verdict

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 March 1930 · page 3

In the Grafton Court yesterday morning, before his Honor Judge Mocatta, the hearing was continued of the action in which Frederick Henry…

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Ugly Clashes Indian Students And Police Ghandi's Campaign "God Is on Our Side." Calcutta

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 March 1930 · page 5

Ghandi, heading 80 volunteers, left Ehmchadad this morning on the march to the coast to offer civil disobedience to the salt law…

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Mayor of Calcutta Charged with Sedition. Calcutta

Daily Examiner · Saturday 15 March 1930 · page 5

J. M. Seneupa, Mayor of Calcutta, and Leader of the Congress party in Bengal, was arrested to–day on a warrant by the District Magistrate at Raugeon,…

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New Police Stations for North Coast District

Daily Examiner · Saturday 15 March 1930 · page 4

Police Superintendent O. Parker stated yesterday that the police stations at Lower Acacia Creek, Wilson's Downfall, Drake, Guy Fawkes and George's Creek…

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Court of Marine Inquiry. Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Saturday 15 March 1930 · page 7

The Court of Marine Inquiry has decided to investigate the fire on the oil tanker British Honor in Newcastle harbor on February 24…

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'Bolshevik Force' Retraction Demanded Incensed Police Associations Members. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 15 March 1930 · page 5

Members of the Redfern division of the N. S. W. Police Association held a meeting last night to protest against the allegation of highly placed official that…

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High Court No Terrors for Judge Beeby. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 15 March 1930 · page 4

" I have reached the stage where the High Court has no terrors for me," commented Judge Beeby in the Federal Arbitration Court to–day when it seemed…

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Alleged Thieving From Cars at Yamba "No Complaints," Say the Police

Daily Examiner · Saturday 15 March 1930 · page 4

Mr. A. Ayre, 16 Victoria street, Grafton, writes that whilst visiting Yamba last Sunday, he left his car in the parking area for about an hour, and, upon his return,…

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