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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1930

1,628 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 26 of 82

Grafton Licensing Court

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 April 1930 · page 4

Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, sifting as Licensing Magistrate at the Licensing Court at Grafton yesterday morning, approved of an application by W. J. Weiley for the…

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Missing Pills Alleged Warehouse Robbery Business Men Charged. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 April 1930 · page 5

At the General Sessions to-day William Murphy, Thomas Cheynoweth and Claude Hall were charged with breaking into a warehouse and stealing, and alternatively…

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Municipal Valuation Appeal Court

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 April 1930 · page 4

Five appeals against rates imposed by the South Grafton Council were dealt with before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, P.M., at the Municipal Valuation Court, Grafton,…

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Irish Free State Supreme Court! and Privy Council Constitutional Question. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 April 1930 · page 5

The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, having heard the appeal from the decision of the Supreme Court of the Trish Free State, the Lord Chancellor,…

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Police Motor Boat

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 April 1930 · page 4

A small motor boat of one cylinder has been secured for the use of the police on the Clarence River, and has arrived here. This craft will eventually be housed in…

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Accountant Charged Alleged False Representation. Auckland (N.z.)

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 April 1930 · page 5

Edward Sidney Spencer, a well-known accountant, was arrested on a charge of false pretences. It is alleged that he falsely represented ho had paid the…

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Maclean Valuations Reduced Assessments Sitting of Appeal Court

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 April 1930 · page 6

In the Appeal Court at Maclean on Thursday, Donald McAulay, executor in the estate of the late John McAnlay, appealed against three assessments of…

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Stabbed to the Heart Assailant Disappears Search by 300 Police. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 April 1930 · page 5

A curious murder took place at Dartford Health, near London. Evelyn Parker, aged 23, was walking with her younger sister, Joan, across the heath…

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A Brutal Assault Upon Elderly Householder. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 April 1930 · page 5

Mr. E. O'Donnell, an elderly man, was brutally assaulted by two masked men at his home at Rosewater on Saturday night. He was alone in the house and…

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Dartmouth Heath Murder Accused Remanded. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 April 1930 · page 5

Albert Edward Margeram, 23, laborer was remanded on a charge of having murdered Edith Parker, who was stabbed to death on Dartmouth Heath. The…

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Motor Collision Sequel at Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 April 1930 · page 3

A sequel to a. collision between two motor cars on the South Grafton-Goff's Harbor, road on March 27 was heard at the Grafton Police Court yesterday. when…

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Prisoners' Protest Against Theft From Cathedral Resolution Carried at Prison Service. Auckland

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 April 1930 · page 5

During the Church of England prison service in Mount Eden gaol, New Zealand, a resolution was passed by prisoners protesting against the theft from St…

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Maclean Small Debts Court Haulage of Cane Plants

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 April 1930 · page 6

In the Maclean Small "Debts Court on Thursday last, before Mr. C. G. Carr- Boyd, P.M., O. Johnson, of Wombah, obtained a verdict for £45 against John…

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Betting Raid Police v. E. Wicks Defendant Fined £30 the Agent From Macksville

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 April 1930 · page 4

A large crowd of onlookers listened with keen interest at the Grafton Police Court yesterday to the proceedings instituted by the police…

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Prominent Calcutta Men Sentenced. Calcutta

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 16 April 1930 · page 5

Pundit Nehru, a prominent Congressman, who was arrested yesterday, was sentenced to six months simple imprisonment…

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Police and Town Officials

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 16 April 1930 · page 4

The appeal of H. H. Chankanthorp, town cleric of Port Macquarie, against his conviction for having driven in a manner dangerous to the public, was…

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Marriage and Theft an Arrant Villain Deceives Unsophisticated Woman. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 16 April 1930 · page 5

Remarking that he intended to pass a severe sentenced, Judge Armstrong remanded George Turnbull, aged 42, who was convicted at the Sydney Sessions…

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Robbery Under Arms Ex-constable Gets Six Years Gaol. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 16 April 1930 · page 5

Edward Maloney, aged 34, a former member of the Victorian police force, was to-day sentenced to a total of six years on four counts of robbery under…

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Murder Body Found in Scrub Tragedy Near Windsor. Windsor

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 16 April 1930 · page 2

The body of John Edward Charles, aged 79, was found in the scrub about seven miles from Windsor this morning with his head battered in, the circumstances…

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Alleged Theft. Man Fined £20

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Thursday 17 April 1930 · page 2

At Coffs Harbour Police Court yesterday, before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, P.M., Scott Campbell (37) appeared on two charges of stealing. One case…

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