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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1930

1,628 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 41 of 82

Wild Scenes Strike at Seville Police Fight Spanish Mobs. Madrid

Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 June 1930 · page 5

As a result of a general strike, declared yesterday, a state of anarchy threatens Seville. The shops have closed, and business is at a standstill. Several persons…

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Alleged Stealing

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 June 1930 · page 4

Carl Blight Thomson, an insurance agent, who is on remand on a charge or having an unlicensed revolver in his possession, and with having stolen a…

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Magistrate's Resentment

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 June 1930 · page 4

Strong condemnation of the action of prosecuting officers making suggestions pertaining to defendant's actions other than what he was being charged with,…

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Theft of £5 Note

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 June 1930 · page 4

In the Casino court, on Tuesday, before Mr. E. A. Mahony, P.M., James Gibson Bailey (21), was charged with stealing on May 20, a £5 note, the property of…

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'A Sportsman' Action in Banco Court Electrical Fittings for Sports. Ground. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 June 1930 · page 4

Jack Munro, the well known sportsman was the defendant in a suit in the Banco Court to-day, in which E. R. Cullen and Co., Ltd., claimed £118 for the erection…

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The Charles Murder. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 June 1930 · page 6

Cecil Farnsworth Charles, 53, who was sentenced to death for the murder of his father, near East Kurrajong, has decided to appeal…

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Rush for Divorce Stress of Court Work. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 June 1930 · page 4

Reference was made by Justice Owen, in the Divorce Court to-day, to the congested state of the list and the need for another Judge. He added: "One Judge…

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A Charged Tap Hawker Receives a Shock. Maclean

Daily Examiner · Monday 30 June 1930 · page 4

Early on Saturday morning several yells were heard in the vicinity of the Harwood Hall at Maclean. Investigation showed that they came from a Syrian…

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Four Men Arrested Charge of Stealing and Receiving Bull. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 30 June 1930 · page 1

Four men were arrested yesterday, two on a charge of stealing a bull and the other two with receiving. The remains of the bull were dug up by the police at…

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Story of Fur Coat Recovered 11 Months After Theft. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 30 June 1930 · page 1

Constance Career, 44, married, of Ascot Vale, was sentenced to two months' imprisonment on a charge of unlawfully receiving a fur coat, the property of Myer's…

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Savage Assault Policeman Attacked at Redfern Victim in Serious Condition Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 30 June 1930 · page 4

Constable Nichols was assault assaulted in Abercrombie street, Redfern early this morning, and was admitted to hospital in a serious condition…

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New York Communists Clash with Police. New York

Daily Examiner · Monday 30 June 1930 · page 4

Fifteen hundred Communists included a number of unemployed scamen, negrito Chinamen and Hindus, inflamed by addresses and a light between Left and…

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Unlawful Custody Charge Kyogle Stealing Case Echo in Grafton Police Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 July 1930 · page 7

At the recent Grafton Quarter Sessions, two young men,' Huntley and Clark, who pleaded guilty to charges arising out of a case of breaking and entering Junor's…

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Waitara Assault Police Searching for Mental Patient. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 July 1930 · page 4

Having come to the conclusion that the man who battered Mrs. Edith Shadlow at her home at Waitara, on Saturday, is not hiding in the bush in the district, the…

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Stealing Motor Tyres

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 July 1930 · page 4

At the Kyogle Police Court on Wednesday Andrew Bradbury was charged by the police with the theft of a motor tyre, rim and lube, the property of…

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Melbourne Murder Half-caste in Court Medical Evidence. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 July 1930 · page 5

The Coroner to day opened an enquiry into the death of John William. [?] 73, grocer, who was murdered at his at Fitzroy, on June 6…

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Willie Young Customs Prosecution Prohibited Immigrant Charge Police Court Proceedings

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 July 1930 · page 2

Considerable public interest was shown at the Grafton Police Court yesterday, when the hearing was continued of the charge against Willie…

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Lads in Trouble Breaking and Entering Charge Alleged Theft at Moneysaver's

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 July 1930 · page 3

At the Graf ton .Police Court yesterday morning, before Air. C. G. Carr-Boyd, P.M., Neville Francis Rapley, a youth, pleaded not guilty to a charge of having…

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Car Collision. Aftermath in Court

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 1 July 1930 · page 3

As the result of a collision that occurred on April 21 last where the short cut from Raleigh road joins the Bellingen-Urunga road, Sidney T…

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MURDER-SUICIDE Husband And Wife Dead Lived Apart Shocking Tragedy in Victoria. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 July 1930 · page 5

A shocking domestic tragedy occurred at Richmond to day when Percy Shipp, 50, a well-known" trotting trainer, murdered his wife, Lily, and committed…

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