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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1930

1,628 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 48 of 82

Youth's Confession Relief for Earlier Suspect Le Touquet Murder. Paris

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 August 1930 · page 5

Jean Matras was conductor of a Casino orchestra at the time of the murder of Mrs. Wilson at Lc Touquct in 1928 when he was suspected and arrested and…

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Grabbed Cashbox Woman Trapped Thief Police Arrest Suspect. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 August 1930 · page 5

Two men entered a shop conducted by Mrs. Bailey, in Surry Hills, last night, and as she turned to serve them, one grabbed a box containing 28, and they…

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Squatted in Road Mob Of 10,000 Indians Police Defied Five Leaders Arrested. Calcutta

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 August 1930 · page 5

Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviyajo, Yallabhai Patel, and three other prominent Nationalists were arrested in Bombay this morning, following an…

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Victorian Police Chief General Blamey's Retirement. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 August 1930 · page 5

The Victorian Police Commissioner, General Blarney, whose term of office expires shortly, has received many invitations by public bodies, including the…

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'Jumped the Rattler' Out of Work No Crime 15 Men Charged with Vagrancy. Perth

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 August 1930 · page 5

After 15 men had each been fined £2 by the Magistrate, Mr. Geary, at the Kalgoorlie Court for stealing passages on the Transcontinental train they were…

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Sordid Story Three Men For Trial Alleged Serious Assault "You Will Be a Corpse." Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 August 1930 · page 5

A sordid story was told at the Brunswick Court to-day, when John Ryan, 25, laborer, William Pemberton, 22, boxer, and Walter Stevenson,…

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Two Years Blackmailer Sentenced. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 August 1930 · page 5

At the Central Sessions to-day, James. Clifton, 43, a wharf laborer, was charged with blackmail, it being alleged by the Crown that he had admitted having sent…

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Thief Sentenced Robbed Woman of 28. SYDNEY

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 August 1930 · page 3

George Walker, alias Percy Lawson, who, it was alleged by the police, robbed Mrs. Bessie Bailey of £LS in her shop at Surry Hills, on Saturday night, was…

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Ulmarra Police Court

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 August 1930 · page 6

At the Ulmarra Police Court on Wednesday, before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, P.M., Thomas Robertson, a first offender, pleaded guilty to a charge of being drunk in…

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Magistrate's Dictum

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 August 1930 · page 4

It will be well for defendants in bylaw cases to realise that if they are to be represented by another person at the court proceedings in which they are directly…

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Guyra Wants More Police

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 August 1930 · page 4

At last meeting of the Guyra Shire Council a letter was received from the Commissioner of Police, Sydney, in reply to a complaint made on behalf of a…

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Maclean Police Court

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 August 1930 · page 6

Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, P.M, at the Maclean Police Court yesterday. Cyril William Lees, who was charged with being found on licensed premises during…

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Obscene Photographs Bookseller Sent to Gaol. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 August 1930 · page 5

Charles Coffey, bookseller,, was sentenced to three months' imprisonment today for having kept obscene photographs on the premises. He was also fined for…

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Railway Yard Pilfering Shunter Sentenced to Six Months. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 August 1930 · page 3

For pilfering 26 pairs of slippers from a consignment at the Enfield railway marshalling yards James Francis Flynn, 30, a shunter, was sentenced to six…

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A Good Police Haul. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 August 1930 · page 4

When the police visited a room occupied, by a young women at Fitzroy, they made one of the biggest hauls for years, recovering goods alleged to be stolen,…

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Girl's Skeleton Police Investigations and Theory. Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 August 1930 · page 5

The police are investigating the finding of the skeleton of a girl at Redhead, near Newcastle. They believe the remains may be those…

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Single Men Camp Broken Up Protests Against Police Action Port Kembla

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 August 1930 · page 5

Indignation is expressed by residents as the result of instructions which have been given to the police, to break up an unemployed single men's camp, situated…

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Soliciting From Police and Magistrate

Daily Examiner · Saturday 9 August 1930 · page 4

George Adam (34), a recent arrival in Casino, used little judgment when ho sought, to solicit alms in the street from a, police officer, and the local Chamber…

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District Court and Quarter Sessions

Daily Examiner · Saturday 9 August 1930 · page 4

The District Court and Quarter Sessions will open at the Grafton Courthouse on Monday, when his Honor Judge Mocatta. who is expected to arrive…

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From Gaol to Church Man Awaiting Trial Married. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 11 August 1930 · page 5

The marriage was celebrated at Botany Presbyterian Church yesterday, between a man at present awaiting trial in Long Bay gaol, and a girl about 20. Special…

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