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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1930

1,628 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 53 of 82

Railway Workers Arbitration Court Case Conciliation Committee' S Appointment Questioned. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 August 1930 · page 5

When the railway case came before the Full Arbitration Court to-day Mr. M. Mooney, on behalf of the New South Wales Railways and Tramway Officers'…

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Brief Honeymoon Bank Clerk and Grafton Nurse Application in Divorce Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 August 1930 · page 4

In the Divorce Court to-day, before Justice Owen, Margaret May Gordon asked for a decree for restitution of conjugal rights against her husband, Colin Vivian…

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Making the Gaol Safe

Daily Examiner · Friday 29 August 1930 · page 6

The escape from the Mildura gaol some months ago of a youth who was awaiting trial on a charge of murder caused some concern in police circles…

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Received Stolen Goods Chinese Hawker Sentenced. Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Friday 29 August 1930 · page 5

At the Quarter Sessions to-day a Chinese hawker, Arthur Mew, who pleaded guilty to two charges of having received stolen goods, was sentenced to two years…

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Three Years Starr Bowkett Official Sentenced. Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Friday 29 August 1930 · page 6

John Sheridan who was convicted on a charge of having embezzled £1210. the property of the Newcastle Hibernian starr-Bowkett Building society was…

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Money and Bonds Alleged Theft at Townsville Accused on £1000 Bail. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 29 August 1930 · page 5

At the Central Court to-day, William Shepherd, 37,merchant, was charged by provisional warrant with having, about September, 1929, at Townsville, stolen…

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Grafton Police Court Cases Remanded

Daily Examiner · Saturday 30 August 1930 · page 2

Three cases were listed' for hearing at the Grafton Police Court yesterday morning but no evidence was tendered, Mr. G. G. Carr-Boyd. P.M, granting…

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Theft' of a Lorry Driver Saw It Taken. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 30 August 1930 · page 6

A lorry laden 'with tobacco and cigarettes, valued at £100, was stolen from the root, at Parramatta to-day. The driver of the lorry rushed from a shop outside…

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India Congress Members Sentenced Demand for Suppression of Organisation. Calcutta

Daily Examiner · Saturday 30 August 1930 · page 5

Ten members of the Congress Working Committee, including Vitabhai Patel, former President of the Assembly, who was arrested at Delhi yesterday, were…

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Pepper in Face Gaol Breaker's Escape Struggle with Detective. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 30 August 1930 · page 5

Particulars of the sensational" escape of George Thompson, the Albury gaol breaker, from, capture show that Detective Sergeant Cleaver beard a horse…

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Police Association To-night's Smoke Social

Daily Examiner · Saturday 30 August 1930 · page 4

The fourth annual smoke social in connection with the Grafton branch of the Police Association of New South Wales will be held in the Fitzroy Theatre…

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Railway Pass Leads to Court Case

Daily Examiner · Saturday 30 August 1930 · page 4

In the Geelong" Court, Henry Harvey and Madge Lismore were charged with hawing ridden in a railway carriage between Melbourne and Geelong on July…

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New Trial Ordered Appeal Against Murder Conviction Mr. Windeyer Castigated. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 30 August 1930 · page 4

Delivering the reserved judgment today in the case in which Cecil Farnsworth Charles appealed against his conviction on a charge of murdering his…

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Tramway Award Arbitration Court Disallows Rationing. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 30 August 1930 · page 4

In the Arbitration Court to-day Judge Beeby refused to alter the tramway a ward, governing the Melbourne and Adelaide trams, to allow of rationing in…

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Riot at Balmain Meeting Of Unemployed Sixteen Men Arrested Police Obliged to Draw Revolvers. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 30 August 1930 · page 5

A serious riot followed an attempt by the unemployed to bold a meeting in Montague street, Balmain, tonight. Sixteen men were arrested…

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" the Police Force and the Public

Daily Examiner · Monday 1 September 1930 · page 4

It was a happy thought which prompted the Grafton branch of the South Wales Police Association to inaugurate an annual smoke social in which the public and the members of the Association in this district might mingle around the festive board. These gatherings, the first of which took place in…

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Popular Police Social Fourth Annual Fixture Enthusiasm at the Fitzroy Theatre Sidelights On Police Work Address by the Chief Secretary

Daily Examiner · Monday 1 September 1930 · page 2

In the public life of Grafton pride of place as a festive function must be given to the annual smoke social organised by the local branch of the Police Association of New South Wales. Since the inception of those fixtures in 1927 they have grown rapidly in public favor, the standard of the…

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Police Drug Squad Woman Arrested at Surry Hills Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 1 September 1930 · page 1

Detectives last night raided a shop at Surry Hills and arrested a woman, who was later charged with having cocaine in her possession. A tin containing cocaine…

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Brutal Assault Suspects Attack Constable. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 September 1930 · page 4

Constable Miller was brutally handled by two suspected pickpockets in a lane off Goulburn street, city, to-night. A man complained to Miller that his pocket…

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Railway Robberies Four Young Men Charged. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 September 1930 · page 7

By the arrest of four young men, defectives believe they have cleared up a number of railway robberies, involving over £1000 worth Of goods, in various…

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