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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1930

1,628 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 56 of 82

Car Fatality Driver Charged with Manslaughter. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 10 September 1930 · page 5

At the Central Criminal Court to-day Brian George Barnard., 20, was charged with manslaughter arising out of the death of Geoge Wallace, who was fatally…

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Bankrupt Traders Two Brothers Sent to Gaol. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 10 September 1930 · page 4

In the Bankruptcy Court yesterday Norris Rix was sentenced' to 18 months' imprisonment, and Lawrence Rix to nine months' imprisonment on charges…

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Champion Axeman Killed Aboriginal on Murder Charge. Townville

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 10 September 1930 · page 5

An aboriginal, Bob Flinders, has been charged with the murder of Barnard Winkle whose body with a would in the head was found in a creek near…

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FINED 1 "Labor Daily" in Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 10 September 1930 · page 5

Mr. Laidlaw, L.S.M., to-day imposed a fine of 1. with £141, costs, on the "Labor Daily" en a charge of inciting to strike…

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'Penny Dreadfuls' Youth on Murder Charge "Had to Do Something or Bust" Perth

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 10 September 1930 · page 5

George Clifford wray, 19 clerk was placed on trial at the Criminal Court for the alleged wilful murder of Charles Patterson, 27, taxi driver…

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Police Transfers

Daily Examiner · Thursday 11 September 1930 · page 4

The following transfers have been made in the North Coast Police District: Seregant (first-class) Ornsby, Bangalow to Guyra; Constable (first-class) C. R…

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Mercy Recommended Youth Sentenced to Death. Perth

Daily Examiner · Thursday 11 September 1930 · page 5

George Clifford Wray, 19, costing clerk, was found guilty at the Criminal Court of murdering Charles Davis Cameron Paterson, 27, taxi driver, on August 11, and…

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Richmond Gap Police Station

Daily Examiner · Thursday 11 September 1930 · page 4

Owing to the completion of the Kyogle- Brisbane line, the temporary police station at Richmond Gap was closed down on Monday last. Police in charge have…

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Theft From Farm

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 12 September 1930 · page 2

Mrs E. E. Devine, of South Dorrigo, is lamenting the loss of a broody hen and a setting of duck eggs which disappeared on Friday last Mrs…

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Police Smoke Social

Daily Examiner · Friday 12 September 1930 · page 4

The annual smoke social, promoted by the Grafton branch of the New South Wales Police Association, was in every sense a pronounced success. After paying…

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Called the Police

Daily Examiner · Friday 12 September 1930 · page 4

Standing with the aid of a stick, a defendant in the Mildura Court, recently, pondered deeply before pleading guilty to a charge of having been drunk and…

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£3240 Involved Alleged Theft of Bonds and Cash. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 12 September 1930 · page 5

At the Central Court to-day, William Shepherd (37), a merchant, formerly of Townsville, was charged in connection with the alleged theft of Commonwealth…

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Speedy Arrests Alleged Assault and Robbery Caretaker Attacked in Bed Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 12 September 1930 · page 5

Four men entered the bedroom of the caretaker of a house in Macleay street, Potts Point, early this morning, and brutally attacked Ellis Redman. They…

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Gaol for Opponents Pilsudski's Election Preparations How It Is Done in Poland. Warsaw

Daily Examiner · Friday 12 September 1930 · page 5

With a characteristic Pilsudski touch, twenty-two members of the dissolved Parliament of Poland were suddenly arrested, including the former Premier,…

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Desperate Encounter Safebreakers Surprised by Police. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 12 September 1930 · page 4

Two men made desperate endeavors to avoid arrest last night when they were surprised by the police while engaged in ransacking the contents of a…

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Victorian Police Transfer Questions Likely to Be Asked. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 12 September 1930 · page 5

Questions are likely to be asked in Parliament, as a result of the tabling of papers relating to the transfer to Mildura of Senior Detective Jones, of the C.I.D.,…

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No Interim Award Railway Workers in Arbitration Court. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 12 September 1930 · page 5

When the claim for an interim award for the metal trade section of the New South Wales railways came before the Arbitration Court to-day, Judge Beeby…

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Woman's Money Solicitor And Clerk Becher Again in Court Alleged Conspiracy to Defraud Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 12 September 1930 · page 5

At the Central Court to-day Harry Fane Becher, 37, a law clerk, and Frederick Godfrey Sherwood, 36, a solicitor, were charged with having…

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No Wages Cuts A.C.T.U. Conference Address by Fenton Matter for Arbitration Court. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 12 September 1930 · page 5

The Acting Prime Minister, Mr. Fenton, addressed the A.C.T.U. Conference this afternoon, and it is believed that he told the delegates…

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Grafton Police Court

Daily Examiner · Saturday 13 September 1930 · page 4

At the Grafton Police Court yesterday morning, before Mr. T. Doughan, J.P., John Murphy, 45, who pleaded guilty to a charge of having been found drunk in…

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