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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1930

1,628 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 62 of 82

Alleged Menaces Man And Wife Charged Extraordinary Story "How Would You Like Your Marriage Upset?" Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 October 1930 · page 5

An extraordinary story was told at the Sydney Sessions to-day when Ada Langdon, 35, and her husband. Chadwick Langdon, 39, were charged…

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Ulmarra Police Court Cases Adjourned

Daily Examiner · Thursday 9 October 1930 · page 8

At the Ulmarra Court of Petty Sessions on Wednesday, October 8, the cases of C. Robinson inspector under Pure Foods Act. v. Cecil O'Keeffe, Council of the…

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Three Sentenced Father and Two Sons. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 9 October 1930 · page 5

At Parramatta Sessions to-day, Robert Stockbridge, 45, painter, and his two sons, Benjamin, 22, and Alfred, 19, were charged with breaking, entering and…

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'A Curse' Liquor Drinking by Women Outspoken Magistrate. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 9 October 1930 · page 5

When a young woman, 21, was charged with vagrancy at the Central Court the police stated she was keeping undesirable company, frequented ships in the harbor…

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Bad Record Young Man Sentenced Two Years for False Pretences. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Thursday 9 October 1930 · page 5

In the Brisbane Court to-day J. E. McLaughlan, 21, clerk, pleaded guilty to eight charges of false pretences and one of having had an unlicensed pistol…

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Death Sentence and Long Terms of Imprisonment Indians Charged with Conspiracy. Calcutta

Daily Examiner · Thursday 9 October 1930 · page 5

Three young, Punjabis, Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukdev, were sentenced to death at Lahore yesterday for participation in a revolutionary conspiracy…

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Prisoner of War Story in Perth Court. Perth

Daily Examiner · Thursday 9 October 1930 · page 5

When Thorold Passant was charged with theft at the Criminal Court it was stated that he had been a prisoner of war for 20 months and on being selected with…

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Burglary in Taree

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 10 October 1930 · page 2

When Mr. Jack Robinson, proprietor of the refreshment room and confectionery shop attached to the Boomerang Theatre, Taree, entered his shop…

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Theft of Lorry Three Youths Sentenced Judge's Strong Comment. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 10 October 1930 · page 5

In sentencing Jack Dillon, 19, Percy Collings, 18, and Eric Newlyn, 23, to one year's imprisonment at Parramatta Sessions to-day for the theft of a motor…

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Theft of Coats

Daily Examiner · Friday 10 October 1930 · page 1

Before Mr. E. A. Mahony, P.M., in the Casino Police Court on Tuesday, Elizabeth Freeman, aged 40, was charged with having stolen a velour coat valued at…

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Local and General Motor Driver Charged

Daily Examiner · Friday 10 October 1930 · page 4

Following a motor lorry crashing into the Black Gully bridge on the Tenter field road on Monday night, when the vehicle was considerably damaged, the…

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Gloucester Mystery Police Still Investigating Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 10 October 1930 · page 5

Although the police have failed to trace Mrs. Edith Margaret Smith, who disappeared from her home at Gloucester on July 20, Detective-Sergeant Kennedy…

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Silver Sleeve Links Theft at Raleigh Old Offender Before Court

Daily Examiner · Saturday 11 October 1930 · page 4

Adolphus Henry Meers, 47, who is all present serving a sentence at the Grafton gaol, was brought to the Grafton Police Court yesterday by a warder and…

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Victorian Police Reductions in Pay. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 11 October 1930 · page 7

In pur[?] of the Government's economy policy, the police pay from to-day will be reduced to the extent of the allowances. Policemen living away from…

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Redhead Skeleton Case Newcastle Court Proceedings. Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Saturday 11 October 1930 · page 4

When William Schubert was brought before the Newcastle Court to-day in connection with the Redhead skeleton case the police applied for a remand for eight…

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W.A. Shearers' Trouble Police Reinforcements for Gascoyne. Perth

Daily Examiner · Saturday 11 October 1930 · page 5

An air liner, carrying a number or police, left here yesterday for the Gascoyne district, in the north-west. Officially it is expected that violence will be…

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Girl on Vagrancy Charge Sordid Story in Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 11 October 1930 · page 5

When a 19 years old girl was convicted on a charge of vagrancy, at the Central Court to-day, Sergeant Dennis described her as beyond redemption. The…

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Taxi-bus Test Case Appeal Dismissed by Full Court Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 11 October 1930 · page 5

In a unanimous judgment, the Full Court of Criminal Appeal to-day decided that a taxi-bus taking up passengers on vacant land, of which the bus proprietor…

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Young Woman's Death Two Men Charged with Murder. Perth

Daily Examiner · Monday 13 October 1930 · page 5

At the conclusion of the inquiry concerning the death of Kathleen Slater, 21, Wilfred Walters and Ernest Hagben, the latter, a chemist's assistant, were…

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Bathurst Hotelkeeper Charged with Intent to Murder Wife. Bathurst

Daily Examiner · Monday 13 October 1930 · page 5

Abraham Lazarus, licensee of the Railway Hotel, Bathurst South, was remanded at the local court to-day on a charge of having shot at his wife with…

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