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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1931

1,291 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 29 of 65

QUASHED Conviction And Sentence Fortnight in Condemned Cell Tried for Wife Murder. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 21 May 1931 · page 5

The Appeal Court to-day quashed the conviction and death sentence passed on William Wallace, scientific lecturer, of Liverpool, for the murder of his wife…

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Austro German Customs Union Referred to International Court for Opinion. Geneva

Daily Examiner · Thursday 21 May 1931 · page 5

The League Council to-day unaminously accepted Mr. Henderson's motion referring the Austro-German Customs Union to the International Court for an…

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Bowra Burglary

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 22 May 1931 · page 2

Referring to the burglary at Bowraville last Sunday, the Bowraville "Guardian" says that when Mr. Lonergran, of Lonergran and Reynolds,…

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Vagrancy Charge Just Released From Grafton Gaol

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 May 1931 · page 2

Norman Alan Beagley, aged 36, appeared at the police court, Coff's Harbor, on Monday, and pleaded guilty to a charge of vagrancy…

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Police Station Improvements

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 22 May 1931 · page 2

The improvements just completed by the contractors (Messrs. Condon Bros.) at the Dorrigo Police Station greatly enhance the appearance of…

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Dorrigo Police Court FRIDAY, 15th MAY.(Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, P.m.) Traffic Breach

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 22 May 1931 · page 2

The Police proceeded against one Percy Ryan charging him With having committed a breach of the traffic regulations in Hickory- and…

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Appeal Court Big List of Cases

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 22 May 1931 · page 2

A big list of appeals against the Dorrigo Shire Council's unimproved capital valuations came before the P.M (Mr Carr-Boyd) at a special…

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Not Guilty Millionaire's Widow Murder Charge Fails Remarkable Marriage Contract. Nice

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 May 1931 · page 5

Crowds ten times larger than court capacity stormed the opening of the trial of Mrs. Nirdlinger, who was charged with the murder of her…

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Storekeepers' Accounts Interesting Court Decision on Interest Charges

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 May 1931 · page 3

Local storekeepers, says the "Northern Champion," will be interested in a decision given by the Police Magistrate (Mr. E. T. Oram) at the Taree Small…

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Wharf Clash Volunteers and Unionists Disturbance Quelled by Police Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 May 1931 · page 4

There was a clash between the volunteers and members of the Waterside Workers' Federation, at No. 5 north wharf this morning, when a call was…

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BAWRA £33,713 Unclaimed Court Asked for Direction. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 May 1931 · page 4

The hearing commenced to-day before Mr. Justice McArthur in the Banco Court of the application by the liquidators of Bawra (British Australian Wool…

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To Court? Federal And State Lab. Use of Name Australian Labor Party. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 May 1931 · page 4

A surprise move was made by the Federal Labor party to-day when Mr. D. R. Hall, solicitor, acting on its behalf, wrote to the secretary of the…

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£110 RING Mont de Piete Sued Woman's Story in Court Grazier From South Grafton Mentioned. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 May 1931 · page 5

An unusual case was before the District Court to-day when Mrs. Kathleen Jeannette Fraser, of Victoria street, King's Cross, Sydney,…

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A Magistrate's Riddle

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 May 1931 · page 8

When is a home not a home? That was the conundrum which had to be solved by Mr. J. J. Leahy, Acting P.M., when, in the Brisbane Magistrate's Court,…

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Two Men Arrested Darlinghurst Flat Murder Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 May 1931 · page 5

The Darlinghurst police took into custody to-night two men, alleged to be in possession of a large quantity of stolen clothing, and one of them is being…

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Waterfront Clash Prevented by Police. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 May 1931 · page 5

Shipowners to-day reverted to the picking up of labor for the Waterfront from members of the Permanent and Casual Wharf Laborers' Union in the compound…

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A Goodwood Island Case Defendant Convicted of Assault Bound Over and Ordered to Pay Costs

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 May 1931 · page 6

A case that caused unusual interest among residents of the locality was heard at the Maclean Police Court on Thursday last before Mr. C. G [?]arr-Boyd, P.M.,…

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Attempt to Shoot Detective's Narrow Escape Outside Central Police Station Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 May 1931 · page 5

A man wanted on a false pretences charge is alleged to have attempted to shoot Detective Constable Burns, at point blank range, outside the…

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Fine of £15 Blowing Up Fish at Woolgoolga "A Prevalent Practice," Say Police

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 May 1931 · page 7

When a case against a South Grafton man was heard at Coff's Harbor police court on Monday, the police said that the practice of blowing up fish has been too…

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In the Seventies Wreck At The Entrance Eight Lives Lost the Helen McGREGOR Strikes Reef Grafton's First Circuit Court

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 May 1931 · page 3

A meeting was called for the purpose of taking preliminary steps for the formation of a local gas company. BUSHRANGER HOTELKEEPING IN…

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