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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1931

1,291 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 35 of 65

Alleged Theft a Queensland Motor Car Man Arrested at Grafton

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 July 1931 · page 4

Heinz Lerbe, 20, was arrested by Constable J. B. Shannon upon a provisional warrant, in Hoof street, Grafton, at 6.45 a.m. yesterday and later in the day he…

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Dole Riots Police Court Proceedings Two Men for Trial. Wollongong

Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 July 1931 · page 5

Arising out of the Bulli dole riot, John Hitchin was committed for trial at the local court to-day, on a charge of having assaulted the police…

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Court Comedy

Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 July 1931 · page 4

When Mr. Harry H. Porter, magistrate at Evanston, Illinois, called for order in his court recently, he was the only defendant present (says a New York message)…

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Injustice to Aborigines Police Action Condemned Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 3 July 1931 · page 5

In the Assembly. Mr. Rateliffe brought under the notice of the Chief Secretary the fact that aborigines who never had been in a mission, but had worked in the…

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Police and Aborigines Clash Near Kempsey Constable Hurt

Daily Examiner · Saturday 4 July 1931 · page 4

Alleged to have been battered about the head with a stick, a constable from Frederickton, near Kempsey, was injured in a skirmish with aborigines, at the…

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Guyra Fire Alleged False Statement "Offered £200 by the Police." Guyra

Daily Examiner · Saturday 4 July 1931 · page 5

Giving evidence to-day at the inquiry into the fire which destroyed a shop and dwelling at Guyra on April 6, Walter Letheby alleged that…

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School Teacher Charged Alleged Violence to a Child. Hobart

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 July 1931 · page 5

Miss Ena Robinson, school teacher, pleaded not guilty, at the Hobart court to a charge of having, on June 18, assaulted and beaten Donald William…

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Two White Men Reported Murder by Blacks Perth

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 July 1931 · page 5

Reports have been received at Kalgoorlie that two white men were murdered by blacks in the Warburton ranges, 400 miles from Laverton. The reports…

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To Be Reduced High Court Expenses. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 July 1931 · page 5

It is understood that, he Federal Gov of the High Court Judges. It is expected that on the retirement of the Chief Justice, Sir Frank…

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Police Officers Suspended

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 7 July 1931 · page 4

Twenty-one members of the London Police Force have been suspended from duty, and ordered to hand in their uniforms. This is the result of a preliminary…

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Bets Tax Case Bookmaker Fined £100 PREFERRED 200 Days Gaol. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 7 July 1931 · page 1

When Patrick John McGrath, bookmaker, of Kensington, was fined a total of £100, at the Central Court to-day, on four charges of having failed to pay…

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U.S. Mystery Murder of Two Brother Same Spot--23 Years Interval. New York

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 7 July 1931 · page 5

A message from Richmond (Illinois), says the authorities are mystified at the discovery of the body of a wealthy retired lawyer, Charles Eldredge, who was…

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'Art in Australia' Police Prosecution Vetoed. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 July 1931 · page 4

The police intend to drop the prosecution of "Art in Australia, Ltd.," for having sold an allegedly obscene publication Norman Lindsay number. The…

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£18,207 Mudgee Mail Robbery Two Men Charged "I'm Not Saying Anything'' Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 July 1931 · page 5

Joseph Harold Ryan, 31, motor driver, and Roy Edward Wilkinson, 34, porter, were charged at the Central Court to-day in connection with…

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Cattle Stealing Charges

Daily Examiner · Thursday 9 July 1931 · page 4

Before a crowded court at Casino on Tuesday several charges of cattle stealing were preferred against George Robinson Olive and Dudley Olive. Mr. J. J. W…

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A Further Charge. Alleged Theft

Daily Examiner · Thursday 9 July 1931 · page 8

At the Grafton Police Court on Tuesday William Coleman, who was remanded on a charge of breaking and entering, was…

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Harbor Collision Court of Marine Inquiry. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 9 July 1931 · page 5

When the Court of Marine Inquiry today investigated the collision getween the Watson's Bay ferry Woollahra and the vehicular ferry Woollahra and the vehicular ferry Koondooloo on the Harbor…

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Death of Ivy Godden Police Make an Arrest. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 9 July 1931 · page 5

Arthur James Faraday Savage, who is charged, with the murder of Ivy Godden, is the Godden, is the grand-nephew of the famous s[?]cutist, Michael Faraday. He was…

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White Slavery Merely Newspaper Myth? Report by Police Commissioner. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 9 July 1931 · page 5

Mr. Childs, Commissioner of Police, has issued a statement concerning the reports that white slavery, is carried on in Sydney. He said there, was no vestige of…

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Police Puzzled Man In Blazing Car Burnt Beyond Recognition Some Mysterious Features. Launceston

Daily Examiner · Thursday 9 July 1931 · page 4

Burnt beyond recognition the body of a man believed to be Kenneth. William Howe, of Invermay, was found in the ruins of a blazing car a few…

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