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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1931

1,291 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 44 of 65

Alleged Cattle Stealing

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 September 1931 · page 4

In the Casino Police Court on Wednesday, before Mr. C. J. M. Hade (Chamber Magistrate), Rodney Roy Ryan, who is on remand on another charge, was remanded…

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Poignant Scenes Mother for Trial Murder of Children Alleged Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 September 1931 · page 5

Poignant scenes were witnessed at the Coroner's Court to-day, when Mrs. Alice Margaret Dunning, of Mayfield, was committed for trial on a charge of…

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Hit-run Motorist Victim Carried Into Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 September 1931 · page 6

In the Supreme Court at Rockhampton, before his Honor Mr. Justice Brenna, Harry Swain (26), motor mechanic, was charged with unlawfully having done…

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Murder Charge Stabbed in City Street Cecil McCORMACK'S Death. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 September 1931 · page 4

Alfred John Dillon, 21, appeared at the Central Criminal Court to-day before Mr. Justice Milner Stephen charged with the murder of Cecil William McCormack who…

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Shot Dead Indian Police Inspector While Watching Football Match. Calcutta

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 September 1931 · page 5

Khan Bahadur Ashanullah, a police in spector, was assassinated by a sixteen-year-old Hindu youth at Chittagong yesterday. Ashanullah was witnessing a…

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Bush Tragedy Girl's Story to Police Man Shot Dead. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 September 1931 · page 5

The body of a man, not yet identified, was found in the bush at Bowral last night. According to the police information a…

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THE 76 FLOOD Grafton Suffers Severely Several Lives Lost Scenes in Court. July 1, 1876, to December 31, 1876

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 September 1931 · page 3

Fat cattle are quoted locally at from 20 to 226 per 100 lbs. This was for ordinary cattle fattened in local paddocks. Station-bred bullocks were…

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Fraud Alleged Man Robbed of £2000 Escaped Sydney Prisoner Charged Paris

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 September 1931 · page 5

James Casey, who was arrested on a charge of defrauding an Englishman named Boardman, of £2000 by a confidence trick, was to-day sentenced to six months…

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Hindu Shop Burnt Reprisal Tor Murder of Moslem Calcutta

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 September 1931 · page 5

As a reprisal for the murder of the Moslem police officer, Asadullah, yesterday, an infuriated Moslem mob at Chittagong this morning looted and burnt a…

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Like Shop £2000 Worth of Goods Seized by Police. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 September 1931 · page 5

Detectives visited a house at Willough by during the night and seized articles valued at over £2000, including large quantities clothing, ten leather suitcases antique…

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Youths Sentenced Too Much Edgar Wallace. Perth, Wednesday

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 September 1931 · page 6

Five youths who borrowed a motor car and attempted to break into a garage were brought before the Central Criminal Court yesterday…

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White Slavery Police Investigations. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 September 1931 · page 6

Police are engaged in the investigation of allegations of white slavery, and important developments are expected. It, is stated that already, as a result of…

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Contempt of Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 September 1931 · page 1

Mr. Justice Long Innes, in the Equity Court, sentenced Oscar Armstrong Davis to 28 days in gaol for contempt of court in disobeying an order made by the court…

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Court Crowded Tuckerman Divorce Case Wife in Witness Box. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 September 1931 · page 4

The Divorce Court was again crowded to-day when the Tuckerman divorce case was resumed. Mrs Tuckerman, in the witness box,…

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Court Reports Fairness and Accuracy Chief Justice's Remarks. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 September 1931 · page 4

Summing up in the libel action, Gunn versus the proprietors of the Sydney Morning Herald," the Chief Justice, Sir Philip Street, told the…

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Rearrested at Tamworth Escaped From Police in July. Tamworth

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 September 1931 · page 5

Charles John Ashley, he escaped from a police escort at Lismore on July 12, was recaptured at Tamworth to-day. Ashley was brought from Brisbane on…

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Called Off Strike in Barcelona Women Fight Police. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 7 September 1931 · page 3

The general strike at. Barcelona was suddenly called off owing to the authorities' vigor, but fighting continued in the afternoon when troops, arriving in motor…

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Co-re As Juror Strange Divorce Court Mix-up. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 7 September 1931 · page 3

There was an amazing coincidence in the Divorce Court last week when, after a jury was empanelled, it was found that one of the jurors was a co-respondent in…

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Cattle Stealing Charges

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 September 1931 · page 4

Further evidence was heard in the Casino Police Court on Thursday before Mr. E. A. Mahony, P.M., in several cases of alleged cattle stealing. When the…

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Geoffrey Knott Case Recalled at Casino Police Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 September 1931 · page 2

During the hearing of a cattle stealing charge at Casino on Thursday last Mr. F. McGuren was cross examining a witness named Alfred James Dudgeon, of…

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