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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1931

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Police Guard Newtown Riot Trial Crowded Court Fifty-nine Jurymen Challenged. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 September 1931 · page 5

The trial began at the Darlinghurst Quarter Sessions to-day before Judge Coyle of 19 men on a charge of at Newtown on June 19 last…

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Small Debts Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 September 1931 · page 4

At the Small Debts Court, Grafton, before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, P.M., yesterday, Stebblings and Arnold proceeded against Wilkinson Bros, for the recovery…

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Nurse's Death Man and Woman on Murder Charge. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 September 1931 · page 5

At the conclusion of the inquiry into the death of Regina Rose, 30, a nurse attached to the Infectious Diseases Hospital, Mr. Fairfield, the Coroner, found…

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Newtown Riot Nineteen Men Charged. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 September 1931 · page 5

A large squad of police again guarded the gates at the Quarter Sessions to-day, when the case was retuned in which 19 men are charged with having been…

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Burglar Alarm Police and Suspect Struggle and Capture. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 September 1931 · page 5

Constables Leary and Carroll of North Sydney police, were patrolling Lane Cove road early this morning on cycles, when they heard a burglar alarm ringing in a…

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Provisional Liquidators Primary Producers Bank Equity Court Application. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 September 1931 · page 5

In the Equity Court, before the Chief Judge, Mr. Justice Harvey, application was made on behalf of Cecilia Nicholls, a depositor, for the appointment of…

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Fraud Charge Cheque For £11,295 N.C.S.N. Coy's Money Two Men in Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 September 1931 · page 5

Before Mr. Gisson, S.M., at the Central Summons Court to-day Walter George Melbourne Wall, taxation expert, and Raymond Rothwell…

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Car Driver Sentenced Six Months for Manslaughter. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 10 September 1931 · page 2

At the Central Criminal Court to-day, Richard Jack Johnson, 23, the driver of the [?]ar which knocked down and killed David Todd, at Watson's Bay, on March…

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Murder Charge Devine Not Guilty. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 10 September 1931 · page 5

The trial commenced at the Central Criminal Court to-day of James Edward Devine, charged with, the murder of a taxi driver named Federick…

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Newtown Riot Allegations Against Police. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 10 September 1931 · page 4

When the trial of the 19 men on charges arising out of the Newtown eviction riot was resumed at Darlinghurst Court today all the accused made statements…

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Surry Hills Murder Trial of Reichardt Commenced Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 September 1931 · page 5

Gustav Heimer Reichardt, 36, a native of Sweeden, was charged at the Central Criminal Court to-day, with having murdered Mrs. Emma Philbrook, 51, in a…

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Stolen From Police Stables Impounded Trotting Horse. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 September 1931 · page 1

Although he was kept under close guard at the police depot stables at South Melbourne the trotter Landlock, which was impounded by the Victorian Trotting and…

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Police Chiefs Shot in New Jersey and Alabama. New York

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 September 1931 · page 5

Two extraordinary shootings in different parts, of the country occurred yesterday and to-day, in each case involving the death of a Chief of Police…

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Surry Hills Tragedy Swede Sentenced to Eight Years Gaol. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 September 1931 · page 5

Mr. Justice Stephen to-day passed sentence of eight years imprisonment on the Swede, Gustav Heimer Riechardt, 36, who was convicted of manslaughter in…

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Alleged Theft of Cheque

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 September 1931 · page 4

In the Casino Police Court on Tuesday, before Mr. E. A. Mahony, P. M., John A. Walsh was charged with the alleged theft of a cheque form on August 13. The…

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Alleged Intent to Murder Man and Woman Injured. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 September 1931 · page 5

Following a disturbance in a house in Fitzroy late last night, a woman was shot in the leg and a man received head injuries. It is stated that in an argument…

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New Guard Unionists Alarmed Thought to Be Police Auxiliary. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 September 1931 · page 5

There was a lively discussion at a meeting of the Storemen and Packers' Union last night when a motion sought to declare the New Guard an illegal…

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GELIGNITE Explosion In House Man and Woman Injured Strange Story to Police. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 September 1931 · page 5

As a result of ail explosion last night in a house in High street, Carlton, a man and woman were admitted to hospital. Robert Millard, 50, had one of his…

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Free Speech Sixteen Arrests Communists and A.L.P. Speaking Without Police Permits. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 September 1931 · page 5

A joint meeting of Communists and members of the A.L.P. to demand the right of free speech ended in sixteen arrests being made at Glebe to-night…

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Court Amenities Justice Halse Rogers and Mr. Mack ''The Way You Looked.'' Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 September 1931 · page 5

Another brush between Mr. Justice Halse Rogers and Mr. Mack, K.C., occurred in the Supreme Court to-day during the hearing of the case in which Hugh…

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