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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1931

1,291 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 46 of 65

Alleged Theft of Launch

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 September 1931 · page 4

George Vincent Foster Edwards and Roy. Adair on remand, appeared in the Cairns Police Court, charged that, on June 13, 1931, at Cairns, they stole, a…

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Missing Girl Last Seen a Week Ago Police Searching. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 September 1931 · page 5

The police are searching for Myrtle Ada Cregan, aged 16 of Newtown, who has been missing from her home for a week. Fears for her safety are…

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Shot in Thigh Man Found on Farm Police Make Arrest. Toowoomba

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 September 1931 · page 4

Lying in the Toowoomba Hospital, is Joseph Blackwell, a dairy farmer, of Clontarf, near Milmerran, who was found on his farm this morning with a bullet…

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Mean Theft

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 September 1931 · page 6

Convicted of stealing £19-- an amount saved by his mother towards an operation for cataract, of the eyes-- Reuben Wright was sentenced to two months hard labor…

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Wrong Name? Particulars Of Marriage Man Charged Remarkable Story. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 September 1931 · page 5

When Norman William Wilson, 32, appeared at the Central Court to-day, on a charge of wilfully making a false statement regarding the…

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Dole Drunkards Three Men at Forbes Court. Forbes

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 September 1931 · page 5

When he fined three recipients of the dole for being drunk, Mr. J. C. Keane, J.P., said he agreed that the country should support those who were genuinely…

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Wounding of Constable Ulrick Accused at Criminal Court Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 September 1931 · page 5

At the Central Criminal Court to-day, Robert Henry Chrystal, 23, motor mechanic, and Kenneth Aubrey Farlow, 27, wickerworker, were charged with…

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Bodies Found Father and Son Police Dragging for Wife's Body. Hay

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 September 1931 · page 5

After searching the Murrumbidgee for some miles at Carrathool the police found the bodies of William Baskshall and his eight -year -old son, Jack, near an…

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Big List Court Day At Grafton a Number of Cases Held Over Using Wharf Without Permission

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 September 1931 · page 3

Quite an imposing list of cases faced the Police Magistrate (Mr. C. G. CarrBoyd) at the Grafton Court of Petty Sessions yesterday morning when he took…

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Six Communists Attack A,l,p, Official Brutal Assault. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 16 September 1931 · page 5

Mr. J. B. Martin, organising secretary of the State A.L.P., was the victim of a brutal attack by Communists at the Trades Hall to-day. He was viciously…

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Fatal Mistake Ex-geafton Police Supt. Killed

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 16 September 1931 · page 4

Mr. John Charles King, aged 63 years, an ex-superintendent of police, at one time stationed at Grafton, was killed when he jumped from a moving tram in…

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Orange Shooting Case Brother Charged with Murder Frantic Attempt to Escape Blayney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 17 September 1931 · page 5

Gordon Cantrill, 16, who is charged with the murder of his brother, Harley, made an attempt to escape from the lockup this morning. When Sergt. Kennedy…

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Murder of Girl Accused's Remarkable Story Tired of Police Treatment London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 17 September 1931 · page 5

A remarkable feature of the trial of Arthur James Farraday Savage, 23, who is charged with the murder of Ivy Godden, schoolgirl, is that though the police…

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A Tie Pin Charge of Theft. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 17 September 1931 · page 5

At the Central Court to-day, the case was resumed in which Francis Donald Green is charged with having, while armed with a revolver, assaulted James…

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Girl's Claim £1501 From Grand-uncle Remarkable Story in Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 17 September 1931 · page 4

A remarkable story was told to Mr. Justice Halse Rogers to-day when Florence Price brought an action against. Alfred Williams, also known as Alfred Brown, to…

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Death Sentence Murder of School Girl. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 18 September 1931 · page 5

Arthur Tames Farraday Savage, 23. was found guilty of the murder of Ivy Godden a school girl, at the Old Bailey, and was sentenced to death…

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Melb. Murder Man Detained at Eden. Eden

Daily Examiner · Friday 18 September 1931 · page 5

The local police detained a man who arrived in town by motor lorry, pending further inquiries by Victorian police, in connection with the number of Arthur…

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Niece Awarded £701 Claim Against Grand-uncle Assault and Wages. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 18 September 1931 · page 5

When the case in which Florence Pried claiming a total of £1501 from her grand uncle, Alfred Williams, for alleged assault and wages alleged to be dee, was…

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Help Not Wanted Police Can Maintain Order

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 18 September 1931 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday.—Referring to a meeting of the New Guard the Commissioner of Police (Mr. Child) stated that the police force does not…

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Libel Action Brought by Detective Sequel to Mena Griffiths Murder. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 18 September 1931 · page 5

There was a sequal to police inquiries into the murder of the 12 years old girl, Mena Griffiths, at Ormond, some months ago, when, in the First Civil Court…

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