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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1931

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Increased Business Court of Petty Sessions Returns for 1930

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 21 January 1931 · page 4

The annual returns, kindly made available by Mr. J. Doughan, Clerk of Petty Sessions, Grafton, show increased business for 1930…

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Council Abolition Case Before High Court the Powers of Parliament. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 21 January 1931 · page 5

The New South Wales Legislative Council abolition appeal case came before the High Court to-day. The Bench consisted of the Acting Chief Justice (Sir…

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Press Privilege Confidential Information Police Magistrate's Ruling

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 January 1931 · page 6

The question whether a newspaper reporter called as a witness should give information which his employers forbade him to divulge came up in the Central…

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Back From Colombo Charge of Stealing £365. SYDNEY

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 January 1931 · page 5

Alma Francis Bruce, 40, who was recently brought back from Colombo, was charged at the Redfern court to-day with having stolen £36517 in money, the…

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Court Business Returns From Maclean

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 January 1931 · page 7

The annual returns for the years 1929 and 1930 made available by the Clerk of Petty Sessions at Maclean, Mr. R. J. Howard, show that there were increases…

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Tausend the 'Gold Maker' Able Seaman Sentenced "Ludendorff Very Enthusiastic." Berlin, Tuesday. Three Months and Dismissal. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 January 1931 · page 5

Giving evidence on his own behalf Tausend the alleged gold maker, who had been charged with fraud, declared that Berlin financiers who secured the money Following an occurrence on the submarine depot ship Lucia, when the men refused to work on Sunday, Able-Seaman H. T. Gratton was sentenced to three months'…

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Strange Shooting Woman in Critical State Police Find Her in Bed. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 January 1931 · page 5

A mysterious case of shooting occurred at Auburn last night, the victim, being Mrs. Heather Gold, 26, who received a wound in the left breast. She is in a…

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Maclean Police Court Some New Year's Day Episodes

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 2

At the Maclean Police Court yesterday before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, Police Magistrate, Arthur Folbigg pleaded guilty through Mr. T. McL. Lobban to a charge…

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£10 Fine for Railway Theft

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 4

In the Roma Police Court a railway employee was charged with having, on December 29, 1930, at Roma, stolen a roll of Venetian twist, valued at £26174,…

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Woman Charged Alleged False Pretences. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 5

At the Central Police Court to-day Daisy Ida Wheeler, 40, was remanded on a charge of having obtained money from Mary McDougall by false pretences. The…

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Death of Chinese Youth Charge with Murder Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 2

An elderly Chinese named Dan Loo who was admitted to Bathurst Hospital on November 30 with a bullet wound in his back died yesterday…

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Avalanche Squad of Police Engulfed. Berlin

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 5

An avalanche engulfed a squad of Bavarian police while ski practising in the mountains at Badoelz. Two hundred rescuers worked throughout…

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Brutal Murder of Woman Husband Decoyed From Home. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 5

Julia Wallace, wife of an insurance agent, was brutally murdered at Liverpool while her husband was decoyed from his home by a bogus telephone message…

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Wages Cut. Court's 10 Per Cent. Reduction

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 2

Yesterday the Federal Arbitration Court, which has been inquiring a long time into the matter of the Federal basic wage, ordered a reduction…

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Baffling Murder in Sound-proof Room German Picture Show Sensation Berlin

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 5

Some 3000 spectators at the great Mercedes film palace were watching a murder drama on the screen while behind the screen. Schmoller, the manager, was…

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Basic Wage Inquiry Judgment Of Full Arbitration Court Majority of Federal Unions Affected Ten Per Cent. Reduction No Alteration in the Basic Wage to Operate for Twelve Months Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 5

The Full Arbitration Court in its judgment in the basic wage case to-day ordered the variation of 26 awards in applications before the court by reducing the wage rates by 10 per cent. for a period of 12 months. Shearers will not be affected, but the workers in practically every other…

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Rough Rugby French Player Sentenced. Bordeaux

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 January 1931 · page 5

Fernand Taillantou, who was charged with manslaughter, following the death of Michel Pradie, Rugby player, who, it was alleged, was tackled too severely,…

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Vic. Bank Robbery Five Men Charged Clerk's Participation Alleged Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 January 1931 · page 5

Fice men, Richard Davies, 19, bank clerk; John Irwin, 20, motor mechanic; George Gardiner, 23, motor mechanic; Edward Harris, 26, carpenter; and James…

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QUIXOTIC 'Tomfool Hero' Took Blame for Another Magistrate's Good Advice Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 January 1931 · page 5

Charged with having, while armed and in company, assaulted William John Mc-Intosh and having robbed him of £74, at Naremburn, on January 17, Albert…

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Alleged Third Degree Complaints Against Police. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 January 1931 · page 5

Edward William Olsen, 19, and Alan Charlton Riddell, 19, who were charged at the Paddington Court to-day with stealing 2 from a telephone box, alleged…

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