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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1931

1,291 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 63 of 65

A Stolen Greyhound Two Suspects Charged. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 16 December 1931 · page 5

After receiving a report that a greyhound named Bill the Mont, valued at £50, had been stolen from a yard at Charles Williams' home at Seddon, a…

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Police Conditions. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 16 December 1931 · page 3

The Commissioner of Police denies the report that members of the force are to buy their own uniforms and have their allowances reduced…

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Neighbors' Quarrel Ilarwill Residents at Law Alleged Assault and Threatening Words

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 16 December 1931 · page 7

A case that created a fair amount of local interest was heard at the Maclean Police Court, before Mr. Carr-Boyd, P. M., on Thursday, when Arthur Childs, a fish…

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New American Sport "Let's Hear If There's a Murder."

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 16 December 1931 · page 6

Lady Adams, who lives at Los Angeles, writes in the " News- Chronicle" of a new American sport:-- The Los Angeles police department,…

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Police Promotions About 100 Decided Upon. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 16 December 1931 · page 5

Following upon recent complaints from the police force regarding delayed promotions, the Executive Council to-day approved of a number of promotions among…

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Struck Off Roll Dramatic Scene in Banco Court Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 16 December 1931 · page 5

The Chief Justice, in the Banco Court to-day, ordered the name of Samuel Blackmore Ban field to be struck off the roll of solicitors…

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Police Transfers

Daily Examiner · Thursday 17 December 1931 · page 4

The following police transfers were made available yesterday at the office of the District Superintendent of Police:-- Constable R. M. A. Robinson, from Kyogle…

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Woman Housebreaker Sentenced to Twelve Months. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 17 December 1931 · page 5

Having pleaded guilty to a remarkable series of housebreaking in company with her husband, Mary McDonald appeared for sentence at the Criminal Court…

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Talkies Garden Theatre. "King Arthur's Court."

Daily Examiner · Thursday 17 December 1931 · page 6

Will Rogers, the unique comedian, will be seen in "A Yankee at the Court, of King Arthur," at the Garden Theatre to-night. A strong cast supports the…

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Industrial Commission Judgment of Full Court Ceased to Function on Mr. Justice Street's Resignation. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 17 December 1931 · page 5

In its reserved judgment to-day the Full Court granted an application made on behalf of Goldsbrough, Mort and Co. for a writ of prohibition to restrain the…

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Italian Sentenced Attack on a Girl. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 18 December 1931 · page 5

A sentence of two and a half years imprisonment, together with 10 strokes of the birch, was imposed by Judge Woinarski to-day on Guiseppe Ciotti, 33, a…

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Barry Murder Reward Recommended. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 18 December 1931 · page 5

The Commissioner of Police, Mr. Childs, stated to-night that the son of Alexander Barry, who was brutality murdered at Paddington on Monday, had offered a reward…

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W.A. Provincial Press. Ltd. Ex-director Sentenced. Perth

Daily Examiner · Friday 18 December 1931 · page 6

James Oswald Davidson, who had been charged at the Criminal Court with having, while a director of the West Australian Provincial Press, Ltd., and of the…

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Fatally Injured in Police Cell. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 18 December 1931 · page 5

Arrested on a charge of drunkenness this afternoon Edward Moran, 47, of no fixed abode, was placed in a cell in the Clarence street police station…

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Bloodshed in India Clash Between Police and Peasants Defiance of Regulations. Calcutta

Daily Examiner · Friday 18 December 1931 · page 5

Congress' defiance of the new regulations to cope with the civil disobedience movement in the United Provinces has already led to bloodshed, the result of a…

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Talkies Garden Theatre. "A Yankee at the Court of King Arthur."

Daily Examiner · Friday 18 December 1931 · page 6

Will Rogers heads the cast in "A Yankee at the Court of King Arthur," which concludes its season at the Garden Theatre to-night. Rogers reaches the peak of his…

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Bank Manager Charged. Perth

Daily Examiner · Saturday 19 December 1931 · page 8

On a charge of having stolen £3760, which came into his possesion by virtue of his employment as manager of the State Savings Bank at Collie, Allen…

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Train Thieves Stealing Coal From Trucks Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 19 December 1931 · page 5

Railway and police detectives were again busy at Newcastle and, as a result of their vigilance, five men were arrested aud charged with stealing coal from…

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Impostor Sentenced Woolgoolga Road Myth Six Months' Imprisonment

Daily Examiner · Saturday 19 December 1931 · page 3

Charged that on November 13 at South Lismore he falsely pretended to Amelio Baseggio that he had £10,000 at the Babinda (Q.) branch of the English,…

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Jury "Understood" Charge of Stealing a Cheque. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 19 December 1931 · page 5

When Charles Anderson was charged at the Criminal Court with having stolen a cheque for £8, the property of Annie Watkinson, and with having forged her…

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