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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1931

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

Bones in Ashes Bungendore Murder Victor Identified by Police Latchkey May Unfold V Mystery. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 29 December 1931 · page 5

Aided only by a few slender clues, the police have identified the victim of the Bungendore murder as Sydney James Morrison, who formerly…

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Amazing Duel Man Shot Dead In Crowded Street Ten Shots Fired--pedestrians Escape Panic-stricken People Flee One Man Charged with Murder Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 29 December 1931 · page 5

=The most amazing and spectacular shooting affray in Sydney's history occurred at King's Cross to-night when have men exchanged revolver shots from a distance of a few yards. One man was mortally wounded and died a few minutes after admission…

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Police Sergeant Suspended. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 29 December 1931 · page 4

It is reported that a first-class police sergeant in the metropolitan area has been suspended from duty following allegations with regard to the disappearance of…

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Maclean Police Court Possession of Buggy Wheel

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 30 December 1931 · page 4

Before Messrs T. A. Goddard and A. E. Cameron, Js.P., at Maclean Police Court, Thomas Ford was charged with having a buggy wheel to the value of 10…

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Constable Arrested Charge of Stealing. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 30 December 1931 · page 5

Constable Hitchcock, of windsor, who was suspended from duty three weeks ago, was arrested last night, and charged with having stolen leather valued at £5,…

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Three Sentenced for Smuggling Stowaways World-wide Organisation. Berlin

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 30 December 1931 · page 5

Alleged to belong to an organisation having agencies in Sydney and other great ports, for the specific purpose of smuggling stowaways, two members of…

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Murder and Suicide Rejected Lover and Sweetheart Paris

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 30 December 1931 · page 5

When Edouard Adrinat on the eve of mar[?]ing Gilbert V[?]ile in the village of Verneil met with a motor accident which deprived him of his right arm and left…

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Bungendore Bones Police Following Morrison's Movements. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 30 December 1931 · page 5

As a result of the definite identification of the Bungendore remains, the police expect to be able to trace Morrison's movement from the time he left home…

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Police Assn, Secretary Death of Mr. Fortescue. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 30 December 1931 · page 5

The death is announced of Mr. Bertram Fortescue, secretary of the New South Wales Police Association, after a long illness. Mr. Fortescue was only 39 years…

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Foreigner Sentenced Waited in Doorway Planned to Assault and Rob Woman. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 31 December 1931 · page 3

Elisio Asvear Pasten[?]z, a Chilean, appeared at the Central Court to-day on a charge of having been armed with offensive weapons with intent to assault and…

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Pastoral Award Application to Court. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 31 December 1931 · page 3

The Graziers' Association of New South Wales has filed an affidavit in the Arbitration Court, in support of its application that the pastoral award be suspended,…

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Fierce Struggle Police and Three Men Constable's Jaw Fractured. Cowra

Daily Examiner · Thursday 31 December 1931 · page 3

When police went to arrest a man at Woodstock, for allegedly being drunk and disorderly, the man violently resisted and another man rushed to help…

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