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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1932

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Dartmoor Trial Unprecedented in England Assize Court at Gaol. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 18 February 1932 · page 5

Revealing further details of the proposed trial of 50 prisoners concerned in the Dartmoor gaol mutiny, the "Daily Telegraph"' says an Assize Court, will…

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Local and General Reconciled in Court

Daily Examiner · Thursday 18 February 1932 · page 4

Rather than record a conviction against a man who was charged in a Melbourne Court on Friday with having assaulted his wife, "Messrs. C. Sheezel and R. Bowers…

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To Stand Trial Charge of Murder W.a. Bones Mystery Case

Daily Examiner · Thursday 18 February 1932 · page 6

Completing his record of the evidence given by 35 witnesses (some of whom had been recalled), and having inspected 93 groups of exhibits in the Murchison bones…

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"A Jog Trot" Demonstration in Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 18 February 1932 · page 5

A novel request was made by a jury in the District Court, in a case in which Maude Wilson sought to recover damages from the Transport Trust for…

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Troubled India Attack on Police Station Moslems Destroy Hindu Villages. Calcutta

Daily Examiner · Thursday 18 February 1932 · page 5

Incited by Congress leaders, a mob of 1000 villagers, armed with knives and sticks, besieged the police station at Tarpur, in the Provinces of Bihar and…

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Maclean Police Court

Daily Examiner · Friday 19 February 1932 · page 7

Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, P.M., Charles Ellem, changed with having been found drunk and disorderly in River street., on Saturday evening, pleaded…

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Dorrigo Police Court Friday, February 12, 1932 Unlawful Assault (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, P.M.)

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 19 February 1932 · page 6

Albert August Beaumont proceeded against Norman Windley on a charge of having assaulted him on the Deer-vale-Dorrigo reas, Gangara, on the…

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Dentective Threatened Ernest Devine Sentenced. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 19 February 1932 · page 4

When Ernest Edward Devine. 28, was convicted on a charge of housebreaking! and sentenced to 23 months' imprisonment, at the Quarter Sessions to-day, he…

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Police Dragging Woman's Body Not Recovered. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Friday 19 February 1932 · page 5

Water police have not yet found the body of the young woman who leapt into the river from Victoria; Bridge, though they have been dragging continuously…

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Man Hunt Mad Trapper of the Arctic Shot Dead by Police Vancouver

Daily Examiner · Friday 19 February 1932 · page 5

A message from Aklavid (North-West territories) states that one of the greatest man hunts in the history of the North-West lasted eight weeks in midwinter…

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WOMAN'S £694 Shock For Brisbane Police Shabbily Dressed Carried Money for Months. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Friday 19 February 1932 · page 4

Holding out a bundle of 94 £1 notes, and then just as casually producing from her clothing another six of £100 denomination, an elderly and poorly dressed…

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Charged with Assault Airman J. A. Mollison Evidence by Householder. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 February 1932 · page 5

Airman James Allan Mollison, 26, was charged at the Marylebone Police Court with assaulting Henry George Ward, whose face was heavily bandaged…

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Stealing Charge Woman Arrested at Murwillumbah

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 February 1932 · page 8

When Phyllis Gaiter stepped, off the train at Murwillumbah on Wednesday night sue was not expecting to be met by anyone, and she seemed rather surprised…

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Accountant Sentenced Five Years for Forgery. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 February 1932 · page 5

At the Quarter Sessions to-day Cecil Wyatt Dickinson, 37, auditor and accountant, pleaded guilty to 10 counts of forgery and uttering and was sentenced…

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Gaol Breaker Amazing Story Of Escape How Richards Got Out of Yatala Prison Travelled Through Grafton In Coffin Box Police Gave Him Rations

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 February 1932 · page 7

Ernest Albert Richards, who, when arrested in Brisbane this week, was believed to be the man whose escape from Yatala prison, near Adelaide, has been shrouded in mystery, told the detailed story of that escape in an exclusive interview to the Brisbane "Daily Mail."…

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Campbell's Statements Contradicted by the Police. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 February 1932 · page 5

The Chief Secretary, Mr. Gosling, said to-night he received from Mr. E. D. Irving, Acting Metropolitan Superintendent, a report replying to the statements…

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State Industrial Commission Appeal Against Full Court's Decision. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 February 1932 · page 5

An application will be made by the Crown next week for leave to appeal to the High Court of Australia against the decision of the State Full Court that,…

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Waterside Workers Claim in Arbitration Court Go-slow Methods of Federation Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 February 1932 · page 8

Giving evidence during Die Arbitration Court hearing of the Waterside Workers' Federation for preference of employment, to-day Arthur Threlfall…

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Theft in a Church Handbags Stolen During Prayers Woman Thief Sentenced. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 22 February 1932 · page 5

The thefts of the handbags of four worshippers in St. Francis' Church, Elizabeth street, were described at the City Court to-day when Catherine Mary…

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Razor in Pocket Attempted Murder Alleged Charge Against Broom-maker. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 22 February 1932 · page 4

A charge of haying feloniously wounded Edward Donnelly on February 19, with intent, to murder him, was preferred against Edward Fielding, 40, a broom…

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