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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1932

1,471 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 32 of 74

An Obsession Murder of M. Doumer. Paris

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 May 1932 · page 4

Gouguloff, who murdered the French President, M. Doumer, told the examining Magistrate an astonishing story. He said he had been dominated by the…

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Daring Burglary at Taree

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 May 1932 · page 4

It is only a few months since Mr. C. Bulmer's store at Taree was broken into. The offence was repeated in more costly form on Saturday or Sunday night. When…

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Car and Pearifle Charge of Stealing

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 20 May 1932 · page 3

Charles William Victor Parsons, aged 32, was charged at Coils Harbour Court to day with having stolon a Swift motor car at South Melbourne…

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Two for Trial on Two Murder Charges. Hobart

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 May 1932 · page 5

Keith Wraithall and John Kenneth Tingham were committed for trial by the Coroner on a charge of murder at the conclusion of the inquiry into the death…

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Shot Dead Youth on Murder Charge "Not a Bright Boy." Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 May 1932 · page 5

An inquest was opened to-day on Samuel Calderwood, 19, who was shot dead at Mulbring. on April 29. Cecil Barr, his companion on the…

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Mystery Car the Armidale Fire Police Investigating. Armidale

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 May 1932 · page 5

Police are continuing their inquiries into the circumstances surrounding the tragic fire at the premises of Braund and Company yesterday. They have not…

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BANK'S £5099 Third Man Before Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 May 1932 · page 5

At the Central Court to-day Horace John Finn, 49, clerk, the third man arrested concerning the disappearance of money from the Commercial Banking…

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'Wicked Libel' Basic Wage Reduction Function of Court Stevens Hits Hard. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 May 1932 · page 5

While it is not my intention to reply to every canard issued by the Government's opponents, I must at this early stage of the fight brand…

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Three Bombs Police Arrest Russian Near Government House Sensation in New Zealand. Wellington (N.z.)

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 May 1932 · page 5

Arrested near Government House, Auckland, this afternoon a Russian seaman, George Sargiff, was in possession of a bomb…

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Communist Sentenced Theft Prom Railways Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 May 1932 · page 5

Judge Armstrong, sentencing William Bourke 28, to 18 months' imprisonment at the Quarter Session to-day declared "the prisoner is on the dole, but he is…

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Accused's Complaint Allegations Against Police Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 May 1932 · page 5

At the City Court to-day, Lawrence Stanway, 25, motor driver, and James Scott, who were acquitted of complicity in the Flinders lane hold-up, for which…

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Police Chase Safeblowing in Adelaide. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 May 1932 · page 5

A police chase in which revolver shots were fired took place at. 3 a.m. following the blowing of a safe at the Angas Park distillery…

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Justifiably Killed Shot by Police Constable. Perth

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 May 1932 · page 5

According to the Coroner's finding, Martin Keen, who was shot outside the Bank of New South Wales at Manjimup, on April 24, by Constable Harvey, was…

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Police and Unemployed No Unnecessary Violence. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 May 1932 · page 5

The report of Royal Commissioner Keller, Police Magistrate, who investigated allegations that the police used violence in dispersing the unemployed men…

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For Three Years 302 Russians in Gaol Parading in the Nude. Nelson (B.c)

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 May 1932 · page 5

Fifty-five Doukhobor men pleaded guilty to a charge of parading in the nude last Sunday and were sentenced to three years imprisonment, bringing the total…

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New Guard One Hundred Men at Drill Police As Spectators. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 May 1932 · page 5

The police, in continuation of their inquiries into the activities of the New Guard, to-day visited Pendle Hills where, it is alleged, about one hundred men were…

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Brutal Assault Seven Attack and Rob Man. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 May 1932 · page 5

Robert McArthur, a resident of Concord, was attacked at the Central Railway Station early yesterday morning, by five men and two women. His jaw and nose…

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Poisoned Beer Believed to Be Murder. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 May 1932 · page 5

Following the poisoning of W. C. Bumpstead and his nephew, Alan Kennedy, market gardeners, at Yarram, after they had drunk a portion of the contents of…

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Moratorium Act Case Before Grafton Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 May 1932 · page 3

At the Grafton Police Court yesterday application under section 4 of the Morat[?] Act was made by Home Recreations (Aust.), Ltd. (in liquidation) to…

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DIAMONDS Removed From Jewellery Imitations Substituted Police Investigate Fraud. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 May 1932 · page 5

Sydney detectives are investigating what is believed to be one of the most deliberate diamond frauds that has ever come before the police…

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