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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1932

1,471 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 33 of 74

Aged Grazier Charge of Kidnapping Two Men Before Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 May 1932 · page 5

At the Quarter Sessions to-day, Henry Edward Messervy, 43, engineer, and Allan George Kelly, 32, plantation manager, were charged on three counts of having…

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BANK'S £5099 Three Officers Charged £300 Bail. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 25 May 1932 · page 5

At the Central Court to-day Charle McLean, 41, clerk, Frank Phibbs. 42, Jerk, and Horace John Finn, 49, clerk were remanded until June 8 on a charge…

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Seen in Sydney Man Wanted for £10,000 Theft. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 25 May 1932 · page 5

Despite exhaustive inquiries, extending over almost a year, detectives have not yet rearrested Joseph Ryan, who disappeared on July 20 last, after he had been…

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Riots in N,z. Planned, Police Allege. Auckland

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 25 May 1932 · page 5

The question whether the recent riots were premeditated was raised at the tria of 14 of the alleged rioters. The police maintain that the fact that the accused…

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Serious Charges Assault and Indecency Two Men and a Girl. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 May 1932 · page 4

Jack Purcell, 45, motor driver, and Ernest Colver, 26, laborer, were remanded at the Central Court this morning until June on a charge of having assaulted a…

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Coining Plant Arrest at Waverley Long Police Vigil Rewarded. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 May 1932 · page 5

Considerable importance is attached by the police to the arrest it Maverley to-day of a man on a charge of coining and assault. They hope to account for…

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Murder Alleged a Woman Charged. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 May 1932 · page 6

At the Central Court this morning, Muriel Lena Nolan, 22, was charged with having murdered Helen Endean, at Bondi yesterday. She was further charged…

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Govt. Officials Two Sent to Gaol for Stealing £4419 Involved. Hobart

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 May 1932 · page 5

Thomas Joseph O'Shea, formerly of the State Treasury Department, was convicted of having stolen £3700, proceeds of the sale of revenue stamps. He was sentenced…

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Murder Appeal Dismissed by High Court. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 May 1932 · page 5

The High Court dismissed the appeal of "Snowy," otherwise Stanley Rowles, alias John Thomas Smith. who was sentenced to death in West Australia for the…

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Solicitor Charged Misappropriation of £374 Alleged. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 May 1932 · page 6

At the Central Court Victor Kendall, 34, solicitor, was remanded on a charge of having received £513 on terms requiring him to pay the money to Henry Cooper…

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Two Men Arrested Alleged Assault on Girls. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 May 1932 · page 6

Detectives early this morning arrested two young men in connection with an alleged assault upon two young girls. It is stated that the girls were taken…

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Counterfeit Shillings Police Prosecutor's Allegation Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 May 1932 · page 5

At the Paddington Court to-day, Raleigh Walsh, 40, was charged with having had 350 counterfeit shillings in his possession. There was a second count…

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Acting Suspiciously Police Sprang a Surprise. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 May 1932 · page 4

Early this morning the police received a telephone message that three men were acting suspiciously outside Abbott's Hotel at Waterloo…

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Rufe Naylor Police Raid Premises Seven Persons Arrested. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 May 1932 · page 4

The premises occupied by Rufe Naylor in Pitt street were raided by the police this afternoon, when Naylor and five other men and one woman were arrested…

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Made a Mistake Jury Foreman's Statement Remarkable Sequel to Court Case. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 May 1932 · page 4

There was a remarkable sequel to the trial of Edward Fielding, 49, at the Central Criminal Court to-day. Fielding was convicted day a jury on a…

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Still the Lang Plan Labor Leader's Policy Speech Capital Levy on Mortgages or Debentures for Unemployment Relief Banks, Court and Governor Attacked Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 May 1932 · page 6

Claiming that "the people's fight" had been won when the Mortgage Taxation Bill was passed, Mr. Lang declared in his policy speech at Auburn to-night that the fruits of victory had been momentarily taken from them by the dismissal of his Government…

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Many Charges Including Attempted Murder, Accused in Gaol Hospital. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 May 1932 · page 5

John Victor Brown, aged 19, did not answer to his name, at the Central Court to-day, when charged with having attempted murder, having an unlicensed…

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Perrott Case Messervy and Kelly Sentenced Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 May 1932 · page 5

At the Quarter Sessions to-day Henry Edward Messervy and Alan G. Kelly were sentenced to five and three years imprisonment, respectively, for having…

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Spero Papas Police Still In Dark Maclean Mystery Two Notes Translated

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 May 1932 · page 4

Did Spero Papas, Greek restaurant-keeper at Maclean, who walked out of his shop without a word of farewell late on Tuesday night, throw…

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Compensation Court Young Woman Claims £375 Industrial Commission at Grafton

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 May 1932 · page 8

At the Compensation Commission sittings on Wednesday at the Grafton Courthouse, Bessie Gertrude Brown, aged 23, claimed damages amounting to £375 for…

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