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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1932

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Drug Addicts Through Doctors' Prescriptions Detective's Statement in Court Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 May 1932 · page 5

Ethel Allen, 22, domestic duties, was charged at Burwood court to-day with having had morphine in her possession. Detective Sergeant Thompson said there…

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Attempted Suicide Aboriginal in Gaol. Perth

Daily Examiner · Monday 30 May 1932 · page 5

An aboriginal known as "Kalgoolie Billy," who is awaiting his trial on a charge of wilful murder, attempted to commit suicide in Kalgoorlie lockup…

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Murder Case Costs State £2050. PERTH

Daily Examiner · Monday 30 May 1932 · page 5

The case in which "Showy" Rowles was found guilty of murdering Leslie Brown cost £2050, including the costs of the inquest, but excluding the costs of the…

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Wrestling Referee Joins in Warning by Police. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 30 May 1932 · page 2

Walter Browning and Alec Lundyn were opponents in a wrestling bout, at Leichhardt Stadium last night, with Tom Lurich, the well known wrestler, as…

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Court Problem Stutterer's Evidence Had to Write It. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 30 May 1932 · page 5

A stutterer who could not speak his evidence and would not sign it created a problem at the Coburg Court. The incident occurred during the…

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Employer and Employee Small Debts Court Action the Matter of an Award

Daily Examiner · Monday 30 May 1932 · page 6

The hearing was continued in the Small Debts Court on Friday afternoon before the P.M. of the ease postponed from Friday, May 20, in which Harry…

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Theft From Trucks

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 31 May 1932 · page 4

After a temporary lull, train raiders are again active in the north. Their latest exploit was a £60 robbery from a northbound goods train, the canvas of which,…

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Charge of Assault Strange Story in Court Prelude to Divorce Proceedings Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 31 May 1932 · page 5

A remarkable story was told at North Sydney court to-day, when Thomas Wilfred Almond, 24, and Archie Anderson, 30, were charged with assaulting Leslie…

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Police Allowances. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 31 May 1932 · page 5

The Chief Secretary to-day denied rumors that the Government intended to interfere with the police allowances. He said the matter had never even been…

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Woman's Death Police Take Action. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 31 May 1932 · page 5

Police are inquiring into the death of a woman at Glebe on Saturday. Although the death certificate was signed the police ordered the body to be taken to the…

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Murder Charge Letter From Another Man "Mad Jealousy." Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 31 May 1932 · page 5

The trial commenced this morning at the Central Criminal Court of Alfred Patrick Ball, 48, carter, who was charged before Mr. Justice Halse-Rogers with the…

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'Don't Move' Alleged Hold-up Boarders Disturbed at Lismore Hotel Man Arrested and Charged

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 31 May 1932 · page 4

"Don't move or I Will drill you; I don't want to shoot, there is not much money here." In this manner a hoarder at the…

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Theft of Postal Note

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 June 1932 · page 4

At Mullumbimby Police Court, before Mr. E. A. Mahony, P.M., William James Mitchell, chief enquiry officer of the Postal Department, proceeded against…

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Pensioner Murdered Quarter Caste Maori Charged. Auckland

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 June 1932 · page 5

An old age pensioner, George Crews, 73, was found murdered in a hut near Whangarei. He had been battered apparently with an axe…

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To Be Hanged W.A. Murder, Perth

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 June 1932 · page 4

"Snowy" Rowles, who was convicted of the murder of Louis Carron will probably be hanged on Monday week. The Cabinet to-day decided not to…

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Committed for Trial Alleged Breaking and Entering From Magistrate's Residence. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 June 1932 · page 5

Claude Thomas Maley, 22, clerk, was committed for trial at the Central Police Court to-day, on a charge of having, on February 14, broken into the dwelling…

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After Orgy Tragedy At Camp Man Fatally Injured Murder Charge Fails. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 June 1932 · page 4

The trial commenced in the Criminal Court to-day, before Mr. Justice Halse Rogers, of Thomas Jenkins, 33, hairdresser, who was charged with…

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Tyalgum-abersea Collision Marine Court Inquiry. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 June 1932 · page 4

The Marine Court to-day held an inquiry into the collision between the North Coast S.N. Company's frei[?] Tyalgum, and the collier Abersea, near…

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Tin Hares Lang Govt. Scandal Royal Commission Result of Police Investigation Labor Ministers and Politicians Mentioned Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 June 1932 · page 5

The names of ex-Ministers and prominent politicians are mentioned in a sensational report compiled by detectives who were assigned to…

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Local and General Three Months' Gaol

Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 June 1932 · page 4

Harry Harrison was sentenced to three months' hard labor at Casino on a charge of offering indecent publication for sale…

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