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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1932

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Woman Charged Murder of Cecil Gibbs. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 June 1932 · page 5

At the Central Court to-day, Catherine O'Byrne, 46, a domestic, was charged with having feloniously and maliciously murdered Archibald Cecil Gibbs, also with…

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Sentenced to Death Might Have Killed Mussolini. Rome

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 June 1932 · page 5

Shardellott, who was arrested outside Mussolini's offices on June 5 with bombs in his possession, and who subsequently admitted he was going to attempt to…

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'A Battler' Hawking Without a License Police Do Not Press for Heavy Penalty

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 June 1932 · page 7

William Platt, 54, pleaded guilty at the Grafton Police Court yesterday morning to a charge of carrying on business as a hawker without a license. The police,…

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Had Lang Not Gone What Might Have Happened Removal by the Police. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 June 1932 · page 4

Addressing the Institute of Public Administration last night the Victorian Commissioner of Police, General Blamey, said that had Air. Lang refused to go…

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10 Per Cent. Cut Application For Cancellation Refused by Arbitration Court Reconsideration Next Year. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 June 1932 · page 5

The Federal Arbitration Court today refused an application by industrial organisations for the cancellation of the court's orders, in January,…

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Theft From School of Arts

Daily Examiner · Monday 20 June 1932 · page 4

Thefts of a petty nature from the Casino School of Arts have been reported from time to time, the latest being a list of members which had been posted in the…

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Dangerous Criminal Escape From Victorian Gaol. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 20 June 1932 · page 5

William Augustine McKntee, 39, broke the grille of his cell at Ararat Gaol yesterday, and escaped. He is a dangerous English criminal who…

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Police Stop Football Match Rugby Union Mix-up. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 20 June 1932 · page 3

The Rugby Union match between Randwick and St. George third grade teams, at Hurstville Oval, was abandoned on police instructions, following fighting…

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Flat Shooting Mrs. Barney For Trial Murder Charge Dejected Figure in Black. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 20 June 1932 · page 5

A remarkable scene at Mrs. Barney's flat was described at the resumption of the case in which she is charged with the murder of Michael Stephne…

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THEFT £4 Taken From Handbag Aboriginals in Court Defendant "A Menace to the Town."

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 21 June 1932 · page 3

Jack Smith, 42, a colored man, was charged before Mr. C. G. Catt-Boyd, P.M.. at the Grafton Police Court yesterday with having at Grafton, on or about June…

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Serious Clash Nazis and Police. Cologne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 21 June 1932 · page 5

Hundreds of Nazis in uniform defying the decree prohibiting their assembly, tried to execute a propaganda march. They savagely attacked the intervening…

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Gaol Before Love-making

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 22 June 1932 · page 2

Some of the women in Papua want as husbands men who have gone to gaol instead of men who sit round doing nothing. The Lieutenant-Governor of Papua,…

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Two Men Charged Robbery Under Arms Alleged. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 22 June 1932 · page 5

Detectives arrested two men in bed at a house at Richmond early this morning and at the City Court later they were charged in connection with three recent…

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Scott's Sentence Reduced to Month Garden Assault Case. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 22 June 1932 · page 5

The sentence of three months gaol imposed upon William Wallace Sparkes Scott, for having assaulted Ald. J. S. Garden was to-day reduced, on appeal to…

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Replica of Prayer Book Camouflaged Wireless Set for Gaol. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 22 June 1932 · page 5

A camouflaged wireless set was confiscated yesterday by the Governor of the Geelong Gaol. It was in the form of a replica of a prayer book with an incise…

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Gang Law Machine Gun Threat Police Release Prisoner Sensational Sequel to Bank Robbery. Chicago

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 22 June 1932 · page 5

Machine gun threats prompted Cook County officials to-day to dismiss the bank robbery charge against Danny McGeoghegan, a well-known…

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LEFT £87,000 Late E. R. Abigail Probate Court Litigation "Not Single Shilling for Son." Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 22 June 1932 · page 5

Litigation in connection with the estate of the well-known solicitor, E. R. Abigail, who died leaving estate valued at £87,000, commenced before…

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Nine Months Train Pilferers Sentenced Sydnev

Daily Examiner · Thursday 23 June 1932 · page 5

At Liverpool court, Francis Kavanagh and Frank Laurie wore charged with stealing a quantity of goods from railway trucks, between Liverpool and…

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'Destitute' Man Lying in Gutter Police Found £60 in Pockets. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 23 June 1932 · page 5

An old man was found lying in a gutter in Stanley street, city, early this morning. He appeared to be destitute [?] suffering from the effects of an[?]…

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£300 Paid Into Court Girl Claims £2500 Damages Knocked Down by Car. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 23 June 1932 · page 5

Before the Chief Justice and a jury in the Banco Court to-day, Mavis Enid Farthing, a 20-year-old shop girl, claimed £2500 damages from lack Courts, of…

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