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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1932

1,471 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 47 of 74

Unsatisfied Judgment Ca Sa Application District Court Order

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 August 1932 · page 4

In the District Court, Grafton, yesterday before his Honor Judge Clancy, Mary Rosalind Raven, of Glenreagh, proceeded against Alfred Leonard Nicholson, also of…

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Bridge Fatality Two Policemen Killed Run Over by Motor Car Horse Trainer Charged with Manslaughter. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 August 1932 · page 5

Two traffic constables, while on special duty on the Sydney Harbor Bridge to-night, were run down by a motor car and received fatal injuries…

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'Will You Talk Now? 'Third Degree' Methods Allegations Against Police. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 August 1932 · page 5

Allegations of third degree methods by the police were made by William Henry Swain, 26, watchmaker, who, with three other men, was charged at the Central…

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Hornsby Bank Burgled Thieves Use Duplicate Keys OVER £1300 Stolen From Safe Former Manager's Murder Recalled Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 August 1932 · page 5

Thieves, in possession of duplicate keys, entered the Hornsby branch of the Commonwealth Savings Bank last night and stole £1308 and two revolvers from the safe inside the strongroom. They then closed the doors of the strongroom and made their escape…

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Motor Trucks Echo Of Embankment Works Alleged Breach of Agreement District Court Action

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 August 1932 · page 4

An action in respect of motor trucks, arising out of transactions during the construction of the embankment for the railway through Grafton occupied the…

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Tullymorgan Farm Italians In Court Alleged Detention of Stock and Plant Verdict for Plaintiff

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 August 1932 · page 3

The hearing was commenced in the District Court at Grafton on Thursday before his honor Judge Clancy of an action in which John Mazzer, of Tunglebung Creek,…

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Another Murder Charge Perth Woman Arrested. Perth

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 August 1932 · page 3

Following the death of a man in Perth Hospital yesterday the police arrested Mrs. Rita Bransby on a charge of murder. It is alleged that the woman threw petrol…

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Recent Park Murder Arrest in Paddington. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 August 1932 · page 3

Detectives have been active searching for the murderer of Hilda White, aged 32 years, of Liverpool street, Darlinghurst, who was found lying strangled near the…

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Manslaughter Alleged Michael Polson Charged Coroner's in Query to Be Held. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 August 1932 · page 3

At the Central Police Court yesterday Michael William Polson,48, horse trainer, was charged with having feloniously and maliciously slain Joseph McCunn and…

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Parrot's Evidence Clever Mimicry in Court Won Case for Owner. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 August 1932 · page 3

Important "evidence" was given by a galah parrot, in the Adelaide police court yesterday. The bird was placed on the floor at the end of the Bar table, and…

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Coffs Gaol Breaker Recaptured at Armidale

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 9 August 1932 · page 2

Arrested at Armidale with another man on a charge of safe-blowing strong, powerfully built young man was recognised as Dirk McGrego…

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'BOX-ON' In Villiers Street Colored Pugilists Meet Sequel at Grafton Police Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 9 August 1932 · page 3

A fiisticuff engagement between two well-known local colored boxers held in Villiers street, Grafton, in the vicinity of Fisher Park on Sunday, July 17, had its…

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Quickly Recovered Missing Bicycle Defendant Sentenced to Two Months

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 9 August 1932 · page 2

Before Mr. H. Hawkins, P.M., at the Grafton Police Court yesterday morning, William James Bessant, 26, was charged, with having at Grafton, on July 30,…

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"An Insult to God" Theft of Church Vessels. Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 9 August 1932 · page 5

Preaching at the Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, Hamilton, the Rev. Father Peters described the theft of the chalice and ciborium from the church…

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Moratorium Act District Court Application

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 9 August 1932 · page 4

In the District Court at Grafton before his Honor Judge Claney yesterday an application was made by Amos Zaide Walters, of Nana Glen, under the…

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Centennial Park Murder Accused Remanded to August 22 SYDNEY

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 9 August 1932 · page 5

At the Central Police Court to-day, Victor Francis Lamerto alias Victor Francis Jamuschersky, was charged with the murder of Hilda White, in Centennial Park…

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Missing Watch Owner's Night Out Looked for the Time Next Morning Charge of Theft Fails

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 9 August 1932 · page 3

William Russell, 48, pleaded not guilty at the Grafton Police Court yesterday, to a charge of having, on or about July 23, stolen a gold watch and chain of the…

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Bankruptcy Court Tin Hare Witness Appears Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 9 August 1932 · page 5

Gerald Redmond Barry, who was one of the chief witnesses at the Tin Hare inquiry last week, was before the Bankruptcy 'Court, to-day. His contingent…

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Motor Trucks District Court Action Alleged Breach of Agreement

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 9 August 1932 · page 6

The hearing was concluded in the Grafton District Court yesterday morning by his Honor Judge Clancy of the action, McArthur v. Piper, and Smith, arising…

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Court Approaches Guarded Anti-war Demonstration Arrests. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 9 August 1932 · page 5

When a number of men who were arrested on charges arising out of the antiwar demonstration last Monday appeared at the Central Police Court to-day…

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