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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1932

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K.C. Arrested Trust Fund Shortage Theft of 47,000 Dollars Alleged Winnipeg

Daily Examiner · Saturday 27 August 1932 · page 5

The University of Manitoba's' endowment trust fund shortage, recently officially reported to amount to 1,600,000 dollars. now amounts to approximately…

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Jury Disagreed Melbourne Murder Trial Accused Remanded for Re-trial. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 27 August 1932 · page 5

The trial of Harold James Russell, on a charge of the murder of his wife and two children, was concluded to-night. The jury disagreed…

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Female Barrister Petitioner in Divorce Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 27 August 1932 · page 5

Mrs. Mary Cecil Tenison Woods, a well-known Adelaide barrister, was grante a decree nisi in the Divorce Court to-day. in a case in which she petitioned for…

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Shot in Side Argument Over Money Brother of Victim Charged Man's Dying Depositions Taken Bathurst

Daily Examiner · Monday 29 August 1932 · page 4

As a result of being shot in the left side with a shotgun, at Cullen Bullen yesterday, Frederick Agnew Hogansen was admitted to Portland…

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In Bondi Flat Man And Youth Found Dead 'Murder and Suicide' Bodies Lying in Pools of Blood. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 29 August 1932 · page 5

Early this afternoon, the bodies of a single man and a youth were found in a fiat at Bondi, with, bullet wounds in the head…

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Football Riot Fists-Stones-Bottles Wild "All-in" Fight Police Have to Use Batons. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 29 August 1932 · page 5

When Constables Pedler and Casey attempted to quell a riot at Hampden oval at the conclusion of a football match between Rugby League…

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Grafton Police Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 30 August 1932 · page 3

In the Grafton Police Court yesterday before Mr. H. Hawkins, P.M., Victor Clarence Vivian a young man, pleaded guilty to charges of having been found…

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Noisy Motor Cycles Police Court Prosecutions

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 30 August 1932 · page 2

Before Mr. H. Hawkins, P.M., in the Grafton Police Court yesterday, Clarence Sunner (18) was charged with having driven a motor cycle with an open exhaust…

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An Engine As Court Exhibit

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 30 August 1932 · page 4

It is not unusual in District Court cases to find anything ranging from a push bike to a bag of wool as an exhibit but for the first time in local history an…

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Printing Trades Appeal to Arbitration Court Decision Reserved. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 30 August 1932 · page 5

The Amalgamated Printing Trades Employees Union of New South Wales today appealed to the Arbitration Court against, the decision of the Conciliation…

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Death Sentence Kingsbury's Appeal for Re-trial High Court Reserves Decision. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 30 August 1932 · page 5

An appeal was made to the High Court to-day on behalf of Guy Neville Kingsbury, 52, against the refusal of the Court, of Criminal Appeal to order the re-trial of…

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Textile Dispute Referred to Court. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 31 August 1932 · page 5

A compulsory conference between the parties to the textile dispute was held to-day, but no decision was reached. Judge Beeby referred the matter to the…

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New Trial Man Who Was Sentenced to Death Attempted Murder Charge. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 1 September 1932 · page 5

The Full Court to-day quashed the conviction and ordered a new trial in the case of Guy Neville Kingsbury, who was convicted recently of attempted murder…

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SPEEDING Ends In Police Court Alleged Dangerous Driving a Surveyor Fined

Daily Examiner · Thursday 1 September 1932 · page 2

At the Maclean Police Court on Saturday morning, before Messrs. Thos Haley and G. W. Austen, J's.P., Aubrey Duff Booth, surveyor, was charged with having…

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Three Years for Stealing Two Motor Cars. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 1 September 1932 · page 5

A sentence of three years imprisonment was imposed by Judge Moule to-day on Leslie Williams, 33, laborer, on a charge of stealing two motor cars…

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Saywell Murder Inquest Opened Happy Family Evidence Of Neighbor Footprints in Flower Bed Late Nights Son's Statement to Police. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 1 September 1932 · page 5

The inquiry commenced to-day concerning the death of Victor Claude Saywell who, with his wife, was found in bed at his home at Bellevue Hill,…

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Boy Shot Police Sergeant to Rescue Attacked by Fighting Kangaroo Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 1 September 1932 · page 5

While Lester Enemy, aged 8, of Randwick, and George Carmody, aged 12, were playing with an old revolver belonging to the latter's father, the weapon…

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Local and General Escaped From Gaol

Daily Examiner · Friday 2 September 1932 · page 4

Before Mr. E. T. Oram, P.M., at the Wauchope Police Court, George Edwards was charged with that on July 29 he did escape from legal custody. Sergeant J. A…

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Poultry Thefts Gaol Instead of Fines Advocated. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 2 September 1932 · page 5

A deputation representing the Poultry Club, of New South Wales, to-day asked the Minister for Justice that stern action should be taken to deal with…

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Police Raid Alleged Bogus Bank Notes Plant. Wollongong

Daily Examiner · Friday 2 September 1932 · page 4

In a raid on a house at Corrimal to-day, the police seized portion of a plant alleged to have been used for makim, bogus bank notes. A man was arrested…

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