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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1932

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Dole Riots Crowds Attack Police Clashes at Liverpool Mounted Police Called Out. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 September 1932 · page 5

Thirty were injured and 15 arrested at Liverpool, while many shop and tramcar windows were broken in clashes between police and…

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Judges Protest Appeals From Appeals Court. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 September 1932 · page 7

Mr. Justice Starke, at a sitting of the Full Court, protested against the court being required to hear criminal appeals, when they had already been decided by…

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£900 Saw It Paid Over "To Protect Publicans From Police." Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 September 1932 · page 5

Cecil Joseph Newsome, in evidence at the Fruit Machines Inquiry to day, said he was in Trautwein's office when £960 was paid over by Smith. This money was…

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R. S. and S. Employment Act Witness Collapses in Court Case Adjourned Indefinitely

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 September 1932 · page 4

The case in which Hugh Milne, secretary of the Maclean Unemployed Soldiers' Association, is proceeding against Oswil Francis Cooke, an officer of the M. R…

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CONVICTED Two Language Charges Police Magistrate Satisfied Allegations Against Police Refuted

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 September 1932 · page 6

Charles Lang, 30, who appeared at the Grafton Police Court yesterday morning, on two separate charges of 'having used indecent language, alleged that he had…

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CANADIAN K.C. Sentenced to 14 Years Millions of Dollars Involved. Winnipeg

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 September 1932 · page 5

John A. Machray; K.C., churchman lawyer and financier, aged 67, who is suffering with cancer of the bladder, was sentenced to seven years on each of two…

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Maclean Court. Industrial Arbitration Case

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 September 1932 · page 7

At the Maclean Police Court on Thursday the Police Magistrate, Mr. H. Hawkias, adjudicating in the industrial arbitration jurisdiction heard a claim brought…

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Aged Man Missing Police Searching Bush. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 September 1932 · page 4

F. W. Rolf, 67, a poultry farmer, resident on the Hawkesbury River, disappeared from his home at midnight on Wednesday. The police have been scouring…

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'Yellow Streak' Portland Murder Charge Brothers Fall Out. Portland (N.s.w.)

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 September 1932 · page 4

An inquiry was commenced to-day into the death of Frederick Agnew Hogansen, 30, who died at the local hospital on August 7, as a result of…

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Bellingen Case Accused Sentenced

Daily Examiner · Monday 26 September 1932 · page 1

Pleading guilty to a charge of having at Bellingen on July 31, broken and entered the factory of Bellinger Co-op Butter and Bacon Company, and to stealing one…

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Court Humor

Daily Examiner · Monday 26 September 1932 · page 3

A heavy farm roller was an exhibit in a case at the Dubbo Police Court a few days ago. There were smiles when a lawyer asked a policeman if it was not a fact…

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A Disputed Account Maclean Small Debts Court

Daily Examiner · Monday 26 September 1932 · page 6

At the Small Debts Court, Maclean, on Thursday, before Mr. H. Hawkins Police Magistrate, Roy Davis, a motor garage proprietor, proceeded against Les…

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ARRESTED Queensland Detective Special Night Court Sequel to Dismissal From Force Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Monday 26 September 1932 · page 5

The dismissal of Detective Acting Sergeant K. Campbell from the Queensland police force on Saturday as the result of a departmental…

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Theft of £1104 Former Postmaster Charged. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 September 1932 · page 5

At the Central Court to-day, Francis Lawrence Guillier, 39, clerk, was com milted for trial on a charge of having misappropriated £104211 while acting…

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Second Trial Melbourne Murder Case. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 September 1932 · page 5

The second trial of Harold James Russell, 27. mechanic, on a charge of the murder of his wife and two children, commenced at the Criminal Court to-day…

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HANGED Assault On Girl Death Penalty at Coburg Man Met End Calmly. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 September 1932 · page 5

David Bennett was executed at the Coburg gaol this morning, for a criminal assault on a 4 years old girl at North Carlton…

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Live 'Body' Jumped Into Sea Rescued by Water Police. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 September 1932 · page 5

A native cook on the steamer City of Canton which is now in Harbor is reported to have been drowned last night, and the water police launch was…

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Ouida's Japanese Crew Territory Natives Charged with Murder. Darwin

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 28 September 1932 · page 5

Two natives charged with murdering the Japanese crew of the Ouida last, year appeared before the Court yesterday and were remanded. They were captured by…

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Sheep and Cattle Stealing

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 28 September 1932 · page 4

A remarkable story of wholesale sheep and cattle stealing was unfolded in the Murrumburrah Police Court when Archibald Stuart (28). of East street. Harden…

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Offensive Weapons Friends of the Soviet Sent to Gaol. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 28 September 1932 · page 5

For being idle and disorderly and having carried offensive weapens three Friends of the Soviet in Melbourne were seat to gaol for six months…

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