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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1932

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Murder? Body Floating in Water Mysterious Death of Young Girl Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 October 1932 · page 4

A medical examination revealed a large bruise on the forehead of the 17 years old Darlinghurst girl, whose body was found floating in Kerosene Bay, on Monday…

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Alleged Libel Privileged Police Records Verdict for Newspaper. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 October 1932 · page 5

Claiming privilege, Detective Sergeant Barrett refused to produce police records when called upon to do so in the Banco Court to-day during the hearing of the…

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Year's Gaol Assault on Police Inspector Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 15 October 1932 · page 6

Richard Alexander Fatock, 29, was found guilty yesterday of occasioning actual bodily harm to Police Inspector J. White, at Bankstown. He was sentenced…

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Again in Trouble Stanley Abel Jones Charges of False Pretences and Stealing. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 15 October 1932 · page 5

Stanley Abel Jones, 54, agent, and former Mayor of South Grafton, appeared before Judge Clancy at the Quarter Sessions to-day on two charges of false…

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Worker's Claim Compensation Commission Cane Stripper's Accident a Demonstration in Court

Daily Examiner · Saturday 15 October 1932 · page 2

Yesterday morning at the Grafton Courthouse the hearing was continued before the Workers' Compensation Commission (Mr. Commissioner Routley…

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German Police Military Training Alleged. Geneva

Daily Examiner · Monday 17 October 1932 · page 5

Almost before the Anglo-French conversations in London had ended, M. Mas[?]igli, French delegate at the Disarmament Conference, made an attack on…

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Police Cordon Round City Building Three Men Arrested. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 17 October 1932 · page 5

The police surrounded a large block of buildings in Hay and Parker street, Haymarket, last night, and after an extensive search, lasting three hours, found…

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Bullets in Leg Police Fire at Suspects Two Arrests. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 17 October 1932 · page 5

With two police bullets embedded in the calf of his leg a man was admitted to St. Vitteent's Hospital to-night. The shooting was the sequel to a chase…

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Murder Charge Four For Trial Byron Bay Girl's Death Two Gave King's Evidence Lismore

Daily Examiner · Monday 17 October 1932 · page 5

At the inquest to-day concerning the death of Hazel Fraser, 24, of Byron Bay, who died in a Lismore private hospital, allegedly as the…

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Stole Funds Union Official Sentenced Perth

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 October 1932 · page 3

William Charles McKenzie, secretary of the Timber Workers' Union, was today found guilty of having stolen £100 belonging to the union, and was…

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Twelve Months S. A. Jones Sentenced Bad Feature of Case. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 October 1932 · page 5

Stanley Abel Jones, 54, agent, and former Mayor of South Grafton, who on Friday pleaded guilty to having obtained £7136 from Herbert John Baldwin by…

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Intent to Steal Four Men Charged Fuses and Explosives. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 October 1932 · page 5

At the Central Court to-day Wiliam Croft, 48, Timothy Ryan, 28, Arthur Allard, 32, and Edward Gardiner, 25, were charged with having broken and entered…

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Ambulance Car As Court Injured Man Sent to Prison Hospital. Parramatta

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 October 1932 · page 5

A temporary court was constituted in an Ambulance ear at Parramatta police station yard this afternoon, when Stanley Connolly, 19, laborer, who received serious…

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170 Days' Gaol Penalty for Horse Stealing. Wagga

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 October 1932 · page 3

At the Wagga police court James Throne, alias James Thomas Grills, was sentenced to 170 days' imprisonment for stealing a horse. The police evidence…

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Scene in Court Magistrate Furiously Abused. Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 October 1932 · page 7

There was a noisy scene in the Newcastle Court to-day when Harry Eraser, 36, a laborer, who had been sentenced to three months for indecency, launched a…

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Police Promotions

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 October 1932 · page 4

The following police promotions have taken place in the North Coast Police District since October 1:--Sergeant (third-class) E. Conrick, of Tweed Heads…

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Morse Key Found in Berrima Gaol

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 October 1932 · page 4

The discovery by the caretaker of a Morse key in the ventilator of a cell in the old Berrima gaol had given rise to speculation whether the instrument was…

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To High Court Interesting Taxation Appeal Against Queensland Supreme Court Judgment. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 October 1932 · page 4

Considerable interest has been aroused in Sydney business circles by the recent judgment of the Queensland Supreme Court, that the action of the Taxation…

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Two Youths Charged Murder of a Publican. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 20 October 1932 · page 1

After questioning two youths for several hours, following the shooting of Joseph Sybley, 47, the licensee of the Whittlesea Hotel, last night, detectives…

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Fines Out of Court

Daily Examiner · Thursday 20 October 1932 · page 3

The National Roads and Motorists' Association announces that the New South Wales Department of Transport contemplates the creation of the equivalent of…

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