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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1932

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Compensation Question Important Full Court Ruling. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 November 1932 · page 5

An important ruling was given by the Full Court to-day after the hearing of the case in which John Walsh, transport worker, claimed that the weeks in which…

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Crooked Work Crossword Puzzle Fraud Trap Laid by the Police. Perth

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 November 1932 · page 5

Archibald Gilchrist Clayton, who pleaded guilty at the police court to seven charges of fraud in the adjudication of a crossword competition, was sentenced…

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Tied to Chair Fainted Under Torture Remarkable Story in Court Two Men Committed for Trial. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 November 1932 · page 4

A remarkable story was told at the Central Court to-day when John Patrick Deehan, 28, a mechanic, and Cyril James Butler, 30, a laborer, were…

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Berlin Strike Patrols of Armed Police. Berlin

Daily Examiner · Monday 7 November 1932 · page 3

Under a broadcast threat that anyone [?]terfering with traffic would be shot this [?]orning was not marked with disorders, [?]lying squads of armed police…

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London Riots Letter From Moscow to Unemployed Leaders "Fight the Police Terror." London

Daily Examiner · Monday 7 November 1932 · page 3

''You must fight the police terror and agitate for the police chief's dismissal" was a statement in a long letter from Moscow, instructing Wal…

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Clients Robbed Former Solicitor Sentenced Thousands of Pounds Involved Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 November 1932 · page 5

Sentence of one year and nine months imprisonment was imposed upon William Edward Hawkins, 69, a former solicitor, at the Quarter Sessions to-day, on a…

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Sequestration Order Sequel to Recent Court Case. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 November 1932 · page 5

There was a sequel to the recent action in which Murray Garth, of Hamilton, New South Wales, is claiming £10,000 from Ida Hyams, formerly of Melbourne, now of…

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Armed with Sticks De Valeraites Rush Meeting Cosgrave Protected by Police. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 November 1932 · page 5

Special precautions were taken to prevent disorder at Mr. Cosgrave's meeting at Cork. A police bodyguard surrounded Mr. Cosgrave as he entered the hall, but…

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A School "Court."

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 November 1932 · page 2

An interesting experiment in character training is being carried out at the Boondail School, near Sandgate, Brisbane. The headmaster (Mr. E. G. Wilson) has…

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£550 Robbery Accused Again Remanded Pensions Pay Theft Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 November 1932 · page 5

At the Central Court to-day Paul Grlerson, 32, mechanic, was charged with having by use of a orrosive. fluid, ammonia, maliciously done grievously d…

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Hidden Florins Pension Pay Robbery Police Evidence Assault and Robbery Charge. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 10 November 1932 · page 5

Paul Grierson was charged at the Central Court to-day with having assaulted and robbed Frank Edgar Seekold of £350, the property of…

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Seized by Police Powerful Bomb in Sack Fifteen Feet of Fuse. Wellington, (N.z.)

Daily Examiner · Thursday 10 November 1932 · page 4

A powerful bomb was discovered in a sack by Greymouth police who were watching a man's movements. The bomb had about 15 feet of fuse around…

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Man's Death Woman Charged with Murder. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 November 1932 · page 4

At the Central Court to-day Dorothy Mary Warner, or Jackson, 41, milliner, was charged with having murdered Victor Gordon Jackson, at Waterloo, on October…

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Warder Fiercely Attacked Parramatta Gaol Incident Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 November 1932 · page 5

Warder Los Coghill, of Parramatta gaol, had an exciting experience yesterday, when he was fiercely attacked by a long sentence prisoner in the garden…

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Three Years N.Z. Solicitor Sentenced. Wellington (N.z.)

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 November 1932 · page 5

On a charge of having stolen money, the property of a client, a solicitor named Charles Stewart Leahy was sentenced to three years imprisonment at Auckland…

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Devanny Appeal Argument in Full Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 November 1932 · page 4

The appeal of Francis Harold Devanny against his conviction and sentence of six months imprisonment on a charge of having solicited contributions of money…

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Food Supplies Sent to Lithgow by Govt. Guarded by Police. Lithgow

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 November 1932 · page 5

Supplies of goods for the Government dole contractor arrived here this morning and were unloaded in the railway goods yards under a strong police guard…

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Cool Theft

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 November 1932 · page 4

Forcing an entrance to J. Kemp's fish shop at 308 Auburn street, Goulburn, between 12.30 a.m and 8 a.m., a party of men treated themselves to a fish supper…

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Through Window Stolen Clothes Ma[?]lean Police Court

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 November 1932 · page 3

At the Maclean Police Court on Thursday, before Mr. Hawkins Police Magistrate, Albert Cooper, a travelling tinsmith, was charged with stealing a pair…

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Youth Bahered Attacked In Bedroom Found Lying in Pool of Blood Father Charged with Murder. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 November 1932 · page 5

Phillip Herbert Govett, 18, residing with his parents in Old South Head road, Bellevue Hill, was found in bed early this morning with his head and…

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