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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1932

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Yatala Gaol Tragedy Prisoner Found Hanging. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 November 1932 · page 4

William Thomas Roberts, 60, who was serving a sentence of eight, months in the Yatala Prison, was found hanging by a belt from the electric light fixture in his…

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Good Turn Unrewarded Man Arrested for Assault. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 November 1932 · page 11

The police visited Green Valley, near Liverpool, last night and arrested a young man on a charge of alleged assault on the four-year-old son of a farmer who had…

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Iron Leg of Bed Seaman in Assault Case. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 November 1932 · page 2

At the Central Court to-day Patrick Byrne, 38, seaman, was remanded until November 18 on a charge of having occasioned bodily harm to Patrick Holland…

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Ulmarra Court Without Lights

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 November 1932 · page 9

At the Ulmarra Court of Petty Sessions on Wednesday last before Mr. H Haw kins, P.M., the following cases were heard:--…

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Children's Throats Cut Mother on Murder Charge. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 November 1932 · page 5

At the City Court to-day, Elizabeth Peddler, 23. of Geelong, was remanded ill November 14 on charges of having murdered Harry Douglas Peddler, and…

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Ten Hurt Riot At Lithgow 7 UNEMPLOYED, 3 Police Crowd Routed with Batons Near Government Dole Depot. Lithgow

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 November 1932 · page 5

A serious position developed this morning when seven unemployed and three police were injured in a melee. It appears that a meeting was held…

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After the Dance Tucabia Assault Cases Cross Summones Heard at Ulmarra Police Court

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 November 1932 · page 3

At Ulmarra Police Court on Wednesday, before Mr. H. Hawkins, P.M., three alleged assault cases from Tucabia took up a considerable part of the day, and were…

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Goulburn Girl Found Dead in Fut Paris Police Searching for Artist. Paris

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 November 1932 · page 5

Paris police are searching for a young artist who accompanied a thirty-year-old Australian, Mr. Ruth Cooper, to her flat on Wednesday. Fifteen minutes later he…

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Counterfeit Coins Second Man Charged. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 November 1932 · page 7

Following the arrest of a man on a counterfeiting charge at Alexandria on Friday, detectives last night went to a house at Maroubra, and arrested a man,…

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Daly River Murder Dingo Trapper's Death. Darwin

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 November 1932 · page 4

Police have received a report that a dingo trapper named William Tetlow has been murdered by a native on the Daily River, 200 miles from Darwin…

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Murder Charge Farmer Committed for Trial Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 November 1932 · page 8

At Gympie Circuit Court to-day, Charles Keith, 38, farmer, was committed for trial on a charge of wilfully murdering Alfred Smith, at Fishermen's Pocket, on…

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Cars in Collision on Southgate Road Counter Claims in Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 November 1932 · page 2

On the night of September 7 cars driven by Matthew Sydenham Johnson, of Grafton, and William Winkler, of Brushgrove, came into collision…

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Gaol Warder Assaulted Accused at Central Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 16 November 1932 · page 5

Norman McDonald, 29, laborer, was remanded until November 22, at the Central Court to-day on a charge of having unlawfully assaulted Ernest Sattler, warder,…

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Two Charges of Stealing

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 16 November 1932 · page 4

Consequent on further inquiries following the arrest of two men, stated to be commercial travellers, by the Murwillumbah police, Henry Percy Jones (24) and…

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Italian Sentenced a Terrorising Camorra. Townsville

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 16 November 1932 · page 5

Antonio Cavallo was to-day sentenced to 18 months imprisonment on a [?]arge of demanding £250 from Giuseppe Zavatloro, at Ingham, with a threat to blow…

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New Device Make Gaol-breaking Impossible. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 16 November 1932 · page 5

An interesting device, which it is claimed will make gaol escapes impossible, will be tested before high police officials in the old Bourke street police station…

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Theft of Car Former Detective on Trial. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 16 November 1932 · page 5

Before Mr. Justice Macrossan and a jury in the Supreme Court to-day ex-Detective Acting-Sergeant Kenneth Campbell, 39, was charged with conspiring with…

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Released Prisoners Police Methods Criticised Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 16 November 1932 · page 5

Addressing the annual meeting of the Howard Prison Reform League, the chairman, Mr. J. B. Steel, said once a man had been in prison he was, in many cases,…

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SOLICITORS Fight In Court Excitement at Toowoomba Case Adjourned. Toowoomba

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 16 November 1932 · page 5

Exciting scenes occurred in Toowoomba Court to-day during the hearing of the case in which Patrick Rosenthal, farmer, of South Brook,…

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Dishonored Cheque Solicitor V Bank Appeal to Full Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 16 November 1932 · page 5

William Douglas Dunn, solicitor, to-day appealed to the Full Court against the decision of a jury in the Supreme Court, in which he claimed £5000 damages from…

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