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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1933

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New Wireless Station for Sydney Police Force. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 January 1933 · page 2

Tenders for the erection of a wireless broadcasting station at Redfern for the police department are to be called by the State Government. The cost of the station…

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Abigail Appeal Notice to High Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 January 1933 · page 4

The High Court has received notice of appeal against the recent interpretation by Mr. Justice Harvey of the will of the late E. R. Abigail. solicitor…

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Constable Charged with Assault Case at Manly Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 5

Constable Arthur Jones was charged at the Manly Court to-day with having assaulted Frank Alexander Mancer, fish cafe proprietor…

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Tas. Tragedy Stabbed with Pocket Knife. Man Charged with Murder. Launceston

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 5

At the conclusion of evidence concerning a the death of Rosie May Jones on December 26 at Launceston, the coroner today committed Reginald Waters for trial…

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After Fire Amazing. Murder Mystery Identity of Body Relatives and Police Baffled. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 5

What appeared to be a Simple case of a man overcome by smoke in a sudden fire in an office while typing at a desk developed into an…

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Gaol for Robbing Drunken, Man. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 3

At the Central Court to-day, John Barry, 39 was sentenced to six mouths imprisonment for having stolen 96 from a drunken man. The Magistrate commented that the…

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Pennyworth of Gas Woman Fined £3 for Theft. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 5

Emily Evans, charged with having stolen gas worth one penny, at the Campsie Court to-day, pleaded that she secured the gas by connecting a rubber…

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Long Arm of the Law Alleged Theft in 1918. SYDNEY

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 5

Christopher Silverwood. 45, appeared at the Central Court to day on a charge of having stolen articles valued at £10 from his mother in 1918. When the case…

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To Break Gaol Youth S Unsuccessful Attempt "Shoot Here." Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 5

Andrew Fischer Burns, 18, made a desperate, but unsuccessful attempt to escape from Campsie lock-up this afternoon…

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Nurse Arrested Murder of Patient Shots Through Head and Heart. Sofia

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 5

Following the death of the editor Evtimoff, who was wounded during a political disturbance at the end of last month, his murderer, Christoff Trajonoff,…

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Park Murder Police Still at Work Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 5

Detectives investigating the murder of Bessie O'Connor to-day became possessed of certain information which they regard as important in assisting them in…

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Alleged Assault and Robbery

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 4

Charged with assault and robbery at Lismore Police Court on Wednesday, before Mr. J. A. Harris, P.M., Victor King, a half-caste, reserved his defence and…

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Owing to Ill-health Prisoner Released From Gaol. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 4

Sentenced on April 27 last year to three and a half years imprisonment under the Bankruptcy Act, Walter Toohey, 64, formerly a member of the firm of…

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Bicycle Thieves 132 Charges Against 3 Men "Master Mind" Sentenced. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 5

No fewer than 132 charges of having stolen bicycles, were preferred against Ernest Westbrook, 29, Frederick Beattie, 36, and Bruce Beattie, 18, when they ap…

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Son Sent to Gaol Called "Inveterate Thief" by Father. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 4

Describing his son as an inveterate thief, the father of James Lloyd, 18, asked that he be sent to gaol. The son appeared on two charges of…

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Gaol Riot Six Killed, 20 Injured Two Indian Factions. Calcutta

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 5

Six men were killed and twenty injured in a riot between prisoners in Dikhah gaol on the frontier. III feeling, which has been acute for some time,…

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Shed Murder Robbery the Motive Victim's Identity Established. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 5

The body of the man found burned to death in a shed at Hampstead has been conclusively identified at Walter Spatchett, by means of the laundry mark on…

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Master Burglar Sydney Police Make Arrest Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 4

By the arrest of what they describe as a master burglar, police hope to put a stop to a series of house robberies which have occurred at Point Piper, Rose Bay and…

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Queensland Police Commissioner. Term of Office Extended a Year. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 5

The Government to-day decided to extend the term of the. Police Commissioner for another year, from May 8, the date on which Mr. Ryan is due to retire under…

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COMMITTED Prince Street Affray Accused Surrenders to Police Man's Face Badly Battered

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 2

Before Mr. H. Hawkins, P.M., at the Grafton Police Court yesterday, Wilfred Charles Yeaman, 45, who was remanded on Wednesday…

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