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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1933

1,306 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 20 of 66

Attacked in Bed Police Escort for Boxer. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 April 1933 · page 4

The well-known boxer, Bobby Blay, made the journey from his home at Manly to take part in the fight against Johnny Burke at the Stadium to-night under…

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Rent Reduction Appeal to Land Board Settled Out of Court

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Tuesday 11 April 1933 · page 2

Before the Local Land Board this afternoon F. V. Brookes applied for a reduction in the rent paid for a farm which he has on lease from J…

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Counterfeit Coins Tram Conductor Sentenced. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 April 1933 · page 7

Convicted at the Darlinghurst Sessions to-day on a charge of having uttered counterfeit coins and of having spurious coins in his possession, Stanley Barnes…

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Brisbane Shooting Young Man in Court

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 April 1933 · page 4

As a sequel to a shooting sensation in Queen street, Brisbane, on Saturday night, April 1, as a result of which a man was taken to hospital, and the sub…

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Gaol Fare

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Thursday 13 April 1933 · page 2

The statement in a Brisbane court by a, prisoner, on remand that he would be unable to hang out until his trial on the gaol tucker has led the…

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A Mean Theft

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Thursday 13 April 1933 · page 3

After winning a prize with her hackney at the recent Taree Show, Miss Pauline McDonell, of Mayo Hospital staff, placed her horse in a box at the…

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"Gaol Tucker Killing."

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Thursday 13 April 1933 · page 4

When two men were told at the Brisbane court last week that theit request for tlie cases to be heard at the Supreme Court then sitting could…

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Small Debts Court Brewis v. Riding

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Thursday 13 April 1933 · page 2

In the Small Debts Court at Coils Harbour yesterday Samuel Brewls and his wife Mary Jane Brewls, sued W. H. T. Riding claiming £10 damages,…

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Two Years' Gaol Capital of £100 in P.n's. "Law Needs Drastic Overhauling." Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 April 1933 · page 5

In sentencing Richard Duigman to two years' gaol for having received a stolen motor car, Judge Woinarski at the Sessions to-day said the case indicated that…

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Ten Per Cent. Cut Arbitration Court Inquiry Influence of S.A. Decision. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 April 1933 · page 5

A report that the South Australian Board of Industry had decided to make no reduction in the State basic wage proved an important feature of the…

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'Cambridge Man' 'Mania for False Pretences' Sentenced to Gaol

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 April 1933 · page 8

A man[?] who was stated to have been educated at Eton and Cambridge, was sentenced by Mr. Shepperd S.M., at the Central Police Court to 12 months'…

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Sentenced to Three Months

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 April 1933 · page 8

Before Mr. B. J. Rodgers, J.P., at the Grafton Police Court yesterday, Joseph Beckett, 22, was charged with having committed an indecent offence near the…

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'Lifted a Parcel' Coff's Police Court Larceny Charge

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 April 1933 · page 1

COFF'S HARBOR, Wednesday. At the Coff's Harbor Police Court, Harry Bell was charged with drunkenness and larceny, and was sentenced to…

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Alleged Fraud City Solicitor Charged. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 April 1933 · page 5

Charged at the Central Court with having fraudulently omitted to pay to Pattie Lovell the sum of £390, in violation of the terms upon which he received the…

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Bush Tragedy Murder And Suicide Husband's Mad Impulse Family Attacked at Tea Table. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 17 April 1933 · page 3

A murder and suicide occurred on the farm of John Stewart, of Tallan- gower. in the Casterton district, last night…

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Craig's Second Trial Special Sitting of Criminal Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 17 April 1933 · page 3

Since the ordinary sittings of the Central Criminal Court are not due to begin until May 29 it has been decided to open a special sitting on April 26 before which…

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Britons Charged Scenes At Moscow Trial Whole Case a Frame-up' Emphatic Statement By Monkhouse Evidence by Accused Russians London

Daily Examiner · Monday 17 April 1933 · page 3

There was a remarkable scene at the opening of the court to-day when the trial of the Metropolitan Vickers' employees was resumed at Moscow. Monkhouse asked to be allowed to make a statement and he was three times interrupted by the President, but succeeded in stating that…

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Coramba Police Court Alleged Insulting Words Information Dismissed

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 April 1933 · page 2

At the Coramba Police Court, before Mr. H. Hawkins, P.M., the following cases were listed for hearing:- Horace Mudge charged William Webster…

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Stealing Money From Show Society Gate Attendants Convicted "Deliberate Plot to Defraud." Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 April 1933 · page 5

A sentence of three months imprisonment was imposed on Arthur McBeth, 57, Frederick Baker, 53, James Jess, 43, William Leber, 50, at the Central Police…

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Alleged Murder Broken Head Tragedy Arrest of Victim's Brother-in-law Remand Granted to April 26. LISMORE

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 April 1933 · page 4

William James Lawler, 57, married, with a family of ten, was charged at the Byron Bay Police Court to-day with the murder of Percy George…

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