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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1933

1,306 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 26 of 66

Assaulted Constable Woman Sent to Gaol. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 16 May 1933 · page 5

Convicted at the Central Court to-day on a charge of having assaulted a constable, Elizabeth Hayes, 37, was sentenced to six months imprisonment…

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18 MONTHS Young Woman Sentenced STOLE £439 Didn't Spend Penny on Herself. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 16 May 1933 · page 4

Constance Francis, 26, cashier, was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment at the Quarter Sessions to-day on a charge of having stolen £439 from…

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Triple Murder Two Women and Priest French Comedian Amok. Paris

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 16 May 1933 · page 5

A former clown and music hall comedian, Hyacinth Danse, aged 50, after murdering his mistress and also his mother, aged 82, crossed the frontier and shot at…

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£500 Bail Car Driver Before Court Accidents During Chase. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 16 May 1933 · page 5

At the Central Court to-day Phillip Henry Rutledge, 41, was remanded on charges of having feloniously slain Rose Elizabeth Spratt and caused bodily harm…

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Judge's Son Bankrupt, But Will Pay Witness in Court Case. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 16 May 1933 · page 5

A denial that he had boasted that no Magistrate would convict him because his father was a Judge of the Arbitration Court was given by Edward Beeby while…

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Coramba Police Court Drunk in Public Hall

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 May 1933 · page 2

Mr. H. Hawkins, P.M., heard the following cases at the Coramba police court:--Frank McLeod, who was charged with…

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In Well Man's Decomposed Body Dalby Horror Man Charged with Murder Alleged Statement by Accused Dalby

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 May 1933 · page 4

The finding of the decomposed body of Percival Cornelius Read, in a disused well on his farm near Dalby, resulted in Percy Claude Airs appearing…

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Park Murder Third Trial for Craig. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 May 1933 · page 5

The Attorney-General, Mr. Manning, decided to-day that. Eric Roland Craig should be placed upon trial for the third time on the charge of having murdered…

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Move Court Against Referendum Verdict Piddington' Intention to Restrain State Government. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 May 1933 · page 4

It is the intention of Mr. A. B. Piddington, K.C., to apply to a Judge in the Supreme Court to-morrow to restrain the State Government from…

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FOR £50 Secure Release From Gaol Remarkable Allegation. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 18 May 1933 · page 6

The allegation that they conspired to obtain £50 from Gordon Smith, of Cobden, last March by offering to secure the release of his brother, Victor, who was…

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'You Misled Us' False Pretences Alleged Company Director Charged. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 18 May 1933 · page 5

"You know perfectly well you misled us. You have been pretending all the time that your money was in the bank. You kept me designing new plants when…

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£200 Reward Police Chief's Recommendation Bondi Shooting. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 18 May 1933 · page 5

Although the Criminal Investigation Department continued its investigations with undiminished viger to-day into the circumstances surrounding the shooting…

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CHEQUES Many Were Cashed Dalby Murder Case Body Found in Well. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Thursday 18 May 1933 · page 5

The hearing of the murder charge against Percy Airs, following the finding of the body of Percival Read in a well, was resumed at Dalby…

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£1400 Involved Customs Agent in Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 18 May 1933 · page 5

At the Central Police Court to-day, Harry Rawes Whittall, 46, Customs agent, was charged with having on March 28 received £443211 upon terms requiring…

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Maclean Police Court Yesterday's Sitting

Daily Examiner · Friday 19 May 1933 · page 7

At the Maclean Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Hawkins, Police Magistrate, George Schipp, who did not appear to answer a charge of drunkenness, forfeited…

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Town Values Maclean Appeals Magistrate's Decision

Daily Examiner · Friday 19 May 1933 · page 4

In the Appeal Court, at Maclean, the Police Magistrate, Mr. Hawkins, gave his reserved decision in regard to appeals made by various owners, against the…

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Politics and Police Extraordinary Revelations

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 19 May 1933 · page 4

When ex-Sub-Inspector Kenny appealed to the Court in Brisbane last week for a mandamus to have the Appeal Board created to hear his…

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Keeping Police Free of Political Influence

Daily Examiner · Friday 19 May 1933 · page 4

It is desirable that every arm of the public service should be free from political interference, but in no place is this freedom more essential than in the police force and other departments of the State that have to carry out the administration of the law. Since the present Government has been in office it…

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Lismore Baker Defies Court's Order

Daily Examiner · Friday 19 May 1933 · page 3

In April last, William Alexander McLeish, master baker, of Lismore, obtained an injunction against Charles Taylor, pastrycook, of Conway street, Lismore,…

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Bunchy Top Banana Plantation Affected Fine of £25 Inflicted Magistrate's Comment. Lismore

Daily Examiner · Friday 19 May 1933 · page 4

A serious view of neglect by the owner of a banana plantation to carry out the regulations in regard to the destruction of bunchy top infested…

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