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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1933

1,306 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 4 of 66

DISMISSED Bark Hut Assault Case a Punch on the Jaw

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 13 January 1933 · page 4

At Coffs Harbour Police Court on Wednesday William Tapper charged Ernest Henry Griffith with having assaulted him at Ba rk. Hut mill on…

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In Grafton? Missing Brisbane Bookmaker Brisbane Police Statement. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 January 1933 · page 5

Advice was received by the Brisbane Criminal Investigation Branch that John Daniel McNamara, the Brisbane bookmaker, has been located at Grafton, in…

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Tighe's Hill Case Bed Brought Into Court Man Speedily Fell Asleep Singleton

Daily Examiner · Saturday 14 January 1933 · page 5

When the trial of the ten men in connection with the Tighe's Hill anti-eviction riot was continued at the Singleton Quarter Sessions yesterday one of the…

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Bessie O'connor Murder Police Nearing End of Inquiries Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 16 January 1933 · page 2

Detectives are hopeful of concluding an important development during the next few days, in connection with the murder of Bessie O'Connor. There is…

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Prisoner Shown Out of Gaol Mistaken for Visitor Only One Day in Custody

Daily Examiner · Monday 16 January 1933 · page 2

John Ryan, a 22-years-old prisoner, made a remarkable escape from Brixton prison. He was remanded in custody at South…

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Missing Ring Southgate Theft Case at Ulmarra Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 January 1933 · page 3

At the Ulmarra Court of Petty Sessions, on Saturday before Messrs H. G. Greenaway and F. Hall, Js.P., Joseph Frederick Gruner was charged that at Southgate, on…

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Alleged Assault Accused Wish to Be Dealt with Together

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 January 1933 · page 4

William Laycock (40). James Morris (28) and Frederick Laycock (33), three of the four men accused of having at Grafton on December 24 assaulted Charles…

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Flogging for Assaulting Police New Law Advocated. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 January 1933 · page 4

Following an important conference of police chiefs in the city to-day the Commissioner, Mr. Childs, said the frequency of assaults on policemen demanded drastic…

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Killed Aborigine Prospector's Statement to Police. Alice Springs

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 January 1933 · page 4

Stating that he had killed a native in self-defence, G. F. Davis, a prospector, arrived here to-day and told the police he surprised the natives during an…

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Shed Murder Man Hunt Ends Suspect Arrested Boy's Dog Finds Revolver. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 January 1933 · page 5

Samuel James Furnace was arrested at Southend. He was discovered staying in a house at No. 11 White gale road, and was taken into custody…

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Telegram Theft of Orchids. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 January 1933 · page 4

On four charges of stealing orchids, Richard Duval, 21, laborer, was lined £12, at Hornsby court to-day, and was ordered to pay £14 compensation…

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Man Sentenced for Assauult and Pepper Throwing. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 January 1933 · page 5

In connection with yesterday 's pepper throwing case at Annandale George Henry Schmidt, 24. a mechanic, was charged at Glebe Court to-day with…

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Costly Trial 28 Accused Sentenced Revolutionaries in India. Calcutta

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 January 1933 · page 5

After a trial lasting three years and costing the Government nearly £120,000, 28 men, including three Britons, were sentenced at Meerut for conspiracy to…

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Park Murder Accused Craig Remanded. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 January 1933 · page 5

When Eric Roland Craig, 25, salesman, appeared at the Central Court to-day on a charge of having murd red Iris Marriott, also known as May Miller, at Waverley,…

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Murder Suspect Died From Effects of Poison. London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 January 1933 · page 5

Samuel Furnace, who was arrested and charged with the murder of Walter Spatchett, but drank poison after being lodged in a cell, has died…

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Coining Plant Seized by Melbourne Police Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 January 1933 · page 5

Police raided houses at Richmond and Abbotsford, at the week-end, and seized two complete coining outfits and a number of counterfeit coins. Three men…

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Flogging Fine and Imprisonment Urged for Police Attackers. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 January 1933 · page 4

A recommendation to the Government that Magistrates should be empowered to order a flogging of between, 15 and 25 strokes, as well as 12 months'…

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Dismissed Alleged Assault on Constable Magistrate's Comment. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 January 1933 · page 5

Declaring the constable had unnecessarily used his baton, the Magistrate at Kogarah Court dismissed the case in which John Memory, 32, was charged…

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Stealing Typewriters. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 January 1933 · page 2

On six charges of having stolen typewriters from a newspaper office Leslie John Horrigan, 19, clerk, was fined £25 at the Central Court to-day, with…

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Alleged Assault Charge Against Constable. Parramatta

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 January 1933 · page 4

At the Parramatta Court First-class Constable Lind, in charge of Blacktown, was proceeded against by summons for assaulting Francis Charles Arantz, at…

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