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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1933

1,306 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 52 of 66

Treacherous Blacks an Upper Hunter Murder Hawker's Body Cut Up

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 13 October 1933 · page 3

Many records have been written or the early history of the Upper Clarence River, especially that which has reference to the treacherous tribes of…

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Closing Rewan Police Remount Station Grazing Farm Scheme

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 October 1933 · page 6

Immediate action will be taken by the Queensland Government to close down Rewan as a police remount breeding station and a general survey will be made…

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Arbitration Court State and Federal Jurisdiction. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 October 1933 · page 4

The jurisdiction of the Queensland Arbitration Court and the legislative powers of the State itself are involved in a case to be heard by the…

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Defeat Or Compromise? Charred Body Found In Ruins Of Hut Murder Theory Supported a Missing Nephew. Bendigo

Daily Examiner · Saturday 14 October 1933 · page 5

The latest information received from the police, in regard to the investigation into the death of James Pattinson, 67, pensioner, whose charred…

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'£100 in Bribes' Bolger's Evidence at Police Inquiry Traffic in Cocaine "Knew He Was Being Blackmailed." Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 14 October 1933 · page 5

An allegation that he had given £100 in bribes to ex-Detectives Coffey and Lacey was made by Patrick Bolger, when giving evidence at the…

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Alleged Theft of Whisky

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 October 1933 · page 4

William Donald McDermid, 29, appeared before Mr. C. F. Denton, P.M., at the Grafton Police Court yesterday, to answer a charge of having, at South…

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Gaol Escapee Recaptured. Perth

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 October 1933 · page 1

A message from Darwin states that Joseph Vivian McGrath, who broke from Fanny Bay gaol on September 28, has been recaptured…

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Woman Charged Over £279 Involved Officer of Labor and Industry Department. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 October 1933 · page 5

Susan May Duncan, 44, who pleaded guilty at the Central Court to-day, on three charges of having forged acquittances and receipts with intent to defraud,…

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N.Z. Murder Taxi Driver Hit on Head Found Dying in Cab. Auckland

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 October 1933 · page 5

Police so far have been unsuccessful in their attempts to discover the person responsible for the murder of James Blair, taxi Iriver, who was discovered in his…

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FINED £1 Failed to Appear Vic. Police Inquiry Witness. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 October 1933 · page 5

A fine of £1 was imposed upon Pearce Patrick Bolger at the District Court to-day for having failed to appear at the police bribery inquiry on Monday last, in…

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Incinerated in Hut Nephew, Not Uncle Discovery by Victorian Police. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 October 1933 · page 5

A message from Bendigo states there was a sensational development in the Strathfield burnt hut mystery to-day. Detectives discovered that the victim…

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Police Inquiry Alleged Cocaine Ring S.P. Betting Business on a Cash Basis. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 October 1933 · page 5

Mention of the existence of what was described as "a cocaine ring" was made on several occasions when the inquiry into serious allegations…

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Woman Charged Stealing Furniture and Goods. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 October 1933 · page 5

Elsie Reilly, 21, appeared before Mr. Laidlaw, C.S.M., at the Central Police Court to-day and was remanded on a charge of having broken and entered the…

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Theft of Flowers

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 October 1933 · page 1

Gardeners whose chicoe blooms have suffered through the activities of flower thieves will read the following story from the Toowoomba "Chronicle" with…

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Sailor Charged Serious Offence Alleged. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 October 1933 · page 5

When William Lawson, 24, sailor, appeared in the Central Court to-day, on several charges, including one of having committed a capital offence, the poice…

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£1000 Reward for Murder of Publican. Belfast

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 October 1933 · page 5

The Ulster Government has offered £1000 for information that will lead to the conviction of the supposed murderer of Dan O'Boyle, a publican who was fatally shot…

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Sensational Chase Theft on Moving Train Alleged Two Men Arrested. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 October 1933 · page 5

Following a sensational chase by a squad of detectives and police, two men were arrested near Liverpool early to-day, and changed with having stolen goods…

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Shot Dead Former German Chief of Police. Berlin

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 October 1933 · page 5

The Socialist ex-Chief of Police, Dr. Eggerstedt, who escaped from a concentration camp at Kapendorf, was shot dead on the Dutch frontier when he tried to…

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Police Inquiry Detective Gives Evidence Bolger's Statement £100 to "Fix" Bench. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 October 1933 · page 4

Fear of recriminations, by people whom Pearce Patrick Bolger exposed to the police was mentioned by ex-Detective Coffey, as one of the…

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Sir John Coode's Report On The Clarence Entrance What 'Wise Alecs' Did About It Some Happenings Of 1888 Prisoners Escape From Grafton Gaol

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 October 1933 · page 3

Two prisoners, John Chartre and Thomas Stapleton, escaped from Grafton gaol on New Year's Day,[?] Chartre [?]as committed, for trial from Lismore…

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