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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1933

1,306 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 6 of 66

Woman Shot Bullet Through Heart Husband Wounded Charged with Murder. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 January 1933 · page 5

Mrs. Gertrude Cottell, 35, was shot dead through the heart at 6 o'clock this morning at her home at Toowong. Her husband, John Cottell, 40, was…

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Mrs. Skeffington Sentenced. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 January 1933 · page 5

Mrs. Shechy Skeffington was sentenced to a month's imprisonment for entering Armagh in contravention of an exclusion order…

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Australian Tanners Charged with Dilatoriness. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 January 1933 · page 5

In a letter to the Premier's office the Victorian Agent-General in London accused Australian tanners with being dilatory in supplying prices and details of…

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"Bowled at Batsmen" W.A. Bowler Charged. Perth

Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 January 1933 · page 5

The fast, bowler for West Australia and the Central Province team. Ron Halcombe, has been officially charged as the result of incidents at a match…

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Man's Death Bullet Wound in Heart Police Puzzled. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 January 1933 · page 5

A puzzling feature fo the death of Ronald Oram, 30, who was found dead last night with a bullet wound in the heart, is that a pearrifle was found some…

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£200,000 a Year to Avoid Police Interference Bookmakers in Adelaide. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 January 1933 · page 4

That bookmaker's in Adelaide paid about £200,000 a year to avoid police interference and meet other expenses was a statement made to the Betting…

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Turkey for Gaol Dinners!

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 3

Mr. Marshall writes to the Brisbane "Courier": "It appears that the local police lock-up keepers in Queensland are paid at the rate of about 1/3…

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Corabma Court Work

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 7

At the local court, over 100 Court of Petty Sessions cases were heard during the year. Fifty plaints were entered, 12 executions were [?]aken out, while 12…

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Police Fire on Crowd Nine Killed, 11 Injured. Dresden

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 5

Nine Communists were killed, and injured, in a clash with police during an anti-Socialist meeting, in a crowded beer hall…

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Mans Skull Fractured Police Puzzled by Street Affray. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 3

William Healey, 29, of Barcombe Avenne. Darlinghurst, was critically injured when he was assaulted by three men in Pitt street, city, to night. He was…

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Interesting Court Case Native Birds Protection Keepers of Aviaries, Beware!

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 4

A prosecution launched under the Birds and Animal Protection Act at Nowra a few days ago has an important bearing on the practice of…

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Mining Activities Coramba District Heavy Year for Warden's Court. Coramba

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 4

The past year has been a particularly heavy one for the Warden's Court al Coramba. The mining district embraces the Orara…

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A Spinning Device Confidence Man Sentenced. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 January 1933 · page 3

Charged, with possessing an instrument capable of being deemed as a means of cheating, Horace Lees, 25, was sentenced, to a month's hard labor at the Central…

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Queer Idea of Practical Joke Assault Upon Old Man. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 January 1933 · page 5

At the Redfern Court to-day Michael John McEvoy, 21. was bound over for two years on a charge of having assaulted John Wadell, 73…

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Murder Case Revived After Five Years Skeleton Found in Mine Shaft

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 January 1933 · page 3

Whether or not the police will be given an important lead in solving the five-year-old Moonji murder mystery will be known to-morrow, when the…

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Aphrodite Causes Trouble Assessor Charged with Receiving Sentence of a Year with £200 Costs. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 January 1933 · page 5

John William Bell, insurance assessor, was sentenced to a year's imprisonment, with £200 costs, on a charge of receiving the statue of Aphrodite…

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Court Story "How Could She?"

Daily Examiner · Monday 30 January 1933 · page 3

A delightful story is told by Sir Edward Parry, the famous English County Court Judge and playwright, about the most amusing pleading he ever heard…

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Constable Suspended Alleged Assault on Woman Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 31 January 1933 · page 5

The Police Commissioner, Mr. Ghilds, yesterday suspended a first-class constable attached to the city station, following the report that a woman had been…

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Indian Justice Extraordinary Murder Decision Calcutta

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 31 January 1933 · page 5

An extraordinary decision was given by the High Court Judges of Hyderabad State, in a case sent to them for confirmation, where eight men were…

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Eight Men Fined £10 Trespassing on Railway--attacking Police.culcarrn

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 31 January 1933 · page 5

When the police arrested two men on Saturday for trespassing on the railway six men followed the party to the lockup where they pulled pickets off the…

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