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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1934

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Q'sland Law Challenged in High Court by Vacuum Oil Company. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 1 March 1934 · page 4

The validity of Queensland Motor Spirit Vendors' Act, which requires petrol companies to purchase power alcohol produced in Queensland from molasses in proportion…

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DISAGREED Jury In Second Trial Boys' Home Case Demonstration in Court. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 1 March 1934 · page 4

The appearance at the General Sessions to-day of William Henry Baye, former superintendent' of the Newhaven Boys' Home, on a second trial for alleged…

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Nott Murder Married Woman Charged Special Court at Hospital Husband Charged with Assisting. Tamworth

Daily Examiner · Friday 2 March 1934 · page 5

There was a sensational development in the Pilliga murder case to-day, when Henry E[?]rl Richards, 53, husband of Annie Elizabeth Richards,…

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Two Months in Grafton Gaol

Daily Examiner · Friday 2 March 1934 · page 4

Francis James Kanter (19), alias Francis Wilson, was sentenced to two months with hard labor in Grafton gaol by Mr. J. Doughan, J.P., in…

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Old Burglary Recalled Passing of Damaged Notes. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 2 March 1934 · page 5

A sensational burglaw at the Enmore branch of the Bank of New South Wales four years ago, when £200 was stolen from the safe, was recalled at the Central…

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Smart Police Work

Daily Examiner · Friday 2 March 1934 · page 4

Mr. E. E. Sabien, of Kempsey, who visited Sydney for the bowling carnival, had a rather unenviable experience last week. Whilst he was away playing…

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Attempted Blackmail Twelve Months' Imprisonment Ex-hospital Matron Sentenced. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Friday 2 March 1934 · page 5

Isabella Claire McIntosh, 48, ex-hospital Matron, was found guilty to-day of blackmail on Dr. H. J. Windsor, and was sentenced to 12 months' hard labor…

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Machine Gun Police Still Searching Drinking Party in Hall

Daily Examiner · Friday 2 March 1934 · page 4

The search for the Hotchkiss machine gun, which was reported stolen from the Drill Hall at Grafton on Wednesday, was continued…

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Arbitration Court Ten Per Cent. Application. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 2 March 1934 · page 5

The Full Arbitration Court to-day further consid red the application of the unions for the rescission of the 10 per cent emergency wage cut…

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Boy of 14 PAID £10 Per Week Evidence in Bankruptcy Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 2 March 1934 · page 5

Examined in the Bankruptcy Court to-day Arthur James Liddey told the Registrar, Mr. Lockhart, that he had paid his 14-year-old son £10 a week for 10…

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Robbing a Cathedral Two Men Sentenced. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 March 1934 · page 5

For breaking into St. Mary's Basilica and stealing a portion of the Tabernacle, Lawrence Peter Brandt, 21, and Jacob Rlumanfelt, 32, were sentenced at the…

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Mothers Complain Schoolgirls Accosted Magistrate's Warning to Defendant

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 March 1934 · page 7

Following upon complaints received by the police that a man had been accosting girls on their way to and from school, Leslie Graham, 22, a stranger to…

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A Court Interlude

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 March 1934 · page 6

Under the ordeal of cross-examination, a pretty brunette, who was a witness in a case in the Brisbane Criminal Court, on Wednesday, broke down and sobbed…

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Upholding Dignity of Court

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 March 1934 · page 4

Mr. C. F. Denton, the Magistrate at Duubo, who is well-known in Grafton, believes in upholding the dignity of the courts. A man charged with a breach of…

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Stavisky Cheques Sent to Paris Police. Paris

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 March 1934 · page 5

A batch of missing counterfoils and cheques issued by Stavisky was delivered to the police bearing the post mark Romagnano, Italy. There is no clue…

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Man Fatally Shot Police Challenge Ignored Result of Making Appointment Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 March 1934 · page 5

A man whose identity had not been established, died in hospital this morning from bullet wounds inflicted by Constable Vinnicombe last night. The man was seen…

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Shilling Damages Appeal to High Court Hogan v. VICTORIAN A.L.P. MELBOURNE

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 March 1934 · page 5

On Monday, the Full Court of the High Court will hear an application on behalf of members of the Victorian Central Executive, of the A.L.P. for special leave…

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Daring Theft in Broad Daylight Man Sentenced to Month's Imprisonment

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 March 1934 · page 4

Remarable audacity was displayed by a man named Frank Morgan, 28, a stranger, who in broad daylight coolly walked into the entrance to the residence…

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With Wooden 'Pistol' Broke Gaol Daring New York Gangster Scared Guards Kidnapped Deputy-sheriff and Escaped in Gaol Car. New York

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 March 1934 · page 5

A message from Crown Point (Indiana) says the notorious New York gang leader, John Dillinger, who was imprisoned in the Crown Point…

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Sensation in Boston Court

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 March 1934 · page 2

In Boston (U.S.A.) court on Wednesday wild excitement occurred following shooting and the throwing of a bomb. Two Connecticut youths were being tried for…

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