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Courts & crime, 1934

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Indian Riots Police Attacked by Sikhs. Calcutta

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 April 1934 · page 5

Six persons were injured, one fatally, when the police fired on a crowd of Sikhs who attacked them with knives in a village near Lyallpur, in the Punjab…

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Acquitted Alleged Murder at Sea Murderous Intention Not Proved. New York

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 April 1934 · page 5

Andrew Kirwan, 23, son of Madame Dubonnet, wife of the millionaire French distiller, who was the former Jean Nash, known as "the best dressed woman in the…

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"Passed Bad Coins" Chased and Caught by Police. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 April 1934 · page 5

After a chase in which police and civilians took part, a young man was arrested at Canterbury to-day, and charged with having in his possession and uttering…

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Growing Tension Orthodox and Untouchables Clashes with the Police. Calcutta

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 April 1934 · page 5

There is growing tension throughout India between the orthodox Hindus and the depressed classes over the latter's…

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Privy Council Century-old Court Jurisdiction Over 400,000,000

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 April 1934 · page 1

The end of November last was the centenary of the first sitting of the final Court of Appeal of the British Commonwealth of Nations—the Judicial…

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'Cruel Methods' Capturing Native Birds Birds and Animals Protection Act Police Prosecutions at Grafton

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 April 1934 · page 3

In the Grafton Police Court yesterday, before Mr. S. J. Bliss, P.M., Henry Brown, of Gurranang, was charged under the Birds and Animals Protection Act,…

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10 Per Cent. Cut Rescission Application Court's Decision Next Week? Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 April 1934 · page 5

Although nothing official is known, it is understood that the Full Arbitration Court will deliver its reserved judgment next week, in connection with the application…

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Police Court Sequel

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 April 1934 · page 4

Mr. Fred Atkinson, of Alice street, Grafton, has asked us to point out he was not the Frederick Atkinson who was fined at the Grafton Police Court on…

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Police Court Robbed Thieves Get Away with £500. PERTH

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 April 1934 · page 5

It was discovered to-day that during the holidays £500 was stolen from the strongroom of the Bunbury police court buildings…

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Diabolical Cruelty Horse Brands Slashed With Knife Horror in Mountain Retreat Startling Police Discovery. Ingham

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 April 1934 · page 5

A revolting case of cruelty to animals was revealed by the discovery by the police of a secret yard and paddock in the mountains about…

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Verdict of Not Guilty Death Of George W. Nott Hearing of Pilliga Murder Charge. Trial Of Mrs. Annie Richards "Miracle That Stone Struck Vital Part" Narrabri

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 April 1934 · page 5

The trials of Mrs. Annie Richards, 49, for having murdered George Washington Nott, at Bugirbone Station, on February 14, and of her husband,…

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Alleged Tweed Heads Theft

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 April 1934 · page 4

Peter Carroll and Claude Collins, on remand, appeared before Mr. J. S. Berge, P.M., in the Brisbane Police Court on Tuesday charged with the theft of an…

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Weighty Police-problem

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 April 1934 · page 3

The police authorities of Highland Park, near Detroit (U.S.A.), have a problem on their hands. It is Sergeant Glenn Pike, who weights 25 stone. When…

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Fiction Surpassed Murder on the Air Tragedy at Broadcasting Station. Moscow

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 April 1934 · page 5

Fiction was surpassed to-night, when listeners heard a murder committed in a broadcasting station at Tiflis. A police official was describing the bandit concerned…

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Loss of Bealiba Marine Court Inquiry. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 April 1934 · page 7

The Marine Court to-day held an inquiry into the cause of the stranding of the steamer Bealiba near Norah Head on March 9, and which became a total…

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Supreme Court Grafton Sittings Next Week White Gloves for Judge

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 April 1934 · page 4

The Supreme Court will sit at Grafton on Tuesday next, his Honor Justice Halse Rogers presiding. There are no criminal trials listed and the criminal panel has…

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Unions Appeal Against Arbitration Court Decision Railway Commissioners' Log. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 April 1934 · page 5

Next Monday Mr. Justice Evatt in the High Court will commence hearing the appeal by the unions against the decision of the Federal Arbitration Court that an…

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Pilliga Case Male Accused Before Court Bound Over in Nominal Sum Narrabri

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 April 1934 · page 5

Following the acquittal yesterday, of Mrs. Annie Richards, on a charge of having murderea George Washington Nott, at Pilliga, her husband, Henry Earl Richards,…

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Maclean Police Court Without Tail Light

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 April 1934 · page 8

Before Mr. S. J. Bliss, P.M., at the Maclean Police Court, on Thursday last, John Ernest Ascoli was charged with having, on March 11 last, driven a motor…

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Boy Stabbing Case Father Arrested Charged And Charged Great Interest Manifested Police Control Excited Crowd. Perth

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 April 1934 · page 4

Laurence Oil er Mollor, 44, a powerfully built man, appeared at the Fremantle police court to-day, on a charge of having murdered his son,…

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