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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1934

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Vicious Assault Eighteen Months Imprisonment Lismore Sessions Case. Lismore

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 April 1934 · page 6

Charles Eldridge, professional boxer and laborer, was sentenced at the Lismore, Quarter Sessions' to-day, by Judge Caney to 18 months' hard labor, for having in…

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Coff's Harbor Coff's Harbor Court

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 April 1934 · page 2

The following cases were dealt with by Mr. S. J. Bliss, P.M., at the Coff's Harbor Police Court:— William T. Smith was fined 2/6 and 8/…

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Complaints Against Police Upheld by Juror. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 April 1934 · page 5

A peculiar incident arose at the Quarter Sessions to-day, during the hearing of a case against two men charged with housebreaking…

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Paid with Life For Cutting Off Man's Ears Innisfail Murder Imprisonment for Life. Cairns

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 April 1934 · page 5

An alleged admission that be killed a man who had previously cut off his ears was produced in the Cairns Circuit Court when Giovanni…

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Arbitration Court's Judgment 10 Per Cent. Cuts Not Restored Only Slight Increases New Award on New Basis Country Rate Lowered 3/. MELBOURNE

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 April 1934 · page 5

After a week's deliberation the Federal Arbitration Court to-day delivered judgment in the application by the unions for the rescission of…

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Lubra's Death Case From Darwin Policeman on Trial Charge of Assault. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 April 1934 · page 5

On a charge of having assaulted a lubra named Dolly, who died shortly after the alleged assault, the second trial of Constable Gordon Stott, of…

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S.P. Betting Powers of Police Officers Conference Discussion. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 April 1934 · page 5

A resolution advocating provision of power for police officers to search persons suspected of starting price betting was carried af the Police Association…

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Fine Exhibit Clarence River Produce Staged in Island Court Pyramids of Fruits and Preserves

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 April 1934 · page 6

The Clarence District Exhibit occupied No. 1 court in the pavilion and contains, a comprehensive display of products from all parts of the Clarence River, a big…

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Maclean Police Court Meat in Newspaper Butcher Fined

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 April 1934 · page 9

For having wrapped meat for sale in newspaper, Henry George Tecee, butcher, was fined £2 and 8/ costs, in default five days hard later. Defendant was…

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Chile's Murder Roll

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 20 April 1934 · page 3

The lowest percentage of murders goes to the credit of Holland, with England a good second. The highest percentage is to the discredit of Chile,…

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Broken Jaw Dante Claims £1978 Damages Assault Alleged. Perth

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 April 1934 · page 7

Alleging that a trip to Singapore had to be cancelled because his jaw had been broken on both sides by a single blow Henry August Jansen, known as Dante,…

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Court News. Dairy Farmer

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 20 April 1934 · page 2

At the Dorrigo Police Court on Friday last before the P.M. (Mr. Bliss), Norman Gladstone Hackett, farmer, was fined 10/-, and ordered to…

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UNFRIENDLY Witness And Defendant Death of Lubra Darwin Assault Case. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 April 1934 · page 7

The trial of Constable Gordon Stott on a charge of having assaulted a lubra named Dolly, who subsequently died following the alleged assault,…

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Naylor Case Court Reserves Judgment. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 April 1934 · page 9

Judgment was reserved to-day in the application by Rufus Theodore Naylor to Mr. Justice Long Innes in the Equity Court to continue the injunction…

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Taken for Joy Ride? Car Stolen and Recovered Police Quickly Locate Vehicle

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 April 1934 · page 6

On Wednesday night Mr. J. Fahey of Copmanhurst, after visiting the showground to attend the smoke social went to the Criterion Hall to pick up some…

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Tourists Indignant Treatment In Japan Interference by Military Police Suspected of Taking Photographs

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 April 1934 · page 1

Indignation was expressed by some of the passengers on the steamer Nankin which arrived at Brisbane from the East on Monday, at their…

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Constitutional Point Interpretation by High Court Government Seeks Review Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 April 1934 · page 6

The High Court was asked by the Commonwealth Government to-day to review one of its interpretations of the constitution given in 1922, the effect of which, it…

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Bank's Claim 15,225/l9/ From J. Wren Overdraft Guarantee Supreme Court Action. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 April 1934 · page 7

In the Supreme Court today the hearing commenced before Mr. Justice Halse Rogers and jury of the claim by the Bank of New Zealand…

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Dante, the Magician Secures Damages for Assault. Perth

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 April 1934 · page 4

The jury to-day awarded Henry August Jansen, professionally known as Dante, the Magician, £865 special and £50 general damages, with £125 costs, against Geoffrey…

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Pretending a Profitable Occupation Sentenced to Year's Imprisonment. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 April 1934 · page 4

According to books found in possession of a man who appeared before the Police Court to-day he collected nearly £400 from 2599 people…

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