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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1934

1,305 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 28 of 66

General News New Police Station for

Daily Examiner · Thursday 10 May 1934 · page 6

The Department of Public Works has signed a contract for the erection and completion of Lismore police buildings the tender of P. A. Nott, of Sydney,…

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INSULL In Gaol Hospital Fraud Charges 200,000 Dollars Bail. Chicago

Daily Examiner · Thursday 10 May 1934 · page 5

Samuel Instill, American magnate, who was extradited from Greece on charges involving enormous alleged swindling operations, was allowed…

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'Blew the Gaff' the Old Grey Mare How She Helped the Police. Auckland

Daily Examiner · Thursday 10 May 1934 · page 5

How the old grey mate "blew the gaff" on Southland moonshiners was related at the Invercargill Supreme Court when two Dunsdale farmers, father and…

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Ulmarra Police Court Drove Without License

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 May 1934 · page 2

At the Ulmarra Police Court on Wednesday, before Mr. S. J. Bliss, P.M., John Watkins was charged with driving a motor vehicle without a license and with failing…

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Murder Trial Women Give Evidence "A Bloodstained Shirt" Alleged Sale of Waggonette. Wagga

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 May 1934 · page 5

Interest in the trial of Henry Morey, on a charge of having murdered Percy Edward Smith, on December 18 last year, was maintained…

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Aborigines Escape Witness in Caledon Bay Murders Police Powerless to Hold Them. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 May 1934 · page 5

A serious position has arisen in connection with the impending trial of five Caledon Bay aboriginals, charged with murdered five Japanese at…

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Wagga Murder Sensation Witness Shot Not Expected To Live Bullet in Brain Fired Under Cover of Darkness Wagga

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 May 1934 · page 5

The sensational shooting of a Wagga murder trial witness occurred at a lone y spot near the saleyards of the town to-night…

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'THREATENED' Petrol Inquiry Witness Allegations Against Shell Manager Request to Commissioner Practical Demonstration in Court. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 May 1934 · page 4

Alexander Pollock, engineer and cil technician, created a stir when giving evidence before the Petrol Royal Commission to-day, by alleging…

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Sentenced to Death Beautiful Society Woman. Berlin

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 May 1934 · page 5

One of the most beautiful society women here. Baroness Vonberg, has been sentenced to death by a secret military court on a charge of espionage in the…

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False Pretences Sentenced to Four Months Alice Maud Dunn. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 May 1934 · page 4

Alleged to have obtained money from Alice Sharp by means of false pretences Alice Maud Dunn, 554, was sentenced, at the Kogarah Police Court to-day, to four…

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Sequel To Wagga Shooting Woman Arrested Probable Charge Of Murder Husband Died in Hospital Victim Was Witness in Murder Trial. Wagga

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 May 1934 · page 5

The sensational shooting at Wagga last night of Moncrieff Anderson took another dramatic turn early to-day when detectives arrested a woman…

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Smith Murder Found Guilty Statement by Accused Death Sentence Passed. Wagga

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 May 1934 · page 5

Edward Henry Morey, who was found guilty of the murder of Percy Smith, at Wagga, on December 18 last, made a statement from the dock…

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Arbitration Court Judgment 88 Hours Per Fortnight. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 May 1934 · page 7

The Full Arbitration Court to-day gave its reserved judgment and granted the application made by the Electrical Trades Union for a 44 hours week for…

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Naylor Case Interlocutory Injunction. Application to Equity Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 May 1934 · page 5

Before Mr. Justice K. W. Street, in the Equity Court to-day, Rufus Theodore Naylor, the prominent turf identity, applied for an interlocutory…

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Maclean Police Court Meat in Printed Paper Butchers' Employee Fined

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 May 1934 · page 3

Before Mr. S. J. Bliss, P.M., on Thursday, at Maclean, Roy Schipp, an employee of May and Armstrong, butchers, Maclean, was charged with having wrapped…

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Two Men Charged Alleged Indecent Behavior

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 May 1934 · page 6

At the Maclean Police Court on Thursday, before Mr. S. J. Bliss, P.M., Leo Nipperess was charged with having be haved in an indecent manner in River…

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Alleged Forgeries W.A. Election Campaign Postal Vote Officer Charged. Perth

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 May 1934 · page 4

Allegations that improper practices were being carried out during the election campaign for the Legislative Council had a sequel on Saturday, when the…

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"UNIQUE" Identification Of Body Wagga Murder Victim "The Human Glove" Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 May 1934 · page 4

Edward Morey, who was found guilty of the murder of Percy Smith at Wagg'a, is now in Long Bay gaol awaiting the Executive Council's final…

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Fight in House Several People on Floor Police Make Five Arrests. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 May 1934 · page 4

Four men and a woman were arrested on Saturday night; following an alleged brawl at a house at Undereliffe. Galled to the house, the police patrol…

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Shot Wife Insured For £10,000 French Deputy Confesses Police Control Angry Crowd. Paris

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 May 1934 · page 5

M. Henriot, a member of the Chamber of Deputies, has confessed that he was responsible for the murder of his wife. He parried police questions…

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