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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1934

1,305 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 29 of 66

Small Debts Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 May 1934 · page 4

In the Small Debts Court yesterday morning, before Mr. S. J. Bliss, P.M., the hearing was continued of a case in which Page Bros., late of Grafton, sued…

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Charred Body Found Under Culvert Murder Suspected. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 May 1934 · page 5

Suspicions' of murder were aroused by the finding of the charred body of a man in a culvery beneath the Bullen road, in a lonely sport between East Kew and…

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Stole Aeroplane to Fly to Australia Two Young Men Sentenced. Wellington (N.z.)

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 May 1934 · page 5

William Davis, 20, and Charles Young, 21, were sentenced to two years Borstal detention for stealing an aeroplane at Auckland on April 21…

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Compensation High Court Allows Miner's Appeal. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 May 1934 · page 5

The Full High Court, by a majority of three to two, to-day allowed the appeal by Jacob Pye, miner, from the decision of the Full Court of New South Wales,…

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Charred Body Victorian Police Puzzle Fingerprint Test. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 16 May 1934 · page 5

The detectives who are investigating the finding of the charred body of a man at Bullen road, between Kew and Balwyn, last night, decided to follow the…

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Body in Park Murder at San Francisco Shipping Official Arrested. New York

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 16 May 1934 · page 5

The Associated Press San Francisco correspondent says 22 hours after the badly beaten body of Miss Louise Jeppe sen, 23 a member of a socially prominent…

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Lismore's New Police Station

Daily Examiner · Thursday 17 May 1934 · page 9

During the past few days workmen have been busy removing trees and carrying out other work peparatory to the erection of the new Lismore police…

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Dolls' Heads Judge Did Not Believe It Sentenced for Counterfeiting. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 17 May 1934 · page 5

An excuse that the moulds found in his possession were for making dolls' heads and not for any other purpose, was disbelieved by Judge Clancy at the…

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"TRUSTING" Magistrate's Comment Goulburn Conspiracy Case Paid on Blank Dockets. Goulburn

Daily Examiner · Thursday 17 May 1934 · page 4

The case in which William Henry Lamb, Frank Augustus Twyford and Cyril James Dyball were charged with conspiracy and false pretences,…

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Took Risks Thief Eluded Police Jumps From Roof to Roof. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 17 May 1934 · page 5

A man risked his life in escaping from the police at Paddington last night. The police noticed a thief in a grocery shop and when the chase commenced the…

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Longshoremen One Killed, Scores Injured Police Fire on Strikers. Los Angeles

Daily Examiner · Thursday 17 May 1934 · page 5

There were serious developments in the strike of longshoremen to-day when, during an early morning clash, one striker was killed and scores injured. Two of…

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Police Court

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 18 May 1934 · page 2

At Coffs Harbour police court on Wednesday, before Mr. S. J. Bliss, P.M. W. K. Watson pleaded guilty to a charge of failing to keep his banana…

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For Trial Three Accused Committed Goulburn Case Remarks by Magistrate. Goulburn

Daily Examiner · Friday 18 May 1934 · page 5

While being cross-examined to-day, in the case in which Wm. Henry Lamb (35), Cyril James Dyball (27), and Frank Augustus Twyford (34),…

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Remarkable Case Divorce Court Proceedinigs Future of Unborn Child. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 18 May 1934 · page 4

A case featured mainly by the concern of the Judge for the future of an unborn child was heard in the Divorce Court to-day when drama action was…

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Walked Out of Gaol Committed a Robbery Returned to Cells. Perth

Daily Examiner · Saturday 19 May 1934 · page 5

It was revealed to-day that three men who are serving sentences in Bunbury gaol recently walked out of that institution and broke into a…

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Burglary at Maclean Tobacconist's Shop Entered Cigarettes and Tobacco Stolen Maclean

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 May 1934 · page 4

The business premises of Mr. H. B. Apps, tobacconist and hairdresser, of River street, Maclean, were broken into on Saturday night or early this…

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Double Murder Trial Jury to Inspect Scene New Zealand Tragedy. Auckland

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 May 1934 · page 5

Great interest was manifested to-day in the trial at Auckland of William Bayly on a charge of having murdered Ramuel Lakey and Christobel Lakey at Ruawaro…

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Ironbark Logs In Ti-Tree Creek Paddock Charges of Alleged Theft Tour Witnesses Still to Be Heard

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 May 1934 · page 1

The hearing commenced before Mr. D. W. Reed, S.M., at the Grafton Police Court yesterday of a case in which Paris Cha[?]er, 40, and John Sydney Blaxland…

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Costs Against Objector Council's Valuation Confirmed Orara Shire Valuation Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 May 1934 · page 4

A Valuation Court for the purpose of hearing objections against the valuations made by the valuer for the council of the Shire of Orara was held at the|…

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Missing Motorist New Zealand Police Searching Car Found Near River. Auckland

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 May 1934 · page 5

Police are endeavoring to locate Stuart Leslie Rutherford, whose car was found abandoned near a bridge crossing on the Waimakariri River on…

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