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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1934

1,305 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 37 of 66

Not Cowards Stain of Dishonor Removed by Appeal Court. Parts

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 July 1934 · page 5

Reserved judgment was given by the Coutt-Martial Appeal Court to-day in the case in which four widows and mothers appealed against the shooting…

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Polglass Case Alleged Wife Murder Contents of a Stout Bottle Accused's Statements to the Police. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 July 1934 · page 4

The hearing of the case in which Eric Stanley Polglass is charged with the murder of his wife, Cora Zuill Polglass, was continued at the police court…

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Ownership of Car Challenged in Bankruptcy Court Late Prof. Chapman's Estate. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 July 1934 · page 6

When the public examination in the bankruptcy estate of the late Professor "Henry George Chapman came before the Registrar "to-day, the trustees of the…

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£150 Bail Assault and Robbery Alleged. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 July 1934 · page 5

Bail of £150 was allowed Charles Anthony Surtees Cuthbert, 26, motor mechanic, at the Central Court to-day, when he appeared on a charge of having…

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Attempted Murder Charge "Not Guilty, But Insane." Hobart

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 July 1934 · page 4

Royal Herbert Sweeny, 21, who was charged in the Criminal Court with having on April 1 attempted to murder Lola Alice Hanseh, 17, at Battery Point,…

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Latham and High Court. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 July 1934 · page 4

Deprecating newspaper comment on his possible elevation to the Chief Justiceship of the High Court, the…

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Waterfront Strike Police and Strikers Clash San Francisco

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 July 1934 · page 5

Amid fierce fighting, heavily laden lorries began moving cargo from the docks, where strike pickets of the longshoremen clashed with police. Two…

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S.P. Shops Registration in Canberra Police Chief's Recommendation Canberra

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 July 1934 · page 1

A recommendation for the licensing, of starting price bookmakers in Canberra has been made to the Attorney-General, Mr. Latham, by the chief of the…

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Cut Steaks From Aborigine's Back Allegations in Court Two Natives Charged with Murder. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 July 1934 · page 5

Allegations that natives cut pieces of flesh with a razor from the back of Alec Brown, an aborigine, and subsequently drank the blood, were…

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Back to Gaol As an Habitual Criminal. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 July 1934 · page 2

Alleged to have committed robberies a few hours after he was released from gaol on June 18, Charles Goodrich, 40, today, was sentenced to 23 months, at the…

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Police View of Stock Permits

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 July 1934 · page 4

"The permits are the only safe way by which the police can cheek cattle stealing and pilfering. Due to the vigilance of the police the Casino district is free of…

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Asylum Inmate Attacked Brother with Iron Bar Police Guard Relatives' Homes. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 July 1934 · page 5

Walking out of Parramatta Mental Hospital this afternoon, a voluntary inmate, waylaid his brother, William Collins, of Auburn, at Lidcombe, and…

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Ulmarra Police Court Stealing Charges Young Man Bound Over

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 July 1934 · page 11

At the Ulmarra Police Court on Wednesday, before Mr. S. J. Bliss, P.M., William Joseph Allen was charged that on May 20, at Cowper, he stole one tent…

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Maclean Police Court Smoking in Hall Three Defendants Fined

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 July 1934 · page 11

Before Mr. S. J. Bliss, P.M., at the Maclean Police Court on Thursday last, Neil Wallace, John Wallace and Richard Cavanaugh were charged with smoking…

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Police Assn. Grafton Branch Sergeant Cameron Congratulated

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 July 1934 · page 4

A well attended meeting of the Grafton branch of the Police Association was held at Grafton yesterday afternoon. Sergeant Cameron, the popular first…

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Lidcombe Assault. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 9 July 1934 · page 5

Campbelltown police to-day arrested a man in connection with the assault with an [?]on bar on William Collins, at Lidcombe, last Thursday night…

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American Sailors Fight with French Police Wild Scenes in Streets. Nice

Daily Examiner · Monday 9 July 1934 · page 5

Several hundred of the crews of the United States battleships, Wyoming and Arkansas, fought the police in the streets and cafes last night. One was…

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Grafton Police Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 July 1934 · page 4

For having been found drunk in Prince Street at 9 p.m. on Saturday last John Gaynor (36), who pleaded guilty at the Grafton Police Court yesterday before…

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On the Track Youth Before Police Court P.m. Accepts Accused's Story

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 July 1934 · page 7

Howard Noel Blackburn, 19, impressed the Magistrate, Mr. S. J. Bliss, at the Grafton on Police Court yesterday, with his explanation as to…

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Barry Murder Reconstructed In Court Strange Scene Accused Present in Custody. Carcoar

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 11 July 1934 · page 5

Heavily veiled and cloaked, Mrs. Charlotte Fowler, charged with murder, was present in the Courthouse to-day when the inquest on Joseph…

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