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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1934

1,305 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 43 of 66

Quarter Sessions and District Court

Daily Examiner · Saturday 11 August 1934 · page 4

The Court of Quarter Sessions will be held at Grafton before Judge Clancy on Monday, the following criminal eases being listed for hearing: Gordon Ernest…

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Boxer in Court Theft of Car Alleged Arrest at Lismore

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 14 August 1934 · page 3

LISMORE, Monday Alleged to have stolen a Sedan motor car from the Returned Soldiers' Auto Company's Garage, South Brisbane last…

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Polglass Case Wife Murder Charge. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 14 August 1934 · page 4

Stanley Eric Polglass, 37, station manager, appeared in the Criminal Court today charged with the wilful murder of his wife, Cora Zuill Polglass, at…

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Local and General Police Transfers

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 14 August 1934 · page 2

Sergeant Cameron, who went from Coramba to South Grafton about three years ago, has been appointed to take charge at Casino. Constable White,…

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Must Be Protected Girls at Picture Shows Man Sent to Gaol

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 14 August 1934 · page 2

Gordon Ernest Carlton, 28, was presented before his Honor Judge Clancy, at the Grafton Quarter Sessions, on two serious charges of having at Grafton, on July 7…

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Transmission Line Compensation Claims District Court Actions Withdrawn

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 14 August 1934 · page 3

In the Grafton District Court Yesterday the applications by way of reference to the arbitration of Judge Clancy by two landholders who claimed compensation…

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Polglass Trial Wife Murder Alleged Strychnine in Bottle. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 August 1934 · page 5

The trial of Stanley Eric Polglass on a charge of wilfully murdering his wife Cora Polglass, was continued at the Criminal Court to-day…

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Bad Record a Night Time Intruder a Courageous Youth Man Sent to Gaol for Two Years

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 August 1934 · page 2

In sentencing Bruce William Maybury (27) to two years hard labor, his Honor Judge Clancy at the Grafton Quarter Sessions yesterday said…

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Alleged Dishonored Cheque District Court Action Verdict for Plaintiff

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 August 1934 · page 3

In the District Court, Grafton, yesterday before his Honor Judge Clancy, C. C. Wakefield and Co., Ltd., of Sydney, sued Louisa Grace Robinson, of…

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Neighbors Quarrel Seqeul in Police Court

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 17 August 1934 · page 2

Details of a quarrel between neighbors some weeks ago were told to Mr. S. J. Bliss, P.M., in the police court at Coffs Harbour, last…

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Talkies Garden and Prince Edward Theatres. "Murder on the Blackboard."

Daily Examiner · Friday 17 August 1934 · page 3

"Murder on the Blackboard," showing to night only at the Garden Theatre, costars Edna May Oliver and James…

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Local and General Police Control of Football Crowds

Daily Examiner · Friday 17 August 1934 · page 4

Police are sometimes criticised for not showing more activity in controlling football Crowds. At Young, complaints were lodged with high authorities, without…

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Transport Act Special Leave To Appeal High Court Decision Unusual Case. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 17 August 1934 · page 5

Is a motor vehicle, solely engaged in carrying the owner's goods from one State to another, a public vehicle within the meaning of the State…

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Coramba Police Court Tick Regulation Prosecution Cutting Sleepers Without a License

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 August 1934 · page 10

At Coramba Police Court before Mr. S. J. Bliss, P.M., on August 14, the Forestry Department, through its officer, George A. Miller, prosecuted Ira Toms,…

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Nurses' Tennis Court

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 August 1934 · page 4

The tennis court at the Grafton District Hospital, which has been constructed from the proceeds of successful social efforts, organised by the…

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Full Court Appeal Fails Butter Manufacturing Case Queensland Company Without License. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 August 1934 · page 5

The Full Court, consisting of five Judges, to-day decided that the issue of a license to manufacturers in Queensland to make butter was valid, and that the…

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Hospital Nurses New Tennis Court Opened

Daily Examiner · Monday 20 August 1934 · page 4

The success attained by the nurses of the Grafton District Hospital in their efforts to finance the construction of a tennis court for use during recreation…

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"Released" "Kidnapped" Clergyman Calls on Police. Nashville (Tennessee), Sat

Daily Examiner · Monday 20 August 1934 · page 5

The kidnapping of the Evangelist, Rev. Askew, was solved to-day when he appeared at the police station, after being missing several days. He said he had…

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£15 Fine Flour Tax Act Evasion Glen Innes Baker in Court. Glen Innes

Daily Examiner · Monday 20 August 1934 · page 5

Charles J. Smith, a baker, of Glen Tillies, was charged in the Police Court with having made a false return under the Foar Tax Assessment Act of 1933…

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Police Seize Novel

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 21 August 1934 · page 4

The author of the book, "Upsurge," Mr. J. H. N. Harcourt, of Melbourne, said that, the fiction of the police in seizing his book was evidently an attempt to stifle…

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