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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1934

1,305 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 51 of 66

Industrial Court Verdict for £34126 Wages

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 October 1934 · page 1

Before Mr. S. J. Bliss, P.M., at the Industrial [?]istrate's Court, yesterday morning. Frederick Morris proceeded under the provisions of the award of the…

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Back to Gaol Escapee Gets Four Years. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 October 1934 · page 5

Following his recapture, after breaking out of Warwick gaol, Alfred John Sleeth, stated to he from Victoria, appeared before Mr. Justice Webb and, a jury at…

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Albury Murder Is Brisbane Girl Victim? Where Is Dorothy Cornell? Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 October 1934 · page 5

Detectives engaged in clearing up the Albury murder mystery have announced that six different, persons ha ye declared the body to he that of Dorothy Cornell…

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Fraud Alleged Insull Group Charged. Chicago

Daily Examiner · Thursday 4 October 1934 · page 5

The trial opened in the Federal Court to-day of Samuel Insull and 16 colleagues, including his brother Martin on charges in connection with the…

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Contemptible Fraud Girl Tricked Out of £82 Two Years Gaol Foe Deceiver. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 4 October 1934 · page 5

Declaring the fraud to be one of the meanest and most contemptible that bad ever come under his notice Judge Thom son at the Quarter Sessions to-day,…

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Posers Problems for Police Candidates Try Them Yourself

Daily Examiner · Thursday 4 October 1934 · page 1

Mr. A. S. Henry, M.L.A., sends us the following problems, which were set at a recent examination held in London, for those desirous of joining the metropolitan…

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Redlock Case Prince Before the Court Witness Says Horse Is Erbie. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Thursday 4 October 1934 · page 3

When the hearing of the charge against Charles Prince (40), of Goodwood, of false pretences, arising from the Redlock case, was commenced in the Supreme…

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Police Court Maclean Sittings Taloumbi Cases Further Adjournment

Daily Examiner · Friday 5 October 1934 · page 6

At the Maclean Police Court yesterday before Mr. S. J. Bliss, P.M., what is known as the Taloumbi case, which had been adjourned several times, was called…

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Alleged Theft of Net Man Remanded Until

Daily Examiner · Friday 5 October 1934 · page 2

Harry Ashby, 34, described as a sail maker and carpenter, who appeared be fre Mr. E. H. Kelly, J.P., at the 'Lismore Police Court on Wednesday charged, with…

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Did You Solve Them? Answers to Police Problems See How Easy They Were

Daily Examiner · Friday 5 October 1934 · page 1

Yesterday we published some tests set to candidates for the London Metropolitan Police Force. The following are the answers:—…

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Downfall of Dentist Became Drug Addict Bent to Gaol for Theft. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 October 1934 · page 3

At the Central Police Court to-day, John Lionel Smith (47), was sentenced to six months' gaol, on one charge, and three months on each of five other…

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Sent to Gaol French Island Escapees. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 October 1934 · page 5

Eric Pike (20) and Thomas Fullerton (20), who escaped recently from the French, Island Penal Settlement, to-day were sentenced at the City Court to 15…

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'Saw Stars' a Bottle Episode Voluntary Witness Commended Magistrate Amends Charge

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 October 1934 · page 2

Thomas Baines, 34, appeared at the Grafton Police Court yesterday morning and was charged that, in Prince street, on the evening of…

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Arrested Outside Gaol After Serving Seven Years Alleged Escape From Glen Innes. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 October 1934 · page 5

Arrested outside the Brisbane gaol, after serving seven years on another charge, Robert James Skelton, alias James Fitzgerald, 51, painter, appeared at the…

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Murder Verdict Surveyor Sentenced to Death Tragedy Patterned on Novel's Plot. New York

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 October 1934 · page 5

The sensational American "tragedy" murder ease, so-called because it exactly parallels the plot of Dreiser's novel of the same name, ended to-day when the jury…

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Sydney's Fast Police Launch

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 October 1934 · page 4

A new terror for "pirates" has made its appearance on the Sydney Harbor; incidentally, the terror means a good deal of added safety for persons in…

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Special Legislation for Police Dogs

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 October 1934 · page 4

Special legislation dealing with two dogs only was brought down in the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday, when a new clause was inserted in the…

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Revolver Found in Railway Carriage at Perth Police Silent. Perth

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 October 1934 · page 5

A six-chambered revolver loaded with three cartridges was picked up in a railway, carriage at Perth Central Station yesterday. The weapon was in a holster…

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Britisher Dead Knife Wound in Shoulder Police Seeking Night Club Dancer. Montreal

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 October 1934 · page 5

William Owen, former secretary to Mr. David Lloyd George, was found murdered in the apartment of Miss Dolores Morel with a knife wound in the left shoulder…

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Walcha Tragedy Shooting Of Russian Body to Be Exhumed Police Want Fingerprints Coroner Withdraws Verdict Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 October 1934 · page 5

An extraordinary situation has arisen concerning the shooting at Nowendoc, near Walcha, of Gustav Romnick, also known as Alexander…

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