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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1934

1,305 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 58 of 66

Lodge Secetary Charged

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 November 1934 · page 4

At Taree Police Court on Wednesday before Mr. F. Grugeon, P.M., Reginald Sidney Hampson was charged with having at Broadwater, on June 13, while…

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Smithy's Plane Action Settled Out of Court "Nominal Sum Paid." Los Angeles

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 November 1934 · page 5

Catton's suit against the Lady Southern Cross was settled out of court, for what Catton's attorneys said was a satisfactory sum, but which Kingsford Smith's lawyer,…

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Threw Water Alleged Assault War Pensioner As Defendant

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 November 1934 · page 1

At the Grafton Police Court yesterday afternoon James Roy Baxter proceeded against George Butler upon charges of assault and having made use…

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Fortune Telling Herbalist Sent to Gaol "Rubbish About Handsome Man." Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 November 1934 · page 5

Six months 'imprisonment was imposed upon Joseph Isherwood, herbalist, at Central Police Court to-day for having un lawfully proposed to tell fortunes…

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Police Agents. Leave Anti-war Congress. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 November 1934 · page 5

Stormy scenes marked the opening of the All-Australian Congress against war and Fascism, at Port Melbourne Town Hall to-day…

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Court-martial Royal Artillery Officer False Entries in Books. Hongkong

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 November 1934 · page 5

Captain P. V. Williams, of the Royal Artillery, pleaded guilty, at a court-martial, to seven charges of false entries in books of the 4th Heavy Battery and…

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Coramba Police Court Alleged Cattle Stealing

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 November 1934 · page 7

Before Mr. A. P. Meany, J.P., October 24, 1934, Douglas Jas. Ward and William A. Feeling were remanded to the next sitting of the Court of Petty Sessions on…

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Gaol Escapee Surrendered to Police. Hobart

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 November 1934 · page 3

Keith William Wrathall, 28, described by the police as the most dangerous of the three men who escaped from gaol on Sunday, surrendered at Claremont police…

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Dramatic Entry Kisch jumps Ashore Returned to Ship by Police Court Application Refused. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 November 1934 · page 5

There was a dramatic development to the refusal of the Commonwealth authorities to permit Ergon Kisch to land in Australia…

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£110 in Fines Feloniously Receiving Cattle ALTERNATIVE, 222 Days' Gaol Cases at Coramba. Coramba

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 November 1934 · page 4

Ih the Coramba Police Court today, before Mr. S. J. Bliss, P.M., Douglas James Ward, of Timmsvaie, Eastern Dorrigo, on four charges of…

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Bigamy Charge Wife Refuses Divorce Police Oppose Bail. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 November 1934 · page 5

Alleged to have sent his wife away to the country, so that he could marry again. William Eric Hamilton, 24, was committed for trial at the Glebe Court to-day, on a…

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Jetty Road Smash Aftermath in Court

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 16 November 1934 · page 3

A sequel to the serious car smash on the Jelly road on September 22 last came at Coffs Harbour Police Court on Wednesday last, when Oscar…

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Cattle Stealing Unheeded Lesson P,m,'s Advice to Defendant Coramba Police Court

Daily Examiner · Saturday 17 November 1934 · page 6

Clyde Hayes, aged 24, teamster, of Lowanna, was charged before Mr. S. J. Bliss, P.M., on the 13th inst., at Coramba Police Court, that he did, between April…

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Charged in Court W.A. Acting Premier Electoral Act Allegations Hansard Men Refuse to Testify. Perth

Daily Examiner · Saturday 17 November 1934 · page 5

Hansard reporters, who were called by Thomas Hughes to give evidence against the Acting Premier, Mr. Alex McCallum, in the Fremantle Police…

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Confidence Trick Two Australians Sentenced Nabob Robbed of £4600. LONDON

Daily Examiner · Saturday 17 November 1934 · page 5

Maudsleigh Dudley (58), an Australian, was sentenced to-day to two years' imprisonment for being a party to obtaining £4600 from Sir Albion Ba[?]…

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Woman Solicitor Hurt Assault with Iron Bar Alleged Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 17 November 1934 · page 6

A remand until November 27 was granted to Ernest Gustave Lamb, 51, accountant, when he appeared at. the Central Police Court to-day, on a charge of…

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Alsatian Dogs Ban in Northern Territory Police May Shoot on Sight Darwin

Daily Examiner · Saturday 17 November 1934 · page 6

Under an ordinance gazetted recently. Alsatian dogs can be shot by the police on sight, in the Northern Territory. A male Alsatian recently arrived at…

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Test in Gaelic Ergon Kisch In Court Dramatic Developments Justice Evatt's Decision Prohibited Immigrant Charge To-day. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 17 November 1934 · page 5

Dramatic developments swiftly occurred to-day in connection with the detention of Ergon Kisch, the Czecho-Slovakian novelist…

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Silver Worth £25,000 Lorry Load Missing in U.S.A. Police of Seven States Searching. New York

Daily Examiner · Monday 19 November 1934 · page 5

The police of seven Eastern States have been ordered to search for a large lorry carrying 19,000lbs of scrap silver, valued at about 125,000 dollars, stolen while en…

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Charge of Murder Defence Is Accidental Death Victim Was Accused's Friend. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 20 November 1934 · page 5

Lindsay Frederick Bell, 23, was charged at the Central Criminal Court to-day with the murder of William Crowe, at Concord, on October 13. Peculiar…

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