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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1934

1,305 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 59 of 66

AFTER 16 Years Same Three Officials Present Police Farewells. Lismore

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 20 November 1934 · page 4

Sixteen years ago two police sergeants and an official of the C.P.S. staff attended a gathering in a western New South Wales town. It was arranged to bid farewell to…

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By His Own Sword Japanese Police Inspector's Suicide Misdirected the Emperor. Tokio

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 20 November 1934 · page 5

Maintaining the traditional Samurai code of loyalty and responsibility. Police Inspector Jubei. Honda committed suicide by his own sword because he guided…

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Shot at by Police Bandits in Melbourne Escape with £800 Worth of Goods. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 20 November 1934 · page 5

[?]gnoring a volley of bullets fired at them by a pursuing policeman and a patrolman, two masked bandits escaped with £800 worth of goods from the to bacco…

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Dug Tunnel Under Mother's Home Gaol Breaker Eludes Police Man Hunt in Tasmania. Hobart

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 21 November 1934 · page 4

Crawling through a tunnel under his mother's home at the Cascade, near Hobart this afternoon, Henry Price, 36, who escaped from Hobart…

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Sequel to Car Smash Charges Under Motor Traffic Act Coff's Harbor Police Court

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 21 November 1934 · page 2

The remarkable car smash in which three motor cars were involved on the Jetty road on the night of Saturday, September 22, had its sequel in the sequel in the Coff's…

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Threat to Peace Jugo-Slavia And Hungary King Alexander's Murder Appeal to League of Nations. Geneva

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 21 November 1934 · page 5

A memorandum from the Jugo-Slav Government to the League of Nations declares that a situation threatening peace has developed…

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Prisoner Attacked Melee in Bathurst Gaol Stern Measures Prevent Riot Bathurst

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 November 1934 · page 5

Trouble occurred at Bathurst gaol yesterday, culminating in two prisoners with bad records attacking another prisoner. The latter was badly knocked about…

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Burglary at Lismore Third Within Week Jewellery and Clothing Stolen Lismore

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 November 1934 · page 5

Thieves who gained entry to the residence of Mr. J. Sharpe in Keen street Lismore, yesterday afternoon stile jewellery and clothing valued at £109. They…

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Still at Large. Gaol Escapee in Tasmana. Hobart

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 November 1934 · page 4

Henry Price, 36, who escaped from Hobart gaol 12 days ago, is still at age. The police were hot on his track on Tuesday, but he succeeded in running into…

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"Murder at the Vanities" Film Combines Music and Mystery

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 November 1934 · page 7

A highly satisfactory mixture of the screen's most popular themes of the play, music and mystery, is Paramount's filmisation of Earl Carroll is famous New…

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Stolen Car Recovered by Lismore Police. Lismore

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 November 1934 · page 5

Stolen from Murwillumbah on Wednesday a Plymouth motor car was recovered by the Lismore police early this morning. It had been abandoned on the Casino road…

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Sitting Next Week Quarter Sessions and District Court

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 November 1934 · page 13

The Quarter Sessions and District Court will open at the Grafton Court house on Monday morning next. His Honor Judye Clancy will preside and…

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Ward of Court Heiress to Vanderbilt Millions New York

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 November 1934 · page 5

Mr. Justice Carew to-day entered a decision in the Vanderbilt case, making Gloria Vanderbilt, aged eleven, a ward of the Supreme Court of New York and…

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Small Debts' Court. Several Claims Before P.M. Arrears of Rent

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 23 November 1934 · page 2

Jas. Pannell v. C. E. Jackson and E. Jackson, £47/11/0, arrears of rent of dairy farm. The debtors applied for an order…

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Discovery at Prison Tunnel Under Cells Two Prisoners Charged. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 November 1934 · page 3

An investigation of the ceils occupied by Alexander Williamson and Robert Hall at Pentridge prison today revealed that ah attempt had…

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Newcastle Boycott Police Make Five Arrests. Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 November 1934 · page 6

Alleging that certain firms in the city were employing non-unionist's, the Trades and Labor Council, three weeks ago, declared a business black and instituted a…

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Police Drive Rear Vision Mirrors and Windscreen Wipers

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 November 1934 · page 6

Under instructions from headquarters, the Grafton police have commenced a drive against car owners who have not vet affixed windscreen wipers and rear…

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Murder School Marseilles Assassinations Jugoslavia's Note to League "Complicity of Hungary.'' Geneva

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 November 1934 · page 5

The Jugo-Slav note was banded to the League of Nations to-day in connection with the late King Alexander's and M. Barthou's…

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Kisch in Court Plea Of Not Guilty Prohibited Immigrant Charge "No Respect for Our Courts." Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 November 1934 · page 5

Keen public interest was displayed in the Central Police Court to-day, when Egon Kisch, 49, O'zecho-Slovakian novelist, appeared on remand, on a…

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Aborigines Charged with Drunkenness

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 November 1934 · page 4

Three aboriginals, John McKenzie Laurie, Walter Page and Alf Donnally, pleaded guilty, before Mr. S. J. Bliss. P.M., at the Grafton Police Court…

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