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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1935

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Sent to Exile Zinovieff And Kameneff Former Bolshevik Leaders Kirov Murder Sequel. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 January 1935 · page 5

The "Daily Express" Warsaw correspondent says Zinovieff and Kameneff, former Bolshevik leaders, were arrested last week and secretly…

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Supreme Court Inquiry Not Permitted to Start in Sydney. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 January 1935 · page 3

The inquiry into the training and managing of the gelding Supreme Court was concluded to-day by the A.J.C. stipendiary stewards. It is understood that,…

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Royal Wedding Gifts Returned the Rule of Court Etiquette. London, December 8

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 January 1935 · page 2

Numbers of wedding presents sent to the Duke and Duchess of Kent by unknown well-wishers in various parts of the Empire are now being packed up and…

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N.S.W. Ferry Case Recalled London Court Action Over 14/2. LONDON, December 8

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 January 1935 · page 2

The case of the man who refused to pay a penny fare on a New South Wales ferry and took his plea to the Privy Council was recalled during a London…

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Fine and Costs £53/5/ Sly Grog at Ebor Storekeeper at Dorrigo Court. Dorrigo

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 January 1935 · page 5

J. Sheppard. of Ebor, appeared before Messrs. J. Fraser and J. McSkimming, Js.P., at Dorrigo Police Court, on a charge of selling liquor…

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New Year Honors Knighthood For A.J.C. Chairman Many Police Medals Three Knighthoods in Victoria. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 January 1935 · page 5

His Excellency the Governor, Sir Philip Game, to-night received advice that His Majesty the King had been pleased to confer the following honors…

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Skull Fractured with Ebony Ruler? Attempted Murder Charge. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 5

Mary Fulton, aged 66, of Campbell street, Waverley, was admitted to hospital to-night suffering from a fractured skull, which was caused as the…

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Russians Attack Jews Effect of Kirov's Murder Complicity Suspected. London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 5

The "Daily Express" Warsaw correspondent says that for the first time since the Soviet regime was established, anti-Jewish fighting has occurred at…

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Murder Charge Woman Dies From Wound Bloodstained Carving Knife Darlington Hotelkeeper. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 5

Mrs. Maud Joel (38), proprietress of the Darlington Hotel, Darlington, was fatally injured when she was allegedly stabbed in the back with a…

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Gaelic Not Dead Scotsmen Highly Amused High Court's Decision. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 5

Many humorous references to the Gaelic language and to the recent decision of the High Court that Gaelic is a dead language were made…

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Wounding Charge Fulton Before Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 4

At Paddington Police Court to-day, Henry Bernard Fulton, 23, clerk, was remanded on a charge of having feloniously wounded Mary Margaret Fulton with…

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Murder Charges Death of Old Woman Another Woman for Trial. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 5

Alleged to have admitted that she ga[?] deceased a good hiding, Mary Jennings, who subsequently stated her correct name was Mary Horner, was committed for…

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In Scrub Body Of Battered Girl Fiendish Murder Hands and Feet Bound. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 5

A particularly fiendish murder was committed in the scrub at Inverloch, on the Far South Coast, last night. The body of Ethel Belshaw, 12,…

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An Alibi Hauptmann's Defence in Lindbergh Baby Case Murder Trial Opens. New York

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 5

A message from Flemington (New Jersey) states that final preparations are completed for the opening to-morrow of the trial of Bernard…

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Lost Two Sons Within Three Weeks Mother's Ordeal at Coroner's Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 5

The tragic task of twice entering the witness box to tell of the death of her two sons befell Mrs. Myra Martha Griffiths, of Hurstville, at the City…

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Police Promotions

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 2

Among recent police promotions, Sergeant H. O. Johnstone, now of Kempsey and formerly of Coramba, was raised from second 10 first-class…

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BAFFLED Police And Scrub Murder Girl Seen with Man No Sign of Struggle. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 5

The police are temporarily baffled in their investigations into the death of Ethel Belshaw 12, whose body was found in the scrub at Inverloch…

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Lindbergh Murder Sensational Trial Expected Tour Women Jurors. New York

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 5

A message from Flemington (New Jersey) says what promises to be one of the most sensational murder trials in America was opened to-day, when…

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Maclean Police Court

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 3

At the Maclean Police Court on Friday, Thomas James Lockney did not appear to answer a charge of drunkenness at Yamba, and his recognisance of 10/…

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