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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1935

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Religion in Germany Police Confiscate Confessionals. Berlin

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 March 1935 · page 5

Secret police to-day forbade the reading of the confessionals and under a proclamation, confiscated copies at Stetin, where two pastors were detained till…

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Fierce Fight Police Attacked with Chair. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 March 1935 · page 5

Alleged to have assaulted two policemen, hitting one on the head with a chair, John Felstead, 24, was fined £2, with £12 costs, at the Central Court…

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Rather Go to Gaol American and Income Tax 3,089,000 Dollars Assessment. Pittsburgh

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 March 1935 · page 5

The former Secretary to the Treasury, Mr. Mellon, to-day, discussing the Federal Government's effort to impose a 3,089,000 dollars assessment on his 1931…

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Divorced Woman Dances in Court. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 March 1935 · page 5

An unusual scene was witnessed in the Divorce Court to-day, when Judge Macrossan granted Emily Cheesman, of Imbil, a…

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"£213,000" Albury Murder "Costs" Fantastic German Account Absurd Story in Hamburg's Leading Daily

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 March 1935 · page 3

Under the headline, "The world's most expensive murder," a Hamburg newspaper recently published an amazing example of imaginative…

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Abattoir Strike Arbitration Court Steps in Compulsory Conference. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 March 1935 · page 5

The Arbitration Court to-day issued notice to the Meat Board, Meat Employees' Union, Amalgamated Engineers' Union, Engine Drivers, Firemen and…

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Police Chief Resignation of Mr. Childs Mr. Mackay New Commissioner. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 March 1935 · page 5

The Commissioner of Police, Mr. Childs, has tendered his resignation to the Government. Mr. Childs, who has occupied the…

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Murder Charge. Yarra Bay Shooting Thought He Fired Into Ground Accused Pleads Self-defence. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 March 1935 · page 5

The death of William Edwards, 18, of Yarra Bay, on Christmas Eve, was recalled at the Central Criminal Court to-day, when, before Mr. Justice…

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Ulm's Death Leave To Swear Sought in Probate Court Kingsford Smith's Affidavit, Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 March 1935 · page 5

An echo of the flight of Charles Ulm and his companions, which ended so tragically when they were forced down in the Pacific Ocean in…

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Note in Hut Woolgoolga Man Missing Police Lead Search Terrific Explosion Heard

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 March 1935 · page 4

Fears are entertained for the safety of Malcolm McIntyre Campbell, 53, a resident of Woolgoolga for many years. A note in his…

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Meteoric Career Ends in Bankruptcy Court Manly Meat Salesman. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 14 March 1935 · page 5

Starting business as a "forestaller." one who buys meat wholesale and sells it to the butchers at whatever price he can get, 12 years ago, Frank Tregear, of…

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About a Pram Man Charged With Theft

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 15 March 1935 · page 6

At Colts Harbour Police Court on Wednesday, before Mr. S. J. Bliss, P.M., Walter Alsop was charged with having stolen a perambulator valued…

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Charged with Theft Silent Film Comedian London Banker's Bracelet. New York

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 March 1935 · page 5

George Arthur Brest, better known by his screen name of George Arthur, who was formerly a British stage comedian, was arrested upon arrival fom Nassau…

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Theft of £20,000 Croydon Sensation Two Men in Court. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 March 1935 · page 5

Silvio Mazzardo, 38, and John O'Brien. 74, were remanded to-day on a charge of having stolen £20,000, which mysteriously disappeared from Croydon…

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Jurors for Circuit Court

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 March 1935 · page 4

The time for the attendance of jurors summoned to the Grafton Circuit Court, to be held at Grafton on March 19, has been altered to 11.30 a.m…

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No Pressure Police Chief's Retirement. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 March 1935 · page 2

Replying to Mr. Shannon (Lab., Phillip) in the Legislative Assembly to-day, the Chief Secretary denied that pressure was brought to bear on Mr…

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Cuban Round Up Gaol for General Strikers 50 Leaders in Fortress. Havana

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 March 1935 · page 5

With the general revolutionary strike apparently broken, President Mendletas' Government has started rounding up those it is believed are…

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Son Charged With Wounding Mother "Pathological Drunkenness" "Would Be Like Person in Dream." Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 March 1935 · page 5

Henry Bernard Fulton, 23, a cripple, was charged at the Central Criminal Court to-day with having feloniously wounded his mother,…

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Their Way and Ours Lawyer Heaved Out of Court Judge Would Like to "Meet Him Outside."

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 15 March 1935 · page 4

There is a vast difference between court decorum in U.S.A. and out here. The U.S.A. has a very free and easy way, and "scenes" are common…

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Alleged Valueless Cheque Man Charged and Remanded

Daily Examiner · Saturday 16 March 1935 · page 6

Phillip Oswell Trenery (40), was charged before Mr. W. Finlay, J.P., at the Grafton Police Court yesterday with having at Port Macquarie falsely…

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