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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime
1,291 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 17 of 65
Before the Legislative Assembly adjourned this afternoon until Thursday, there were two lively scenes. One resulted in the member for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The retiring Commissioner of Police, Mr. Childs, paid a tribute to all sections of the police force to-day, when he visited the various departments and said good-bye…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Chemists do not make so large a profit as formerly, said Mr. Ralph Burgess, chemist, when examined by the Official Receiver, before the Registrar in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In the High Court to-day Mr. Piddington, K.C., supporting the appeal of Dulcie Williams, against her conviction for having maintained an unlicensed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The resumed hearing of a charge against Walter Kempnich that, being the driver of a motor lorry, he did not keep his vehicle as near as possible to the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Considerable public interest was taken in a case at the Maclean Police Court on Thursday, before Mr. S. J. Bliss, P.M., when Alexander Ross McQueen was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →With two head wounds, James O'Neil (57), an unemployed gardener, was found dead on the floor of his shack in the bush off Sherbrook…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A warning that he would impose the maximum penalty in future was issued by Mr. H. Hawkins, P.M., at Urbenville Court at the conclusion of the case…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Robert Murray, 46, appeared in the Central Police Court to-day, charged with having murdered James O'Neill, at Asquith, on March 22…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In the Grafton Police Court yesterday, the Police Magistrate, Mr. S. J. Bliss, upheld a novel plea raised on behalf of a defendant, the plea…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An unusual case was heard at Auckland to-day when as a sequel to their success in winning £12,000 in a lottery, Jane Gates, William Hooker, Louisa Peterkin…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Buick mptor' car valued at £150, owned by Mr. G. Sweeting, of the Pier Hotel, was stolen from the Jetty last night, but was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Some few months ago the trustees of an estate placed a cheque for £350 in an envelope, addressed "Mrs. E. M. Jenkins, Prospect, South Australia,"…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →There are professional gamblers and amateur gamblers, according to Mr. Laidley, P.M. Bookmakers are professional gamblers, who are licensed and taxed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Conflicting statements were made in the City Coroner's Court to-day, when an inquiry was conducted into the death of James Burns, 42, of St. Peters. Burns…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A tragic occurrence, in which a young woman was shot dead and her companion so seriously wounded that she may die, occurred between…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Because a girl, aged eight and a half years, told Judge Barton that she had never heard of God, and did not know the difference between the truth and a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cecil Swanland, Silvio Mazzardo and John O'Brien, who were chorged with having stolen gold worth £21,000 from the strongroom at Croydon aerodrome…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Grafton police have been set a difficult task in looking for the thieves who broke into the office of the Shell Oil Company's depot near the Grafton railway…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tlie escapades of two lads and 17 years, respectively, short by good police work Macleay this week…
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