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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1935

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No Fingerprints South Australian Murder Victim's Husband Missing. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 5

At the inquest to-day into the death of Mrs. Dora Annie Figg, who, with her four children, was murdered near Myler last month, the police fingerprint expert…

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Scrub Murder Death Due to Suffocation Youth May Be Killer. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 5

The final result of the post-mortem examination on Ethel Belshaw will not be known for a day or two. The examination, so far, has proved that the primary…

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Murder Charge Incident on Railway Line Alleged Blow with Shovel. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 5

At the police court to-day, Joseph O'Donnell (54), fettler, was charged with the murder of Arthur Parker. The charge was a sequel to an incident which…

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"Stand Back!" Armed Man To Mob Evidence at Inquest Murder Trial Ordered. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 5

A statement in which Cyril Pearson (23), laborer, charged with murder, is alleged to have admitted securing a gun, when he heard angry…

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Crowd Attacks Police Stadium As Sanctuary. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 5

Only the promptitude of the police, seeking refuge in a vacant stadium prevented them from being manhandled by a crowd of angry men and women in…

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Scrub Murder Dead Girl Identified Nurse's Story Early Arrest Anticipated. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 5

To-day, Mrs. Elmore, nurse, of Korumburra said she was positive that the girl she saw with a young man at Inverloch was Ethel Belshaw,…

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Scrub Murder Police at Dead End. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 January 1935 · page 5

With no further news to assist them detectives are practically at the end of their tether in their investigations into the death of the girl. Ethel Belshaw…

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Valuation Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 January 1935 · page 4

The Valuation Court for the Orara Shire Council, in respect of supplementary valuations for 1934, was held at the Grafton Police Court yesterday, before Mr. H…

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Was It a Trick? Alleged False Pretences Altered to Charge of Theft

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 January 1935 · page 3

Before Mr. H. H. Farrington, P.M., at the Grafton Police Court, yesterday morning, Arther Ernest Edwards, 32, was charged on remand, with having, on…

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Constable Shot Two Men Charged Sensational Allegations "Pressed Gun Against Body." Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 January 1935 · page 5

"The constable is still in a serious condition in hospital, and the doctors say that, although he has every chance, complications are likely to…

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The June 'Purge' Murder of German General Wife Hitler Agrees to Inquiry. Berlin

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 January 1935 · page 5

Investigation into the assassination of General Von Schleicher and his wife during the round-up on June 30 will be opened after the Saar plebiscite…

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One May Die Sequel to "All-in" Fight Three Men in Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 January 1935 · page 5

As a sequel to the "all in" mob fight at Waterloo, on Saturday night, three men appeared at Redfern Court this morning, charged with riotous behaviour, and…

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Grafton Police Court

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 January 1935 · page 4

In the Grafton Police Court yesterday, before Mr. H. H. Farrington, P.M., James Patrick O'Brien, 35, was charged with having behaved in an offensive manner in…

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Murder Clue Bloodstained Razor Found. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 January 1935 · page 4

What is regarded as a valuable clue has been secured by the police investigation of the murder of William Mackie, horse trainer, who was…

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Murder Charge Woman Committed for Trial. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 January 1935 · page 5

Mary Isabella Foster was charged at Townsville Court, to-day with having willfully murdered Thomas Sydney Burke. Constable Quinn gave evidence that he…

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£500 Reward Inverloch Murder Detectives Have No Clue. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 January 1935 · page 5

A reward of £500 has been offered by the Government for information which might assist detectives in arresting and convicting the murderer of Ethel Belshaw,…

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Committed Murder Escape the Guillotine Frenchman's Triple Crime. Liege (Belgium), December 22

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 January 1935 · page 3

A Frenchman who killed his mother and his mistress, and then saved himself from the guillotine by fleeing over the border into Belgium and…

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Lindbergh Murder Baby's Nurse At Trial Severe Cross-examination Tears in Witness Box New York

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 January 1935 · page 5

A Flemington (New Jersey) message states that the examination of Betty Gow, the nurse of the murdered Lindbergh baby, at the trial of…

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Roosevelt's New Deal Petrol Code Not Valid Decision of Supreme Court. Washington

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 January 1935 · page 5

In its first decision, questioning the validity of President Roosevelt's New Deal, the Supreme Court, by an eight to one vote, to-day…

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N.Z. BANK £1,750,000 Worth Of Notes Sent to Incinerator £10 Note in Circulation Police Trying to Solve Mystery Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 January 1935 · page 5

Police are making investigations into the whereabouts of a portion of £1,750,000 in Bank of New Zealand notes, which are in circulation in New…

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