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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1935

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'Man Tracks' Another Idriess Book Thrills for Outback Police on the Trail of Black Lawbreakers

Daily Examiner · Monday 22 April 1935 · page 7

Ion Idriess has given us another book which seems certain to rival "Lasseter's Last Ride" as a best seller, "Man Tracks" has much of…

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Gangsters in Spain Special Police Enrolled. Madrid

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 23 April 1935 · page 5

Special police corps are being enrolled with the aim of stamping out gangsters. They will patrol in motor cars and on foot. The public have been warned that…

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Drunk Visits Police Station

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 24 April 1935 · page 4

John Smith, 58, was charged before Mr. A. E. Harris, J.P., in the Grafton Court of Petty Sessions yesterday with having been found drunk at the Grafton…

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Lessons in Crime London Police To Go To School Again Learning How the Burglar Works Lord Trenchard's Scheme

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 24 April 1935 · page 8

Every London policeman will be a detective soon. Lord Trenchard, the Police Chief, campaigning against the housebreakers who have been so active…

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Quist Brilliant Exciting Rallies In Rome Menzel Walks Off Court Objected to Crowd's Behavior. Rome

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 24 April 1935 · page 6

Turnbull and Quist were too severe for Caska and Planner, when the international tennis championships were resumed to-day…

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Ultra Vires? Wireless, Telegraphic Act Case for the High Court Magistrate Withholds Conviction. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 25 April 1935 · page 6

Pending a decision by the High Court, as to whether the Wireless and Telegraphic Act is ultra vires the Commonwealth constitution, no…

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Local and General No Murder, Only a "Party."

Daily Examiner · Thursday 25 April 1935 · page 4

Receiving a report that a woman had been murdered at an unemployed camp at Kahibah on Sunday, Detective Sergeant R. Emmett and Detective Constable C…

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Guerilla Warfare Anti-Italian Move Trentino Germans V. Police Sequel to Success in Saar. Vienna

Daily Examiner · Thursday 25 April 1935 · page 5

According to unconfirmed reports, guerilla warfare between the police and German-speaking inhabitants is being waged in the Trentino region,…

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Queen Bans High Neck Gowns Strict New Court Regulations Many Australians and New Zealanders to Be Presented. London, March 30

Daily Examiner · Thursday 25 April 1935 · page 7

Regulations for dross at this year's Courts, where many Australians and New Zealanders over for the Jubilee will be presented, have been tightened up…

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Armidale Housebreakers Sentenced

Daily Examiner · Saturday 27 April 1935 · page 4

At the Maitland Quarter Sessions Arthur Hamilton (29) and Gerald Hamilton (20) pleaded guilty to charges of breaking, entering and stealing at Uralla…

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Double Murder Youth Shoots Parents Said It Was Bandits Wanted Their Property. Austin (Texas)

Daily Examiner · Saturday 27 April 1935 · page 5

One of the most shocking murders in recent years occurred here yesterday, when Howard Pierson, 20, according to his own confession, shot…

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Murder Charge 'Each Had A Gun' 'Warned to Leave Town' "I Have Lost, Good-bye." Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 27 April 1935 · page 5

Thomas Haggerty, charged with the murder of Fitzhardinge Murton, 48, outside a hotel at Daylesford, on April 15, was present in custody, when an inquest…

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Riot in India Crowd Attacks Police 37 Peasants Killed. Calcutta

Daily Examiner · Monday 29 April 1935 · page 5

Thirty-seven peasants were killed, and a large number seriously wounded by the firing of police in the village of Kadan, in Rajputana State…

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House Wrecked Mystery Explosion at Parkes Police at a Loss

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 30 April 1935 · page 5

An explosion wrecked one of the finest houses in Parkes hist night, and scattered debt is around the neighborhood. Houses in the vicinity were shaken by…

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Could Not Read Family at Killarney Disclosure in Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 30 April 1935 · page 5

During the hearing of a ease in the Summons Court at Killarney, Mr. P. G. Knyvett, P.M., expressed surprise when told that members of a family seven miles…

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'Unmitigated Disaster' Federal Arbitration Court Sir T. Bavin at Constitutional Club. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 30 April 1935 · page 5

The Commonwealth Arbitration Court was described to-day by Sir Thomas Bavin, K.C., as "an unmitigated disaster to Australia."…

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Five Years' Gaol Man Who Carried Gun Breaking, Entering, Stealing. Townsville

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 May 1935 · page 5

Ceil Owen Cranswick, who with John Thomas Barker and Frederick Ewing, pleaded guilty to breaking entering and stealing at Powen was sentenced to five…

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Aerodrome Gold Artist on Stealing Charge Seven Years' Imprisonment. London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 May 1935 · page 5

Cecil Swanland, artist, was convicted to-day of having been concerned in the stealing of gold worth £21,000 from the strongroom at the Croydon aerodrome…

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Head-on Collision Police Patrol and Car Constable Killed Instantly Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 May 1935 · page 5

In a head-on collision between a police motor cycle patrol and a motor car, near Werribee, to-day, Constable John Henry Robins, 26, who was riding in the side-car,…

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Right to the Road Awarded to Pedestrians District Court Judgment. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 May 1935 · page 5

Pedestrians had a right on the roadway, although many motorists blew a horn and expected them to get out of Die way, said Judge Sheridan to-day, during the…

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