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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1935

1,291 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 30 of 65

Has Courage Sir P. Game. Chief of London Police Dismissal of Lang Recalled. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 7 June 1935 · page 5

Sir Philip Game will succeed Lord Trenchard as Commissioner of Metropolitan Police in London…

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Alleged Stealing Charged Men Seek Further Remand

Daily Examiner · Saturday 8 June 1935 · page 2

On a charge of having stolen on May 11 a leather overcoat of the value of £3/10/ the property of Peter Bugden, William George Riley, 37, appeared…

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Shell Oil Depot Alleged Theft in 1932 Young Men Charged

Daily Examiner · Saturday 8 June 1935 · page 3

James Christopher Morrow and Allan Morrow, remanded from Alstonville Court of Petty Sessions on June 6, on charges of having broken and entered the Shell…

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Maclean Police Court Recognisances Forfeited

Daily Examiner · Saturday 8 June 1935 · page 8

At the Maclean Police Court on Thursday, before Mr. S. J. Bliss, P.M., several defendants did not appear on charges of drunkenness and their recognisances of…

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ASSAULT Halfway Creek Feud Grievances Ventilated Cross-action in Court

Daily Examiner · Saturday 8 June 1935 · page 2

A case in which Cecil Bryan Kearney, of Halfway Creek, complained of an assault made upon him by Joseph Priest, of Back Creak, and in…

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Seven Years Gaol. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 8 June 1935 · page 3

Frederick Watson, 65, was sentenced to seven years and five years penal servitude, the sentences to be concurrent, at the Central Criminal Court, to-day,…

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Taking Liquor Into Public Hall Offences at Ulmarra and Brushgrove Ulmarra Police Court

Daily Examiner · Saturday 8 June 1935 · page 8

At Ulmarra Police Court on Wednesday, before Mr. S. J. Bliss, Police Magistrate, Sidney Samuel Wilton Davis, who was represented by Mr. F. McGuren,…

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Thefts Admitted Electric Iron and Purse Defendant Pleads Guilty When Charged

Daily Examiner · Saturday 8 June 1935 · page 2

Robert Richmond, 55 pleaded guilty in the Grafton Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, before Mr. Bliss, P.M., to having stolen a Hotpoint electric iron, the…

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Man Wounded by Police for Trial

Daily Examiner · Saturday 8 June 1935 · page 4

After a hearing which was adjourned April 15, Sidney Herbert Barnes, 21, was committed for trial at Tamworth Police Court on Wednesday by Mr…

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Jaw Fractured in Assault

Daily Examiner · Monday 10 June 1935 · page 4

Alleged to have been the victim of an assault, Jack Connolly, a bootmaker, of Keen street, Lismore, is in St. Vincent's Hospital suffering a fracture of the jaw…

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Tram Driver Charged Alleged Manslaughter. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 10 June 1935 · page 4

Following the death in the Manly Hospital this afternoon of Thomas Lawrence (54), of Pittwater Road, Manly, a tram driver has been charged with…

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Gaol Without Fine? Starting Price Bettors Racing Officials' Proposal. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 10 June 1935 · page 5

A representative deputation of racing officials will wait upon the Chief Secretary, Mr. Chaffey, at an early date and place a number of requests before him…

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Burnt Own Fingers Before Police Took Fingerprints Arrested for Betting. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 10 June 1935 · page 5

A painful ruse to prevent his finger prints being taken was adopted by a young man at the Petersham police station on Saturday. Re had been arrested for…

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Human Emu Tricks to Dupe Police Swallows Tacks and Nails. Rockhampton

Daily Examiner · Monday 10 June 1935 · page 4

Known in police circles as the "human emu," owing to a penchant for swallowing metal, tacks and [?] and the possessor of a string of…

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Car Driver Arrested Four Police Recruits Dismissed Youth on Cycle Killed. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Monday 10 June 1935 · page 5

Norman Douglas Carr, 17, was killed instantly, when he was nulled from a bicycle after it had been struck by a taxicab, about a quarter of a mile from his…

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One Girl Out Of 3000 Not Traced Is She Albury Murder Victim? Search for E. Marshall Travelled Along Coast First Clue in Crime Mystery. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Monday 10 June 1935 · page 5

Is the Albury murder victim E. Marshall, who mysteriously disappeared about three weeks before the pyjama-clad remains of a girl were…

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Too Men Charged Alleged Assault in Garage. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 June 1935 · page 5

On a charge of having assaulted Keith Noel Wilcox, occasioning him actual bodily harm, John Flanagan (18) and Kevin Edge (20) were remanded on £40…

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Traffic Offences Many Court Cases Result of Police Raids Nominal Fines Imposed

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 June 1935 · page 6

As the result of police raids, a large number of cases involving breaches of the New South Wales traffic regulations were heard in the Grafton…

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CHAFF Bag' Rug Alleged Stealing Case "Open to Reasonable Explanation."

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 June 1935 · page 8

In the Grafton Court of Petty Sessions before Mr. S. J. Blise, P.M., Martin Henry Mitchell, of Dobic street, Grafton, was charged…

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More Police Wanted in Country

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 June 1935 · page 4

A protest against the closing of police stations and the curtailment of police forces in country districts was carried at the Shires Conference. The president…

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