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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1935

1,291 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 31 of 65

Alleged Theft of Bananas Woolgoolga Case Young Italian Grower Fined Neighbor Brands Bunches

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 11 June 1935 · page 2

The branding of the stalks of banana buhches led to a neighbor being brought before the police court at Coffs Harbour…

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DRUGS Closer Supervision Importation and Sale Powers of Police Almost Unlimited. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 June 1935 · page 5

The Chief Secretary, Mr. Chaffey, stated to-day that, in order to place a further check on illicit traffic in drugs and the supplying of drugs…

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In High Court Dairy Produce Act Case Venue Changed Important Constitutional Point. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 June 1935 · page 5

The challenging of the Dairy Produce Act, 1933-35, of the Federal Parliament by Oliver Kenneth McAnulty trading under the name of…

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Sad Fate Of Persian Cat Killed by Greyhound Plaintiff Non-suited in Court Case

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 June 1935 · page 7

"This is only a small matter in Which a dog killed a cat," said Mr. Fred McGuren, jun., addressing Mr. S. J. Bliss, P.M., in the Grafton Court…

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Grafton Police Court

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 June 1935 · page 4

Before Mr. W. Finlay, J.P., in the Grafton Police Court yesterday. William Hillier (41) pleaded, guilty to a charge of having been found drunk in Prince…

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Wedding in Police Station

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 June 1935 · page 4

You first get the girl, and then get a clergyman when you wish to marry in the Northern Territory, for in this la[?] "churches are few and men of religion…

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Accessories After Fact Tour Young Men Charged. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 June 1935 · page 5

Andrew James Haines, 31. was charged at Brisbane Court on Monday with having unlawfully killed Norman Douglas Carr. at Aspley on Saturday night…

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Mae West Story in Court. Hobart

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 June 1935 · page 5

"He was only telling me a story about Mae West," said Patrick McGrath in the court today, when giving evidence for…

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For Trial Man On Murder Charge Body Under Viaduct Face Terribly Battered Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 June 1935 · page 5

At the conclusion of the inquest at Parramatta Court to-day, into the death of Arthur Vaughan, whose body with the face bateered, was found…

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Brass Tacks In Banana Stalks How Thief Was Caught Good Work by Police. Coff's Harbor

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 June 1935 · page 5

The disappearance of bunches of bananas from a plantation at Woolgoolga has been satisfactorily cleared up by coff's Harbor and Woolgoolga…

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Marketing Laws C'wealth Govt's Powers High Court Judgment Govt. Demurrer Upheld Dairying Position Explained Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 June 1935 · page 7

The Full High Court of Australia to-day delivered reserved judgment in an important case relating to Interstate trade and section 92 of the…

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Ex-naval Man Sent to Gaol

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 June 1935 · page 8

"I was in the navy for a number of years, and have travelled in many countries since and I have never been in any trouble. I took, the books because I…

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Burnt His Fingers But Police Took Fingerprints. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 June 1935 · page 4

Last Saturday a man who was taken to the Paddington police station on a charge of illegal betting, thrust his hands into a fire in order to prevent fingerprints…

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Murder Inquiry Witness Shot Dead Body In Motor Car Under Harbor Bridge Three Bullet Wounds Sensation in Tattooed Arm Case. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 June 1935 · page 5

Disgorging of a tattooed arm by a shark in Coogee aquarium on Anzac Day marked the opening of a series of sensations without…

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Found Gassed Defendant in Police Court Charge "Could Not Face It." Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 June 1935 · page 5

Arrested yesterday on a charge of having possessed an unlawful pistol, Russell Kemp, 25, fruit salesman, .was to have appeared at the Central Court…

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Must Attend Court

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 14 June 1935 · page 4

Mr. S. J. Bliss, P.M., made it clear at Coffs Police Court on Wednesday that he insists upon defendants attending st the court…

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Car Murder Fingerprints On Door Guard for Victim's Relatives a Mysterious Message. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 June 1935 · page 5

Although no arrest has yet been made of the murderer of Reginald Holmes, who was shot in a motor cat in Hickson road, near Sydney Harbor…

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Bullocks Shot Old Man in Court Some Pathetic Features

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 14 June 1935 · page 3

There were some pathetic features about a case at Coramba Police Court, last Thursday in which Archibald Gray, aged 77,…

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Bullocks Wounded Malicious Shooting Alleged Man Committed for Trial Evidence in Coramba Court

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 June 1935 · page 9

Archibald Gray was charged in the Coramba Police Court, before Mr. S. J. Bliss, P.M., with, having maliciously wounded bullocks, the…

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Murder of Holmes Police on a Clue. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 15 June 1935 · page 5

detectives engaged in clearing up the murder of Reginald Holmes on Tuesday night are endeavoring to locate a person, who, they believe, met Holmes…

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