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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1935

1,291 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 42 of 65

Street Minstrel in Court for Stealing Two Days' Gaol

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 August 1935 · page 2

Thomas Lionel Johnson, 49, was charged before Mr. S. J. Bliss, P.M.. in the Grafton Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, with having stolen a…

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New Plan Settle Matrimonial Disputes Working Well London Magistrate's Report. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 August 1935 · page 5

A report issued by one of the metropolitan Magistrates, Mr. Claud Mullins, upon the new procedure in the hearing of matrimonial disputes,…

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'In the Plot' Police Allegation Did Bandit Throw Pepper? £690 Robbery at Darlinghurst. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 August 1935 · page 5

At the Central Police Court to-day Kenneth Charles O'Conneil (31) was charged with having stolen £690, the property of John Wilson, yesterday…

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Dirty Premises Dairy Farmers Fined Inspectors Active Ulmarra Police Court Cases

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 August 1935 · page 3

At the Ulmarra Police Court on Wednesday, the following cases were heard before Mr. S. J. Bliss, P.M.:- Melville Hugh Connor, who was…

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Living Death 180 Years For Murder Two Women Sentenced in . U.S.A. Appalling Crime of Jealousy. Chicago

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 August 1935 · page 5

Declaring the death penalty too merciful, Judge Cornelius Harrington to-day sentenced Mrs. Blanche Dumkel and Mrs. Evelyn Smith to 180…

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Laborer Sentenced Denies Attempt to Rob Grafton Church Poor Box

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 August 1935 · page 3

A plea of not guilty of having in his possession a rug arid a wristlet watch reasonably suspected to having been stolen, was made by James Leslie…

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17 MARRIES 62 Widow Sues in Equity Court Granted £2 a Week. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 August 1935 · page 5

Still under age, Amy Bertha Driver, through her grandmother, to-day applied in the Equity Court for increased maintenance from the estate of her late…

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Murder and Suicide W.A. Domestic Tragedy. Perth

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 August 1935 · page 5

Frank Herman Godden fatally stabbed his wife Violet with a butcher's knife, at Norseman to-day, and then placed a detonator in his mouth, lighted the fuse,…

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Opossum Skins 2000 Seized By Police Export Trade Being Watched Two Men Arrested. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 August 1935 · page 5

Members of the criminal Investigation Department, following extensive inquiries, extending over a considerable period, this morning visited…

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Serious Charges Alleged Abduction and Assault Case From Coff's Harbor

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 August 1935 · page 2

The trial was commenced in the Grafton Quarter Sessions before his Honor Judge Clancy yesterday of Thomas Kelly (44) on charges of having, on May 10…

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Super Shell Is Super Charged Anti-knock and Economy Are Features

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 August 1935 · page 6

The improved performance in modern motor cars has been [?]rry due to an increase of the compression ra[?] of the engine. The 1929 motor car engines had…

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PAMELUS Owner And Jockey Charged by Stewards Inquiry Adjourned Until To-day. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 August 1935 · page 6

'I can bring evidence to prove that I was not satisfied with the riding of Tebb," and that Bookmaker Rankin put £290 on Pamelus on Saturday,"…

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Car and Cycle Prince Street Accident Police Making Inquiries

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 August 1935 · page 4

Grafton police are investigating an accident which occurred at the intersection of Prince and Fitzroy streets about 4.30 p.m. yesterday in which it…

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Burglar Alarm Tumbulgum Case Two Men on Trial One of the Accused Helps the Police

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 August 1935 · page 2

During the trial of Albert John Edwards and William George Riley, before his Honor Judge Clancy, at the Grafton Quarter Sessions yesterday,…

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Marble Figure Alleged Theft From Grave. Lismore

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 August 1935 · page 8

The alleged theft of marble figures from a grave in Lismore cemetery some time during 1930 was mentioned again at Lismore Court when three brothers…

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Four Years' Gaol Abduction Of A Child Coff's Harbor Case Guilty on Both Charges

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 August 1935 · page 3

Judge Clancey yesterday sentenced Thomas Kelly, 44, motor driver, of Coff's. Harbor, at the Quarter Sessions, Grafton, to imprisonment with hard…

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STEPSON On Murder Charge Death of Oro Mills Buttons and Bones in Ashes. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 August 1935 · page 5

At Boonah to-day Reginald Felix Scott, 22, timbergetter, was charged with the wilful murder of his step-father, Oro Howard Mills…

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Shot Dead Young Married Woman Russian's Suicide Story Re-told in Coroner's Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 August 1935 · page 5

The story of the shooting of Mrs. Mary Emmeline Andrews, 25, and Peter Kopcivsky, 58, Russian, at Gladesville on August 2 was re-told…

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Bunchy Top Alleged Libellous Statement Banana Co. V. Growers Federation Appeal to Full Court Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 August 1935 · page 5

Before the Full Court, consisting of the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Jordan, Mr. Justice Halse Rogers, and Mr. Justice Street in the Banco Court…

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District Court Yesterday's Cases

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 August 1935 · page 3

In the Grafton District Court yesterday, before his Honor Judge Clancy, in the matter of the Orara Farmers, Co-operative Trading Society, Ltd., v. Alfred…

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