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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1935

1,291 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 43 of 65

Barefaced Fraud Woman Sent to Gaol Cheated Mother of Seven Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 August 1935 · page 5

Describing the fraud as barefaced and serious Judge White sentenced Esther Ready, 44, to six months' imprisonment concurrent with a sentence of three…

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Boonah Murder "Not a Man at All" Reference to Dead Man. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 August 1935 · page 5

At the resumed hearing to-day of the charge against Reginald Scott, 22, of wilfully murdering his step-father, Ore Mills, at Boonah, Detective Bischof said…

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Murder Charge 'Arsenic In Body' Wife to Face Trial Disclosures at Inquest. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 August 1935 · page 5

Evidence that arsenic was found in the body and lead in the bones was given at the City Coroner's Court, to day when an inquiry was…

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Sold Liquor Drake Storekeeper Fined £40 Police Found 1700 Empty Bottles. Lismore

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 August 1935 · page 4

Evidence that the police when searching the premises found 1700 empty bottles was given at Drake Police Court to-day when Henry George Doyle, a local…

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RESERVED Supreme Court Judgment Banana Appeal Case Argument Concluded. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 August 1935 · page 5

Judgment was reserved by the Full Supreme Court to-day at the conclusion of argument in the Sunkissed Bananas (Tweed) Ltd. versus the New South Wales…

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Four Years' Gaol Thomas Kelly Sentenced Abduction of a Child

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 16 August 1935 · page 4

At Grafton Quarter Sessions on Tuesday last Thomas Kelly was sentenced to four years'imprisonment on charges of having…

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Contempt of Court

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 16 August 1935 · page 2

As he was leaving the court at Coffs Harbour yesterday after being sentenced for stealing, Bernard O'Riordan turned to Horace Brown,…

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Stolen Cream Two Young Men Charged Cases From Boambee

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 16 August 1935 · page 3

Messrs. C. Vost and C.Walker, Js.P., were engaged all day at Coffs Police Court yesterday on cases of petty thefts at Boambee…

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Death Sentence Murder in Japan. Tokio

Daily Examiner · Friday 16 August 1935 · page 5

It is understood that, a court-martia: sentenced Lieut. Col. Aiza[?] to death for the murder of Major General Nagata…

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Alleged 'Attempt To' Kill Sister In-law Charged, Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Friday 16 August 1935 · page 5

Henry Phillip Westacott, hairdresser was so seriously wounded at the home of his sister-in-law, "Mary Adelaide Lang, a married, woman, at Clermont. in a…

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Bankruptcy Court Public Examination

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 16 August 1935 · page 4

Casper Andrew Brandschied, late of Korora, and now of Coffs Harbour, was publicly examined by Mr. S. J. Bliss, P.M., at Coffs Harbour…

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Local and General Motor Cases Court

Daily Examiner · Friday 16 August 1935 · page 4

It has been stated that, on the return from abroad of the Commissioner for Road Transport (Mr. Maddocks), consideration may be given to a proposal…

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District Court Share in Intestate Estate

Daily Examiner · Friday 16 August 1935 · page 9

In the Grafton District. Court yesterday before his Honor Mr. Justice Clancy an action was called on in which Esme Marcio Small proceeded against Walter…

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Valuation Court Appeals Against Shire Values

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 16 August 1935 · page 2

At an Appeal Court conducted at the Court House this morning a number of appeals against Shire values were dealt with by the P.M. (Mr. S…

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Sordid Story Bconah Murder Charge Stepson Committed for Trial Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Friday 16 August 1935 · page 3

The hearing at the Boonah Police Court of the case in which Reginald Scott (22) is charged with having murdered Oro Howard Mills (53)…

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Banana Appeal[?] Sunkissed-Federation C[?] Court Reserves Decisi[?]

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 16 August 1935 · page 6

The appeal of Sunkissed [?] (Tweed) Ltd., against the[?] given in the Causes Court [?] last when the Cowpany [?]…

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Traffic Police Active £200In Fines in One Day. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 16 August 1935 · page 5

Fines totalling more than £200, were imposed on motorists for breaches of the Traffic Act in Sydney. This is the greatest amount imposed in…

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No Collar Clue Police May Kill Dogs Found Roaming in Streets

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 16 August 1935 · page 4

Concord Council's decision to ask the Police Department to destroy all dogs roaming in the streets without collars draws attention to the strict…

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Stranded at Grafton "Jumping the Rattler"' Six Young Men in Court

Daily Examiner · Friday 16 August 1935 · page 4

Six young men who appeared in the Grafton Court of Betty Sessions, before Messrs. A. E. Harris and A. B, Taylor, J's.P., yesterday, and pleaded guilty to…

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Claim for £147 Bookmakers Horses Trainer's Action in District Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 16 August 1935 · page 5

Before Judge White, in the District Court to-day, Thomas Mahon, horse trainer, claimed 1147 from Herbert Foster, bookmaker, for training, and entering, for…

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