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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1935

1,291 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 44 of 65

Coff's Harbor Industrial Magistrate's Court Cases Under Bread Carters' Award

Daily Examiner · Saturday 17 August 1935 · page 7

Before Mr. S. J. Bliss, P.M., in the Industrial Magistrate's Court held at Coff's Harbor, Mr. A. Tinning, appearing for the Bread Carters' Union, proceeded…

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Murder Charge Queensland Woman Remanded. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Saturday 17 August 1935 · page 6

In the Clermont Police Court to-day, Mary Adelaide Lang was charged with the wilful murder of Phillip Henry Westacott, 33…

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Coramba Police Court Indecent Language

Daily Examiner · Monday 19 August 1935 · page 2

Before Mr. S. J. Bliss, P.M., at the Coramba Police Court, William Webster was charged with using indecent language, in a public place. There was no…

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Bigamist Sentenced £1500 in Arrea[?] on Maintenance Order. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 19 August 1935 · page 7

A [?] of 15 months' imprisonment was imposed upon Claude Thompson, 38 at the Darling[?] Sessions to-day, when he pleaded guilty to a charge of [?]igamy…

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Communists in Canada Police Superintendent' S Statement. Ottawa

Daily Examiner · Monday 19 August 1935 · page 5

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police Superintendent, Mr. F. J. Mend. states that there are 40,000 Communists in Canada, and 7000, formerly financed by…

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Sheep in London Adventure Dash Through Traffic Fetched Home by Police in "Black Maria." London, July 27

Daily Examiner · Monday 19 August 1935 · page 8

Two Welsh mountain sheep had a great adventure in London when dished out of the peaceful glades of Kensington Gardens into the…

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'Who Is the Judge' Police or Magistrate? Liquor Case Withdrawn. Bathurst

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 20 August 1935 · page 5

Strong comment on the action of the Commissioner of Police in withdrawing four charges of Liquor Act breaches against local residents was made by Mr…

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Mining Warden's Court

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 20 August 1935 · page 3

Silting as Mining Warden at Coramba, Mr. S. J. Bliss, P.M., granted authority to P. S. Billiard, Coffs Harbour, to enter portion 34, parish of…

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Girl Dead From Poison Police Investigating. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 20 August 1935 · page 1

Police are investigating the death of a 17-year-old girl, while being conveyed from, her home at Hurstville to-day to the hospital. It was stated that the girl…

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'Treated As a Joke' Defendants Attitude in Traffic Case Bench Issues "Contempt of Court" Warning

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 20 August 1935 · page 2

Dealing with a case ex parte in the Grafton Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, Mr. S. J. Blics, P.M., said that the defendant, Richard Norman…

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Maclean Police Court

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 21 August 1935 · page 6

At the Maclean Police Court on Tuesday Norman Wamage and Richard Hodgson were charged with drankenness on the previous afternoon…

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Woman Assaulted Two Men Charged One Sent to Gaol. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 August 1935 · page 7

The maximum sentence of six months gaol was imposed on Sydney Coventry Rogers, 25, at the Redfern Police Court to-day when he was convicted on…

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Drake Burglary Verdict of Not Guilty Lismore Quarter Sessions. Lismore

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 August 1935 · page 4

Although a man who has previously pleaded guilty to charges of burglary and receiving swore that the accused had assisted him in the commission of…

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Police Scuptors Studying Modeling for Crime Investigation

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 August 1935 · page 3

In a Sydney studio two constables are modeling the features of Julius Caesar and King David. They are not taking up sculpture as a…

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To Check Speedsters New Police Cars. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 August 1935 · page 7

Two sedan cars, with, nothing to distinguish them, from privately-owned vehicles, and capable of speeds of 90 miles; an hour, were supplied to the…

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MOSLEMS V. Serbs Fight in a Churchyard Both Sides Attack Police Belgrade

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 August 1935 · page 5

A crashed-aeroplane led to a light between Moslems and orthodox Serbs, in the Bosnian village of Rogatica, to-day. Moslems rushing to see the 'plane took…

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Warden's Court

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 23 August 1935 · page 2

At a Warden's Court in Dorrigo last Friday, Thomas Joseph Maher made application for suspension of labor conditions at his mining leases on the…

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Drake Burglary Sentence of 12 Months Judge's Hint to Prisoner. Lismore

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 August 1935 · page 5

James Reginald Mitchell, who pleaded guilty to breaking and entering a store at Drake, owned by Henry Doyle, and stealing goods therefrom, was sentenced…

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Straying Cattle Claim for Damages Dismissed a Case From Meldrum Heard at Dorrigo Police Court

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 23 August 1935 · page 6

A claim for £10 damage institution by Franc[?] Greenhalgh against Mrs. Bertha Annie Perkins, whose stock was alleged to have been…

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Cocktails National Menace Ex-police Chief's Views S.P. Betting Ramifications Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 August 1935 · page 5

[?]pe that something would be done to combat the menace of cocktail drinking was expressed by the excommissioner of Police (Mr. Childs)…

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