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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1935

1,291 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 46 of 65

Singles Final Moon Walked Off Court Brisbane Tennis. 'Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 August 1935 · page 2

A stir was caused in the Jubilee tennis singles championship final, at Milton today, when E. Moon, who was down two sets to nil against Grinstead, left the…

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She Apologised Seventy-six Years Old Woman Caused Stir in Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 August 1935 · page 5

The stir caused by Marjorie Lacey, 76, in the Parramatta Sessions yesterday, when she shouted imprecations at Judge Barton following the dismissal of her…

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For Life Two Men Sentenced Perth Murder Trial Third Man Gets Ten Years. Perth

Daily Examiner · Friday 30 August 1935 · page 4

The trial of four men, who have been charged with the Wilful murder of Edgar Whtfiield, caretaker of Caris Bros. jewellery shop, on February 3,…

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Sydney Hold-up Woman And Men Charged Pepper Throwing Alleged Defendant Swoons in Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 30 August 1935 · page 5

There were further developments today following the hold up of John Wilson at Darlinghurst on August 7. when a bag containing £690, the…

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Coffs Police Force

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 30 August 1935 · page 2

A reply was received by the Shire Council at Wednesday's meeting from the Chief Secretary's Department, through Mr. R. S. Vincent, M.L.A.,…

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Local and General Fought Police for Football

Daily Examiner · Friday 30 August 1935 · page 4

At a Melbourne football match at the weekend a youth tried to run away with the hall when it was kicked into the outer reserve. A policeman who chased…

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Plaintiff Non-suited in Casino District Court Grafton Solicitor Not Lismore

Daily Examiner · Friday 30 August 1935 · page 1

When the matter of Thus. Field, of Urbenville, v. Robert Henry Clarke, of Urbenville, was called in the District Court, at Casino today, an adjournment…

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Football Barrackers in Court

Daily Examiner · Saturday 31 August 1935 · page 4

In the Glen Innes Police Court on Monday morning, before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, P.M., Eric George Hong was charged with behaving in an offensive…

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Murder and Rioting Charges 23 British Army Men for Trial. Simla

Daily Examiner · Saturday 31 August 1935 · page 5

Twenty-three men of the 1st Battalion of the King's Liverpool Regiment were handed over to the civil authorities for trial on charges of murder and rioting…

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Obstructions on Line Aged Woman in Court Remarkable Excuse. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Saturday 31 August 1935 · page 5

The plea that the Labor Government, wanted to sell her property and would not give her a pension was made by Franzisca Schultz, an old German woman, when…

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Hit-run? Police Seek Motorist. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 September 1935 · page 4

The driver of a motor car which knocked down Alffred Baldock, 40, of Taylor street, Annandale, at the intersection of King street and Misseaden…

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Bomb Thrown At Gaol Warder Hobart Sensation Gelignite Found in Cells. Hobart

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 September 1935 · page 5

Warder Pardoe, a special search officer of Hobart gaol, had a narrow escape from serious injury to-day when a crudely constructed…

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Six Months' Gaol Said He Was a Policeman "warning" s.p. bookmakers SYDNEY

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 September 1935 · page 5

James William Kirby, 25, laborer, who was alleged to have collected money from S.P. bookmakers by telling them he could give them the whereabouts of the police…

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Ourimbah Tragedy Husband Charged with Murder. Gosford

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 September 1935 · page 5

A remand until Thursday was granted Harold Ferguson, 40. when he appeared at the Gosford Police Court to-day. charged with having maliciously and…

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Revision Court Two Objections to Enrolment

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 September 1935 · page 2

A Revision Court to revise the lists of electors and ratepayers in the municipality of Grafton was held at the Grafton Courthouse yesterday, before Mr. S…

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Proved It Gaol Can't Hold Him Prisoner's Boast Notorious Criminal's Escape. New York

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 September 1935 · page 5

Victor Lustig, a notorious swindler, who is known to the police of many countries as "The Count," to day effected a sensational escape…

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Marcel Laffineur Before Lismore Court. Lismore

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 September 1935 · page 5

Admitting that he had only recently been released from gaol after biting off portion of a policeman's car at Grafton, Marcel Laffineur, 29, a professional…

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Sleepers on Line Two Lads Questioned by Police. Lismore

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 September 1935 · page 5

Inquiries by Plainclothes Constable Snowden, of Lismore, and other police resulted, it is claimed, in clearing up the alleged attempt to derail the North Coast…

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Wife Murder N.Z. Musician Charged. Auckland

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 September 1935 · page 5

A sensation has been caused in Dominion musical circles by the arrest of Eric Mareo, 41, founder of the Symphony Orchestra and Operatic Society, on a…

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Unrest in Hobart Gaol Prisoners Said to Favor Strike Hobart

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 September 1935 · page 5

Following the throwing, of an improvised bomb at a warder in Hobart gaol on Sunday, one of the prisoners yesterday threw some disinfectant at the governor…

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