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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1935

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44 Murder Charges Trial of Hungarian Revolutionary Rebellion and Counterfeiting. Budapest

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 January 1935 · page 5

Matyas Rakosi, after serving eight and a half years imprisonment for helping to create a Communist organisation as Trade Commissioner…

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False Pretences Charge Remand at Casino Court. Lismore

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 January 1935 · page 4

Harold Mark Fry, 27, at Casino Court to-day, was remanded to Wagga, on a 12 months' old charge of false pretences. Fry was arrested at a Casino hotel at 4.30 on…

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Stole While Drunk Two Grafton Strangers Charged at Court

Daily Examiner · Thursday 24 January 1935 · page 6

Two strangers, who arrived in Grafton about a week ago, visiting the South Grafton mart last Friday, in a drunken state carried off a parcel containing clothing…

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The Ladder Made Out of Flooring Boards? Lindbergh Baby Murder Trial New York

Daily Examiner · Thursday 24 January 1935 · page 5

A Flemington (New Jersey) message states that the prosecution in the Lind bergh baby murder trial to-day began to complete its evidence against Bruno…

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Cricketer in Court Jupp on Manslaughter Charge Sequel to Motor Collision London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 24 January 1935 · page 3

V. W. Jun[?] the Northants cricketer, who on Saturday was charged with the manslaughter of Denis Moysey, 19, one of two vouths who were on a motor cycle…

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Maclean Police Court Motor Traffic Breaches

Daily Examiner · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 6

At the Maclean Police. Court on Thursday last, before Mr. H. H. Farrington; P.M., Edward Meehan appeared on a charge of a breach of the Motor Traffic…

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Court Work

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 2

In the Small Debts' Court on Friday last William Teeling sued Douglas Ward, butcher, for wages alleged to be due to him. Both parties came…

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Writ Issued Claim Against Q.T.C. Alleged Defamation and Assault. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Saturday 26 January 1935 · page 6

Sydney Alexander Byers, a sporting man of Sydney, to-day issued a writ claiming £2000 damages for alleged defamation, and £200 for alleged assault…

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Borrowed Money Lent Up to 60 Per Cent. Bankruptcy Court Disclosures. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 26 January 1935 · page 5

During the course of the examination of Herbert Rigney, by the Registrar m Bankruptcy yesterday, it was stated that he and a partner had borrowed money at 15…

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Jupp Sentenced Nine Months' Imprisonment "Mad Driving." London

Daily Examiner · Monday 28 January 1935 · page 5

The English cricketer, V. W. C. Jupp, was sentenced to nine months imprisonment on a manslaughter charge, and was dispua[?]ed from driving a car for…

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Hauptmann Defence Fisch Blamed for Murder General Denial of Allegations. New York

Daily Examiner · Monday 28 January 1935 · page 5

A message from Flemington (New Jersey) states that Bernard Richard Hauptmann, who is charged with the murder of the baby son of Colonel and Mrs…

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Solicitor's Protest Somnolence in Court?

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 29 January 1935 · page 3

Something which occurred, or was alleged to have occurred, on the Bench at the Carlton court (Vic), drew from Mr. J. Barnett, solicitor for defence, an…

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Body in Car Warder on Murder Charge. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 30 January 1935 · page 1

After about a fortnight in Rockhamp ton Hospital, John Thomas McQuade prison warder, in the back of whose car the dead body of a young woman was…

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'STUBBORN' Tamworth Bankrupt Contempt of Court Alleged Farmers Prevent Forced Sales Case in Bankruptcy Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 30 January 1935 · page 5

"Bankrupt is being both stubborn and foolish. He is defying the laws of this country, and unless he gives this undertaking he will be…

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Sixteen Deaths After Drinking Wood Alcohol Police Searching for Bootleggers. New York

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 30 January 1935 · page 5

With the death of three more to-day, a total of 16 persons have lost their lives over the week-end, from drinking poison liquor containing wood alcohol…

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'S.m. Herald' Contempt Alleged Piddington Seeks Order High Court and Kisch References. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 30 January 1935 · page 5

Alleging that in articles published in the "Sydney Morning Herald," with regard to the Kisch case, there had been vilification of the character…

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Five Years French Officer Sentenced Desert Tragedy Judge's Severe Comment. Tunis (Algeria)

Daily Examiner · Thursday 31 January 1935 · page 5

Lieutenant Cabanes, a handsome French military officer, was to-day sentenced to five years imprisonment on a charge of murdering…

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Charged by Bull Young Man's Lucky Escape Accident at South Grafton Saleyards

Daily Examiner · Thursday 31 January 1935 · page 4

A young man named Vincent Lyons, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. Lyons, of Bligh street, South Grafton, had a very narrow escape from being gored…

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Son for Trial! 'Wounding His Mother' Alleged Attempted Murder "Better Dead." Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 31 January 1935 · page 5

On a charge of having wounded his mother, Mary Margaret Fulton, with intent to murder her, Bernard Fulton, 23, clerk, was committed for trial…

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Consulted High Court Judge Editor's Evidence Alleged Contempt Of Court "S.m. Herald" Cited Justice Evatt's Comment. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 31 January 1935 · page 5

An admission that he had a conversation with a Judge of the High Court before allowing the publication of letters and articles bearing…

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