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Courts & crime, 1935

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World Court U.S.A. Senate's Adverse Vote Washington

Daily Examiner · Thursday 31 January 1935 · page 5

President Roosevelt suffered perhaps the most serious reversal of his Presidential career to-day, when the Senate, by a vote of 52 to 36, failed to sanction…

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Death Sentence Europeans On Piracy Charge Chinese Court's Judgment Appeals Fail. Shanghai

Daily Examiner · Thursday 31 January 1935 · page 5

The appeals of five Europeans against sentences of death and life imprisonment ended sensationally today, when the death sentences were…

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Bloodstains on Coat Government Analysts Evidence Melbourne Murder Charge. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 5

After the evidence of four witnesses had been taken, the inquest into the death of James Albert Ross (23), whose body was found in a creek on January…

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Wrong Bed Strange Assault Charge Woman's Amazing Story "Thought It Was Her Husband" Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 3

An amazing story was told by Mary Wilton, at the Balmain Court to-day, when Matthew Michael Moore, 28, was committed for trial on a charge…

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Reds Attack Gaol Street Fighting In China Communist Leader Released City Thoroughly Looted. Shanghai

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 5

Street fighting on an extensive scale resulted in an attack by a large force of Communist bandits upon Kolanhsien, in north-west…

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Four Dead Mother And Three Children Family Poisoned Murder and Suicide Suspected. GUNNEDA[?],Thursday

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 5

A terrible poison tragedy is reported from Carroll, 10 miles from this town, as a result of which four people are dead. The police believe Mrs…

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Boy of Nine Never Heard Of God Never Been to School Admission in Murder Case. Richmond (Q.)

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 5

Startling admissions by a boy of nine were made in the Police Court this morning during the hearing of a charge of wilful murder of her…

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Part of a Fence Charge of Theft

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 February 1935 · page 2

Before Messrs. W. Finlay and O. B. Gormly, J.'sP., at the Grafton Police Court yesterday morning, Alfred Ernest Green, 42. pleaded guilty to a charge of…

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'Shot Him Twice' Alleged Confession Murder Charge at Seymour Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 February 1935 · page 5

At the conclusion of the inquest, at Seymour to-day, into the death of James Albert Ross, 23, the Coroner committed Charles Jeffrey Jones for trial on a…

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Turned His Horse Out Old Man's Remonstrance Man Charged with Shooting. Glen Innes

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 February 1935 · page 6

While repairing a fence this afternoon, E. B. Newsome, grazier of the Dundee district, near Glen Innes, noticed a straying horse on his…

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Murder Charge Sequel to Surry Hills Fracas Two Men Remanded. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 February 1935 · page 5

A remand until February 7 was granted William Joseph Green (22) and Joseph Menzic (32), when they appeared at the Central Court to-day, on a charge…

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Lindbergh Baby Case Sensational Development Attempt to Murder Witness. [?]Lemington (N.j.)

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 February 1935 · page 5

A sensational fillip was given to the Lindbergh baby murder trial to-day, as a result of efforts to kill the proprietress of a hairdressing establishment, who…

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Attacked in Street Three Men Arrested on Assault Charge Found in Deserted House

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 February 1935 · page 4

Following a complaint lodged by two men at the Grafton Police Station, that they were assaulted by three men in Prince street, near [?]meson's butcher's…

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Police and Seventy Horsemen Lead Search Child Lost At Tullymorgan Clad Only in Shirt 200 Scour Rough Country Blacktrackers on Scene. Maclean

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 February 1935 · page 4

Two hundred people, including 70 horsemen, searched all day on Sunday in the dense bush in the mountainous country about Tullymorgan for a…

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Family Feud Culminates In Court Case Cross-actions of Assault Witness Faints in Box

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 February 1935 · page 1

A feud between two farming families of Gurranang culminated yesterday in a series of charges of assault at the Grafton Police Court by John Khan, William…

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Assault Charge Three Men Arrested Plead Not Guilty

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 February 1935 · page 4

Charged with having assaulted Frank and Ernest Michael, of Grafton, in Prince street, Grafton, on Friday night. Harold Patrick Andrews, 22, Leslie…

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Broke £50 Bond Youth on Stealing Charge Month's Imprisonment

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 February 1935 · page 6

When Ray Christopher Schafer, 19, charged at the Grafton Police Court yesterday with having stolen a pair of sandshoes valued at 4/11, the property of…

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Baker Takes Court Action

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 February 1935 · page 4

In an action against Miss Lily Dunne, of 84 Bacon street, Grafton, for goods sold to the value of £8/17/9, a verdict for the plaintiff, Claude Hewitt, a baker…

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Police Detain Woman on Charge of Vagrancy

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 February 1935 · page 1

Calling at the Grafton Police Station over the week-end and informing the police that she had nowhere to sleep or eat and had no friends in the district…

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Kaye Don Comes Home From Isle of Man Gaol "All I Want Is to Forget."

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 February 1935 · page 6

On his release from gaol in the Isle of Man, Kaye Don, the raving motorist, told the London "Daily Express" that his wife had been the heroine of the…

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