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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1936

1,247 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 13 of 63

Husband's Death Wife And Man Charged Murder Alleged. Perth

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 March 1936 · page 5

Rose Marie McDonnell and Ernest John Taylor were committed for trial on a charge of having murdered Hector Alexander McDonnell, by the Coroner…

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Cancel Licenses Magistrate's Warning Roads Not Motor Speedways Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 March 1936 · page 5

Imposing fines of various amounts on persons convicted of having committed breaches of the traffic regulations, Mr. Farrington, S.M., at the…

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Country Police Stations Questions in Parliament. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 March 1936 · page 5

A denial that there was a wholesale closing down of country police stations was given by the Chief Secretary, Mr. Chaffey, in the Legislative Assembly…

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Police Court Indecent Behaviour

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 13 March 1936 · page 6

Owing to the District Court being on at Bellingen and local solicitors were engaged in several of them, some of the cases called pn at Coffs…

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[?]Storic Gaol [?]Being Abolished

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 13 March 1936 · page 3

[?]ork of demolishing the his[?]l at Windsor has begun, and [?]nable relies have been taken [?]matta gaol. Old cedar doors,…

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Shots Fired Court Allegation Dramatic Story of Struggle Charge of Intent to Murder Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 March 1936 · page 5

An allegation that Smith bad wounded Wignall because the latter interfered with Smith's courtship of a member of his family, was made…

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Difficult Court Case

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 13 March 1936 · page 1

A rather curious case came before Judge Neild in the District Court at Kempsey on Tuesday last, when Hamilton Gordon Elrington sued John…

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"Poison in Muffins" Woman on Murder Charge. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 March 1936 · page 5

A message from Hubbard (Saskatchewan) states that Mrs. Adelia Hess, alleged to have fatally poisoned her grandparents, has been charged with…

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District Court All Cases from Coffs

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 13 March 1936 · page 3

The District Court sitting at Bellingen this week furnished ample evidence of the need of a sitting of the District Court at Coffs Harbour,…

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Murder Charge Doctor Accused "A Fantastic Story" Wife and Maid Dismembered London

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 March 1936 · page 5

"We were the sort of people who could not live, either with or without each other, declared Dr. Buck Ruxton, who is charged with the murder…

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Stay Down Strike Did Not Last Long Police Removed Miners. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 March 1936 · page 2

Excitement prevailed at the Sunbeam mine, Korumburra, to-day when five miners led by two union officials ceased work as a protest against the…

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"No Bloodstains" Dr. Buxton's Trial Alleged Wife Murder. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 14 March 1936 · page 5

Counsel concluded their addresses to the jury in the case in which Dr. Buck Ruxton is charged with the murder of his wife…

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No Appearance Police Accusers Commission Adjourns S.P Betting Allegations Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 14 March 1936 · page 5

As indicated by the Leader of the Opposition in Parliament during the week, there was no appearance of the members who made charges…

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Crime Prevention Melbourne Police Strengthened. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 16 March 1936 · page 5

To strengthen the forces for crime prevention and detection in the Melbourne metropolitan area, seven suburban units of the Criminal Investigation…

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Berlin Store Closed by German Police. Berlin

Daily Examiner · Monday 16 March 1936 · page 6

Police closed up one of the largest wholesale provision businesses in Berlin, alleging that during the butter shortage, it favored Jewish customers,…

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Farm Tragedy Murder and Suicide? Two Young Men Dead Motive a Mystery Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 16 March 1936 · page 5

Ballarat police who were called to the farm of James Warner, at Dean, last night, after the discovery of the murder of his only son, James…

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Serious Charge Seven Youths in Court Woman Alleges Assault "Attacked in Park" Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 March 1936 · page 5

Through an interpreter, a young Italian girl, at the Central Criminal Court to- day, gave evidence of having been attacked and criminally…

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Human Bones Found in Ashes Melb. Murder Charge Italian in Court Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 March 1936 · page 5

A statement in which he was alleged to have admitted having struck Luigi Marchesi, 57, on the head with a stick, and having, following his…

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Youth Sentenced Sequel To Grafton Robberies "Crime Magazines."

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 March 1936 · page 7

At the Sydney Quarter Sessions last Friday, Herbert Louis Edwards (18) was charged with breaking and entering a house at Auburn on December 25…

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Racehorse Owner Charged Alleged Ill-treatment of Trotter

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 March 1936 · page 2

Peter Reid, of Canowindra, appeared before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, P.M., at Glen Innes Court charged with cruelly ill-treating a horse…

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