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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1936

1,247 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 18 of 63

Train Murder Kopet Before Police Court Remanded to Brisbane. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 10 April 1936 · page 5

Charged with the wilful murder of Harold Edward Speering (33) on the mail train between Gympie and Brisbane on April 2, Herbert Kopet (23),…

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Maclean Police Court Charge of Drunkenness

Daily Examiner · Friday 10 April 1936 · page 4

At the Maclean Police Court, on Thursday, before Mr. S. J. Bliss, P.M., Thomas Loy, who was charged with drunkenness in River street, Maclean,…

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Maclean Licensing Court Transfer of Hotel License

Daily Examiner · Friday 10 April 1936 · page 4

In the Maclean Licensing Court on Thursday an application for the transfer of the license of the Hotel Clarence from James Frederick Stewart to…

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Landlord and Tenant Repossession Of Land Maclean Court Proceedings

Daily Examiner · Friday 10 April 1936 · page 3

At the Maclean Police Court on Thursday, before Mr. J. Bliss, P.M., Lachlan Alexander Macdonald, for whom Mr. W. B. Fleming appeared,…

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Throat Cut Bowral Boy Killed Mother Charged with Crime Father's Discovery. Bowral

Daily Examiner · Monday 13 April 1936 · page 4

A youth of 14½ years was found dead with his throat cut in a Bowral home this morning. A woman was arrested and charged with…

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Lurich Out Wrestling Melee Police Stop Contest. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 13 April 1936 · page 1

During a melee in the ring between two: wrestlers and the referee at Leichhardt Stadium on Saturday night, the police intervened and stopped the bout…

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Daring Youth Jumped On Train Roof How Escapee Dodged Police Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 13 April 1936 · page 5

By jumping from the roof of a Sydney-bound train while it was standing alongside the platform at Hornsby railway station to-night, on to the roof of…

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Kopit Remanded Crowded Police Court. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 14 April 1936 · page 5

The police court was crowded this morning when Herbert Kopit, 23, appeared on remand from Melbourne, charged with the murder of Harold…

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Nude Woman in London Cathedral St. Paul's Sensation Removed to Police Station London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 14 April 1936 · page 5

The amazing spectacle of a naked woman, prostrate on her knees, her arms forward in an attitude of supplication, was witnessed in St…

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Grafton Police Court Vagrancy Charge

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 April 1936 · page 2

At the Grafton Police Court on Monday last, before Mr. S. J. Bliss, P.M., Albert Porter, 29, was charged with having been an idle and disorderly…

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Train Murder Kopit at Murwillumbah

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 April 1936 · page 4

After his appearance in the Brisbane Police Court on Monday, Herbert Kopit, who is charged with the murder of Harold Edwin Speering was taken…

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Safety Drive By N.S.W. Police Campaign Launched

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 April 1936 · page 2

The unveiling of the Police Safety Campaign posted over the toll gates of the Sydney Harbor Bridge last week by his Excellency the Lieutenant…

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Casino Theft Sequel

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 April 1936 · page 3

By the apprehension of a man in Brisbane, Mr. J. Riley, of Casino, will recover about £15 worth of the tools which--were stolen from his garage…

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Arrest on Cattle Stealing Charge

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 April 1936 · page 4

As a result of compaints in the Taylor's Arm (Nambucca) district. Sergeants Rankin (Macksville) and Windsor (Bowraville), and Mounted…

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Cracow Payroll Man Charged with Robbery. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 April 1936 · page 5

Following the hold-up of the Cracow mail car on March 28, when the payroll for the Cracow miners, amounting to £1400, was stolen. John Howard (37),…

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Supreme Court at Grafton

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 April 1936 · page 4

Mr. Justice F. S. Boyce win preside at the Supreme Court (Matrimonial Causes Jurisdiction), which is to br held at Grafton on April 22 at 2 p.m…

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Bandits' Car Abandoned In Dandenong Victorian Police Theory. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 April 1936 · page 5

The car used by the bandits who robbed Hoyt's Theatre in Bourke street yesterday was found abandoned in Hammond's road, Dandenong, early…

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S.P. Commission Powers Widened Bribery Investigations Police Agents Unpopular Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 April 1936 · page 5

On the resumption of the Starting Price Royal Commission to-day, the Commissioner, Judge Markell, announced that his powers had been…

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Coff's Harbor Police Court Unclean Premises Butcher Fined

Daily Examiner · Friday 17 April 1936 · page 6

In fining Joseph Cecil Thompson, butcher, of Woolgoolga, £3 with 8 costs, in default seven days hard labor, at Coff's Harbor Police Court, Mr. S…

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Talkies "The Murder Man."

Daily Examiner · Friday 17 April 1936 · page 3

Spencer Tracy, always a powerful figure on the screen, is at his best in "The Murder Man," the Metro-Gold-wyn-Mayer feature which will be seen…

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