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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1936

1,247 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 22 of 63

Divorce Issues Supreme Court Actions BANCROFT V. Bancroft Decree Nisi Granted

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 29 April 1936 · page 6

Before his Honor, Mr. Justice Owen, in the Supreme Court at Grafton yesterday the hearing was continued from the previous day of the divorce suit in…

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Car Policy High Court's Ruling Widow's Predicament. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 30 April 1936 · page 5

Though death or bodily injury of the husband or wife would have been covered had a motor car insurance policy been taken out by the husband,…

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Sensational Alleged Confession Train Murders Kopit Before Court Graphic Story Alleged Attack and Escape Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Thursday 30 April 1936 · page 5

A graphic description of how three men were attacked in the carriage of the Rockhampton mail train, between Gympie and Brisbane, on April 2…

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Divorce Court

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 May 1936 · page 4

In the Divorce Court, Sydney, on Tuesday, the ease was heard of Mary Josephine Beckman (formerly Forrester) v. George Ernest Beckman…

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Not at Same Time Rationing And Deductions High Court's Decision. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 May 1936 · page 5

The High Court, in a unanimous judgment to-day, established the principle that rationing and deductions under the Public Service Salaries Reduction Act…

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Theft of Cattle

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 May 1936 · page 4

In the Macksville Police Court, Merle Brown, 25, pleaded guilty to stealing five head of cattle valued at £10, from John Whalan and J. V. Byrnes, of…

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CONSPIRATORS Three Sent To Gaol "Public Must Be Protected." Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 May 1936 · page 5

Reiterating his oft repeated statements that the public must be protected by law and order, Judge Thomson at the Quarter Sessions to-day passed…

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27 ARRESTED Irish Republicans Police Bring Out Machine Gun. Dublin

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 May 1936 · page 5

There were lively scenes at King's Bridge station to-night when the mail train from Cork brought 27 prominent Republicans, arrested by police under…

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Rushmer Murder Sodeman Again Reprieved. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 May 1936 · page 5

Arnold Sodeman (35), who was Sentenced to death for the murder of June Rushmer (6½) at Leongatha, was to have been hanged on Monday…

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Rail Thefts Special Police in Country. Lismore

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 May 1936 · page 4

A statement that special squads were being sent to country districts to in vestigate numerous cases of thefts of goods from railway property, involving…

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Fresh Charges Kopit Pleads Not Guilty Murder of Michael Costello Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 May 1936 · page 5

Herbert Kopit, who had already been committed to stand his trial for the wilful murder of Harold Edwin Speering, in the Bundaberg mail train on…

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Maclean Police Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 May 1936 · page 2

At the Maclean Police Court on Monday John Edward Schipp, charged with being drunk on Saturday night and with carrying away liquor from a…

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Fined for Assault Wesala Summons Baker Halfway Creek Dispute Question of Fishing Rights

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 May 1936 · page 3

A dispute on February 22 between Halfway Creek neighbors over their right to fish in Dundoo Creek led to blows, and in the Grafton Summons…

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Shocking Depravity Sadly Neglected Child Police Take Possession

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 5 May 1936 · page 2

A shocking case of a child so neglected that one could hardly imagine such a condition of depravity in a community like Coffs…

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Perth Tragedy Appeal In High Court AGAINST 10 Years' Sentence. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 May 1936 · page 5

The death of Edgar Arthur Whitfield, caretaker, and the robbery of £5000 worth of jewellery from Caris Bros. shop at Perth on February 5, 1935, were…

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Nurses' Award Public And Hospitals Fewer Subscribers Evidence Before Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 May 1936 · page 5

"Public subscribers are actually falling off in number, and unless the Government can provide the necessary costs it will mean that the…

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Appeal Upheld Kempsey Alderman Magistrate in Error. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 May 1936 · page 3

An appeal by Ald. Mowle, of Kempsey, against the decision of the Police Magistrate, Mr. Grugeon, at Port Macquarie, in dismissing an information…

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Italian Sentenced 15 Years' Penal Servitude Shot Compatriot in Face. Narrandera

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 May 1936 · page 4

Found guilty at the Quarter Sessions to-day of having inflicted grievous bodily harm on Carmello Gorofolo, near Griffith, on February 20,…

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Arson Charge Three Men Before Court Heavy Sentences. Narrandera

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 May 1936 · page 4

Heavy sentences were imposed on three men when they were convicted at the Quart r Sessions to-day on charges associated with the…

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Jones to Live Cabinet's Decision Gaol For Natural Life No Word of Hickey's Fate Govt. Obtains Legal Advice. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 May 1936 · page 5

The State Cabinet has decided to recommend the Executive Council to commute the sentence of death imposed upon Frank Howard John…

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