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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1936

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"Trap for Thieves'' "Bombs In A Garden" Tasmanian Police Allegations. Hobart

Daily Examiner · Saturday 13 June 1936 · page 4

Allegations that he had prepared an extraordinary bomb trap, were made by the police, when William Wiltshire Hamence was charged, in the Glenorchy…

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Frank Massey To Be Hanged To-day Murder of Norman Stead. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 15 June 1936 · page 5

Frank Leighton Massey (21) will be handed at Long Bay gaol at 8.30 a.m. on Monday for the murder, on February 10, of Norman Samuel McLaren…

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Son Before Court Charged with Murder of Father. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 16 June 1936 · page 5

The sequel to the death of Alexander Memory, 46, of Boorcan, on Saturday, was the appearance of his son, James Memory, 19, in court to-day on a charge…

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Grafton Police Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 16 June 1936 · page 3

In the Graf ton Court of Petty Sessions yesterday before Mr. S. J. Bliss, P.M., Earl Sutton was charged with having used indecent language at the…

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Valuation Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 16 June 1936 · page 4

A Valuation Court for hearing objections against the Nymboida Shire Council's valuations for 1936 was held at the Grafton Courthouse yesterday…

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New Tennis Court

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 16 June 1936 · page 2

Coffs Harbour Tennis Club has quite a number of "busy bees" among its members, who are not above a bit of hard work for the club besides…

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Body in Well Charge of Murder Lake Illawarra Tragedy Insanity Is Defence Plea Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 16 June 1936 · page 5

Before Mr. Justice Street and a jury in the Central Criminal Court to-day Francis Henry Joseph Maudlin (27), appeared on a charge of…

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DRAGNET Police And Car Bandits Shooting of Supt. Brophy Royal Commission Evidence. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 16 June 1936 · page 4

Detective Inspector McKerral was recalled and cross-examined to-day, when the inquiry into the shooting of the chief of the C.I.B. (Supt…

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"Fraudulent" Judge's Strong Comment Insurance Co.'s Methods Armidale Shareholder Granted Relief by Court Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 16 June 1936 · page 4

Finding that false and fraudulent representations had been made, Judge Lukin, in the Supreme Court of the Federal Capital Territory…

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Three Years' Gaol Youthful Gang Leader Sentenced. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 June 1936 · page 4

Mr. Justice Street, in the Central Criminal Court to-day, sentenced Arthur Joseph Sullivan, 17, to three years' imprisonment for having…

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Blackmailer Sentenced "A Human Vampire."

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 June 1936 · page 3

"You have joined the most dreadful type of criminal that our law knows. You have become a blackmailer, the most terrible profession that anyone can…

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Tonga No Party Politics Population Increasing Not a Murder for 40 YEARS

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 June 1936 · page 2

Queen Salote, of Tonga, accompanied by the Prince Consort (Prince Tugi) and Princess Oneone, arrived in Sydney by the Aorangi. Queen Salote…

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Insanity Plea Murder Trial Evidence Doctors Disagree in Maudlin Case Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 June 1936 · page 4

The opinion that Maudlin was decidedly mentally unbalanced was expressed by Dr. R. G. Goldie, at the Central Criminal Court to-day. when…

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Housebreaker Now Former Detective Sentenced. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 18 June 1936 · page 3

Formerly a detective at Russell street, Brian Hugh Cavanagh, who pleaded, guilty to breaking into five houses in East Malyern district, was sentenced by…

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Tracked Suspect Alsatian Police Dog. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 18 June 1936 · page 3

How the police Alsatian dog Tess was instrumental in arresting Jack Nancarrow, 18, was told at Redfern Court to-day, when Nancarrow was…

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Maclean Police Court Without a Light

Daily Examiner · Friday 19 June 1936 · page 6

At the Maclean Police Court, on Thursday last, before Mr. S. J. Bliss, P.M., Clarence Whitton was charged with having ridden a motor cycle in…

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Trouble at Post Office Charge &F Assault

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 19 June 1936 · page 4

At the Dorrigo Police Court on Friday before Mr. S. J. Bliss, P.M., Emmeline Manns proceeded against Francis Greenhalgh on a charge of…

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"Manslaughter" Three Men Charged Was Bottle Used? Melee at Croydon Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 19 June 1936 · page 4

Alleged to have acted together in a common enterprise and caused the death of Francis John Geelan, 41, at Croydon, on April 25. by striking…

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"Evil" Police Methods Criticism In Victoria Chief Justice Trenchant. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 19 June 1936 · page 5

Criticism of the method by which the police obtained statements from persons under the -existing system was made in the Criminal Court…

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POPULAR P.M. Mr. S. J. Bliss Departure Tributes at Maclean Court

Daily Examiner · Friday 19 June 1936 · page 6

Speaking on behalf of the legal profession at the Maclean Police Court yesterday Mr. W. B. Fleming paid eloquent tribute to the qualifications of…

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