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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1936

1,247 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 38 of 63

CONTEMPT Newspapers Before Court Fines of £500. LONDON

Daily Examiner · Thursday 30 July 1936 · page 5

The editor and proprietors of the "Evening News" were fined £500 each and ordered to pay costs of the application for contempt of court in…

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PALFRESCO Out Of The Cups Supreme Court Action. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 30 July 1936 · page 2

As a result of litigation in the Supreme Court to-day, in which Mrs. Alice Garland, of Caulfield, owner of the stallion Palfresco, claimed an…

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76 a Week Maintenance Of Mother Cricketer in Court. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 30 July 1936 · page 5

A police court to-day ordered the cricketer, Phillip Mead, to pay 76 a week towards the maintenance of his mother, aged 72, who is in a poor…

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Road Safety Bruxner's Appeal Challenge To Victoria Wireless for Police Cars Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 31 July 1936 · page 4

Addressing the second meeting of the Road Safety Conference to-day, the Acting Premier (Col. Bruxner) declared that although the number…

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Relief Tickets Conspiracy Charge Two Grocers In Court Large Sums Involved Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 31 July 1936 · page 5

Four men who are alleged to have conspired together to defraud the New South Wales Government of various large sums of money were…

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Traffic Act Breaches Grafton Police Court

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 August 1936 · page 7

Albert Lockhart, of Queen street. Grafton, was fined 5, with 56. costs, in default two days' imprisonment by Mr. J. McElroy, P.M., at the Grafton…

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Mobile Court for Pedestrians

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 August 1936 · page 12

An effective method of dealing with careless pedestrians has been found in Budapest. A "travelling police-court" is parked near a main…

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Appeal Refused. Lake Illawarra Murder Case Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 August 1936 · page 5

An application made by Francis Henry Maudlin, 27, for leave to appeal against his conviction for murder, was refused to-day, by the Court of…

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Two Dead Near Gilgandra Murder And Suicide? Tragedy in Lonely Hut Gilgandra

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 August 1936 · page 4

Following an argument allegedly in connection with a girl, Ronald Fechner, 18, was murdered and the body of Roy Cox, aged about 26, was…

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Three Charges McMAHON in Court King's Procession Case Committed for Trial London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 August 1936 · page 5

George Patrick McMahon (35). journalist, who was the central figure in the recent incident in the King's procession, was to-day committed for…

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Tea Cups Seized Police Suspect Attempt to Poison

Daily Examiner · Monday 3 August 1936 · page 6

Moree police suspect that an attempt was made to poison a whole family, consisting of a man, his wife, and five children…

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Police Court

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 4 August 1936 · page 2

At the Coffs Harbour Police Court yesterday morning, Anthony Calrill, aged 59, was fined 2s 6d or "the rising of the court" on a charge of having…

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Hair Wave Burn Court Awards Damages a Question of Fashion. London, July 18

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 August 1936 · page 6

Damages of £41136 were awarded at a London County Court this week to Miss Lucy Julie Roberts, aged 33, a receptionist, who complained that a…

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Police Court Alleged "Metho." Drinker

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 August 1936 · page 3

Alleged by the police to be a "metho." drinker and an old offender. Henry Edgar Norman (51) was fined £1, in default two days' imprisonment by…

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Ringing in Five Men Charged Dogs From Sydney Conspiracy Allegations Special Court at Lismore. Lismore

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 August 1936 · page 2

Remarkable allegations of wholesale ringing in of greyhounds on North Coast dog racing tracks, were made at a special court held at…

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Gilgandra Tragedy Murder and Suicide. Gilgandra

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 August 1936 · page 6

A verdict of murder and suicide was recorded by the Gilgandra Coroner to-day at the inquest into the death of Ronald Sechner and Roy Cox…

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SIR F. Gavan Duffy Tributes In High Court Formidable Legal Gladiator. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 August 1936 · page 5

Expressions of sympathy with the family of the late Sir Frank Gavan Duffy, and tributes to his ability as a counsel and justice, were paid by the…

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Grafton Police Court

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 August 1936 · page 4

At the Grafton Police Court yesterday before Mr. J. McElroy, P.M., William Adrian Dalton (20), who pleaded guilty to a charge of having been…

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Theft of a Pony Young Man Bound Over

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 August 1936 · page 6

At Murwillumbah Police Court, Edward Philp (18.), charged with stealing a brown pony, of the value of £10, the property of Alfred Luton,…

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Tried to "Frame" Police

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 August 1936 · page 3

After a hearing lasting till late at night, Mr. R. C. F. Byrnes, P.M., at Bowen (Q.), found in favor of the fendants in the case in which Denis…

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