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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1936

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Murder Charge Alleged Brutal Assault Coroner's Inquest Two Men for Trial Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 January 1936 · page 5

Reginald Davies, 40, laborer, and James Geddes, 23, clicker, charged with murder, were present in the City Coroner's Court to-day, when…

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Opinions of Our Readers Disrating Grafton Police Station

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 January 1936 · page 2

Sir,--I was waiting for someone of more influence, but with as much pride in the city of Grafton, to move and move hurriedly and determinedly to…

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A Costly Assault

Daily Examiner · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 2

Two men who assaulted the ferryman, William Dyball, at Tinonee, Manning River, in August last, have had to pay dearly for it. When charged…

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Police District Reorganised

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 3

A reorganisation of the police districts has been announced by the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Mackay. The present North Coast District…

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Maclean Police Court Charge of Indecent Assault

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 January 1936 · page 7

Before Mr. J. A, Letts, J.P., Louis Rigg, 26, was charged with that at Yamba on January 16, he did indecently assault a female and at the…

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Dingo Trapper Murdered By Blacks? Police Making Inquiries. Perth

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 January 1936 · page 5

Natives belonging to the Drysdale River Mission have brought in a revolver and other belongings of Robert Anderson, dingo trapper, who was…

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Was It Murder? Car Blown to Bits Farmer Owner Killed Gelignite Explosion Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 January 1936 · page 5

Believed to have been connected with a self-starter, a plug of gelignite in a motor car at Ryde, early to-day. exploded with terrific force,…

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Magistrate's Quandary

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 21 January 1936 · page 2

When Clive Guthrie (25), au artist, and his wife Gladys Guthrie (23) were charged at Townville Police Court last week with having travelled…

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An Impudent Theft

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 21 January 1936 · page 2

Some impudent Ihief got away with a quantity of timber that was on the ground at Coffs Creek, near the showground, for the bathing sheds being…

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Murder Charge Arrest at Gilgandra. Gilgandra

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 22 January 1936 · page 4

Detective-Sergeant McCarthy, of the C.I.B., and Detective Frankish (Dubbo), to-day arrested James Earsman (67), pensioner, who later was…

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Nyngan Murder Girl's Throat Cut Man Hunt Sensation at Party Nyngan, Wednesday Morning

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 22 January 1936 · page 4

Attracted by the screams of a young woman guest at a card party in a private home at Nyngan. late last night, the host and others present…

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Bunchy Top Magistrate's Warning

Daily Examiner · Thursday 23 January 1936 · page 8

Following convictions at the Murwillumbah Police Court for failure to treat and destroy bunchy top in bananas, and for neglecting to keep…

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Motor Car Dispute About Ownership P. M. Finds Value Beyond Jurisdiction of Court

Daily Examiner · Thursday 23 January 1936 · page 2

In the Small Debts Court, before Mr. Bliss, P.M., on Tuesday, George Raymond Dawes, motor mechanic, of Grafton, proceeded against James P…

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Stealing Charge Against Well-known Resident

Daily Examiner · Saturday 25 January 1936 · page 6

Edward Henry Thornley, 36, of Queen street, Grafton, was charged in the Grafton Police Court, before Mr. S. J- Bliss, P. M., yesterday, with…

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Alleged Assault Young Man Committed for Trial

Daily Examiner · Saturday 25 January 1936 · page 7

At the Maclean Police Court, before Mr. S. J. Bliss, P.M., on Thursday last, Louis Rigg, 26, appeared on remand charged with having at Yamba,…

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75 YEARS Negro Sentenced Famous Alabama Trial. New York

Daily Examiner · Saturday 25 January 1936 · page 4

A jury at Decatur (Alabama) to -day found Heywood Patterson, a negro, guilty of a criminal assault on two white women and condemned him to…

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"Basher" Arndell Assault Charge Dismissed Against Widow Licensee Cross-action Succeeds

Daily Examiner · Saturday 25 January 1936 · page 8

Following a case in the Grafton Police Court last Monday, in which Bruce Albert Arndell, known as "Basher" Arndell, a young laborer,of…

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Horse's Skull Exhibited in Court Fernie Mount Case Man on Trial Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Saturday 25 January 1936 · page 4

The skull of a horse was produced as an exhibit at the Police Court to -day. Witnesses said it was the skull of the racehorse, Fernie Mount…

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Mrs. Edols Impassioned Outburst Sooner Death Sentence Emotional Scene in Court Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 25 January 1936 · page 4

An emotional scene was witnessed in the Bankruptcy Court to -day when Judge Lukin adjourned until Monday the application by Mrs. Aimee…

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Magistrate's Quandary

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 January 1936 · page 3

When Clive Guthrie (25), an artist, and his wife, Gladys Guthrie (23) were charged at Townsville Police Court last week with having travelled on the…

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