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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1936

1,247 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 40 of 63

Police Warn Shopkeepers. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 August 1936 · page 4

A warning against semng toy pistols which can cause an explosion was given by the Acting Commissioner of Police to-day. He said retail firms in Sydney…

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Sued in District Court

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 August 1936 · page 4

Yesterday, in the District court at Grafton, before his Honor Judge Clancy, Mrs. L. A. Parkinson, executrix of the will of the late John Parkinson, of…

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Interpleader Issue District Court Action

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 August 1936 · page 3

Mrs. M. A. Benson, formerly of the Royal Hotel, South Grafton, was the claimant in an interpleader issue before his Honor Judge Clancy, in the…

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Meat Supplies Butchers In Court Verdict for Plaintiffs

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 August 1936 · page 3

Before his Honor Judge Clancy in the District Court at Grafton yesterday, Charles William Cribb and Joseph Gillett, formerly carrying on business…

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Roof on Theatre Casino Court Case. Lismore

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 August 1936 · page 4

"The work done cannot be regarded as rebuilding, and I frankly admit the matter is one that has given me a good deal of difficulty and, although…

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Murder Charge Wife's Throat Cut Husband On Trial "Begged Her Not to Go" Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 August 1936 · page 5

William Patrick Purcell (38), laborer, appeared for trial at Bendigo Supreme Court to-day, charged with the murder of his wife, Margaret…

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Recovery of Rent Glenreagh Farmer Sued Action in District Court

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 August 1936 · page 3

An action was heard by his Honor Judge Clancy, in the District Court at Grafton yesterday, in which Harry Edgar Brook, of Temora, bank…

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"Not Guilty" Bendigo Murder Trial Temporary Insanity. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 August 1936 · page 4

The hearing of the case in which William Purcell, 37, was charged i[?] the Bendigo Supreme Court with the murder of his wife, Margaret Dorothea…

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Coff's Police Court On Licensed Premises Three Men Fined

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 August 1936 · page 2

Three men were charged before Mr. J. McElroy, P.M., with being found on licensed premises at Woolgoolga on Wednesday. The defendants were…

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N.s.w. Police Eight

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 August 1936 · page 5

"No hard luck story can explain the eights defeat," says the Australian Press Association's special correspondent at the Games…

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Three for Trial Alleged Theft Of Skins Valued at £.715. SYDNEY

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 August 1936 · page 5

On two charges of breaking into stores at Delegate and Ultimo and stealing skins valued at £2745, Aloysius Jones (26), Robert Jones…

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Train Jumpers Police Cordon on Border Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 August 1936 · page 5

The Queensland Government is taking steps to check the influx of unemployed from other States, of which large numbers are stated to have been…

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Technical Law Wording of Information Case at Coffs Harbour Court

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 14 August 1936 · page 1

A very small omission of a few words, which to the ordinary mind would seem infinitesmal, was responsible for an information being…

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Late King George Court In Half Mourning Garden Parties Excepted. London, July 25

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 August 1936 · page 11

This week the Court went out of full mourning, into half-mourning for King George, and the two royal garden receptions were held. From now until…

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Brilliant European Crews N.S.W. Police Eight Fails Pat Norton Defeated Cecil Pearce, Too. Berlin

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 August 1936 · page 5

Finishing with something in reserve, Percy Oliver (Australia) gained second place in the fifth heat of the 100 metres backstroke, at the…

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Victorian Police Scotland Yard Man to Reorganise. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 15 August 1936 · page 5

The Australian Associated Press understands that Chief Inspector Alexander Duncan, of Scotland Yard, has been appointed to reorganise the Victorian…

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Bets by Phone Breach of the Law Full Court Judgment Majority Decision in Sydney Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 15 August 1936 · page 5

An important judgment, affecting persons who make starting price bets by telephone, was given by the State Full Court to-day, when it was…

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Gaol Escapee Recaptured by Police. Hay

Daily Examiner · Monday 17 August 1936 · page 5

Hunted by armed police since Monday, Reginald Dawson, 30. who escaped from Hay gaol, was recaptured this afternoon at Gunbar…

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Fed Chambers Meeting at Casino Country Police Stations Prctest Against Closing Lismore

Daily Examiner · Monday 17 August 1936 · page 5

The Federated Chambers of Commerce of the annual meeting at Casino yesterday, adopted a motion by the Ulbenville Chamber,…

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Land Not Ratable Raleigh School of Arts Court's Decision

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 18 August 1936 · page 2

Mr. J. McElroy, P.M., gave his deferred decision at Bellingen last week in the case in which the Bellingen Shire Council sought to test whether…

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