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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1936

1,247 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 43 of 63

School of Arts Not Ratable Bellingen Court Verdict

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 28 August 1936 · page 3

Mr. McElroy, P.M., has announce his deferred finding in the case, Bellingen Shire Council v. Trustees of the Raleigh School of Arts, in which…

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Car Drivers Police Magistrate's Remarks

Daily Examiner · Saturday 29 August 1936 · page 4

"The drivers of fast cars to-day which might be an engine of destruction don't seem to have a full realisation of their responsibilities to men, women,…

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Domain Stabbing Case Italian Sent To Gaol 18 Months' Sentence. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 29 August 1936 · page 5

Stating that the prisoner was liable to the maximum of penal servitude for life, but that he would take into consideration the jury's recommendation…

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Jury Fail to Agree Tasmanian Murder Trial Accused Remanded. Launceston

Daily Examiner · Saturday 29 August 1936 · page 5

After deliberating for five and a quarter hours to-day at the trial of Neville Charles George, who was charged with having murdered Geroge…

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N.S.W. Police Equal to Any. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 29 August 1936 · page 5

The old-fashioned type of policeman is still most favored by the New South Wales Police Commissioner (Mr. Mackay)…

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STRANGLED Man Suddenly Demented Died in Police Cell. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 29 August 1936 · page 4

Police headquarters in Sydney today received a telegram from Junee, stating that when the Melbourne express arrived there this morning, a man…

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Taxi Driver Negligent Driving £5 Fine Inflicted Collision with Police Car

Daily Examiner · Saturday 29 August 1936 · page 7

"I must congratulate you on your honesty in the matter, but it shows that you were at fault," remarked Mr. J. MeElroy, P.M., in the Grafton…

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Fined for Contempt Clergymen And Publisher Letter Offends Court, Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Saturday 29 August 1936 · page 4

The Rev. Norman S. Miller and Rev. H. M. Wheller, president and vice-president, respectively, of the Queensland Council of Churches, and Mr. A. J…

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Shots From Taxi Answered From House Sensational Court Story. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 29 August 1936 · page 5

A sensational story of a shooting affray between himself and some men in a taxi last Saturday was related by John Joseph Hourigan (27), in the…

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Court Sidelight

Daily Examiner · Monday 31 August 1936 · page 4

Mr. Hawkins, P.M. (at Murwillumbah Police Court) to defendant: The solicitor for the plaintiff has applied for the matter against you to be…

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In Panic Russians in London Soviet Secret Police Investigations at Embassy London

Daily Examiner · Monday 31 August 1936 · page 5

The Russian colony is in a state of panic through the presence of members of the O.G.P.U. Similar investigations are going on in the…

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Lane Shooting Two Charged with Murder. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 September 1936 · page 5

George Plaisted, 32, laborer, and Edward Pulley, 30, laborer, appeared at the Central Police Court to-day, on a charge of having murdered Edward…

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Wife Injured Husband Charged Alleged Domestic Quarrel. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 September 1936 · page 1

When Edward Archibald James Ferguson (26), a farm laborer, appeared on trial before Mr. Justice Maxwell and jury, at the Central Criminal…

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Family Feud Young Widow's Complaint Brothers-in-law Charged "Extenuating Circumstances."

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 September 1936 · page 3

Family differences were ventilated in a case which occupied the attention of Mr. J. McElroy, P.M., in the Grafton Police Court for most of the sitting…

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Fitzroy Killing Night Attack Alleged Brothers on Murder Charge. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 September 1936 · page 5

In the City Coroner's Court, to-day Joseph Thomas Watts (20) and John William Watts (30), brothers, of North Fitzroy, were committed for trial on…

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£162,115 Estate Widow of A. S. HORDERN Wants Increased Annuity Equity Court Application Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 September 1936 · page 5

Contending that the annuity or £500 in Australian currency, worth £310 a year in England, left her by her late husband. Anthony Shubra…

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Closed Police Stations

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 September 1936 · page 6

At a meeting of Tenterfield Shire Council it was stated that the police station at Wilson's Downfall had been closed. It was not long since the…

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Murder Charge Australian in London. London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 September 1936 · page 5

Robert Sheridan Moore, a clerk, was remanded on a charge of wilful murder of a fellow Australian, John Towers, by stabbing him in the neck with a…

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Razor Slasher Three Years' Gaol Attacked His Wife. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 September 1936 · page 5

Found guilty in the Central Criminal Court yesterday of having maliciously wounded his wife by slashing her with a razor, Edward Archibald…

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Son Charged Attack On Father Iron Bar Used. Muswellbrook

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 September 1936 · page 5

The sequel to the attack upon George Ellis while he was in bed early yesterday morning was the appearance at the police court to-day of Norman…

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