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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1936

1,247 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 53 of 63

Rebuke for Woman. Bare-legged in Court

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 October 1936 · page 3

With a glance at Mrs: Stella Shepherd the 24-years-old daughter of a trades man of High stree Welling, Alderman A. J. Penny, chairman of Dartford…

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Conspiracy Charge Share Transactions Police Dept. Subpoenaed. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 October 1936 · page 2

Following the refusal of the police prosecutor to produce a statement alleged to have been made by Edward Ingram, a subpoena on the Police Department was issued by Mr. G. Farrer…

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Legal Principle Tested In Sydney Can Crown Solicitor Appear for Police? Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 October 1936 · page 5

In a case in Chambers to-day, involving the principle of whether the Crown Solicitor, had the right to act for a policeman in an action brought…

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Rockley Tragedy Brothers Charged with Murdfr. Bathurst

Daily Examiner · Monday 26 October 1936 · page 6

At the Bathurst Police Court this afternoon, Thomas Michael Ryan, 30, and his brother, Dennis Martin Ryan, 22, were charged that, at Rockley, on…

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Gaming Fines Sydney Police Active. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 26 October 1936 · page 2

In the Sydney rind Newcastle districts, between. July 1 and September 30, this year, 1161 arrests were made, and nearly £750 was paid to fines every…

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Safety Week More Traffic Police Col. Bruxner's Speech. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 October 1936 · page 5

Speaking at a Safety Week, demonstration in Martin Place to-day the Minister for Transport, Col. Bruxner, announced that the State Cabinet had…

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Grazier Wounded Police Marching for Assailant. Forbes

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 October 1936 · page 5

A widespread searea is being, made for a man who is alleged to have shot and critically wounded Rudolph Jones (55), grazier, of Condobolin, to-day…

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12 Years Cessnock Solicitor Sentenced £20,000 Shortage Estimate by Detective Clients Defrauded of £10,680. SYDNEY

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 October 1936 · page 4

Stating that he was one of the most infamous defaulting solicitors to come before him, Judge Thomson, at the Quarter Sessions to-day, sentenced…

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A Gay Party Caterers Not Paid Champagne Missing Waiters Accused Stealing

Daily Examiner · Friday 30 October 1936 · page 9

Description of a supper dance in Chelsea, London, given to 120 guests and allegations that 40 bottles of champagne were missing formed…

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Murder Threats "Iron Guard" Active Roumanian Fascists. Bucharest

Daily Examiner · Friday 30 October 1936 · page 5

The dreaded "Iron Guard," the Roumanian Fascist organisation which was responsible for a number of political assassinations, including the…

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From Horse's Back Wireless Telephony Modern Police Methods

Daily Examiner · Friday 30 October 1936 · page 13

Receiving information "straight from the horse's back" is the latest development in modern police methods. This remarkable new achievement…

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Rejected Lover Shoots His Rival Engineer Sent To Gaol Fainted in the Dock Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 30 October 1936 · page 4

When he was sentenced to-day to two and a half years gaol on a charge of having shot Harry Huismanus, Edward Constantine Goode (36),…

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New Tennis Court Opened at Paddy's Plain "Daddy" Sparks an Ace

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 30 October 1936 · page 3

The opening ceremony of the new Paddy's Plain tennis court was performed on Saturday last by that venerable and respected citizen, Mr. A…

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More Train "Jockeys" Coff's Police Court

Daily Examiner · Saturday 31 October 1936 · page 6

Harry O'Brien (19) and Charles Gordon (19) were before the Coff's Harbor Police-Court on Thursday on a charge of unlawfully trespassing on railway…

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Murwillumbah Police Strength

Daily Examiner · Saturday 31 October 1936 · page 7

The strength of Murwillumbah police or rather the lack of strength, has evoked discussion at recent meetings of Murwillumbah public organisations…

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Four Shots Fired at Fugitive Sensation At Lismore Thrilling Chase by Police Lismore

Daily Examiner · Saturday 31 October 1936 · page 5

Four shots were fired by Sergeant Snowden at an alleged thief known to police as the "Midnight Express," during a sensational' chase in the…

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Police Raid Man Dived Through Window

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 November 1936 · page 4

A sudden raid by six police on a house in Walker street, Casino, alleged to be a gaming house, caused a mild panic, although Sergeant Dean told the…

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Left Destitute Dentist Defrauded of £4000 Starts In Life Again At 59 Solicitor Sent to Gaol Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 November 1936 · page 4

Left destitute when he was defrauded of £4000, the sayings of a lifetime, by an unscrupulous solicitor, Mr. Alexander Percy Sandys, a…

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Charge of Stealing

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 November 1936 · page 4

Joseph Barber (47), appeared in the Court of, Petty Sessions, at Grafton, yesterday, before Mr. J. McElroy, P.M., charged with having, on October 31…

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Alleged Greyhound Frauds Two Charged with Conspiracy Flip Flop Case Hearing Commences Police Allege Fast Dogs Ran As Maidens Brindle Jim And Boy Pride Produced In Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 November 1936 · page 3

Two well-known greyhounds, identified by witnesses as Brindle Jim and Boy Pride, were produced by the police at Gratton, yesterday, when the hearing of the case was commenced in which James Albert Shannon (25), dog trainer and Norman John Reardon (28), dog trainer, are charged that,…

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