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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1936

1,247 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 55 of 63

Remanded Alleged Bicycle Theft

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 November 1936 · page 6

Martin Joseph Kipping (42) was remanded until Monday, November 16, by Mr. J. McElroy, P.M., in the Grafton Police Court yesterday on a charge of…

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Two Sentenced Food Relief Frauds. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 November 1936 · page 5

Pleading guilty at Darlinghurst Sessions to-day to a charge of conspiracy Arthur David Shaw. 24, former issuing clerk at Waverley food relief depot, and…

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Serious Charges Murder And Attempted Murder Man Arrested in Queensland. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 November 1936 · page 5

Following the finding of the body of Bruce Samuel Jackson, 52, single, a shearer, in a gully about a mile and a half outside the town of Springsure…

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Women in Firing Line 150 Killed in Madrid Battle Murder Of Fascists 4000 Hiding at Embassies Madrid

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 November 1936 · page 5

It is reported from Talavera that the insurgents crossed the Manzanares River and penetrated the western part of Madrid…

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Supreme Court Roosevelt To Clip Wings Hours and Wages Question. Washington

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 November 1936 · page 5

President Roosevelt is studying his programme of legislation for next session which, it is expected, will aim at clipping the Supreme Court's wings,…

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Woman of 81 Murder and Suicide. Los Angeles

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 11 November 1936 · page 5

Anna Johnson, 81, killed her husband, Charles, 91, with a razor and then hanged herself. She left a note: "Married 60 years. For the last 40 he has…

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Another Constitutional Flaw Civil Aviation Regulations Are Invalid High Court Judgment in Goya Henry Case Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 11 November 1936 · page 5

The Full Bench of the High Court, by a majority of four to one, to-day decided that the Commonwealth Parliament has no general control over…

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Scullin's Fears Military and Police Fed. And State Interests Might Start Civil War Speech at A.N.A. Conference. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 11 November 1936 · page 5

Pleading for greater power for the Commonwealth Government in order to overcome the existing conflict between Federal and State interests…

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Relief Frauds Conspiracy Charges Issuing Officer Sentenced Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 November 1936 · page 4

A sentence of two years' imprisonment, less one week, was imposed on Arthur David Shaw, 24, former issuing officer at Waverley food relief depot,…

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Sydney Divorce Court

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 November 1936 · page 4

In the Divorce Court, Sydney, on Monday last, a decree nisi was granted in the case in which Irene Olive Rhodes (formerly Gates) petitioned…

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Budget Debate Lang Repeats Charges "Theft of Wages Tax Moneys' Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 November 1936 · page 7

The debate on the Budget was continued in the Legislative Assembly this afternoon by Mr. Lang, who said that after years of trying, Mr. Stevens had…

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Doctor Charged Australian in London Failed to Surrender to Bail London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 November 1936 · page 5

The police are seeking. Dr. Robert Vivian Storer, of Harley street, formerly of Australia, who failed to surrender to bail at Marylebone Police Court…

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"Wife Stealer" Letter At Inquest murder and suicide. URANA

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 November 1936 · page 7

A verdict that Robert Eugene Ford, 34, murdered his wife, Marion Margaret Ford, 30, and then committed suicide, was returned by the Coroner…

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Civil Aviation Pilots Observe Regulations Despite High Court Decision

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 November 1936 · page 4

Despite the decision by the High Court yesterday, that the Federal Government had no general control over aviation, piolts at Mascot to-day stated…

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Defend Police Can Crown Solicitor Act? Woman Sues Constable. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 November 1936 · page 5

The claim that a fantastic position could arise if the Governor could give permission to the Crown Solicitor to appear for the police in any matter…

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Revolver Duel Brothers In Court Third Man on Murder Charge. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 November 1936 · page 4

A sequel to a revolver duel in the Exhibition Gardens last week was the appearance at the City Court to-day of Geoffrey Davies (32) and his brother…

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Shot Son Father Sentenced to Death. Perth

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 November 1936 · page 2

Michael "Joseph O'Sullivan, 29, who last week was convicted for the murder of his son, Dixie O'Sullivan, aged three years, was to-day sentenced to death…

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Won the Bet and Went to Gaol. Berlin

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 November 1936 · page 5

Baron Von Munchausen, a descendant of the famous romancer, bet £1 that he would appear naked in a public hall at Darmstadt. He won the…

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Fires on Ship Chief Steward Charged Captain's Evidence. Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 November 1936 · page 5

Evidence of fires that occurred in dangerous parts of the British steamer Hardingham, while on the voyage from Vancouver, was given to-day, in the…

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Coramba Court of Petty Sessions

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 November 1936 · page 7

At the Court of Petty Sessions, held at Coramba on Monday, November 9, before Mr. H. C. Bond, J.P., on a charge of drunkenness in Dorrigo street,…

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