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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1936

1,247 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 6 of 63

Seven Days' Gaol Food Relief Seeker Charge of False Pretences

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 February 1936 · page 7

Joseph Baker, 22, before Mr. Bliss, P.M., in the Grafton Police Court yesterday, was charged with having falsely pretended to Sergeant…

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Man of 92 MURDERED Body Found In Hut Racecourse Caretaker Charged. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 February 1936 · page 4

James Earsman, caretaker of Gilgandra racecourse, was committed for trial by the Gilgandra Coroner to-day on a charge of murdering John…

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High Play Mayfair Card Party Card Sharping Alleged Sequel in Court Case London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 February 1936 · page 5

A sequel to the Mayfair card party, where a financier was alleged to have lost £10,000 to-card-sharpers, was a crowded court in the King's…

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Charged with Larceny Colored Men Before Court Articles Disappear at Woolgoolga. Coff's Harbor

Daily Examiner · Monday 3 February 1936 · page 1

Richard Pacey and Amos Harvey, two colored men, Who appeared before the Coff's Harbor Police Court on Tuesday and were remanded on charges of…

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London Murder French Couple Detained. Paris

Daily Examiner · Monday 3 February 1936 · page 5

Police detained a French couple in connection with the death of Max Kassel, who was murdered in London last week, and who is said to have…

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Anonymous Threats Appeal for Police Protection London

Daily Examiner · Monday 3 February 1936 · page 5

Keith Hugh Williams, unsuccessful petitioner in the Mayfair card party case, has appealed for police protection, alleging that he had received…

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Baby's Arm Found On Bronte Beach Is It Murder? Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 3 February 1936 · page 4

While patrolling the beach at Bronte to-day a lifesaver, Michael Joseph Bourke, discovered the arm of a baby lying at the water's edge. It is…

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Alleged Theft of Two Iron Wheels

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 February 1936 · page 1

Thomas Charles Adkin, 29, pleaded not guilty, when he appeared before Mr. Bliss, P.M., in the Grafton Police Court yesterday, charged with having…

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Unusual Court Position

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 February 1936 · page 4

Several defendants who were to appear at the Armidale court on Friday morning, had the ordeal postponed owing, to an unusual cause--the…

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Valuable Clues The Scriven Murder Paint Brushes and Hat. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 February 1936 · page 5

No trace of the robbers, who murdered James Edward Scriven last Friday, has yet been found, but valuable clues were obtained by the police…

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FRNGIPANI Greyhound Sire Subject of Court Case Dispute About Ownership

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 February 1936 · page 1

Arthur Jarvie McPhee, of Ulmarra, proceeded against W. Chaseling, of Grafton, alleging the detention of a fawn and white greyhound dog,…

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Two Held for Soho Murder Man And Woman Arrested in Paris Woman's Alleged Story of Crime. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 February 1936 · page 5

Police have taken possession of a flat in Little Newport street, Soho, in which it is' believed Max Kassel, alias Emil Allard, whose body was…

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Albury Murder Police Inquiries Abandoned After Costing £10,000. MELBOURNE

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 February 1936 · page 5

Although the body of the young girl found in a culvert near Albury in September, 1934, is still preserved at the Sydney University, the police in…

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Theft of Horse Drover Fined £15

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 February 1936 · page 7

"I'm getting tired of people who take animals they find on the roadways. Up to the present I have imposed fines, but if the practice does not stop I will…

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Smash and Grab Jewellery Theft At Albury £600 in Rings and Watches. Albury

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 February 1936 · page 4

Smashing the plate-glass window of C. H. Smith's jewellery store in Dean street, this morning, thieves seized jewellery valued at £600, and…

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Escaped Convict Arrested On Murder Charge Escaped From Devil's Island. Paris

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 February 1936 · page 5

Police have identified Charles Lacroix, who was arrested during the week-end for the murder of the white-slaver, Max Kassel, in London last week, as a…

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Alderman and Council Police Court Proceedings Port Macquarie Cases

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 February 1936 · page 3

At Port Macquarie last week several cases in which members of the Port Macquarie Municipal Council were concerned were heard…

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"Joy-riding Train Scalers" Court Takes Serious View. Coff's Harbor

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 February 1936 · page 3

Three men, David McNeil, Frank Bell arid John Green, who were arrested in the Coff's Harbor railway yard on Saturday night last appeared before…

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Shoplifting Deaf Mutes Charged

Daily Examiner · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 2

David Robertson, Stephenson street, Richmond, a deaf mute, pleaded guilty at the City Court, Melbourne, on Friday, to two charges of larceny and…

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Nazi Murder Fullest Inquiry Requested. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 5

The murder at Davos, Switzerland, yesterday of Wilhelm Gustloff, Nazi leader, continues to secure considerable prominence…

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