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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1936

1,247 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 60 of 63

Missing Overcoat Copmanhurst Farmer Charged Information Dismissed

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 December 1936 · page 11

In the Court of Petty Sessions, held at the Copmanhurst Courthouse yesterday, before Mr. J. McElroy, P.M., Robert George Armstrong, of Nettle…

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Professional Services District Court Action

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 December 1936 · page 10

In the District Court, Grafton, yesterday; before his Honor Judge Clancy, Joseph Augustine Rochfort, public accountant, of Grafton, sued W. E…

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Claim for Damages Cyclist v. Motor Driver Collision at Maclean Action in District Court

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 December 1936 · page 11

Claiming damages amounting to a total of £400, Charles Mansneld George Gilson of Maclean, brought an action in the District Court, Grafton,…

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Mrs. Freer Returning to N.Z. Another Dictation Test High Court Action Fails Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 December 1936 · page 4

Mrs. Mary Magdalen Freer reached Sydney this morning aboard the Awatea from New Zealand, but was not allowed to land in Australia…

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Detective Chief Five Years' Imprisonment Police Inquiry in South Africa. Capetown

Daily Examiner · Monday 7 December 1936 · page 6

A protracted trial at Johannesburg ended in the conviction of Colonel Cilliers, chief of the railway police, on a charge of defeating the ends of…

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Murder Charge Man Before Court. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 December 1936 · page 2

In the Police Court to-day, Francis John Ryan, 24, laborer, appeared on a charge that on Saturday at Brisbane he murdered John O'Leary…

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Police Campaign at Casino

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 December 1936 · page 3

Addresses on safety first in regard to traffic and general conduct while away from school were delivered at the Casino High School and Convent…

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Street Musician in Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 December 1936 · page 4

A street musician named William Tames White (32) was fined 5 or the rising of the court by Mr. J. McElroy. P.M., in the Grafton Police Court…

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A Bull Fight Sequel in Court

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 8 December 1936 · page 2

In the District Court at Grafton last week Dugald Cameron McPherson sued Sidney Hooson, claiming £200 damages alleged to have been…

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Five Shots Sydney Shooting Case Two on Murder Charge. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 December 1936 · page 5

When John Joseph Finnie, 34, and Martin Finlay, 25, appeared at the Central Criminal Court to-day on a charge of having wounded Norman McDonald,…

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Red Rock Assault Timber-Getter Fined Taking Part of Father Friction Between Trustee and Resident

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 December 1936 · page 7

In the Grafton Police Court yesterday morning Victor James-Campbell, of Red Rock, proceeded against Cecil Edward Richards, timber-getter…

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Egg Board [?] Regulations Ultra Vires High Court Case Poultry Farmer's Appeal Upheld. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 December 1936 · page 5

Holding that certain regulations made by the Egg Marketing Board were ultra vires the Primary Products Marketing Act, the High Court…

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"Trusting Fool" Man And Motor Gar Magistrate's Comment. Dubbo

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 December 1936 · page 5

When Horace Dowton, in the Dubbo Court to-day, proceeded against Mrs. Beatrice De Hon for alleged wrongful detention of a motor car, he said he…

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Police Search For Missing Hindu Disappeared in Scrub. Lismore

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 December 1936 · page 2

Three Lismore policemen and a black-tracker, accompanied by a number of civilians, conducted, a fruitless search in rough country in the Bungabee district…

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Suspect Shot By Police Constable Not Expected to Live. Orange

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 December 1936 · page 2

One of two men who are alleged to have been seen running away from a store at Cudal this morning was shot by Constable Hodges and is not…

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Fined for Stealing Calf

Daily Examiner · Thursday 10 December 1936 · page 4

A charge of stealing at Whiporie on November 18, a bull and calf, valued at £1, the property of Dessie McPaul, was preferred against Arthur Edward…

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Son Sentenced Five Years Foe Shooting Father. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 10 December 1936 · page 2

Having pleaded guilty yesterday to manslaughter of his father, James Coone, of Maryborough, Whose body was found with a bullet wound in the…

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Bandits Surprised Gun Fight with Police Patrol. Jerusalem

Daily Examiner · Thursday 10 December 1936 · page 5

Hounding a curve on the mam Jenin Nablus highway, a British Palestinian police patrol car surprised a gang of bandits robbing six cars. The bandits…

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Maclean Police Court Three Charges

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 December 1936 · page 1

At the Maclean Police Court yesterday, before Mr. McElroy, P.M., Charles Andrew Quinn pleaded guilty to being found drunk at Yamba on the…

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Ulmarra Police Court on Licensed Premises

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 December 1936 · page 1

At the Ulmarra Police Court on Wednesday morning, before Mr. J. McElroy, P.M., James Newman, Claude Wright, and Vivian Bailey were…

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