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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1937

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Bank Officer Charged with Stealing £150199. BRISBANE

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 April 1937 · page 5

In the Police Court to-day Eric Francis Elliott, 41, accountant, appeared on a charge that between March 29 and April 6 last at Brisbane he stole divers…

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Grafton Police Court

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 April 1937 · page 4

At the Grafton Police Court yesterday before Mr. J. McElroy, P.M., there was no appearance of Augustus Clifford Wratten (41) to answer a charge of…

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Jewellery Valued at £15 Man Charged With Theft Remanded on Bail

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 April 1937 · page 7

Charles Harold Hall (40) was presented at the Grafton Police Court yesterday morning before Mr.J.McElroy P.M on a charge of having, on April…

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Army Horses For London Police Coronation "Loan." London, March 20

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 April 1937 · page 6

One hundred horses "loaned" by the Army to the London metropolitan police, for the coronation arrived, this week at the Police riding school, Imber…

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40 Minutes in Mowlds' Shop Police Found No Evidence Miller's Statement Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 April 1937 · page 5

When the inquiry into police methods in betting cases was continued to-day, George Mourant, a Justice of the Peace, was…

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Mining Appeal Gundah Gold Mines Reserved Decision in District Court Appeal

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 April 1937 · page 4

At the Grafton Courthouse yesterday the District Court Registrar, Mr. E. I. Cocks, read the reserved division of his Honor Judge Clancy, in…

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24 Christmases in Gaol

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 April 1937 · page 9

"I have never had one Christmas out of gaol during the past 24 years," said John Jones (42) at the Sydney Quarter Sessions. Acting Judge Hill sentenced…

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Stranger Charged "Being Suspected Person."

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 April 1937 · page 3

James Joseph Cayley alias James Joseph (44), a stranger to Grafton, appeared before Mr. E. I. Cocks, J.P., in the Grafton Police Court yesterday…

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Two Men Chased After Daring Car Hold-up Scriven Murder Recalled Story in Kilda Court Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 April 1937 · page 5

Giving evidence in St. Kiida Court to-day, Frank Chapman said about an hour after his brother, John Chapman, had been held up and robbed…

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Charge of Cruelty Using "Sendem" On Dog Three Maclen Youths Discharged by Magistrate. Maclean

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 April 1937 · page 6

Charged with cruelly ill-treating a dog by putting "sendem" (carbon bi-sulphide)on it, three young men, Gerald Heffernan, Leonard Henson…

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Cruelty Charge Against Ex-sergeant Miller's Evidence Police and S.P. Cases. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 April 1937 · page 5

Allegations of cruelty against ex-Sergeant Gallivan were made by Constable Miller when he continued his evidence at the inquiry into police…

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Humor in Court

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 April 1937 · page 6

During the progress of a case at the Maclean Police Court on Thursday, in which several young men were charged with ill-treating a dog…

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Not Guilty Queensland Murder Charge "Purely Circumstantial Evidence.'' Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 April 1937 · page 6

After a retirement of nearly six and a half hours, the jury returned a verdict of not guilty in the case in which Wilhelm Frederick Bauer (54), farmer, was…

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Foreign Help for Spanish Govt. Italian Allegations France and Russia Charged Rome

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 April 1937 · page 5

Signor Gayda, Signor Mussolini's spokesman, followed up his allegations against France by making similar charges against Russia, declaring…

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Maddocks Case Verdict of Guilty Eighteen Months Gaol Dramatc Speech From Dock Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 April 1937 · page 3

The case was concluded to-day in which Sydmey Aubery Maddocks (56), Transport Commissioner (temporarily suspended), was charged…

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Bane Notes "Split with Razor" Allegations By Police 16 Charges of Forgery Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 April 1937 · page 5

Robert Taylor (49), laborer, at the Central Police Court to-day, was charged on 16 counts with having forged and uttered hank notes…

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"Stork Derby" Appeal to Supreme Court. Toronto

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 April 1937 · page 5

A further move in the Stork Derby was made yesterday when Millar's relatives appealed to the Supreme Court of Canada to have the will declared…

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Devilish Crimes Murder Gang in Korea Scores of Girls Outraged and Murdered. Seoul

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 April 1937 · page 5

A diabolical murder gang has been unmasked as the result of the discovery of the bodies of 157 young girls, who were either strangled or buried alive…

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Woman Charged Murder of Husband Alleged. Perth

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 April 1937 · page 5

Before Mr. Justice Dwyer and a jury, Mrs. Evelyn Burrows, 42, was charged to-day with having murdered her husband, Henry Burrows, 43, at their home…

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Zoo Murder Monkey Now Outcast Jacqueline's Strange End Mystery Is Unsolvable?

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 April 1937 · page 10

Here are the facts of a great Zoo murder mystery, just as they took place, states the "Morning Post,'' and every official in the…

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