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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1937

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ANARCHISTS Insurrection At Barcelona Police Driven From City. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 May 1937 · page 5

Tension between the Spanish Government authorities and anarchists at Barcelona is reported to have reached a climax in an insurrection in which…

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Share Farming Verdict For Defendant Suit for Damages Fails District Court Hearing

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 May 1937 · page 2

A verdict was given for the defendant yesterday by Judge Clancy, in the District Court, at Grafton, in the case in which Patrick Leo…

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Kindness Repaid by Theft

Daily Examiner · Friday 7 May 1937 · page 6

Thinking to befriend a young man who had just come out of gaol after serving 10 days for theft in Sydney, Constable Taylor, of the Glen Innes…

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Showmen in Court

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 7 May 1937 · page 2

James Henry Byrnes (alias Arthur Benjamin Burns) and Bernard Ridgway (alias Eric Long), who had a "darto" game at Macksville Show,…

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Murder and Suicide Two Bodies in Car. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 7 May 1937 · page 4

At the inquest into the death of Norman Blyth, 20, machinist, and Arthur Edward Seymour, 24, insurance agent, of Coburg, who were found dead in a…

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First Court Scene Of Splendor Debutantes Meet King and Queen. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 7 May 1937 · page 5

Debutantes who were presented at the first Court of their Majesties' reign today were spared one of the greatest ordeals of their predecessors. The…

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Man Hunt Darwin Police Active £20,000 In Bonds Alleged Fraud at Adelaide Darwin

Daily Examiner · Friday 7 May 1937 · page 5

Northern Territory police are conducting a rigid search for a man named Rupert Gordon Russell, alias Warrington, wanted at Adelaide on…

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Jacob Johnson Fight for Secretaryship To Arbitration Court Judge Reserves Decision Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 7 May 1937 · page 5

"No subterfuge should be allowed to prevent me from functioning as general secretary," said Jacob Johnson in the Arbitration Court…

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Parents Sentenced Death of Two Children. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 8 May 1937 · page 5

Percy Davis and his wife, Lilian Davis, were found guilty at the Old Bailey today of manslaughter of their two sons, aged three years and 19…

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Staggered Past Police Station

Daily Examiner · Saturday 8 May 1937 · page 4

Patrick Nolan (49) was fined 5 of the rising of the court by Mr. J. McElroy, P.M., in the Grafton Police Court yesterday for being drunk in Skinner…

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Sawdust Fire Concern Over District Court Ruling? Further Appeal Pending

Daily Examiner · Saturday 8 May 1937 · page 5

The Associated Country Sawmillers of New South Wales are vitally interested in the decision of Judge Clancy in the District Court, at Grafton, in the case…

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Americans Sentenced. Toulouse

Daily Examiner · Monday 10 May 1937 · page 5

Twenty-nine Americans arrested on March 3 for attempting to enter Spain to join Government troops were sentenced to 40 days' imprisonment…

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Maclean Assault Case. Maclean

Daily Examiner · Monday 10 May 1937 · page 4

In connection with the recent assault on a woman at Maclean, Detective Constable McMahon, in company with Constable McInnes, of Grafton, and Maclean…

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Alleged Shooting Man Charged at Moree. Moree

Daily Examiner · Monday 10 May 1937 · page 5

Michael Mercer, shearer, was admitted to the Moree District Hospital this afternoon, suffering from wounds in the arm, chest and ear allegedly…

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Rm.'s Daughter Presentation At Court Mr. Lyons 'Phones Family. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Monday 10 May 1937 · page 4

The Prime Minister, Mr. Lyons, spoke to his second eldest daughter, Enid, by [?]adio telephone from London yesterday, to describe to her the presentation of…

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Fishing Net Possession Sought Maclean Court Proceedings Adjourned a Fortnight for Decision. Maclean

Daily Examiner · Monday 10 May 1937 · page 7

A piece of fishing net which has been the subject of court proceedings for over two years again figured in a case before Mr. J. McElroy, P.M., in…

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Just Out of Gaol Drunk in Afternoon

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 May 1937 · page 15

Released from gaol on Saturday morning after a three months' sentence. Patrick James Terence O'Brien (42) was found drunk in Skinner street,…

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Valuation Appeal Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 May 1937 · page 4

A Valuation Appeal Court was held at Grafton yesterday, before Mr. J. McElroy, P.M. James Henry Orr, stock dealer, of South Grafton, appealed…

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Moree Case Intent to Murder Charge. Moree

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 May 1937 · page 5

John Neville Still, 28, was charged at Moree Court to-day with having feloniously wounded Michael Mercer with intent to murder. He was…

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Two Years' Gaol For Solicitor's Clerk Defalcations Total £17,000. SYDNEY

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 May 1937 · page 3

Pleading guilty to charges of embezzlement and larceny. William Welsh Scott (48), solicitor's clerk was sentenced to two years and six…

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