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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1937

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Equity Court In Woman's Bedroom Ownership of Land. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 May 1937 · page 5

Mrs. Beatrice Edwards, of Bondi Heights, was to have given evidence in the Equity Court to-day, in a case concerning the disputed ownership…

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Local and General Man Remanded on Two Charges of Stealing

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 May 1937 · page 4

At the Grafton Police Court yesterday before Mr. T. G. Flynn, J.P., Charles James Hickling, aged 32 years, was charged with stealing a leather coat…

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Bigamy Attempt to Commit Married Man Charged Girl's Evidence Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 May 1937 · page 4

A unique case, the first of its kind ever heard in Victoria, was heard at Caulfield Court to-day when John Tucker, 22, was charged…

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Coramba Repairs to Local Police Station

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 May 1937 · page 2

Mr. J. T. Henry, contractor, of Morpeth, via Newcastle, who has been working on the Coramba Police Station for the past week, now has the…

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For Trial Double Murder Charge Moina Shooting Accused's Alleged Statement Sheffield (Tas.,)

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 May 1937 · page 6

At the conclusion of the inquest to-day into the deaths of Gordon Francombe and Henry Lawson, at Moina, on April 26, Donald Henry…

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Alleged Assault at South Grafton

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 May 1937 · page 4

About 9 o'clock on Tuesday night, Patrick McGrath, of Duke street, Grafton, is alleged to have been assaulted whilst he was walking up Bent…

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Assault Alleged £40 Bail Allowed

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 May 1937 · page 7

John Thomas Skinner (28), of South Grafton, appeared before Mr. T. G. Flynn, J.P., in the Grafton Police Court yesterday morning, charged that on May…

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New Courthouse and Police Station for Casino

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 May 1937 · page 4

The Casino Municipal Council on Tuesday night decided to ask the Department of Justice to proceed with the erection of a new courthouse and…

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48 Police on the Miller Case S.P. Inquiry Evidence "Miller Was a Suite" Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 May 1937 · page 5

In all 48 police have been concerned in inquiries concerning him, declared Constable Miller at the S.P. inquiry to-day…

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To Pay S.P. BETS Woman Steals Rings Evidence in Court Case. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 May 1937 · page 5

Evidence that women had stolen rings from various jewellers in order to pay debts contracted through starting price betting was given by police at the…

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Two Months' Gaol Theft At Ballina Caught at South Grafton

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 May 1937 · page 7

Apprehended as he left the North Coast mail train at South Grafton, Charles James Hickling (32), baker, appeared before Mr. J. McElroy, P.M.,…

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Nana Glen Assault

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 18 May 1937 · page 3

At Coramba Police Court, before Mr. J. McElroy, P.M., Samuel Rosenberg, storekeeper at Nana Glen, was fined £2 and £3 15s costs on a charge…

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Alleged Assault Nana Glen Squabble Defendant Fined at Coramba Court. Coramba

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 May 1937 · page 3

At the Coramba Police Court, before Mr. J. McElroy, P.M., on May 11. John Augustine Steen, timber worker, of Nana Glen, proceeded against…

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Stealing Alleged Remand to May 21

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 May 1937 · page 2

James Riley, 35, appeared before Mr. T. McElroy, P.M., in the Grafton Police Court, yesterday morning, charged that, on May 17, at Grafton, he stole…

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Garnishee Cases Grafton Small Debts Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 May 1937 · page 8

In the Small Debts Court at Grafton yesterday before Mr. J. McElroy, P.M., in the matter, Osmar Jabour, storekeeper, of South Grafton, v. J…

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ECONOMIST In Arbitration Court Higher Wage Application. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 May 1937 · page 5

As an alternative to higher wages as a means of preventing a boom, Mr. L. Mann, advocate for the employers, suggested in the Arbitration Court…

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Opium in Wrecked Stinson? Sensation at Brisbane Inquiry Suggestion By Police Second Mystery Position of Passenger's Body. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 May 1937 · page 5

The suggestion that the police suspected that a one gallon tin, stated to have been found in the ruins of the Stinson which crashed at…

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Maclean Police Court Vagrancy Charge

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 May 1937 · page 3

At the Maclean Police Court yesterday, before Messrs. J. A. Letts and T. Haldy, J's.P., Leslie Michael Bolster, a stranger to the town, appeared on a…

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Murder Rumor Unconfirmed At Alice Springs White Man and Natives. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 May 1937 · page 5

Although officials of the Department of the Interior were in communication to-day with the authorities at Alice Springs, they were unable to…

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Aged Indian Missing Last Seen On Saturday Police Investigating Matter

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 May 1937 · page 4

The Grafton police were informed yesterday that an aged Indian named Cherry Singh, who has been camped between Banyabba and Lawrence for…

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