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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1937

1,155 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 31 of 58

Council Sued for £1000 DAMAGES Woman Injured By Drain Court Dismisses Her Appeal Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 July 1937 · page 5

Important questions concerning the liabilities of councils were decided by the Full Supreme Court by a majority, in a reserved judgment,…

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£100 Fine Paid Clergyman Saved From Gaol Contempt of Court. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 July 1937 · page 5

The Very Rev. T . M. Johnstone, former Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, who was fined £100 for contempt of court, will not have to…

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Revolver Due Police and Fugitives 3.20 A.M. Chase Attempted Murder Charge Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 July 1937 · page 5

A revolver duel between police ands fugitives was one of the features of a chase through the lanes of Brunswick this morning. Later a man was…

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Marriage Invalid Italian Court's Decision. Rome

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 July 1937 · page 5

The Supreme Court, giving judgment in the case of Signora Emilia Riva. who was married in 1921, upheld the finding of the Papal Ecclesiastical…

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Drunks How Police Got Clue Bottle Of Whisky £390 Robbery at Hotel Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 July 1937 · page 5

The licensee of the City Club Hotel. Melbourne, early this morning found that the hotel had been entered and £300 in cash and £20 worth of…

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Royal Tastes More Intellectual No Jazz in Nursery Distinguished Persons at Court. London, June 19

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 July 1937 · page 6

The King and Queen are surrounding themselves with men and women of distinction in the world of literature, art and music. Their…

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Alleged Confession Murder of Three Children. Los Angeles

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 July 1937 · page 5

Police have revealed that the prisoner, Jack Dyer, who was arrested at Inglewood and brought to Los Angeles owing to fear of mob violence, has…

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DISMISSED Liquor Act Case POLICE V. W. T. Robinson "Satisfied Men Were Travellers."

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 July 1937 · page 7

Stating that the defence had proved to his satisfaction that the men were on the licensed premises for a lawful purpose, being travellers…

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Fascists' March in London Streets Police Check Hostility SIR O. Mosley Heckled London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 July 1937 · page 5

To-day was Sir Oswald Mosley's "Glorious Fourth," hailed by his supporters as Independence Day. In consequence of a police order…

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Woman in Tears Ordered To Give Up £341 Equity Court Claim. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 July 1937 · page 5

When directed that she should give up £341 by Mr. Justice Nicholas in the Equity Court to-day, Mrs. Mary Beatrice Kent burst into tears, and was…

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Assault Charge Withdrawn

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 July 1937 · page 4

When the case in which Roy Vincent Skinner, of Corindi Clarence, who was proceeding against George Williams, of Milleara, alleging unlawful assault at…

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Theft Charge Divorce Suit Sequel. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 July 1937 · page 5

Leonard Francis Hunt (31) pleaded not guilty to a charge of having stolen £1500, the property of Ernest Edward Webber, storekeeper, of…

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Smuggling? Chinese for N.S.W. Taxi Driver's Suspicion Seven Immigrants Charged Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 July 1937 · page 5

A service car driver has supplied valuable information to the detectives investigating the alleged smuggling of Chinese into Australia. The…

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Wife's Evidence Refused £1000 OFFER Theft Charge [?]Uel to Divorce Action Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 July 1937 · page 5

Evidence, that he had been offered £1000 by the accused to drop certain divorce proceedings was given by Harold Thomas Colton, when the case…

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Maclean Police Court All Day Sitting Alleged Cattle Stealing. Maclean

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 July 1937 · page 5

Considerable interest was manifested in the hearing of the cases at the Maclean Police Court to-day when the accommodation was taxed to an…

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Woolgoolga Burglary

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 9 July 1937 · page 2

Woolgoolga was excited yesterday morning by the news that Mr. A. J. Cabey's motor garage on the outskirts of the town, on the Grafton side, had…

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Police Chief and Road Safety

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 9 July 1937 · page 4

In his annual report Sir Philip Game, Commissioner of Police of the London Metropolis, has some interesting comments. He thinks that…

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Father Arrested Murder of Son Alleged. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 July 1937 · page 4

Following the death of Frederick T[?] 34 yesterday his father William Turley 65 has been arrested and charged with murder…

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Theft Charge Accused Gives Evidence Returned £1500 "Squaring" Divorce Case Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 July 1937 · page 5

The statement that he had no bank account at the time owing to being bankrupt was made by Leonard Francis Hunt. 31, commercial…

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23 WOUNDED Strikers And Police Battle at Maryville. Maryville (Tennessee)

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 July 1937 · page 5

Nineteen strikers and four policemen were wounded in a gun battle following the dispersal of a picket line when the American Aluminium Company's…

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