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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1937

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Maclean Police Court Charge Dismissed. Maclean

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 January 1937 · page 1

At the Maclean Police Court, before Mr. J. McElroy, P.M., to-day, Peter Kevin Bailey, of Maclean, for whom Mr T. McL. Lobban appeared, was…

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Betting Charges Dismissed at Maclean Police Court. Maclean

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 January 1937 · page 1

At the Maclean Police Court to-day, before Mr. J. McElroy, P.M., Mervyn Denis Murphy, of Maclean, was charged with having on November 28,…

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Grafton Gaol Rumors Of Removal Hospital Board Protest

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 January 1937 · page 1

"Having heard rumors as to the possibility of the closing of the Grafton gaol I think this board should register its emphatic protest against any such…

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Man Hunt Murder of Policeman Body Hung On Mail Box Murderer Escapes in Police Car Monpoe (Michigan)

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 January 1937 · page 5

A man hunt began after the body of a State policeman, R. F. Hammond, with a bullet through the head, was found handcuffed to a mail box on…

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Smart Work by Dorrigo Police

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 22 January 1937 · page 2

On Monday last at 6 p.m. the local Police were informed that the sum of 30/- had been stolen from a draw at Mr. E. F. Crabbe's bakery, North…

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Woman Collapses in Court

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 January 1937 · page 11

There was a dramatic turn during the hearing of evidence in a case at the Bathurst Police Court on Monday morning, when Mary Margaret Isabel…

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Month's Gaol for Racecourse Patron Morphine Tablets and Hypodermic Needle Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 January 1937 · page 5

Described as probably the first prosecution of its kind in Queensland, Charles Vincent Malone, 24, clerk, to-day appeared at the Police…

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Mine Shaft Murder Tracing Married Couple Sydney Detectives Busy. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 January 1937 · page 5

The latest developments in the mine murder case at Wedderburn, Victoria, nave led the police to abandon the search for P. A. Greenaway, a visiting…

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"Knife Used" Woman Found Dying Italian On Murder Charge "Argument Over Money" Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 January 1937 · page 5

Returning a verdict that Edith Rachael May Praetz, also known as Mrs. Walker, had been murdered by Antonia Barbara (35), an Italian,…

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Assault Alleged Jarrett v. Donnelly Sequel to Pipeclay Fight Magistrate Dismisses Information

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 January 1937 · page 8

A fight between two colored men at the Pipeclay racecourse on January 10, had a sequel in the Grafton Police Court yesterday, when Charles…

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Stealing Alleged Maddelena v. MURPHY

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 January 1937 · page 7

Mrs. Mary Maddelena, of South Grafton, proceeded against James Murphy, hawker, of South Grafton, in the Grafton Police Court yesterday on…

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Dorrigo Theft £110 Taken From Shop. Dorrigo

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 January 1937 · page 4

Four hours after he had been informed that £110 had been taken from a baker's shop at North Dorrigo, Sergeant Bowern arrested a man…

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Grafton Gaol Will It Be Closed? Mr. Henry's Statement

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 January 1937 · page 4

Yesterday Mr. A. S. Henry, M. L. A., when in Grafton stated that the rumor of the proposed closing of the Grafton gaol was based on certain inquiries…

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Sent to Gaol Unmarried Mother Germans and Race Purity. Berlin

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 January 1937 · page 5

The Court of Hanover to-day sentenced an unmarried mother to 14 days imprisonment for refusing to disclose the name of her child's father…

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Murder Charge Woman Committed "Attack in Beer Garden." Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 January 1937 · page 5

The hearing of evidence was concluded in the Police Court to-day in the case wherein Alice Fein, 22, is charged with the murder of Mona Simpson on…

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Nocturnal Visitor Man In Girl's Bedroom Alleged Intent to Assault Case Dismissed by the P.M. MACLEAN

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 January 1937 · page 2

Peter Kevin Bailey (19), a married man, appeared before Mr. J. McElroy, P.M., in the Maclean Police Court yesterday, charged with being…

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Fresh Clues Mine Shaft Murder Was Victim Irish Soldier? Tracing Woman Companion Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 January 1937 · page 5

A former Irish soldier, who is believed to have been the victim of the Wedderburn mine shaft tragedy, carried papers on which the name…

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Betting Charges Sequel To Police Raid at Maclean Hotel Information Dismissed

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 January 1937 · page 6

Following a police raid on premises at the Maclean Hotel on November 28, 1936, when eighteen persons were found in a downstairs parlor at the hotel,…

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Local and General No Sexual Offenders in Grafton Gaol

Daily Examiner · Monday 25 January 1937 · page 4

In connection with the statement by Mr. Henry, M.L.A., in Saturday's issue, That the Grafton gaol was chiefly used as a detention place for sexual…

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Electrocuted Murder of Authoress. New York

Daily Examiner · Monday 25 January 1937 · page 4

John Florenza, 25, an upholsterer's assistant Was electrocuted in Sing Sing prison for the murder of Mrs. Nancy Titterton, a well-known writer of…

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