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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1937

1,155 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 49 of 58

Death of Jean Taylor Inquest Opens at Grafton "I Took Strychnine Of My Own Free Will" Some Dramatic Moments in the Evidence Man Present in Custody on Murder Charge Allied Conversations About Death Pact

Daily Examiner · Saturday 30 October 1937 · page 3

Evidence that the deceased had said that she did not want to live and that, she had taken strychnine of her own free will was given before District" Coroner (Mr. J. McElroy, P.M.) at Grafton yesterday at the inquest into the circumstances surrounding the death or Jean Eleanor Taylor (23)…

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Committed for Trial Cameron on Murder Charge Inquest Into Death Of Jean Taylor "Sorry It Had to End This Way" Two Notes Allegedly In Deceased's Bag

Daily Examiner · Monday 1 November 1937 · page 6

"I find that Jean Eleanor Taylor on October 16, 1937, at Grafton, died from asphyxia, being the effects of poison called strychnine, which was feloniously and maliciously administered and given to her on October 16 at Grafton by Eric Cameron: I further find that Cameron did feloniously…

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Chewed Fivers Attempt to Swallow a Police Court Story

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 2 November 1937 · page 3

A story of an attempt by a man to swallow £5 notes when questioned by Detective Turner and Constable Haskew, was told at the Orange…

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Murder Charge Woman Killed By Blow Man with Head in Gas Stove. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 November 1937 · page 5

Evidence was given by Clayton Pil- foot in the Coroner's Court to-day that on returning to his home at Newtown on the morning of October 10 he found…

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Riot at Lewes Orangemen's Celebrations Police Charge at Liverpool. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 November 1937 · page 5

There were riotous scenes at Lewes, during the celbrations by the Orangemen of the Gunpowder Plot and the burning of the 17 Sussex martyrs…

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Alleged Theft of Rings

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 November 1937 · page 4

Although the solicitor for the defendant objected, Mr. H. Hawkins, P.M., acceded to a request by the prosecutor at Lismore Police Court on Monday…

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Case Dismissed Betting Prosecution Grafton Bookmaker Charged Insufficient Legal Evidence

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 November 1937 · page 3

Stating that there was not suf-suficient legal evidence to substantiate the police case. Mr. J. McElroy, P.M., in the Grafton Police…

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Impudent Theft at Broken Hill

Daily Examiner · Thursday 4 November 1937 · page 3

With a kick, a man smashed a large hole in one of the windows of the jewellery shop of F. A. Wicks in Argent street, Broken Hill, the main…

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Maclean Police Court Unlicensed Wirelesses

Daily Examiner · Friday 5 November 1937 · page 1

For having unlicensed wireless receivers, Sydney Arthur Sanne, Henry Dwarte, jnr., arid George Leonard. Hollands were each fined £2, 19 vvitness…

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Puzzled the Magistrate

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 5 November 1937 · page 2

An English motorist charged with cot having a safety.glass screen showed the magistrate four pieces of glass and challenged him to pick out…

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Local and General New Police Sergeant

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 5 November 1937 · page 2

Sergeant Blancliard, of Forbes, lias been appointed to take charge at Coffs Harbour station in succession to Sergeant Smart. He expects to…

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District Court Woods v. Faviell Estate

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 5 November 1937 · page 3

The only case in. the District Court at Bellingen yesterday was from Bonville, before His Honor Judge Betts. It was one in which Arthur Albert…

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Truck Jmurder Police Search In Country Secret Inquiries. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 5 November 1937 · page 5

When he completed his examination to-day of the body of John Thomas Demsey, driver of the wool transport truck, found abandoned this week at…

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Trade Diversion Validity Of Regulations Test Case in High Court. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 5 November 1937 · page 5

Before the Full Bench of the High Court to-day an action to test the validity of the Commonwealth Government's trade diversion regulations was…

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Smart Work by Armidale Police

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 November 1937 · page 4

At 9 o'clock on Wednesday morning the Armidale police were notified that a new leather overcoat had been stolen from the bedroom of an Armidale…

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Transferred Telephone Claim For Arrears Due Petty Sessions Court Action

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 November 1937 · page 3

In the Grafton Court of Petty Sessions yesterday before Mr. J. McElroy, P.M., the Postmaster-General's Department proceeded against Edward…

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Two Car Drivers Negligence Alleged Collision in Fitzroy Street Action in Petty Sessions Court

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 November 1937 · page 5

Arising out of a collision between two motor cars in Fitzroy street, near the corner of Prince street, on Grafton Cup day, July 22 last, an action was…

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Murder-suicide Discovery at Baryulgil Two Quarter-Castes Shot Dead Station Hand and Domestic Servant

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 November 1937 · page 4

Alf Black (30) and Mary Avery (22), both quarter-caste aboriginals, were found dead in their hut at Baryulgil, yesterday, in circumstances…

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Real Life Not Like Screen Racket Youth Sentenced. Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 9 November 1937 · page 5

A story told to the police last week by a youth, who said he had been robbed by two men of £188, had its sequel in the police court to-day. when…

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Small Debts Court Claim

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 9 November 1937 · page 4

In the Small Debts Court, at Grafton yesterday, John Herd, of Lower Bucca, farmer, and Nora Herd, of Grafton, executor and executrix of the will of…

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