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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1937

1,155 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 56 of 58

"Labor Daily" Election Of Directors Full Court's Decision. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 11 December 1937 · page 5

The Full Court to-day, in a reserved judgment, decided that the directors of the "Labor Daily," who were properly elected in December, 1936, were J. T…

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Pigeon Shot Grafton Court Case Hearing Lasts All Day Case Adjourned Until

Daily Examiner · Saturday 11 December 1937 · page 3

At the Grafton Police Court yesterday, before Mr. J. McElroy, P.M., the greater part of the day, was taken up. with the hearing of a charge…

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Alleged Theft Bank Official Arrested. Perth

Daily Examiner · Monday 13 December 1937 · page 4

Bruce Thomson, 46, officer in charge of the Note Issue Department of the Commonwealth Bank, has been arrested on a charge of having stolen £1300…

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Plot to Murder Bucharest

Daily Examiner · Monday 13 December 1937 · page 5

The French Foreign Minister, M. Delbos, who is closely guarded since the discovery of a plot to assassinate him, left for Belgrade, the…

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Police and the Festive Glass

Daily Examiner · Monday 13 December 1937 · page 3

In the "Police News" appears a request that sergeants and constables throughout the State should not accept the festive glass which might cause…

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Death Leap From Gaol Rafters Murderer Kills Himself. Boise (Idaho)

Daily Examiner · Monday 13 December 1937 · page 5

After farewelling his tearful mother and father in the condemned cell. Douglas Van Vlack, 30, made a desperate and successful attempt to cheat the…

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Woodburn Police Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 14 December 1937 · page 4

At the Woodburn Police court on Thursday, before Mr. Shendan, P.M., a young man, charged with an offence against a girl under the age of 16…

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Abo's Death Man Charged with Murder. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 14 December 1937 · page 5

Following the finding of the body of James Edward Melbourne, 61, an aboriginal, in a house in Tope street, South Melbourne, yesterday, Geo…

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Maclean Police Court Offensive Behavior Unpleasant Stranger

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 14 December 1937 · page 2

At the Maclean Police Court yesterday, Aubrey Munton, an old age pensioner and a stranger to the district, appeared on a charge of offensive…

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Youth Wounded Cricket Ground Curator Charged. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 14 December 1937 · page 5

At the Central Police Court to-day, William Stuart, Curator of Sydney Cricket Ground, was charged with having maliciously wounded Jack Gee…

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Motor Drivers in Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 14 December 1937 · page 4

At the Grafton Police Court yesterday before Mr. J. McElroy, P.M., Oliver Hannan, of Victoria street, Grafton, who pleaded guilty, to a charge of…

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Manhunt Murder in Riverina Farmer Shot Dead Wife R[?]ard Voices Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 14 December 1937 · page 5

When he went to investigate a noise in his garage last night, John Dickens, farmer, of Oaklands, near Berrigan, was shot dead…

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Shooting of a Pigeon Grafton Court Case Reference to English Procedure Defendant Fined 1 and Costs

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 14 December 1937 · page 2

Much interest centred in the case, which was concluded in the Grafton Police Court yesterday, before Mr. J. McElroy, P.M., in which William…

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P.m.'s Comment Demsey Murder Case Remand Requests Police Officers Criticised Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 December 1937 · page 5

Criticism of the length of time that three men charged with the murder of John Thomas Demsey, truck driver, had been kept in custody was made…

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Wife Charged "Aided And Abetted Husband" Offence Against Girl. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 December 1937 · page 5

Allegations that a wife had assisted her husband to commit a capital offence on a young woman, were made by police at Redfern Police Court to-day…

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Boy Fascists Jew-baiter Before Court. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 December 1937 · page 5

A London police officer giving evidence in an East London Court case, in which a boy Fascist was charged with using insulting words to Jewish…

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CORAMBA Court Of Petty Sessions Possession of Railway Property

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 December 1937 · page 4

At the Coramba Court of Petty Sessions, on Tuesday, Joseph Potter, of Tallawudjah Creek, was charged with having in this possession goods which…

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Wages Tax Liability Of Company Officer Important Judgement by High Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 December 1937 · page 5

An important judgment concerning the liability of the public officer of a company to pay the wages tax of the employees of that company was…

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Wristlet Watch Charge of Stealing Court Adopts Leniency

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 17 December 1937 · page 1

At Coffs Harbour Police Court on Wednesday, before Mr. J. McElroy, P.M., Robert Gordon Gosling (19) was charged with having stolen a…

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Health Act Sanitary Men Charged Case Adjourned

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 17 December 1937 · page 1

Legal technicalities were raised in a case at Coffs Harbour Police Court on Wednesday, before Mr. J. McElroy, P. M., when John Frederick…

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