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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1937

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JUGO-SLAV Battered To Death Murder at Boulder City. Kalgoorlie

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 22 December 1937 · page 5

How he saw a man beating Marin Trdervich, 45, a Jugo-Slav, who was battered to death with a stone a few yards from a well lit and crowded park,…

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Police Withdraw Cattle Taking Charge Witnesses Fail to Identify Defendant Charge Is Dismissed

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 22 December 1937 · page 4

Peculiar circumstances arose in connection with a case at the Lawrence Police Court yesterday before Mr. J. McElroy, P.M., when Charlie…

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Solicitor's Costs Liabilities Of Bankrupt Sequel to High Court Appeal. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 22 December 1937 · page 5

The sta'ement that he had not heard Mrs. Dulcie Williams being told by her solicitor, Mr. T. H. Williams, that if her appeal to the High Court of…

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Charge Fails "Criminal Assault" Three Accused Acquitted Redfern Allegations. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 23 December 1937 · page 5

At the conclusion of the case for the prosecution the Magistrate at Redfern Police Court to-day discharged Robert Joseph Hartley (23)…

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Wholesale Arrests Red Activities In Japan Police Suppress Socialism. Tokio

Daily Examiner · Thursday 23 December 1937 · page 5

The arrest of 108 persons in Tokio. and 262 in seventeen other cities, on a charge of Red activties, synchronised with an order by the Home Minister…

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0Bit Constable Resisted Arrest "Metho" Drinker Sent to Gaol Grafton Police Court Cases

Daily Examiner · Friday 24 December 1937 · page 6

Jack McKanzie Laurie (48), who was alleged to have bitten a constable's leg and tried to kick him when the constable made an effort…

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Committed for Trial Alleged Attempted Murder. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 24 December 1937 · page 5

William James Sharkey, 56, laborer, was committed for trial., at Box, Hill Court to-day on a charge of having attempted to murder Mrs. Ruth May…

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Murder Charge Man Committed for Trial. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 24 December 1937 · page 5

The City Coroner, Mr. Tingate, today committed George Thomas Moore for trial on a charge of having murdered James Edward Melbourne, a…

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Palestine Murder Wealthy N.Z. Woman Killed. Jerusalem

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 December 1937 · page 5

Mrs. Hannah Lewis, 70, was murdered, and her husband, Samuel Lewis, seriously injured, in their home at Televiv. Both had been clubbed…

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Six Cars Taken by Joyriders Chase By Police Three Arrests at Dalmorton Glen Innes

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 December 1937 · page 1

A story of a police chase of three young men in a stolen car was told in the local Police Court this morning. Henry George Johnston, John…

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Body in Bag Missing Child Found Relatives In S. Grafton Dog Aids Police Search Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 December 1937 · page 4

The body of Marcia Hayes (6). who had been missing from her home in Windsor since 10 a.m. on Friday, was found in a bag in the river about…

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Long Chase Ends in an Arrest Shots From Behind Log Ingham Case in Court Townsville

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 December 1937 · page 5

The evidence of two witnesses was heard in the Police Court in the case in which James Savage, 23, is charged with breaking and entering…

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Jap Ship Seized With Salvage From Emden Singapore Police Action. Singapore

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 29 December 1937 · page 5

Marine police to-day seized the Japanese owned fishing vessel, Anyo Maru, on arrival at Singapore, and a search revealed 30 tons of bronze and…

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Demsey Murder 100 Witnesses at Inquest. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 31 December 1937 · page 5

One hundred witnesses have been summoned to attend the inquest next week on the death of John Thomas Demsey, whose bullet-riddled body was…

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Assault Charge Husband Bound Over Attacked Wife with Rifle. Launceston

Daily Examiner · Friday 31 December 1937 · page 5

Pleading guilty to a charge of assaulting Ina Pearce, his wife, at Myrtle Bank, by striking her on the head with a rifle, by discharging, the rifle in her…

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