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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1937

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Woman Killed Motorist Charged "Perfect Explanation." Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 February 1937 · page 4

Charged with haying feloniously slain Bessie Dorothy Gaffey, at Gore Hill on February 18, Royale Charles Cooney (40), manager, was remanded until…

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Payment Stopped Cheque For £19 Recovery Claim in District Court

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 February 1937 · page 8

Before his Honor Judge Clancy in the District Court at Grafton yesterday the list for the sittings was concluded with the hearing of an action for the…

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Brophy Case Royal Park Shooting Charge In Melbourne Court Brother of Condemned Man Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 February 1937 · page 5

The brother of one of the men found guilty of murder last night, Geoffrey Davies (32), of Perry street, Collingwood, had five, charges…

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P.N. Payments Claim for Recovery District Court Case Sale of Motor Truck Stringent Comments by Judge

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 February 1937 · page 9

"I have no doubt about this matter," said his Honor Judge Clancy, in the District Court at Grafton yesterday "I think it was a brazen…

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Danger Sign a Melbourne Woman Assault on Husband

Daily Examiner · Monday 22 February 1937 · page 7

A famous newspaperman explaining what was news, said that when a dog bit a man it did not matter, but that when a mAn bit a dog, it was news…

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Attempt to Steal Betting Ticket At Gosford Three Men Sentenced. Gosford

Daily Examiner · Monday 22 February 1937 · page 6

Robert Robinson, horse trainer, of Moore Park road, Sydney, was sentenced by Mr. Carr-Boyd, S.M., at the Gosford Court to six months' hard…

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Police Raids Men Marched To Station Big Blackboards Seized

Daily Examiner · Monday 22 February 1937 · page 4

Two batches of men, accompanied by police, marched through Grafton's main streets on Saturday afternoon…

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Police Bullet Strikes Bystander Chase After Suspects 70 M.P.H. in Stolen Car Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 22 February 1937 · page 1

Struck in the chest by a revolver bullet fired when police were chasing two "smash-and-grab"suspects at Kew to-day, William A. Thomas…

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Strikers in U.S.A. Defy Tear Gas Bombs Police Sprayed with Acid. New York

Daily Examiner · Monday 22 February 1937 · page 5

At Wahkegan in Illinois a force of 120 policemen, headed by deputy sheriffs, failed after a two hours siege to dislodge over 100 "sit-down"…

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Has Stinson Fallen Into Sea? Intense Search Yields No Trace Aviation Circles Fear Crash At Broken Bay 18 Planes Engaged Throughout Yesterday 500 Police And Civilians Search SYDNEY

Daily Examiner · Monday 22 February 1937 · page 5

The missing Stinson airliner, which disappeared while en route from Brisbane to Sydney, is believed to have crashed into the sea between the northern head of Broken Bay, Hawk Head,…

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Mine Shaft Murder Detectives' Fresh Clue. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 23 February 1937 · page 4

By tracing through the sustenance records the movements of an Imperial ex-servicemen, who was seen travelling the road with a woman companion…

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Betting Raid 36 Men Before Court Principals Fined £15 £7210 in Fines and Costs

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 23 February 1937 · page 3

Fines and costs totalling £7216 were imposed by Mr. J. McElroy, P.M., in the Grafton Police Court yesterday morning on 36 men in…

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Unusual Court Case

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 24 February 1937 · page 4

William James Denner, of Bexley, was fined 10, with 8 costs at the Kogarah Police Court, for having driven his motor car in Prince's…

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Is It Down on Coast? Farmer's Belief Heard Plane Crash Near Nimbin Police Lead Search Lismore

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 24 February 1937 · page 5

For several days rumors have been circulated in the Nimbin district, some 25 miles from Lismore, that the Airlines of Australia plane which…

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For Plane Search Near Glenreagh Fire In Range Reports to Police

Daily Examiner · Thursday 25 February 1937 · page 4

Three reports have been received from Constable Marsh, of Woolgoolga, of a plane having been seen and heard between 3 and 5. o'clock on…

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Equalisation Challenged in Court Factory Sues Committee Victorian Claim for £2537 MELBOURNE

Daily Examiner · Thursday 25 February 1937 · page 5

The validity of the equalisation scheme in the butter industry was challenged to-day in the First Civil Court, in a claim by John Fitzpatrick,…

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Italy Objects to Haile Selassie Debutantes at Coronation Court Forty From Australia 500 Applications Refused London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 25 February 1937 · page 5

Applications by 500 British debutantes for presentation at the coronation court have been refused, owing to the King's wish that a larger quota…

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Gipsies in Court Charges Of Assault General Reconciliation. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 26 February 1937 · page 4

Arising out of a disturbance at a camp of Gipsies at Bankstown on February 18 and 24, Tom Sterio (36) appeared at Campsie Court to-day on a…

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JOYRIDERS Ninety Miles An Hour Police Chase in Adelaide. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Friday 26 February 1937 · page 4

The story of a thrilling chase through the city this morning after a Rolls Royce car, valued at £2500, which later caught fire and was abandoned, was…

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Police Search. for Young Indian Huge Fraud Alleged Entertained the Aga Khan London

Daily Examiner · Friday 26 February 1937 · page 5

The correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" at Dar-es-Salaam states that the police are searching for a young Indian merchant, Hasmani,…

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