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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1938

1,268 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 17 of 64

Ten Years Mullen Sentenced Verdict Of Manslaughter Death of Ernest Brown Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 April 1938 · page 5

Found guilty at Goondiwindi last Friday. Harold Thomas Mullen 37, to-day was sentenced to ten years by the Chief Justice Sir James Blair…

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Marine Court Evidence For Rodney's Master Decision Reserved Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 April 1938 · page 5

The Court of Marine Inquiry to-day reserved its decision after Charles Henry Rosman had appeared before it he having been called upon to show…

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Shooting of Dog Law Of Justification Court Answers Stated Case

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 April 1938 · page 8

One of the questions, raised by an appeal before the Court of Criminal Appeal in Sydney on Friday last was whether the killing of a dog, pursuant…

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Differences at Dutch Court Queen and Juliana Prince's Modern Manner London

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 April 1938 · page 5

Minor differences are reported to have arisen between Queen Wilhelmina of Holland and Prince Bernhard, whose lightness of manner and…

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Gaol Sentences Stole From Water Commission Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 9 April 1938 · page 5

Roy Macfarlane, 33, baken was sentenced to three years imprisonment and Matthew O'K[?]efe 37, laborer, to two and a half years' imprisonment in…

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Guyra Shooting Bricklayer Arrested Attempted Murder Charge Accused "Wants No Favors" Guyra

Daily Examiner · Saturday 9 April 1938 · page 5

Joseph Eraser (45). br[?]cklayer was charged at Guyra Court to-day with having feloniously wounded Beatrice Muriel Nielsen (16), on…

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Sunday Sport Affects Dutch Prince Court Denies Rumor. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 9 April 1938 · page 5

Dutch Court circles deny the story of strained relations between Prince Bernhard and Queen Wilhelmina, based on the Prince's holiday…

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Blum's Downfall Finance Bill Fails Daladier To Form Govt.? Police and Rioters Clash Paris

Daily Examiner · Saturday 9 April 1938 · page 5

A serious political and industrial crisis has arisen in France, and the downfall of the Blum Government is inevitable…

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Increased Fines Failure To Return Licenses Motor Cyclist Charged

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 April 1938 · page 3

"I am raising the penalty slightly for failure to return licences" said the Police Magistrate (Mr. J. McElroy)in the Grafton Court of Petty Sessions…

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Civilised Women's Needs Set Poser for Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 April 1938 · page 7

A claim that 10 worth of [?] of face powder, and 4 worth of lipstick were among the yearly needs of a woman worker…

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Fell From Box Witness Dies in Court. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 April 1938 · page 6

At the end of his cross-examination in the Port Adelaide Police Court today, Richard Barker, 66, retired civil servant, collapsed and fell backwards…

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Sentenced New York Stockbroker Castigation By Judge Five Years' Imprisonment New York

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 April 1938 · page 5

The well known stockbroker, Richard Whitney, received a sentence of from five to 10 years' imprisonment on charges of defalcations…

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Murder Charge Alleged Confession "Shot, Stabbed, Strangled" "Quarrel Over a Fowl" Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 April 1938 · page 5

The City Coronet found to-day that Jutes Amour Maliby. who discovered dead at [?]ood on March 20. had died from the effects…

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High Court Appeal South Grafton Case Porter's Compensation Claim

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 April 1938 · page 6

In the High Court Sydney. on Friday, before Mr. Justice Rich, Mr. Justice Starke, and Mr. Justice Dixon. Arthur Bruce Webb appealed from the…

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£1000 Bail Civil Engineer Charged "Forging And Stealing" £40,000 Alleged to Be Involved Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 14 April 1938 · page 5

When Edwin Stanhope Sautelle, 66, civil engineer, was charged at the Central Police Court to-day with forging time and pay sheets and…

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Gaol for Car Ride

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Thursday 14 April 1938 · page 2

Frederick Mark Thornton (24), of Taree, was sentenced to two months' hard labor at Maitland Court last Saturday, on a charge of having illegally…

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Fifteen Years Two Natives Sentenced. Darwin

Daily Examiner · Thursday 14 April 1938 · page 5

Two Arnhem Land natives, Alec and Nipper, who were found guilty of having murdered an unknown aborigine at Veldt Station, in January, to-day were…

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"Forty Naughty Girls" Murder Mystery Comedy

Daily Examiner · Thursday 14 April 1938 · page 11

Another of the popular Stuart Palmer murder mystery comedies, "Forty Naughty Girls," again presents James Gleason as Police Inspector Oscar…

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Dangerous Driving Car Driver Sent to Gaol. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Thursday 14 April 1938 · page 5

Albert Carl Hausler, 36, farmer, of Lyndoch, was sentenced to one year's imprisonment to-day, for causing the death of Leonard James Cowell while…

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Police Action Asked During Pageant

Daily Examiner · Thursday 14 April 1938 · page 11

Animals at the Zoo were so frightened by the noise of planes taking part in the air pageant at Flemington. when they flew over the grounds on…

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