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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1938

1,268 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 2 of 64

Demsey Inquest Clue of the Red Truck Accused Men Identified Victorian Transport Murder Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 8 January 1938 · page 5

Evidence that three days after John Thomas Demsey disappeared he heard Roy McFarlane and Matthew Francis O'Keefe discussing the…

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Murder Charge Hairdresser for Trial Hotel Shooting Affray "I Thought He Had a Gun" Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 8 January 1938 · page 5

Harcourt Lee (38), hairdresser, was committed for trial to-day at the Coroner's Court on a charge of having murdered Arthur Kingsley Taplin…

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Alleged Car Theft Near Casino

Daily Examiner · Monday 10 January 1938 · page 4

Led by Sergeant Dean, a party of Casino police surrounded a hut at Bundock's Crossing on the Dyraaba road, at daybreak on Friday morning…

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Police Called in to Kill Snake

Daily Examiner · Monday 10 January 1938 · page 4

At times a police officer is called upon to perform unusual duties. On being called to a house in Leslie street. Bangalow, Sergeant Kirk was shown a…

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Stolen Cars Recovered By Police River Bed to Be Dragged. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 10 January 1938 · page 5

Stolen cars and motor cycles worth £1400 have been recovered by the Richmond detective division in the last few days, and the bed of the Yarra at…

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Shots Fired at Wedding Party One Man Wounded Police Make an Arrest Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 10 January 1938 · page 5

Returning home from a wedding late on Saturday night a party of two men and two women were fired at by a young man, one of the men…

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Worked in Gaol

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 11 January 1938 · page 1

"About a week ago," was the reply given by James Patrick Terence O'Brien (42) in answer to a question by the Bench at Colls Harbour Police…

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Police in Witness Box Demsey Murder Inquest Body Forced in Bag Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 January 1938 · page 4

When the inquest into the death of John Thomas Demsey was continued to- day, Senior Detective North gave evidence that the hole in which the…

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No Inmates Since 1919 Famous Reading Gaol

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 January 1938 · page 8

A derelict gaol is no ornament to any town. Reading gaol is not quite derelict, nor even wholly disused. It shelters a district inspector of the…

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Bishops Arrested Charged with Espionage. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 January 1938 · page 5

"The Times" correspondent at Riga says seven Bishops of the Orthodox Church, including Bishop Visarion, the Metropolitan of Moscow, are charged…

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Orara Valley News. Coramba Court of Petty Sessions

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 January 1938 · page 2

At the Coramba Court of Petty Sessions on Saturday morning last, before Messrs. H. Bond and A. P. Meany, J's. P. Cecil Smith, Raymond Tompkins,…

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"Stick 'Em Up" Police Threatened Constable Fires Through Door. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 January 1938 · page 5

By the arrest of a man in sensational circumstances to- day the police claim that a number of robberies during the last few weeks will be cleared up…

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Murder Verdict Some Person Unknown Newcastle Inquest No Case Against Roberts Suspicion Only, Says Coroner. Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 January 1938 · page 5

The Coroner returned a verdict of murder against some person or persons unknown, at the conclusion of the inquest into the death of Dorothy…

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Local and General Ulmarra Police Court

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 4

At the Ulmarra Court of Petty Sessions yesterday morning before Messrs J. R. Ashley and F. Hall Js.P., a hawker's and pedlar's license was…

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Valueless Cheque Drawn On Grafton Bank Youth Sentenced at Lismore

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 7

Several gaol sentences were imposed on James Lyons (19), described as a refrigeration engineer, by Mr. H. Hawkins, P.M., in the Lismore Police…

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Jap Version Assault On British "Incited the Attack." London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 5

Official quarters in London have received the details of the assaults on British police at Shanghai. They disclose that when Probationary…

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Demsey Inquest Verdict of Murder £40 From Two-Up Game Complaint Against Press Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 5

When the inquest into the death of John Thomas Demsey was concluded this afternoon, the Coroner returned a verdict of murder against the four…

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Bedside Court Manslaughter Charge Girl's Death at Ballina. Lismore

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 4

At a special court in the Ballina District Hospital this afternoon, Alan Holdsworth, known as Alan Nixon (19) of Ballina, was remanded by Mr. J. A…

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Pyjama Girl Mystery Albury Murder Body in Formalin Strange Story Expected Inquest After Three Years Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 5

Surprise was occasioned to-day by the announcement that an inquest would be opened at Albury next Tuesday. into the death of a girl, still…

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Arab Murder Police Dogs Lead To Arrest Archaeologist's Funeral. Jerusalem

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 January 1938 · page 5

Government officials, American and British scientists and many Arabs and Jews attended the funeral of Mr. J. L. Starkey, leader of the British…

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