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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1938

1,268 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 21 of 64

Murder Trial Shooting Of Night Officer Three Youths Charged. Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 May 1938 · page 5

An allegation that the crime was cob and deliberate made was made in Maitland Circuit Court to-day by the Crown Prosecutor. Mr. Crawford. KC…

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Work at 30 a Week Grafton Court Sidelight

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 May 1938 · page 4

A young man who had been fined 10 and ordered to pay 8 costs of court on a charge of riding a bicycle abreast of another bicycle, at Grafton…

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Police Hoax Plane Crash Story Dat and Night Search. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 May 1938 · page 5

According to a statement made before Judge Barton at the Bathurst Quarter Sessions to-day. Patrick Colless 16. after telling the police a fictitious…

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Maintenance Orders Full Court's Ruling "Strict Inquiry and Search." Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 May 1938 · page 4

The Full Court to-day held that the Magistrate had no jurisdiction to make maintenance orders against Francis Gaven-Lock because a strict inquiry…

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Riding Abreast Grafton Court Charges Fines Totalling £156 Imposed Complaints From Motorists

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 May 1938 · page 2

Nine charges of breaches of the traffic regulations by bicycle riders were heard in the Grafton Police Court yesterday before Mr. J…

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Dismissed Police Appeal High Court Judgment S.P. Inquiry Sequel Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 May 1938 · page 5

The Full High Court to-day unanimously dismissed with costs the appeal of Ernest Harold Fletcher, one of 13 policemen who had been…

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Three Years' Gaol Bathurst Shooting Case. Bathurst

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 May 1938 · page 4

Three years' imprisonment was imposed upon John Firkin, 27, at Bathurst Quarter Sessions to-day for having fired at Caleb O'Neill, with intent…

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Ulmarra Court Fines for Possessing Wild Ducks. Ulmarra

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 May 1938 · page 4

Before Mr. J. McElroy, P.M., at the Ulmarra Court of Petty Sessions to-day, John Edward Lollback was charged with driving a motor vehicle…

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Test Case Wages Tax Collections Federal Awards Exempt? Question for High Court Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 May 1938 · page 5

A case ill which the mode of collection of about £2,500,000 annually of State revenue is involved, was heard before the Full High Court…

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Six Months' Gaol Theft At Byren Bay Man Sentenced at Maclean

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 May 1938 · page 1

With several aliases and long list of previous convictions. George Williams aged 46, made his second appearance at the Maclean Police Court yesterday…

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Murder Charge Victim's Husband Before Court Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 May 1938 · page 1

Charged with having murdered his wife. Thomas William Loe, 40, laborer, of Mooroopna, was to-day remanded to Melbourne from Shepparton Court…

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FLOGGINGS Or Gaol Sentences for Aborigines at Darwin. Darwin

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 May 1938 · page 4

The Minister for the Interior. Mr. McEwen. has asked Judge Wells for a detailed report with regard to his court statement in Which he advocated the…

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Wages Tax Case High Court Decision Reserved. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 May 1938 · page 3

Judgment was reserved by the High Court to-day on an appeal from the decision of Mr. Harris, S.M. who held that wages tax was not deductable by…

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Railway Employee Claim For Salary High Court Decision. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 May 1938 · page 4

In a unanimous verdict to-day. the High Court upheld the claim of the Commissioner of Railway that an employee. found guilt of simple larceny…

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"Hot" Music Brought Police

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 May 1938 · page 4

A tenant in the Corona Buildings, 275 Hunter street, Newcastle, telephoned Newcastle police on Tuesday afternoon to inform them that a strong smell of…

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New York Murder Horror. New York

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 May 1938 · page 5

Following the arrest of Mrs. Mary Eleanor Smith (739, and her son, Decasto Earl Mayer (42), the woman confessed that the latter had killed…

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Forgery Charges South Coast Agent Pathetic Court Scene. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 May 1938 · page 5

A Pathetic serve Was witnessed as the Quarter Sessions to-day. when Arthur compared to sentenced to the [?] impressment and…

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Court Question Stinkwort Or bluebell? Sale of a Property. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 May 1938 · page 4

An action between Stephen Mai one and Arthur Gurney over Hie proposed sale of property for 14800 was concluded in the Equity Court to-day by…

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Indian Fined Tweed Heads Court Case. Tweed Heads

Daily Examiner · Monday 9 May 1938 · page 4

In the Tweed Heads Police Court Charlie B[?] an Indian, was changed with having in his possession one set of scale, two mattocks and a garden fork…

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Clash with Police Communists In Sydney Objection to Von Luckner. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 9 May 1938 · page 5

Several hundred Communists, bearing calico signs labelled "Keep out von Luckner" and "We don't want Fascism here." paraded the city streets to-night…

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