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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1938

1,268 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 24 of 64

Six Months Imprisonment For Theft Hotel Grafton Arrest Long List of Convictions

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 May 1938 · page 2

Pleading guilty to charges of stealing a wristlet watch valued at £310, and a wedding ring valued at £15, the property of Jessie Gertrude Melling, of…

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£69,000 Bank Theft Alleged Brisbane Case Bail Fixed at £1600 BRISBANE

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 May 1938 · page 4

The sum of £69,000 was mentioned in Brisbane Court to-day in a case in which a bank official was charged with stealing…

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"Seeming Feud" Case Settled At Court Dundurrabin Dispute

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 May 1938 · page 2

Before Mr. J. McElroy, P. M., in the Grafton Court of Petty Sessions yesterday. George Baker, of Dundurrabin, proceeded against Harry Seymour, a…

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S. P. Betting Great Falling Off Sydney Police Active Hotelkeepers Meet To-day Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 May 1938 · page 4

Members of the police anti-betting squad are convinced there was a great falling off in illegal S. P. betting on Saturday as the result of the action…

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Petersham Seat Election Challenged Petition in Supreme Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 May 1938 · page 5

The election of Mr. Solomon (U A.P.) to the Petersham seat at the last State election has been challenged in a petition lodged in the Supreme Court on…

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S.P. Betting Police Warning Issued To Hotelkeepers Minster's Statement Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 May 1938 · page 5

The action taken by the police to suppress S.P. betting in hotels was not precipitate, but was decided upon only after full inquiry as to whether…

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Murder Theory. in Morundah Mystery Bullet Wounds In Bodies Fire to Hide the Crime? Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 May 1938 · page 4

As a result of further inquiries detectives probing the Morundah mystery, in which Mrs. Jane Marie Gash and her son were found dead, with bullet…

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12 Months' Gaol For Solicitor's Clerk Charge of Forgery. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 May 1938 · page 5

Ronald Hair[?] Flint, (28), [?] clerk, was to-day sentenced to 12 months imprisonment on a charge of having [?] to a [?]…

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Retirement? Commissioner of Police Health Reasons Reorganisation of Force Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 May 1938 · page 5

Following on the likely retirement of the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Mackay. the reorganisation of the police force in New South Wales…

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S. P. Betting Ban Sydney Police Satisfied Wireless in Hotels. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 May 1938 · page 5

Hotelkeepers abided by the motions of the U.L.V.A. last night, and to- day in many city and suburban hotels only a description of the races at Warwick…

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"Shortage of Police at Lismore."

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 May 1938 · page 4

"It is a deplorable state of affairs, said the president (Mr. R. Granger) at last meeting of the Lismore Chamber of Commerce, discussing what he…

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Police Set Vice Traps Attack on White Slavery in London

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 May 1938 · page 1

Attractively dressed women police are strolling casually along certain streets in South London --traps for the white slavers who infest the district…

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Police Chief To Be Examined By Board Question of Retirement. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 May 1938 · page 5

The Commissioner of Police (Mr. Mackay) will be examined by the Police Medical Board to-morrow afternoon…

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Harrow Headmaster Fined In Court No License for Dog. London, April 30

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 May 1938 · page 2

The headmaster of Harrow School. Mr. P. C. Vellacott, was this week fined 76 in the local Police Court for keeping a dog without a license. Two…

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Ten Years' Gaol for French Deserter. Paris

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 May 1938 · page 5

Denis Caron (51), who lived for 23 years in a cellar, after deserting the army in 1914, was court-martialled and sentenced to 10 years' gaol…

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Appeal Court South Grafton Assessments

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 May 1938 · page 4

A court for the hearing of appeals against the assessments for the South Grafton Municipal Council was held at the Grafton Courthouse yesterday…

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Police Chief Possible Appointment Not From Scotland Yard Board Examinee Mackay Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 May 1938 · page 5

From inquiries made in Government circles to-day it was learnt that it is not intended to draw on Scotand Yard to fill any vacancy that…

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New Bowling Green Police Paddock Site Deputation to Grafton Council Bowling Club's Application Supported

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 May 1938 · page 6

The proposal for the construction of an additional bowling green and clubhouse at Grafton on land adjoining the Memorial Park, and known as…

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War Marriage Tragic Story In Court Mind Affected by Misfortune Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 May 1938 · page 5

One of The Territorials who held back the Germans at Mens, and who later was decorated with the Miblars Medal by the Kmc. [?] Four…

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S.P. BETTING. Sydney Police Satisfied Hotelkeepers. Cd-operate. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 May 1938 · page 6

The president of the U.L.V.A., Mr. Connolly, and members of the police anti-betting squad are quite satisfied with the co-operative efforts of the…

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