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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1938

1,268 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 3 of 64

Police Buildings at Casino

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 January 1938 · page 4

In reference to representations made to him concerning accommodation available at the local police station, the Premier, Mr. Stevens, in a letter to…

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YUGO-SLAV On Murder Charge "I Kill My Brother." Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 January 1938 · page 5

"I kill my brother. I must, Every day we fight. Cutting bread, he takes my knife away. I shoot him with gun. I show you."…

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Bathing Ban From 6 A.M. TO 8 P.M. In Force At Manly In 1902 Obsolete Police Regulation Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 January 1938 · page 5

Under a regulation of the Police Offences Act it is illegal for persons to bathe between 6 a.m. and 8 p.m., but the regulation is not now…

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Two Months for Car Theft

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 8

"I will accept your version that you were not the chief actor in this. I have already dealt with another man in connection with the same case, and…

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"Poisoned Fish" Farmer's Wife Charged Alleged Attempt To Kill "Wanted to Get Off Farm" Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 5

Annie Jensen, 60, appeared at the Bocnah Police Court to-day, on remand, charged with unlawfully attempting to kill her husband…

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Girl Murdered Battered With Stone? Body Found at Medlow Police Charge Man with Crime. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 5

The blood-bespattered body of June Clemenger (20), typist, employed at the Hydro Majestic Hotel, Medlow Bath, was found beneath a…

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Bacteria Murder Gang "Hooded Men" Plot to Kill Traitor "A Phial Of Bacteria" Police Informer's Story Paris

Daily Examiner · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 5

An unnamed member of the French secret society, the Cagoulards ("Hooded Men") told Surete officials to-day a startling story, since confirmed, of…

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Murder Charge Remand at Katoomba. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 4

On a charge of having murdered June Clemenger, 20, at Medlow Bath, yesterday Rowland Stewart Young. 24 was to-day remanded at the Katoomba…

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Vendetta? Bombing at Ingham Italian Baker's Murder "Buck Hand" Mentioned Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 5

Vincenzo Dagastino, 35, baker, died in the Ingham Hospital yesterday afternoon from the injuries he received when a bomb exploded…

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Tannery Fire Causes £30,000 Damage Sparks Threaten Police Station. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 4

A fire swept through the premises of Pizzey Pty., Ltd., tanners and leather merchants, in Wilmot street, city, early this morning. The damage is estimated…

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Farmer Shot at by Man with Rifle Escaped On Horseback Report to Police Lismore

Daily Examiner · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 4

Sergeant H. E. Snowden, of Lismore, is investigating a report that an attempt was made late yesterday to shoot a man in the Chelmsford…

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Store Entered South Grafton Burglary

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 3

F. R. Blood's store at South Grafton was entered by burglars between 1 p.m. on Saturday and 8.30 a.m. yesterday. Entry was made by forcing the back…

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Young Man Sentenced at Glen Innes

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 3

The alleged theft of two cars, one from a Sydney garage and one from a street in Glen Innes, had a sequel in the Glen Innes Police Court on Friday…

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Habitual Criminal License Revoked by Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 2

Frederick Rosedell, alias Rosedale, alias Richard George Smith, an habitual criminal, appeared before Mr. J. McElroy, P.M. in the Grafton Police Court…

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Breathless Moments (Copyright by Watkins Syndicate, Inc.) Murder in Arabia. (No. 15.)

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 8

Arabian officers bring the boy prisoner to the bar of justice. He is a lad of 17. The charge against him is murder; worse yet--matricide--the…

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Cagoulard Plot Ammunition And Arms Found by French Police. Paris

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 5

In an apartment near St. Lazare railway station the police found a stock of ammunition and equqipment sufficient for 500 men. It included 250…

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Murdered Child Hidden in Fernery While Police Searched Evidence at Inquest Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 5

Alfred Spicer, who is charged with the murder, was present today, when the inquest was opened at Windsor into the death of Marcia…

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"Shoot You" "If I Had A Gun" Young Man Before Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 2

"If I had a gun I would shoot you. you --" were the words alleged to have been used to a police constable by a young man who…

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Gaol Escapee Youth Outdistances Police. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 January 1938 · page 5

By scaling a fence and then an outer wall, 12 feet high, Gordon Orms (17), escaped from Pentridge gaol to-day. Warders refrained from firing,…

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Police Baffled by Pyjama Murder Coroner's Open Verdict Police Officers Praised Albury

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 January 1938 · page 5

An inquest was opened to-day into the death of the young woman whose body was found under a culvert in Howlong toad, near Albury, on…

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