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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1938

1,268 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 37 of 64

Goya Henry Air Navigation Act Application to High Court Allged Breaches of Regulations

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 July 1938 · page 2

As briefly announced in yesterday's issue an application was made on befall of Henry Goya Henry, before Mr. justice Rich, of the High Court, in…

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Poker Mach[?] by Police

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 July 1938 · page 7

Several poker machines. valued at £560. were destroyed by police at the rear of Newcastle police station this week. They had been confiscated in…

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Brutal Assault Man and Wife in Hospital Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 July 1938 · page 3

After brutally attacking George Henry Jobson, 65, and his Wife, Edith Annie Jobson, 57, with an iron bar, at their shop at Bexley to-night, an…

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Strange Cigarettes Woman Tells Police

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 July 1938 · page 7

Following the purchase within a week of two packets of cigarettes, obviously tampered with. a young Brisbane woman has considered her…

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Murder Charge Warrawong Shooting Evidence at Inquest. Wollongong

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 July 1938 · page 3

Allegations that Louis Wells Luckins had previously threatened to kill several people, and that he was a desperate and violently tempered man…

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Stolen Jewellery Returned To Police Indian Doctor's Property, Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 July 1938 · page 3

Jewellery valued at more than £4000, which was lost by the wife of Dr. Shamkur Ramohandra Joglekar, of Bombay, has been returned to the…

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Police Action Alleged Sale of Liquor Without License

Daily Examiner · Monday 25 July 1938 · page 4

Grafton police made a raid at Nana Glen Rail on Friday night while a dance was in progress at that township. A man was arrested and brought to…

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£40 Fine Imposed Illegal Sale Of Liquor Country Storekeeper Charged Police Raid on Premises

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 July 1938 · page 7

The story of a police raid on premises at Nana Glen Rail where liquor was being sold without a license on Friday night, while a dance was in…

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Arsenic in Pastry Attempted Murder Charge Wife In Hospital Husband Before Court Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 July 1938 · page 5

The herring commenced at the Central Police Court to-day of a charge against Joseph Camilleri, 33. a Maltess poultry former, of…

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In Sorry State Woman Sent to Gaol

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 July 1938 · page 7

A middle-aged woman who had giver her name as Elsie Paule. pleaded guilty to a charge of being found drunk in Zietsch's lane. South Grafton, when she…

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Small Debts Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 July 1938 · page 4

In the Grafton Small Debts Court yesterday, before Mr. J. McElroy, P.M., an order for payment out of court was made in the matter of Thomas Parker,…

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Court Day Changed

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 26 July 1938 · page 2

The Police Magistrate's monthly visit and regular monthly court at Coffs Harbour has been changed to the Friday after the second. Monday…

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Dollfuss Murder Celebrated in Vienna. Vienna

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 July 1938 · page 5

The city is celebrating a day of national pride to commemorate the assassination of the Chancellor, Br. Dollfuss, replacing the memorial Masses in…

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Solicitor Arrested Charged At Coff's Harbor Remand on £200 BAIL

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 July 1938 · page 4

COFF'S HARBOR. Monday. Al the Coff's Harbor Police Court today. Sidney Forrest Fowler. 33. solicitor. of Coff's Harbor, appeared before…

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PERTHSHIRE Blamed For Collision Marine Court Decision. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 July 1938 · page 4

The Commonwealth Court of Marine Inquiry to-day and that the foreigner Perunshare was to blame for the…

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Betting Raids by Sydney Police Heavy Fines At Lismore Three Hen Plead Guilty Lismore

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 July 1938 · page 4

Raids in Lismore on Saturday afternoon by Sydney and Lismore police bad a sequel at Lismore Police Court to-day, when three men pleaded guilty…

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Poisoned Grass On School Tennis Court No Danger to Children South Grafton Council Discussion

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 July 1938 · page 1

In a discussion at last night's meeting of South Grafton Council it was pointed out that in the recent case of a cow being poisoned by arsenic…

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Infant's Death Mother Sentenced for Manslaughter. Wellington (N.z.)

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 27 July 1938 · page 5

Saying that it was a pitiable case. Judge Fair. at Auckland Supreme Court. sentenced Hazel Frances Evans (21). to three years reformative…

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Gaol for Bigamy "A[?] Was a Criminal" Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 27 July 1938 · page 2

[?] un[?]sonment Royden Joseph Will[?] at the [?] charge of…

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Constables on Assault Charge Complainant Awarded Damages. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 July 1938 · page 2

Herbert Leonard Cairns was awarded 75 at the Ipswich Circuit Court to- day from Constable Vincent James Donohue and Constable Douglas…

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