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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1938

1,268 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 45 of 64

PAY £626 Or Go To Gaol Sales Tax Evasions. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 September 1938 · page 2

If George Oswald Thorpe, furniture manufacturer, fails to make arrangements to pay £626 within a month, he will be committed to prison for six…

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Police Station Attacked by Germans. Prague

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 September 1938 · page 5

A number of incidents are reported in various parts of Czecho-Slovakia. 'Seven Czechs and six police were injured at Carlsbad when a crowd of…

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Fatal Shooting Death at O.B.X. CREEK Cause Puzzles Police Accident Theory Probed

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 September 1938 · page 4

Police were puzzled last night by the circumstances connected with the death, said to be the result of a gunshot wound, of Albert Heinz, about…

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Magistrate's Warning

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 September 1938 · page 3

"We may not all agree with the law about drinking in hotels after hours but we must abide by it," said the Magistrate (Mr. M. E. Soane) at the…

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Maclean Police Court "Uproar" On The Hill Blacks and Liquor

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 September 1938 · page 3

Before local Justices at the Maclean Police Court on Tuesday last, George James, an aboriginal, was fined 10 for drunkenness and on a further charge…

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"Death Pact?" Farmer and His Wife Both Charged In Court Sequel to Car Crash Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 September 1938 · page 5

Reference to an alleged [?] pact" was made in the Supreme Court at Shepparton. to-day, when Robert Henry Morris (51), fanner, and his…

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Woman Charged Naval Rating's Death. Townsville

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 September 1938 · page 5

The hearing was continued at the police court to-day in the case in which Peggy Moore, 31, is charged with having wilfully murdered Douglas…

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Theft of Plan Three Years' Imprisonment. London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 September 1938 · page 5

Robinson Walker, 42, engineer, was sentenced lo three years' imprisonment for obtaining from Vickers. Armstrong works at Crayford a plan calculated to…

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Court Mourning for Late Prince Arthur. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 September 1938 · page 7

Court mourning has been ordered for two weeks from September 12, for the late Prince Arthur of Connaught. the Acting Governor-General, Lord…

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Inquest Delayed O.B.X. Creek Fatality Police Still Investigating

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 September 1938 · page 4

Grafton police officers are still making investigations into the death of Albert Hynes, who was found dead on the back verandah of Mr. and Mrs. O…

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Arson Alleged Court Refuses Bail "Two Asleep in Burning House." Blayney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 September 1938 · page 7

John Thomas Reed (32), monumental mason, appeared before the Chamber Magistrate to-day on two charges of having on September 10, maliciously…

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P.M.G. Funds Father and Son Shielded One Another Unusual Court Story Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 September 1938 · page 4

An unusual story was unfolded before Judge Stretton and a jury at Bendigo Court to-day, when Raymond Edward O'Connor, 33, postal…

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Murder Charge Woman Committed for Trial. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 September 1938 · page 3

On a charge of having murdered Douglas Johnstone, a naval rating, Peggy Moore, 21, to-day was committed for trial…

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Ten Years Two Men Sentenced Demands With Menaces Attack in House Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 September 1938 · page 3

Found guilty of having demanded money with menaces, and with having maliciously wounded two starting price men, Frederick Madden, 28, and…

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£3000 Theft Railway Guard Arrested. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Friday 16 September 1938 · page 1

Police to-day arrested Francis Walsh. 42, railway guard, and at Cloncurry Court charged him with stealing from a train between Cloncurry and…

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Stolen Bread From Roadside Boxes Two Men Sent to Gaol

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 16 September 1938 · page 4

Residents along Woolgoolga Road have been complaining to the police about parcels being stolen from roadside boxes after being left there by…

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Alleged Plot To Rob A Bank Two Men Charged. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 16 September 1938 · page 1

Bail of £100 was allowed Walter John Wheatley, 33 and William Herbert Jensen, 24, when they were remanded at Carlton Court to-day, charged with…

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Shot at Skull Hit Water Tank Youth Before Court

Daily Examiner · Friday 16 September 1938 · page 8

A warning against the danger of discharging firearms in or near the streets of the town was given by Mr. F. T. Scroope, P.M., in the Glen Innes Police…

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Shooting Charge Corbett Remanded Court Refuses Bail. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 16 September 1938 · page 1

John James Corbett, 27, was remanded at the Central Court to-day on two charges of shooting. It was alleged that he had…

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Move Court to Settle Coal Strike Miners And Owners Both Have Power Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Friday 16 September 1938 · page 4

The Premier, Mr. Forgan Smith, told Mr. T. Nimmo, in the Legislative Assembly to-day, that the Arbitration Court had power to move in the…

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