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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1938

1,268 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 54 of 64

Police Wireless Jams Aerodrome Radio Evidence at Kyeema Inquiry. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 November 1938 · page 5

Giving evidence before the Kyeema inquiry to-day,, W. E. Lawnder Crick, radio operator at Essendon, said that interference from police radio could be…

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N.Z. Trade Unionists Decline Court Appointments. Wellington (N.z.)

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 November 1938 · page 5

It is understood that the refusal of two well known trade union men to accept the invitation of the New Zealand Government to take the position…

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Vic Richardson At Pie-Cart Party Police Court Sequel. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 November 1938 · page 6

When Victor York Richardson, former test cricketer, appeared at Adelaide Police Court to-day, on the adjourned charge of having refused to…

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Fraud Charge Man Sent to Gaol. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 November 1938 · page 6

Six months imprisonment was imposed upon Arthur Ramsay, 29, at Manly Court to-day for having unlawfully imposed upon Florence…

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Fan Dancer Fine Of 100 Dollars Assault on Photographers. Los Angeles

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 November 1938 · page 3

The fan dancer, Sally Rand, was fined 100 dollars for assaulting two candid camera enthusiasts. She was relieved when she was not sent to gaol…

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Murder Trial Shooting Of Sailor Woman Acquitted by Jury. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 November 1938 · page 6

A jury at Townsville Criminal Court to-day acquitted Peggy Moore, 31, who had been charged with the murder of Douglas Johnstone, seaman of H.M.A.S…

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Grafton Police The Early Records South Grafton Station in 1873

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 November 1938 · page 8

The following information, forwarded by Mr. E. J. Baldwin, secretary to the N.S.W. Police Department, Sydney, was received too. late for inclusion…

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Court Accommodation

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 11 November 1938 · page 2

"The lamentable neglect of the Government to provide reasonable court facilities for the growing town of Coffs Harbour and district was very…

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Assault Charge Ex-student for Trial. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 November 1938 · page 1

"I went mad to-night. I hit her on the head with a pump and crank handle." This statement, according to Edward…

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Talkies "A Slight Case of Murder."

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 November 1938 · page 2

The star presentation at the Garden Theatre to-night and at the Prince Edward on Saturday is the comedy drama, "A Slight Case of Murder,"…

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Alleged Contempt Solicitor Charged "Tampering with Witnesses." Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 November 1938 · page 5

Allegations of tampering with witnesses were made before the Full Court i to-day when Arthur Kennedy, solicitor, and his brother, C. S. Kennedy…

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15 Years Gaol Woman Attacked In Train Beaten with Water Bottle. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 November 1938 · page 5

A sentence of 15 years hard labor was imposed on William McKeown at the Quarter Sessions to-day when he was found guilty of having maliciously…

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District Court Verdict For Defendant Collision Near Bonville

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 11 November 1938 · page 2

In the District Court at Bellingen yesterday Alfred Louis Proust, District Surveyor, Grafton, was given a verdict in a case in which he was…

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A Hard Subject Metal in Court Transport Problem Created

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 11 November 1938 · page 1

So many samples of metal were produced before the Land Valuation Court at Coffs Harbour this week that it became a problem to the Judge and…

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Ulmarra Police Court

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 November 1938 · page 4

At the Ulmarra Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, Kelvin L. Albert (20). of Maclean, was charged before Mr. J. McElroy, P.M., with driving an…

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Girl's Death Woman Charged with Murder. Albury

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 November 1938 · page 5

Bail was refused Beatrice Chamberlain, 53, when she was remanded at Albury Court to-day on a charge of having murdered Isobel Thompson. 23…

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Two Months Married Man Sentenced

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 November 1938 · page 6

Alfred Bower, of Grafton, appeared, in the Grafton Police Court, before Mr. J. McElroy, P.M., yesterday, on a charge, under the Vagrancy Act, of wilful and…

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Release Ordered Bathurst Gaol Prisoner High Court Decision a Substituted Charge Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 November 1938 · page 5

The High Court to-day ordered the release from Bathurst gaol of Rod Hodges, 36, motor mechanic who has already served 10 months of a…

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Youth's Lapse. Stole From Motor Car Gaol for One Month

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 November 1938 · page 3

A Grafton youth, Garnet Percival Fernance, who got into trouble with the police here four years ago, was in the Police Court again yesterday morning…

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Shooting Tragedy Murder and Suicide. Tamworth

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 November 1938 · page 5

A verdict that George Edward Fogarty, 56, had murdered Rubena Harriet Sutton, 26, while he was mentally deranged, and had then shot himself, was…

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