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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1938

1,268 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 60 of 64

Dope Ring Melb. Police Raids Jap Seamen Involved Sale of Cocaine Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 December 1938 · page 5

The largest dope selling ring in Melbourne, in which Japanese seamen played the principal part, is believed to have been unearthed by…

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Sherry Murder Jenner to Lodge Appeal. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 December 1938 · page 5

Herbert Jenner. 22, who with Selwyn Wallace, 23, was convicted of the murder of Frederick William Sherry, and was sentenced to death, has…

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Mister "X" Adjournment Granted Full Court Application. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 December 1938 · page 5

When Mr. Maughan, K.C., to-day asked the Full Court for an adjournment of one week on the argument on the rule nisi against the solicitor known…

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Cobar Buffaloes Magistrate's Strong Comment Unlawful Assault Case. Cobar

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 December 1938 · page 5

"If we believe what we have been told, we must conclude that the Buffalo Society of Cobar is something undesirable that their meetings develop into…

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Gaol or the Scrap -Heap

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 December 1938 · page 10

Drivers who are brought before a Cleveland. Ohio (U.S.A.) judge on charges of intoxication, careless driving and driving unsafe cars are given the…

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Called "Police." Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 December 1938 · page 6

When the Minister for External Affairs, Mr. W. M. Hughes, was accosted by a man to whom he had previously refused to grant an…

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Court's Long Sitting

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 December 1938 · page 11

His Honor. Acting Judge Bryan Fuller, on Wednesday at Lismore presided over a sitting of the Quarter Sessions and District Court for more…

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Case Dismissed Council Prosecution Technicality of Act Magistrate Disallows Costs

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 December 1938 · page 9

The case brought by the Grafton City Council against Arthur Francis Robinson that a closet on premises occupied by defendant at 169 Prince…

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Chimney Sweep Double Murder Charge. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 December 1938 · page 5

On a charge of having murdered Annie Constance Wiseman, 62. and her piece. Phyllis Wiseman, 17. at Glenroy, on November 12, George Green, 42,…

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£43 in Fines Quarry Owner In Court Paid Employees £1 TO £2 Short. Gosford

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 December 1938 · page 4

Charles Edward Gaites, quarry proprietor. of Gosford was convicted at Gosford Police Court to -day, for having failed to pay minimum wages…

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Brisbane Mystery Police at Dead- End. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 December 1938 · page 5

Police have made little progress in their inquiries into the disappearance of Miss Marjorie Norval, State public service typist, oh the night of…

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Wanted More Gaol Man's Reqeust to Court Caretaker Assaulted

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 13 December 1938 · page 3

"Can't you give us 20 days?" asked a defendant on behalf of his mate and himself at Coffs Harbour Police Court of a local Bench yesterday…

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Store Entered Burglary at Wauchope. Wauchope

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 December 1938 · page 2

The general store, J. H. Hanington, in High street, Wauchope, was broken into by burglars last night. Access was gained by breaking the locks on the…

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To Repay £500 Bank Clerk Sentenced Fraudulent Conversion. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 December 1938 · page 5

Stanley Charles, Strout. 34, bankteller, was sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment at the Quarter Sessions today…

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Court of Petty Sessions

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 December 1938 · page 4

Harold Yuke appeared in the Court of Petty Sessions, Grafton, yesterday, before Messrs. C. H. Blackmore and A. R. Taylor, J.'s P., charged with being an…

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Assault Case Defendants Fined £5 Shed Inspector Attacked. Coff' S Harbor

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 December 1938 · page 2

In the Coff' s Harbor Police Court today before Messrs. C. Walker and J. Sawyer, J.'sP., Warren. Ryan (20), and George. Harvey (20), were each fined…

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Roulette Party Raid By Police Men and Women Plead Guilty. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 December 1938 · page 5

Twenty -five fashionably dressed men and women appeared in the Paddington Court to-day following a raid early on Sunday morning on a roulette party…

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Hopman' S Comment Tennis Court Demeanor Quist And Bromwich Both Severely Criticised Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 December 1938 · page 4

Adverse comment on the display given by the Davis Cup pair, AdrianQuist and John Bromwich, in their match against Leftley and…

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"Take a Dive" Jamaican Boxer Story In Court Case Claim for £139 Against Manager Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 December 1938 · page 5

The allegation that he had been told to "take a dive" in his fight against Ron Richards, at Leichhardt Stadium, was made by the Jamaican…

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Wife's Death Husband Charged with Murder. Wellington (N. Z.)

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 December 1938 · page 5

David Grace, 42, has been arrested on a charge of murder, following the death of his wife, Matekina Grace, 32, a Maori woman. She died in Gisborne…

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