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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1938

1,268 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 7 of 64

Spy Story at Bow Street Court "Prepared To Be Traitor" Charge Against Four Men London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 February 1938 · page 5

A story as dramatic as an Oppenheim novel was unfolded at Bow street Court when Percy Glading (45) Albert Williams (39), George Womack…

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Paralysis Contact Fined In Queensland Magistrate's Warning. Townsville

Daily Examiner · Monday 7 February 1938 · page 6

The first prosecution under the special regulations for the checking of infantile paralysis took place in the Magistrate's Court this morning…

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Gaol Escapee Rearrested At Perth Detectives Surround House. Perth

Daily Examiner · Monday 7 February 1938 · page 2

After surrounding a house in EasPerth last evening and watching it to several hours, a large squad of detectives, at 1.45 a.m., arrested Arthu…

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Police Powers Chief Justice Trenchant Liberty Of The Subject a Priceless Possession London

Daily Examiner · Monday 7 February 1938 · page 5

A special jury in the King's Bench to-day awarded £300 damages to J. P. S. Ludlow, an actor, in an action in which he claimed damages from…

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Increase Penalty Magistrate's Warning Expired Number-plates

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 February 1938 · page 1

A warning was issued by Mr. J. McElroy, P.M., in the Grafton Court of Petty Sessions yesterday that he proposed to increase the fines in the case…

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Assault Case Altercation At Hotel Defendant Convicted

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 February 1938 · page 8

Arising out of an altercation at the Lawrence Hotel on January 6, Edward John Whitby charged Cecil Albert Lovell Ditton with alleged…

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Public Must Lose Betting On Dogs Magistrate's Comment. Lismore

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 February 1938 · page 3

Frank Goodwin (30) pleaded guilty at Lismore Police Court to-day to a charge of having attempted to steal £1 and three betting tickets…

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Four Sentenced Thefts Of Motor Cars Breaking Into Garages. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 February 1938 · page 5

Four men who, according to the police, had been concerned in the theft of motor cars arid in breaking and entering garages and stores between…

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Two Cases Special Licensing Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 February 1938 · page 3

Two cases were heard before Mr. J. McElroy, P.M., in the Special Licensing Court, Grafton, yesterday morning. An order was granted for the…

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Baths Question Proposed Swimming Pool Letter From Police Department

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 February 1938 · page 6

Interest in the baths question was revived at the meeting of the Grafton City Council last night when the correspondence included a letter from the…

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FINED £2 Thieft Of Trousers Grafton Police Action Identification Queried

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 February 1938 · page 2

Convicted for stealing one pair of grey trousers, the property of Leonard William Lund, valued at £16, Edward John Whitby, of Lawrence,…

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Prisoner's Dash Tried to Escape on Way to Gaol

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 February 1938 · page 2

Shipping a hand from his handcuffs, one of six prisoners tried to escape from a Newcastle police escort of three while travelling by train to Maitland…

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Legal Rights A.B.C. Public Concerts Challenge in High Court. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 February 1938 · page 6

Important points involving the question whether the Australian Broadcasting Commission is within its legal rights in staging public concerts and charging…

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Fined 5 for "Murder."

Daily Examiner · Thursday 10 February 1938 · page 6

A man who gave himself up to the Cessnock police on Saturday night, explaining that he had killed someone was fined 5 or the rising of the court…

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Ulmarra Valuation Court

Daily Examiner · Thursday 10 February 1938 · page 3

A Valuation Court was held before Mr. J. McElroy, P.M., at the Ulmarra Police Court yesterday morning, when Mr. F. A. Blanch and Miss E. M…

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"Bouquet" for Police

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 February 1938 · page 11

After having been remanded to appear at Lithgow Police Court on a charge of conspiracy, a man at Newcastle Police Court told the Magistrate…

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Maclean Petty Sessions Court Cases

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 February 1938 · page 8

At the Maclean Police Court on Thursday, before Mr. J. McElroy, P.M., John Heseltine Clayborough, 28, was charged that on February 8, at Yamba,…

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Straying Stock Change of Control Sought Clarence Councils Confer Hand Power to Police

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 February 1938 · page 2

A conference of representatives of Clarence River local government bodies yesterday decided to make application to the Chief Secretary's…

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Microbe Murders Planned for Franco French Police Allegation Spanish Marquis Arrested London

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 February 1938 · page 5

The "Telegraph's" Paris correspondent says the Surete Nationale alleged that the Marquis de Portago, a friend of ex-King Alfonso, who was…

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Theft of Soap Two Men Fined £7

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 February 1938 · page 8

Charges of stealing a case of soap belonging to Leo Grafton Zietsch, valued at £1136, were preferred against Thomas Smart and Robert…

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