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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1938

1,268 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 8 of 64

Traffic Education As Preventive of Accidents Police Commissioner's Plan Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 February 1938 · page 4

Novel means of impressing upon people the necessity of obeying the traffic regulations in their entirety are to be employed by the police…

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"Selling Shares" Man Before Court Alleged False Pretences Remand to Condobolin

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 February 1938 · page 8

Charged with having obtained, allegedly by false pretences, the sum of £150 from Alfred Harfield Gavel, of Condobolin, on July 20, 1937,…

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Mr. Lang Hurls "Bombshell" "Labor Daily" Lang Demands Idemnity Unions Meet Debenture Equity Court Action Likely Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 February 1938 · page 5

The full amount necessary to liquidate the debenture held by Mr. J. T. Lang over the "Labor Daily" was to-day oversubscribed…

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Collision Sequel Motorist Sent to Gaol. Perth

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 February 1938 · page 4

A sequel to a fatal head-on collision between a motor cycle and a motor car, at Welshpool, near Perth, on November 22, was the sentencing of the…

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Man Fined Drunk, Language, Resisting South Grafton Incidents Remanded on Assault Charge

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 February 1938 · page 4

Edgar Peter Ellem, 35, a recent arrival from Sydney, stated by the police to be interested in dog racing, was fined a total of £810 at…

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Rough Wrestling Manager Thrown Out Of Ring Brisbane Police Threaten Arrest. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 February 1938 · page 2

Police threatened to arrest George O'Brien in his wrestling match against Ted Pickrang, at the Bohemia Stadium, on Saturday night. The…

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Ulmarra Police Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 February 1938 · page 7

Before Mr. F. Hall. J.P., at the Ulmarra Police Court on Saturday morning, Robert Handson, aged 56, and Harry Marchant, aged 44, were charged…

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Apology Made South Grafton Assault Case Withdrawn

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 February 1938 · page 6

When Mr. C. M. Pollack (Collins and Pollack) announced on behalf of his client, Mr. Robert C. Davison, in the Grafton Court of Petty Sessions…

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Two Cars Stolen Recovered by Police

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 February 1938 · page 4

The car belonging to Mr. Walter Smith, which was taken from in front of the Tattersall's Hotel, South Grafton, on Saturday night was found by…

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New Trial Murder Verdict Challenged Queensland Case. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 16 February 1938 · page 5

The Full Court to-day unanimously upheld the appeal of Harold Thomas Mullen against conviction of the murder of Ernest Henry Brown, on May…

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Two Dead Murder and Suicide Colored Men Quarrel Missionary's Heroism Murwillumbah

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 16 February 1938 · page 6

How William Yettica, a colored man sacrificed his life to prevent Christopher Walker, another colored man from shooting his wife at Fingal…

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New Clue Pyjama Girl Murder Victim From Glen Innes Striking Resemblance Glen Innes

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 16 February 1938 · page 5

Three members of one family are understood to have expressed the definite opinion that photographs and drawings of the Albury pyjama girl…

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Austria Nazi Opposition Ultimatum From Hitler Control of Austrian Police London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 16 February 1938 · page 5

Austria is still on tenterhooks to know the result of the Hitler-Schuschnigg interview, states . "The Times" Vienna correspondent…

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"Labor Daily" Bank Finds Money To Redeem Debenture Court Grants Injunction Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 16 February 1938 · page 5

An ex parte injunction restraining John Thomas Lang and Norman McCauley from exercising the power of sale under the debenture on the…

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Theft of Tobacco

Daily Examiner · Thursday 17 February 1938 · page 4

After a lapse of several months, there was a recurrence of tobacco thieving at Newcastle over the weekend. Tobacco and cigarettes, valued…

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Italian Sailor On Visiting Warship Alleged Assault on Taxi Driver. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 17 February 1938 · page 4

Otlavid Frigo Orlando, Italian taxi driver, reported to the police last night that a sailor aboard the Italian cruiser, [?]aimondo Montecuccoli, had struck him…

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No More Bodies From Rodney Disaster Police Continue Search. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 17 February 1938 · page 5

Water police to-day searched the harbor bed for hours without success for the recovery of any bodies which may have floated away from the…

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Two Girls Convicted of Murder. New York

Daily Examiner · Friday 18 February 1938 · page 5

Ethel Strouse, 20, and Genevieve Owens, 17, were to-day convicted of the murder of a bus driver, whom they robbed, and will be sentenced to life…

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Small Debts Court Coffs Harbour Cases

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 18 February 1938 · page 1

In the Small Debts Court at Coffs Harbour on Wednesday last, before Mr. J. McElroy, P.M., Al[?]red Kingstone, of Sawtell, was ordered to pay…

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Truck Detained Court Orders Delivery Case From Bonville

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 18 February 1938 · page 1

At Coffs Harbour Police Court on Wednesday John Auld, of Bonville, sued George Missingham, a farmeneighbour, now of Sydney, for the…

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