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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1939

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Lollback Estate Equity Court Case Daughters' Successful Application Legacies From Mother's Will

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 April 1939 · page 4

In the Equity Court on Friday, April 14, before his Honor Mr. Justice Nicholas, application was made by Helena Starr and Hannah Margaret…

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Bones Case McKAY and Talbot Before Auckland Court Sensational Evidence Auckland

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 April 1939 · page 5

Gordon Robert McKay, 43, and James Arthur Talbot appeared at Auckland Police Court to-day, on charges arising out of the finding of…

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Murder Charge Narromine Mystery Laborer Remanded at Dubbo Dubbo

Daily Examiner · Thursday 20 April 1939 · page 5

Albert Andrew Moss, 60, laborer, was remanded at the Police Court today, on a charge of having feloniously, and maliciously slain Thomas…

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S.W. AFRICA 8000 Ahmed Germans Trouble Expected Police with Machine Guns 300 Sent to Keep Order. Capetown

Daily Examiner · Thursday 20 April 1939 · page 5

The movement of 300 armed police with machine guns in a special train to Windhoek and the introduction to-morrow of a Bill incorporating…

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£500 DAMAGES Cricket Official's Arrest Wrongfully Charged with Theft. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 21 April 1939 · page 4

By direction of Mr. Justice Owen, in the Supreme Court to-day a jury found in favor of the plaintiff against the secretary of the New South Wales…

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"Below Standard" Grafton District Hotels Sydney Magistrate's Views Licensing Court Sittings

Daily Examiner · Friday 21 April 1939 · page 11

"The hotels of Grafton are considerably below what one could expect from a town of its importance," said Mr. J. W. Laidlaw, chairman of the…

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Murder Charge Jury Disagrees. Cairns

Daily Examiner · Friday 21 April 1939 · page 3

The jury in the case in which Peter Moran, or Peter Vungeboy (52), is charged with having murdered Johnny Martin in a blacks' camp near Violanda…

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Hotel Melee Bodily Harm Charge Maclean Assault Case Accused Acquitted

Daily Examiner · Friday 21 April 1939 · page 8

Arising from a melee at the Maclean Hotel on Christmas Eve last John Edward Lollback was presented for trial at the Grafton Quarter Sessions,…

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Gaol for Musician Truda Conspiracy Case Companions Bound Over. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 21 April 1939 · page 4

Nicola Truda (58), musician; Nicola Romeo Truda (21), salesman, and Ellen Matilda Griffiths (46) were convicted at the Quarter Sessions to-day on…

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Tobacco Stealing Gang. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 22 April 1939 · page 5

An unattended motor van containing £400 worth of tobacco, cigarettes and razor blades was stolen to-day from Darlinghurst…

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Court Scene Life Sentence For Murder Prisoner and Judge. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Saturday 22 April 1939 · page 5

After being sentenced to imprisonment for life with hard labor for the murder of Miriam Walters, otherwise Marie Bruno, in an unoccupied…

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Missing Shotgun Charge Of Theft Case From Lawrence

Daily Examiner · Saturday 22 April 1939 · page 6

Pleading not guilty, Edward John Whitby, a young man, appeared for trial at the Grafton Quarter Sessions, yesterday, before his Honor Judge…

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Death Sentences Taree Murder Appeals Both Fail. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 22 April 1939 · page 5

The Full Court of Criminal Appeal to-day dismissed the appeals of Harold Perce Smith and Matilda Edwards against their conviction and sentence of…

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District Court Moratorium Act Payment by Instalments

Daily Examiner · Saturday 22 April 1939 · page 6

In the Grafton District Court yesterday, before his Honor Judge Edwards, an application was made by Beatrice Alice Turner. of Woolgoolga, omnibus…

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Nine Arrests Scrimmages With Police Unemployed Demonstration. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 22 April 1939 · page 5

A mass demonstration against unemployment at Parramatta to-night resulted in the arrest of nine persons. They were charged with taking part…

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Spy Danger Fingerprints For Aliens S.A. Police Recommendation. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Saturday 22 April 1939 · page 5

In a report on aliens, which he has made to the Premier, the Commissioner of Police (Brigadier-General Leane) recommends that each alien, on arrival…

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South-west Africa Sufficient Police Sent 200 Others Disbanded. Capetown

Daily Examiner · Saturday 22 April 1939 · page 5

Speaking on the second reading of the South-West Police Incorporation Bill, in the House of Assembly, the Prime Minister, Mr. Hertzog, said: "We…

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Police Reservists Remarkable Response. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 24 April 1939 · page 6

A remarkable response has been made to the police call for reservists for duty in times of emergency. In less than a fortnight over 4000 applications have…

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District Court To-day's Sitting List of Cases

Daily Examiner · Monday 24 April 1939 · page 3

His Honor Judge Edwards last week dealt with a lengthy fist of cases in the Quarter Sessions, and it is many years since such a number of cases were…

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Murder Charge Three Shot Dead Young Man With Gun Shocking Tragedy in Tasmania Hobart

Daily Examiner · Monday 24 April 1939 · page 5

A man armed with a gun was responsible for three deaths at Grass Tree Hill, near Richmond, to-day. He was arrested and charged with…

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