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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1939

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CZECHO-SLOVAKIA German Police Chief Murdered Sixty Czechs Arrested. Prague

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 June 1939 · page 5

As a sequel to the murder at Kladno of the German Chief of Police. Herr Wilhelm Nkiest, whose bullet-riddled body was found last night, a rigorous…

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German Shot Dead by Polish Frontier Police. Berlin

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 June 1939 · page 5

The official Nazi newsagency reports that Polish frontier police shot dead a .German, Erwin Inbetski, 22, near Tarnowitz,' Who was attempting to reach…

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Court Story Armed Hold-up Charge Committed For Trial Laurieton Robbery

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 June 1939 · page 4

In the Kempsey Police Court the before Mr .R. Solling, P.M. Alan Roy Brown a youth, was committed .for trial at Kempsey Quarter Sessions…

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Remorse Follows Theft

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 June 1939 · page 8

Seized with remorse after breaking into a factory at Glebe, Michael Paxton, 28, jeweller, gave himself up to the police. The Crown Prosecutor,…

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Hut Murder No Clue To Identity Police Trace 3000 Men. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 June 1939 · page 5

Although police have been unable to identify the body of the young man who was murdered in a hut near Dumosa, three months ago, they have…

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Police Transfers

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 June 1939 · page 4

The following police transfers have been annonced:-Sergeant McLean, from Maclean to Coonamble, to be succeeded by Sergeant Facer from…

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Buried Suitcase Found By Police Search for Missing Men. Dubbo

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 June 1939 · page 5

Detectives who for months have been investigating the disappearance of several men, continued their search during the week-end and located a…

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Taxi Murder Sydney Youth Charged Detective Tells Story "Wanted to Get Back Home" Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 June 1939 · page 5

Events leading to the arrest of Derwent Arkiristall, 18, and the subsequent charging of him ' with the murder of Howard ' Chambers, a…

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Reduce Crime Discipline of Youth Police Chiefs View Conference of Police Assn. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 June 1939 · page 5

The Commissioner of Police (Mr. . J. W. Mackay) told the annual conference of the Police Association to day that the only way to reduce,…

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Woman Charged "Attempting To Kill Husband" Woke Up with Throat Cut. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 June 1939 · page 5

At Ipswich Police Court to-day Fanny Nairn, 46, was charged with attempting, to kill her husband, Alfred James Nairn, on May 2…

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Mother's Claim Daughter's £10,000 Estate Left to Man Acquitted of Murder. Charleville

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 June 1939 · page 5

Before Mr. Justice Philp and a jury to-day. Isabella Allen, mother of the late Mrs. Margaret Roche, for whose death Edwin Claude Helton was tried…

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Maltese Charged Gelignite Bomb Under House Police Oppose Bail. Mackay

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 June 1939 · page 5

A home-made bomb, containing three plugs of gelignite, was found under a house in North Mackay last night, according to the police in evidence…

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Serious Charge Alleged Assault On Woman Two Men Remanded. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 June 1939 · page 5

Stanley Gordon Wilks, 26, and Henry Austin Hunter, 24, described as drivers, were remanded until June 28, at the Newtown Court to-day, on a charge of…

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Voluntary Accused's Statement Taxi Murder Case Evidence by Detective Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 June 1939 · page 5

A denial that he had dictated the statement alleged to have been made voluntarily by the defendant, was given by Detective Stolz at the police…

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Tientsin "Situation Is Serious" Blockade Of Concession Over Murder of Chinese London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 June 1939 · page 5

"The situation is serious, but negotiations are still proceeding and it is hoped a settlement can be reached," declared the…

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Petrol Burns Dies In Hospital Alleged Confession to Police Cairns

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 June 1939 · page 5

Arhur Benjamin cohan. 45, died in hospital this morning from se[?] burns. Police who have been seeking th reason for the firing of four…

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Condemned Promotion System Police Delegates Caustic Cood Countrymen Overlooked Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 June 1939 · page 5

The promotion system in the New South Wales police force was vigorously condemned by delegates to the Police Association's conference…

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Poker Machine Gaining House Charge Police Demonstration in Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 16 June 1939 · page 5

During the hearing of a case in the Central Police Court to-day a policeman gave a demonstration of the working of a poker machine to prove his…

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Court of Petty Sessions

Daily Examiner · Friday 16 June 1939 · page 4

In the Grafton Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, before Messrs. C. H. Blackmore and E. M. Farmer, J.'sP., a charge was brought against Edgar…

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Gaol and Fine Italian Steel Magnates Charges of Fraud. Rome

Daily Examiner · Friday 16 June 1939 · page 5

The iron and steel industrialist. Silvio Ceretti, his son and brother, were each sentenced to five years' imprisonment, in addition to a collective…

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