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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1939

1,129 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 34 of 57

Rabbit Charges Grafton Court Cases Adjourned Until

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 June 1939 · page 2

A case in which there is likely to be considerable local interest will be dealt with in the Grafton Court of Petty Sessions on Thursday morning…

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Outside Ring Wrestlers Were Fighting When Police Stopped Contest Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 June 1939 · page 7

Pat Fraley, 16.6, was disqualified in the seventh round in a wrestling bout with Andy Moen, 16.9, at Rushcutters Bay Stadium to-night, following police…

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Traffic Breaches Glaring Headlights "Cause of Many Accidents" Fines in Grafton Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 June 1939 · page 2

Glaring headlights, cutting corners, faulty brakes and faulty tyres were traffic breaches which resulted in several drivers being fined in the…

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2000 Police "Color" in Title Fight Louis And Galento Necro Section Near Stadium New York

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 28 June 1939 · page 5

Anticipating that the Louis-Galento fight on Wednesday night will be rough, police are assigning 2000 extra men and many mounted police to the…

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Seven Years for Armed Robbery Youths Before Court "Wife Forced to Assist" Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 28 June 1939 · page 5

Heavy sentences were imposed on two youths, one of whom is married at Darlinghurst Sessions to-day, when they were found guilty of armed…

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Ulmarra Police Court Charge of Stealing Bicycle

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 June 1939 · page 4

At the Ulmarra Court of Petty Sessions yesterday afternoon before Messrs. F. Hall and J. R. Ashley, J.'sP., Arthur Lovell Fisher, single…

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Alleged Assault Young Woman's Story Two Men on Criminal Charge. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 June 1939 · page 5

An allegation that she was criminally assaulted by Stanley Gordon Wilks, 26, and Henry Austin Hunter, 24, on the night of June 10, was made by…

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Farmer Goes to Gaol

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 30 June 1939 · page 3

A Kyogle press message states that a well-dressed dairy farmer, who objected to paying a fine imposed on him by the Police…

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Helped Constable But Went To Gaol N.Z. Court Case. Wellington (N.z.)

Daily Examiner · Friday 30 June 1939 · page 5

A sentence of six months' imprisonment was imposed on a prisoner on a charge of false pretences at Hamilton Court, despite his remarkable behavior…

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Still Ill Grafton Magistrate Cases Adjourned Again

Daily Examiner · Friday 30 June 1939 · page 4

Owing to the continued illness of the Police Magistrate (Mr. A. J. Bryant), all adjourned cases listed for hearing in the Grafton Court of Petty…

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Wife Wounded Husband on Attempted Murder Charge. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Friday 30 June 1939 · page 5

When Gordon Malcolm Field Roberts, 33, came before the Police Court today, on a charge of attempted murder, it was stated that the defendant's wife,…

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Hernani Hold-up Man Charged At Armidale Two Dorrigo Allegations. Armidale

Daily Examiner · Friday 30 June 1939 · page 4

Following a month's investigations of the recent sensational hold-up at Hernani Post Office when, it was alleged, the postmaster, Mr. Clifton, and…

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20 Years Gaol For I.R.A. Bombers Four Sentenced at Old Bailey. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 July 1939 · page 5

Timothy Murray, 19, Patrick Dower, 21, Gerard Bradford, 24, and Patrick McAleer, 27, all members of the Irish Republican Army, were each sentenced…

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Motor Car Tyre in Court

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 July 1939 · page 3

Police Magistrate Mr. J. McElroy, is mechanically minded. At the Murwillumbah Court on Wednesday a witness explained the composition of a motor…

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Prisoner Released From Long Bay Gaol Sentence Reduced From 10 Year to 16 Months. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 July 1939 · page 5

After serving only 16 months of a sentence of 10 years imprisonment for manslaughter, Eric Alexander Smith was released from Long Bay gaol this…

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Piddington Appeal Dismissed by Full Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 July 1939 · page 5

The appeal of Mr. Piddington, K.C., against the verdict of the jury in his action for £15.000 damages against Bennett and Wood, Ptv. Ltd., was…

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Sent to Gaol Ex -Secretary And M.L.A. Theft of Union Funds. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 July 1939 · page 5

Martin Louis Collaton, former member of the South Australian Parliament and union secretary, was sentenced in the Adelaide Police Court…

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Third Charge Narromine Murder Case Exciting Scenes Accused Ripped Off Clothes Shouted at Magistrate. Dubbo

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 July 1939 · page 5

Exciting scenes marked the proceedings in the Dubbo Police Court to-day when Albert Andrew Moss, 61, laborer, appeared on the third…

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Driver Charged Armidale Road Fatality. Armidale

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 July 1939 · page 5

Following the fatal collision between a motor van and a troop of Boy Scouts on Saturday night, the driver of the van, Lyle Frederick Wilkinson, 33, was…

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Small Debts Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 July 1939 · page 4

In the Small Debts Court at Grafton yesterday, the Police Magistrate (Mr. A. J. Bryant) made un order, for the payment out of court to the judgment…

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