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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1939

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Liquor in Clubs Privileges Outlined Police Action Likely. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 July 1939 · page 5

While it is not the intention to harass clubs, the police point out that, under the Liquor Act, licensed clubs enjoy only the same privileges as hotels. The…

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Juvenile Crime Unemployment a Cause Police Chief's Views Select Committee's Inquiry Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 July 1939 · page 5

Giving evidence before the Parliamentary Select Committee to-day, the Commissioner of Police (Mr. Mackay) traced his theories as to the…

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Billiard Rooms Act To Be Amended Right of Police to Enter. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 July 1939 · page 5

Referring to remarks made by the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Mackay. before the Parliamentary Select Committee yesterday, that billiard and…

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Shooting Charge Stir In Police Court Crown Witness Missing. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 July 1939 · page 5

There was a stir at Campbelltown Police Court to-day during the hearing of a charge against Edwin Charles Howlett, 46, married, of Glen Lee, of…

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Five Years' Old Offence Theft of Pistol From Homestead

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 14 July 1939 · page 4

McIntyre pleaded not guilty to a charge of having stolen one Colt automatic pistol, valued at £3, the property of Robert Stanley Mulligan, of…

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Maori Charged Woman Killed In Collision "Dashed Baby to Ground."

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 July 1939 · page 5

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Thursday. Violent actions of a Maori, who was attempting to make his wife come back to him, were described in the…

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Motor Collision Aftermath in Court

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 14 July 1939 · page 3

As the result of a motor collision on the Pacific Highway near Koroia on May 4 last, Milton. Arthur Smith, Colls Harbour, appeared before Mr…

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Rude Awakening Wife of Hernani Postmaster Tells Dramatic Story Armed and Masked Man at Foot of Bed Sensational Evidence in Armidale Police Court

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 14 July 1939 · page 4

"I was awakened by a light in the room, and I saw a man standing about eighteen inches from the bed. He had on a mask like a Balaclava cap—something woollen with two slits for the eyes—and a revolver in his hand. It was pointed at us. He said, 'Don't make…

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"Unfair Tactics" Alleged Action By Police Breaches by Motorists

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 July 1939 · page 4

An allegation that in a certain country district of New South Wales traffic police officers were reporting to unfair methods to detect breaches of the traffic…

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Graphic Story New Guinea Murder Patrol Officer Speared Attack on Native Village Canberra

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 July 1939 · page 5

Details of the murder of Patrol Officer N. C. Elliott by natives, in Wanali village, Sepik district, New Guinea, on July 1, were received to-day by…

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Local and General New Northern Police Chief

Daily Examiner · Saturday 15 July 1939 · page 4

Superintendent H. W. Wenham, formerly Inspector (first-class), of Sydney, has taken up his duties as superintendent in charge of the…

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Pie Car on Fire Engine Backfired Police Patrol Extinguish Flames

Daily Examiner · Saturday 15 July 1939 · page 4

A fire, which occurred in Mr. H. Harvey's well-known pie car, when the engine backfired, last night, was extinguished by the police patrol…

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Avro Anson Crash Air Court's Decision Reserved Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 15 July 1939 · page 2

The Air Force Court of Inquiry reserved its decision on the cause of the crash of the Avro-Anson bomber at Riverstone, which resulted in the loss…

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Strike Riots Relief Workers v. Police Pitched Battle in Streets. Minneapolis

Daily Examiner · Monday 17 July 1939 · page 5

A series of riots arising out of the W.P.A. (relief works) strike culminated in a pitched battle in the city streets, in which police, with armored…

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Dismissed Cook Charged at Police Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 July 1939 · page 6

Finlay Buchanan pleaded guilty to a charge of having been drunk and disorderly in New street, South Grafton, on Saturday afternoon last…

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EX-CLERGYMAN Charged With Cattle Theft Appeals Against Conviction. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 July 1939 · page 5

Herbert Mayer, who was said by the police to be a "man of exceptional character, and for 15 years a minister of religion," pleaded not guilty at the…

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Street Brawl Police Court Proceedings

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 July 1939 · page 6

Arising out of a brawl in Spring street, South Grafton, on Saturday evening, James, Frost, a middle-aged man appeared at the Grafton Police…

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Landed in Gaol German Bund Leader "Cursed American Police." Webster (Massachusettss)

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 July 1939 · page 5

The German American Bund leader (Fritz Kuhn) discovered rural America to-day, and also landed in gaol. A policeman halted Kuhn and Count…

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Small Debts Court Bench Summons Issued

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 July 1939 · page 6

When the case Charles Edward Zietsch v. Kathleen Emily Patricks was called on in the Small Debts Court at Grafton yesterday there was no…

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Traffic Prosecutions Defective Equipment Cases in Petty Sessions Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 July 1939 · page 1

In the Grafton Court of Petty Sessions yesterday before Mr. A. J. Bryant, P.M., several traffic prosecutions were called on…

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