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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1939

1,129 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 38 of 57

Police Visit Train Two Men Arrested

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 25 July 1939 · page 1

Sergeant Blaucliard and Constable Buchanan were at Coffs Harbour railway station last Saturday afternoon, waiting for the mail train to arrive…

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"Domestic Trouble" Colored Man in Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 25 July 1939 · page 2

Trouble over a half-casts man whom he had seen talking to his wife in Pound street on Saturday resulted in Denis Roach, 32 a colored man…

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Snowbound Police Rescue Nine in Car. Launceston

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 25 July 1939 · page 5

Fighting through a blizzard a party of police and civilians this morning rescued nine people who were huddled in a motor car for eighteen hours…

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35 ACTIONS Against Insurance Companies Unprecedented Court Scene £1,000,000 in Dispute

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 25 July 1939 · page 6

There was an unprecedented scene in Mr. Justice Singleton's Court, London, last month, when he began no fewer than 35 actions against…

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Police Car Chase After Suspects Alleged Stolen Car Reached Speed of 85 M.P.H. SYDNEY

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 25 July 1939 · page 5

Detectives Wiggins and Wightley, of Regent street Police Station, Sydney, had an exciting chase through several suburbs this morning after a…

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Murder Charge Malabar Shooting. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 27 July 1939 · page 5

Charged at the Central Police Court with having murdered Anthony Leaymont O'Brien, at Malabar, on July 18, and with shooting at James William…

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Victorian Hold-up Postmaster Robbed police detain man. MELBOURNE

Daily Examiner · Thursday 27 July 1939 · page 5

Police investigating the armed holdup and robbery of a postmaster at Bonnie Doon last night, detained a man to-day, after an all night search…

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Question of Sobriety Medical Opinions Differ Court Fines Cricket Coacil Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Thursday 27 July 1939 · page 4

Difference of medical opinions as to whether a defendant was under the influence of liquor following his arrest after a motor accident which occurred…

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Open Brethren Sued For £3000 Case Settled Out of Court. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 27 July 1939 · page 4

Trustees of a religious sect known as the Open Brethren were sued for £3000 by the executrix of a dead man's estate in the Supreme Court to-day…

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Stolen Property Three Months' Gaol Two Defendants Sentenced

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 28 July 1939 · page 1

At Coffs Harbour Police Court yesterday morning James Carter (23) and Donald Campbell (26) appeared on remand on a charge of stealing a suit…

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Police Escort Wrecking Rumor Circulated. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 28 July 1939 · page 4

The circulation of a report that efforts might be made to wreck a train which left Sydney to-night for Menin- to send a complement of police in…

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Unlicensed Drivers 146 Found During a Police Check Up

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 28 July 1939 · page 1

In a recent check up of motor drivers' licenses made throughout New South Wales by traffic police, 145 un-licensed drivers and one person who…

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£1500 Verdict Upheld by High Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 28 July 1939 · page 5

In a unanimous judgment the Full High Court of Australia to-day dismissed with costs the appeal of the Labor Daily Ltd. against the judgment…

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"£10 If He Won" Evidence In Court Sydney Compensation Case. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 28 July 1939 · page 1

Allegations that Rev. E. M. Pitcher, manager of Canon Hammond's hostel in Buckland street, city, had agreed to accept expenses for running…

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Maclean Police Court Motor Traffic Breaches

Daily Examiner · Saturday 29 July 1939 · page 7

At the Maclean Police Court on Wednesday, Francis Edward Plater was charged with having driven an unregistered motor cycle on the Pacific…

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Small Debts Court

Daily Examiner · Saturday 29 July 1939 · page 4

In the Grafton Small Debts Court, before Mr. A. J. Bryant, P.M., yesterday, an amount of £262 paid into court in the matter of McKtitricks Pty.,…

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Case Dismissed Theft Charge Against Stranger Removal of Motor Tyre

Daily Examiner · Saturday 29 July 1939 · page 2

A stealing charge brought by the police against James Paterson Scott, a stranger to Grafton, in the Grafton Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, was…

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America and China War London Bombings Police Seeking I.R.A. Nation-Wide Comb-Out Hampton Court Threatened London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 29 July 1939 · page 5

The police are conducting a nationwide comb-out for I.R.A. sects. Mr: Chamberlain stated in the House of Commons that no effort…

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Moratorium Court Hearing At Maclean Bank's Application Succeeds. Maclean

Daily Examiner · Saturday 29 July 1939 · page 7

In the Moratorium Court, before Mr. A. J. Bryant, P.M., at Maclean on Wednesday, the Bank of New South Wales, at the request of legatees in the estate…

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Police Drive Against S.P. Betting Further Move in Sydney. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 29 July 1939 · page 6

Representing a further move in the police driver against illegal betting, four hotels, two in the city and two at Windsor, were issued court papers…

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