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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1939

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Murder Charge Cyanide In Beer Estonian Club Death. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 September 1939 · page 5

Alexander Novad, 51, engineer, was remanded at the Central Police Court until October 3 on a charge of having feloniously and maliciously murdered…

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Chinaman's Death Brothers On Murder Charge Alleged Statements. Bathurst

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 27 September 1939 · page 5

Statements alleged ' to have been made by Patrick William Ryan, 28, and his brother, James Ryan, 18, to the police, were quoted when the Bathurst…

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Murder Charge Seaman Feels Strain "Better to Be Dead." Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 September 1939 · page 4

"Why not get it over with?" shouted Donald McKinnon, 43, seaman, from the dock at Newcastle Police Court today, when charged with murdering…

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Dispute Sequel Assault Charges In Court State Forest Workers

Daily Examiner · Friday 29 September 1939 · page 3

A dispute between two timber workers on the Candole State forest at Pillar Valley on August 30 had its sequel in the Grafton Court of Petty…

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"Posed As Officer" Australian Charged Story of Maginot Line. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 29 September 1939 · page 7

A Sydney business man, Hyman Richard Diamond, 35. was remanded on bail of £400 on a charge of acting in a manner suggesting that he was a…

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Youth Charged Elgin Downs Assault. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Saturday 30 September 1939 · page 5

Eric Briscoe, 18 appeared at Clermont Police Court, to-day, charged with having attempted to murder Kathleen Frances McPherson, 26, at…

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Insulting Words Assault Charge Ulmarra Pouce Court Incident in River Street

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 October 1939 · page 6

At the Ulmarra Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, before Mr. A. J. Bryant, P.M., cases were heard in which Percy Gordon Eggins and…

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Victorian Police Pensioners Recalled. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 October 1939 · page 7

In order that younger members of the Victorian police force may be available for work other than that which they are now performing…

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Auxiliary Police Reservists to Be Used. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 October 1939 · page 7

A Bill to provide for the appointment of police reservists to act as an auxiliary force in time of emergency was introduced in the Legislative…

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Forbes Case Conspiracy Charge Four Men Before Court Allegation of Counsel Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 October 1939 · page 5

No charge of conspiracy had been made against Ronald Bruce Walker, M.L.A., until he had voted against the Government in the House,…

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Obliging Police

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 6 October 1939 · page 2

What trouble the police will go to to deliver a message in time of urgency was revealed in a very quiet way by Coffs Harbour police in…

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Talkies "Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police."

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 October 1939 · page 6

To-night only at the Garden Theatre, "Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police" will be presented. John Howard again plays the role of the private detective,…

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"Time Bomb" Five on Murder Charge. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 October 1939 · page 5

Three men and two women are jointly charged with the murder of four men and a woman who lost their lives in a terrific explosion in Coventry on…

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Local and General Coffs Police Force

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 6 October 1939 · page 2

In view of the approaching summer months, when Coffs Harbour and the adjacent beaches have many visitors, Mr. R. E. J. Wood, secretary of Coffs…

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Labelled "Poison" Police Dig Up Bottle Attempted Murder Charge Gunnedah

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 October 1939 · page 3

Charged at the local Police Court to-day with having attempted to murder Harriet Singh, at Premer on September. 19, Ronald George McCann, 24…

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"Aid for Enemy" "Australian" Charged "dressed as officer.'" LONDON

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 October 1939 · page 5

When an Australian, Hyman Richard Diamond, who was charged with an offence under the Defence Act, had been additionally charged with passing…

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Woodburn Road Check by Patrol Police

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 October 1939 · page 4

A crop of accidents on the Wood burn road in recent weeks has been investigated by the Grafton traffic patrol police. Constable A. Palmer said…

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Batteries Change[?] Man Charged With The[?]

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 10 October 1939 · page 2

At Coffs Harbour Police Court[?] Saturday Frederick Charles Law[?] aged 25, a resident of Armidale, [?] charged with stealing a storage…

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Hard Task. Police Constables' Journey

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 October 1939 · page 4

Constable A. Palmer, of the Grafton motor traffic patrol, and Constable (1st-class.) Purdue, of Glerireagh, who was assisting him as observer in the…

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600 JURORS Parliament House Case Brisbane City Hall As Court, Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 October 1939 · page 4

A record number of 600 jurors were empanelled in the City Hall today when 38 men stood their trial on a charge of unlawful assembly…

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