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Courts & crime, 1936

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Court Sidelights From Glen Innes District Court

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 22 February 1936 · page 4

Mr. R. Taylor (questioning a celestial witness) : "Now don't get flustered Mr. Hong. No one Is going to tear you to pieces."…

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District Court Thursday's List

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 22 February 1936 · page 4

Several cases were dealt with by His Honor Judge Clancy in the District Court on Thursday. Summaries are given below:—…

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Financiers Sentenced For Commodity Frauds Attempt to Corner Market Leading Financiers Before Court Immense Sums Involved : £400,000 Loss Incurred Story of Dealings in Pepper and Shellac London

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 22 February 1936 · page 1

A hearing lasting nine days on charges arising out of dealings in pepper and shellac by Williams, Henry and Company ended to-day. Garabed Bishirgian, Who held one-third of the shares in the…

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Other Court Cases

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 24 February 1936 · page 2

Edward Freeman was fined £3 and 8- costs for hawking goods with a vehicle without having a license. On a further charge of not producing…

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The Graman Case. Alleged False Report to the Police. Accused Committed for Trial

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 24 February 1936 · page 2

Before Mr. Carr-Boyd, P.M., Thomas Oscar Mason was charged with that on 22nd January he did willfully and falsely state in substance…

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Alleged Assault Stranger Before Court Thirty Shillings Involved Committal For Trial

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 25 February 1936 · page 3

In the local Police Court yesterday morning Royston Thomas (46), a laborer, appeared before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, P.M on a…

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Twice Sentenced to Death RABAUL

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 25 February 1936 · page 1

Ludwig Schm[?], who at Rabaul last week was sentenced to death for the murder of a native, has been convicted of the murder of another…

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Man Charged Sydney. Tuesday Afternoon

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 25 February 1936 · page 1

William Ernest Smith (35), painter, was charged at North Sydney Police Court to-day with having at Orange allegedly received and…

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Further Charge Alleged Theft of Traps

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 25 February 1936 · page 7

John Coughran, who was convicted at the local Police Court on Friday for the theft of 16 rabbit traps, appeared before Mr. C. G…

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Charged With Stealing

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 26 February 1936 · page 4

At the local Police Court on Monday, Clifford Loceek appeared before Mr. Howie, J.P., en a charge of having stolen a razor, the property of…

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Murder of Vicar Melbourne Man Charged MELBOURNE

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 27 February 1936 · page 1

The City Court was crowded to-day when Edward Cornelius (29), mechanic, was charged with the murder of the Rev. Harold Laceby Cecil,…

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False Pretences Showman Sentenced YASS

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 27 February 1936 · page 1

At the Yass Police Court Bronte Hodge (30), a side-showinan, was sentenced to six months imprisonment for falsely pretending that a…

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Found Guilty Of Wife Murder AUCKLAND

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 27 February 1936 · page 1

Eric Mareo charged with having murdered his wife, was found guilty and sentenced to death. The jury strongly recommended the…

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Wayward Youth Police Superintendent's Views

The Uralla Times · Thursday 27 February 1936 · page 3

Speaking at a citizens' farewell to him at Goulburn Police Superintendent O. H. Parker expressed the opinion that, if wayward youth was…

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On Two Charges Man Before Emmaville Court

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 27 February 1936 · page 3

Thomas Durrant, miner, was before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, P.M., in the Emmaville Police Court on Tuesday charged with stealing one…

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Rowing Tangle Police Crew For Henley Definition of Amateurism LONDON

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 27 February 1936 · page 1

In the event of the New South Wales Police Eight representing Australia at the Olympic Games, and desiring to compete in…

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Kissed in Court Motorist Discharged on Manslaughter Charge SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 27 February 1936 · page 1

When Mervyn Harrington Moore (35), a traveller, stepped from the dock at the Quarter Sessions to-day, after being acquitted on a…

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A Horse's Back In Awful Condition an Ill - Treatment Charge. a Woman Before Court

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 27 February 1936 · page 4

In the course of the bearing of a charge of cruelly ill-treating a horse, Sergt. Willis told the local Court yesterday that he had…

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Murder of Vicar Domestic's Story in Court Cornelius Committed For Trial Melbourne

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 28 February 1936 · page 4

When the hearing, of a. charge or murder against Edward Cornelius was resumed at the Criminal Court to-day, Edna Catherine Wall, domestic,…

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Woman Murderer Sentenced to Death Benefited by Will LONDON

The Inverell Times · Friday 28 February 1936 · page 1

"Innocent.," declared Dorothea Nancy Waddington, 34, when, at the Nottingham Assizes to-day, she was sentenced to death with a…

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