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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1918

921 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 36 of 47

Murder Op the Czaritza. London, Monday

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 September 1918 · page 5

Reuter's' Amsterdam correspondent reports that the Czecho-Slovak organ "Samarkite" states that a list published at Samara, and which was cited in…

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Threatened Police Strike. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 September 1918 · page 5

There was a further development in connection, with the threatened police strike in South Australia on Saturday night, when: as each watch came off duty…

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Charged With Murder. Sydney

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 18 September 1918 · page 2

Harold Charles roil was committed for trial at Young court yesterday, charged with the murder in connection with the death…

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Alleged Sheep Stealing. Well-known Grazier Charged. the Judge's Striciures. Crown Case Breaks Down. Bathurst

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 September 1918 · page 5

At the Quarter Session, Henry Pierce Dawson, a well-known grazier and property owner, off Glenroy station, near Sofala, was charged with stealing four sheep and…

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Mrs. Villers Stuart's Bigamy. Nine Months' Gaol. London, Monday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 18 September 1918 · page 2

Mrs. Villers Stuart, the principal witness for the defence in the Maud Allan-Pemberton Billing case, has been sentenced to nine months'…

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Alleged Murder. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 September 1918 · page 3

A man named Frederick Gebhardt died in Adelaide from injuries alleged to have been received in a fight last night. Subsequently the police arrested Percy…

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Quarter Sessions and District Court

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 September 1918 · page 4

The date of the next Quarter Sessions and District court at Kempsey is October 28th. October 10th is the late date for entering plains in the District…

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Lack of Assault Troops. Germany's Predicament. Suppressing the News of Defeat. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 September 1918 · page 5

Reuter's correspondent at British headquarters reported on Tuesday:-- During the past 24 hours 131 prisoners were taken…

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Sentenced for Stealing. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 September 1918 · page 4

John Napier, who pleaded guilty at the Criminal Court to stealing a coil of wire belonging to the Railway, Commissioners, was sentenced to three years' hard labor…

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Alleged Murder. a Woman Charged. Goulburn

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 September 1918 · page 4

At the Police Court Mary Agnes Denney was charged wit the murder of Ebenezer Denney, her husband at Middle. Arm on January 16 last…

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South Australian' Police. Women Resign. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 September 1918 · page 5

The police dispute at South Australia is still unsettle. The women police have now resigned in Sympathy with the men…

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Interesting Legal Point. Music at Hotel in the Evening. Police Objection Over-ruled

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 20 September 1918 · page 4

A very interesting point in licensing law came up at the Grafton Licensing Court yesterday, before Messrs. W. J. Hawthorne, and D. McFarlane, Js.P.,…

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Licensing Court. Thursday, September 19, 1918. (Before Messrs. D. McFarlane and W. J. Hawthrone, M's L.B.)

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 September 1918 · page 3

Application was made by Elizabeth Walker, of Walker's Hotel, for a music permit, to take effect the same evening from 8 to 11.30 o 'clock…

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The Living Wage. Arbitration Court to Inquire Into Matter. Government Pays the Wage. Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 21 September 1918 · page 2

It is expected that the Arbitration Court will make a general rule during the next week or two in the case concerning the minimum living wage at…

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Maclean Court

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 September 1918 · page 2

The Children's Court, which was held in camera, occupied most of the time of Major Crane, P.M., at Maclean, on Friday morning. At the Petty Sessions Michael…

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Grafton Police Court. Monday, 23rd SEPTEMBER, 1918. Before. Major F. W. C. Crane, P.M

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 23 September 1918 · page 2

Major C. W. Sabine, local O.C. the 4th Light Horse, sued Thos. J. Quinn for failing to attend the compulsory camp at Lismore, at Easter last, but,…

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Ferocious Murder. Mexican Half-breed. Arrested. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 September 1918 · page 2

Reports show that the Blakely murder case at Kwolyin (West Australia) was a ferocious affair. The doctor's evidence showed that evidently Blakely was asleep…

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Licensing Court. Monday, September 23, 1918

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 23 September 1918 · page 2

Before Major Crane (Chairman) and Mr. W. J. Hawthorne, Licensing Magistrates. Paul Berry applied for a renewal of…

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Grafton Police Court Monday, September 23, 1918. (Before Major F. W. C. Crane, P.M.)

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 September 1918 · page 8

C. W. Sabine, local O.C. of the 4th Light Horse Regiment, summoned Thomas J. Quinn, charging him with failing to comply with the requirements of the…

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Independent Socialists. Dispersed by Police. Copenhagen

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 September 1918 · page 5

A meeting of Independent Socialists in Berlin was dispersed by the police. Hugo Haase, leader of the Socialist minority, was refused 'permission to speak…

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