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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1918

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German Strikes. Collisions in Berlin. Police Use Sabres. Dittman Charged with Treason. Wholesale Arrests Continuing. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 February 1918 · page 5

"The Times" says the situation in Germany is obscure, owing to the military authorities' increasing rigor. When Herr Haase called and informed the Chancellor…

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Grafton Police Court. Monday, February 4. (Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, P.m.) Rioutous Behaviour

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 February 1918 · page 6

Donald McLennan' pleaded guilty to a charge of having behaved in a riotous mariner at South Grafton on January 1, and was fined £1, with 6/ costs, or seven…

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Exciting Days in Berlin. Grave Collisions. Strikers and Police. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 February 1918 · page 5

"The Times" Amsterdam correspondent states:— There were exciting days in Berlin on Friday and Saturday. Strong police…

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160 Leaders Arrested. Powers of Court-martial. Socialists and Hertling. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 February 1918 · page 5

"The Times" correspondent at Amsterdam states:— Spandau is thickly guarded by armed police and troops. The Bremen shipyards…

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Ulmarra Police Court. Tuesday, February 5

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 February 1918 · page 4

Yesterday, before the P.M., Mr. T. L. Shropshire, the following cases were dealt with:— Police v. Patrick Corrigan, riotous…

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Dittman Sentenced. Five Years' Confinement. London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 February 1918 · page 3

Reuter's Amsterdam correspondent states:— A telegram from Berlin states: Dittman has been sentenced to five years'…

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Socialist Sentenced. Dittmann Gets 5 Years. Copenhagen

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 6 February 1918 · page 3

The German Socialist leader, Herr Dittmann, has been sentenced to five years' imprisonment. (Dittmann was arrested as being one…

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German Strikes. Police Use Sabres

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 6 February 1918 · page 3

The "Times" says the situation in Germany is obscute, owing to the military authorities' increasing rigor. When Herr Haase called…

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Russia's Crown Jewels. Strange Disappearance. Czarina Suspected. Story of Theft and Imposture

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 6 February 1918 · page 4

[The Russian crown jewels, which, according to rumor, have disappeared from their safe in the Hermitage at Petrograd, are said to have been…

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No Serious Trouble. Troops and Police Disperse Strikers. London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 February 1918 · page 3

"The Times"' Amsterdam correspondent states:— Thousands of cavalry were drafted to the city to quell the threatened strike…

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Gaol Warder Committed. Charge of Theft. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 February 1918 · page 4

Gaol Warder Francis Owens was committed for triaL on a charge of stealing £43, belonging to the Prisoners' Aid Association…

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Brandt Bros. Charged. Cases Dismissed. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 February 1918 · page 5

The case against Albert Brandt and Ernest Brandt under the War Precautions Act was called on at the Police Court to-day. The firstnamed was charged with…

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Postal Theft. Notes and Stamps Taken. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 February 1918 · page 4

A box, containing postal notes and stamps to the cash value of £12, was stolen from the post office at Narara, which is kept by a newsagent named…

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Halifax Disaster. Commander Wyatt Arrested. Charged with Manslaughter. Vancouver

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 February 1918 · page 5

Commander Wyatt, Chief Examination Officer at Port Halifax, has been arrested and charged with manslaughter for failure to take precautions before the…

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French Treason Trials. Bolo Before Court-Martial. His Amazing Career Disclosed. Plot Hatched With Machiavellian Skill. a Fascinating Libertine. the Trial Begins. Paris

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 February 1918 · page 5

The trial of Bolo Pasha, and others began to-day before the court-martial. Counsel for the defence pointed out a state of war did not exist between France…

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Charge of Theft. Inverell Man Arrested. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 February 1918 · page 2

Charles Brookshaw was charged at the Police Court with stealing £274, the property of John Borthwick, of Inverell. The police prosecutor stated the accused…

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Roy Governor Sentenced. Convicted on Five Charges. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 February 1918 · page 3

Roy-Governor, a relative of the notorious aboriginal, Jimmy Governor, was sentenced to five and a half years on five charges of burglary with violence,…

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Coff's Harbor Court-house. Buildings

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 February 1918 · page 2

Mr. G. S. Briner, M.L.A.., recently brought under the notice of the Attorney-General and the Minister for Justice, the disgraceful state of the buildings used…

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Bolo Pasha on Trial. Swaggering and Flippant. Never Lost for Reply. His Relations With Ex-Khedive. the Adventurer's Defence. Bolo's Attitude in Court. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 February 1918 · page 3

Bolo maintained an attitude of Munchausen like audacity and declared he was associated with Abbas Hilmi solely in order to induce him to abdicate. He added:…

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Bellingen Police Court. Thursday, February 7, 1918

Daily Examiner · Saturday 9 February 1918 · page 2

G. Y. Purves, baker, proceeded against Stewart Hardie for having absented himself from his hired service without reasonable cause. Mr. Marks appeared for…

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