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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1919

1,137 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 17 of 57

Grafton Police Court. Monday, 28th APRIL, 1919. Before Major F W. C. Crane. P.M. Insulting Language

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 28 April 1919 · page 2

Peter J. Plunkett, Sanitary Inspector, of South Grafton Municipal Council, proceeded against Christina Brat-field for insulting language at South…

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Local and General. Lismore Supreme Court Sittings

Daily Examiner · Monday 28 April 1919 · page 2

Mr J. B. Gibson, C.P.S., has received a wire from the Department of Justice slating that steps are being taken to issue a proclamation cancelling the…

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Looting and Murder in Buda-pest. Unhappy Lot of the Bourgeoisie. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 28 April 1919 · page 3

The Hungarian provinces are rising against Belakun, and fighting is expected. Unrest, looting and murder have broken out in Buda-Pest. The bourgeoisie have…

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Judd to Be Sentenced. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 29 April 1919 · page 4

The High Court sustained Ernest Judd's conviction and ordered Judd to appear on the first day of the next sittings of the Central Criminal Court to receive…

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Grafton Police Court Monday, April 28, 1919. (Before Major Crane, P.m.) Insulting Words

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 29 April 1919 · page 2

Peter Joseph Plunkett, health inspector of the South Grafton municipality, proceeded against Christina, Bradfield, charging her with having used insulting…

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Murder at Callan Park. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 29 April 1919 · page 5

An inmate of Callan Park last Tuesday made an attack with a shovel on another inma[?] named Corbett King, inflicting injuries winch resulted in the victim's death…

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Local and General. Circuit Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 29 April 1919 · page 4

The Grafton sittings of the Supreme Court will be held on Wednesday, when Mr. Justice Ferguson will preside. No criminal eases are set down for hearing,…

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The Judd Case. Appeal in High Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 29 April 1919 · page 4

The High Court, to-day heard an appeal by the Crown from the decision of the State Full Court, which by a majority quashed the indictment and…

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Telegrams. Murder of Tuck. Accused Before the Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 30 April 1919 · page 2

William Boyle appeared at the Police Court to-day charged with having feloniously and maliciously murdered. Hugo Tuck. Accused, who had been…

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"All a Joke." Boys Charged with Robbery. Bathurst

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 30 April 1919 · page 4

Four boys were placed on trial at the Bathurst Quarter Sessions on two charges of stealing from the house of a Chinese gardener at Orton Park…

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Supreme Court. Grafton Sittings. Wednesday, April 30

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 30 April 1919 · page 2

The Grafton sessions of the Supreme Court began this morning before His Honor Mr. Justice Ferguson. There is a very brief list of cases…

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Comments on Court-martial. Case Against a Newspaper. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 30 April 1919 · page 4

The case against Claude McKay, James Joynton Smith, and Robert Packer, in connection with certain comments on a court-martial, was mentioned in the…

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Sexual Degenerates. Two Youths Charged. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 1 May 1919 · page 4

Charles Hill, 37, a hat operative, and Charles Hicks, 17, described as a useful, were charged at the police court with behaving in an offensive manner…

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The Hugo Tuck Murder Case. Witnesses Ill

Daily Examiner · Thursday 1 May 1919 · page 4

As a number of the witnesses who are to give evidence at the inquest concerning Hugo Tuck's death are suffering from influenza, it has been found…

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Land Appeal Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 1 May 1919 · page 4

At the Land Appeal Court, Messrs. Pike and Young, instructed by Mr. Mansfield, of Murwillumbah, appeared in support of P. C. G. Collins' appeal against…

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A Comic Opera Court. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 1 May 1919 · page 5

The "Daily News" correspondent, writing on April 21, says Buda-Pest is in a topsy-turveydom state of Communist rule, which includes a Criminal Court,…

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Telegrams. Claim for Commission. Judgment of the High Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 1 May 1919 · page 5

The High Court delivered judgment in the case in which John Irwin, senr., appealed against the verdict of the State Full Court in an action brought by W…

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Murder at Darwin. Arrested Assailant Escapes Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 2 May 1919 · page 2

A Chinaman was shot at a picture show at Darwin on Wednesday night and was taken to a hospital, where he died. His assailant was arrested,…

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A Perth Tragedy. Murder and Suicide. Perth

Daily Examiner · Friday 2 May 1919 · page 2

A double tragedy was enacted in West Australia today, when an elderly man named Murray, formerly a station manager, shot dead Eva Downey, a barmaid…

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Divorce Court the Partridge Case. Some Unusual Features. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 2 May 1919 · page 3

A suit containing unusual features engaged the attention of Mr. Justice Gordon in the Divorce Court this afternoon. The petitioner, Walter Alfred…

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