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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1919

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Assault and Robbery. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 June 1919 · page 4

Arthur William Collins, a laborer, was charged at the Police Court with having assaulted James Atkinson, a returned soldier, and robbed him of two soldiers'…

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NEARLY 400 Police Stricken. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 June 1919 · page 4

Between 300 and 400 members of the metropolitan police force are stricken with influenza, which is also delaying the work of the Repatriation. Department,…

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Canadian Strikes. Workers Facing Defeat. Ultimatum to the Police. Vancouver

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 June 1919 · page 5

The decisive failure of the general strike at Toronto is assured, and the strikers in Winnipeg are facing defeat owing to the firmness of the Minister for…

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Cingalese Charged with Murder. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 June 1919 · page 1

A Cingalese, Handy Amadoris was committed for trial on a charge of having feloniously and maliciously murdered Thomas Dionas, and of having shot at…

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Melbourne Vendetta. Stokes Charged at the Court. Victim Refuses to Give Evidence. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 June 1919 · page 5

The story of the Vendetta existing between certain classes was revived in Melbourne yesterday, when Henry Stokes was charged with having shot at Henry…

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Countess Markievicz, M.P. Sentenced to Four Months. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 June 1919 · page 5

The Countess Markieviez. who was elected to represent the St. Patrick's division in Dublin in the British House of Commons, has been sentenced to four…

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Alleged Slander. Well-known Business Man Charged. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 June 1919 · page 4

In the Supreme Court to-day, Mrs. Jessie Vance sued J. McKenzie Adams, claiming £500 for alleged slander. It was alleged that defendant, in the…

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License Renewed. Police Objection Lodged

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 June 1919 · page 2

At the Grafton Licensing Court yesterday, before Major Crane, L.M., and Messrs. D. MeFarlane and W.J. Hawthorne, Licensing Magistrates, an…

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Alleged Murder. Mrs. Anderson's Death. Grady Committed for Trial. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 June 1919 · page 5

An inquest was opened concerning tac death of Mrs. Emelic Anderson, who was found shot in the, upstairs room of a boarding house in Surry Hills on the…

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Divorce Court. the Hopkins Case. a "Frame-up" Alleged. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 June 1919 · page 5

Further evidence way heard in the Hopkinson divorce suit to-day. Petitioner,in cross-examination, said he thought his wife, in consequence of his charge against…

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Murder and Perjury. a Melbourne Sensation

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 20 June 1919 · page 2

At the City Court, Melbourne, on Tuesday, Richard Nash, a jockey, was charged with having murdered Alice Elizabeth Noia, at Woolshed Flat,…

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The Men Sentenced

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 June 1919 · page 5

Mr. R. B. Orchard, M.H.R., who appeared as a friend of the prisoners Rudd (2), McIntosh and Thompson, read a statement in extenuation of their conduct…

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Bellingen Police Court Three Charges. Accused Pleads Guilty. Goes to Kigrer Court

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 June 1919 · page 3

At the Bellingen Police Court on Thursday morning before Messrs. B. O. Hammond and H. Boultwood Js' P., a man wearing a returned soldier's…

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Theft of Serge. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 June 1919 · page 6

A leading tailoring establishment in Melbourne has beep raided and £300 worth of serge stolen…

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Theft of Silk. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 June 1919 · page 6

Burglars entered some premises in Liverpool street, City, during the night and secured silk valued at £100…

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High Court Decision. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 June 1919 · page 5

The full High Court decided by a four to two majority that the members of the Municipal and Shire Council Employees' Union are engaged in an industry within…

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Divorce Court. Hopkins Case Adjourned Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 June 1919 · page 5

Mr. Justice Gordon, in adjourning the Hopkins divorce case until July 2, said: "I had a great responsibilty in this case. I have no jury, and there is no one with…

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Alleged Mutiny. on H.M.A.S. Australia. Court-martial in Sydney. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 June 1919 · page 5

A court-martial was held on H.M.A.S. Encounter this morning, when five of the crew of the Australia were charged with alleged mutiny off Fremantle. The…

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The Mutiny at Fremantle. Mutineers Court Martialled Place Themselves at Courts Mercy. Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 21 June 1919 · page 5

A court martial was held on board the H.M.A.S. Encounter this morning when five members of the crew of the Australia were charged with…

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Maclean. Special Licensing Court. (Before Major Crane, P.M., and Messrs. J. E. Arnold and F. H. Schwonberg,. L.M's.)

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 June 1919 · page 4

The Lower River has reason to be proud of the management of the licensed premises in the area. This is they opinion of Major Crane, P.M., publicly expressed…

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