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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1919

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Police Strike. Exciting Scenes in London. Extension to Provinces. Strikers Being Dismissed. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 August 1919 · page 5

There were exciting scenes at West End stations, officers requesting the pickets to, move on. Crowds of strikers gathered in Piccadilly and the Strand. Inspectors…

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Grafton Police Court. Tuesday, August 5, 1919. (Before Major Crane, P.m.) Furnishing Stock Returns

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 August 1919 · page 1

A large number of cases were listed wherein C. W. Sabine, Inspector of Stock, proceeded against persons for neglecting to furnish stock returns. Mr. D. J…

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Seamen Refuse Duty. and Are Sent to Gaol. Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 August 1919 · page 3

Three seamen from the steamer Kait[?]pa were sentenced at the Newcastle Police Court to fourteen days' gaol for disobeying the lawful commands of the master of…

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Grafton Police Court. Tuesday, 5th AUGUST, 1919 Before Major F. W. C. Crane, P.M. Stock Cases

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 6 August 1919 · page 2

Dugald McPherson, John Haydon, and H. A. Allway were, at the instance of Stock Inspector C. W. Sabine, charged with failing to furnish the…

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French Traitors. Women Charged at Lille. the Case Against Caillaux. London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 August 1919 · page 3

Trials of French traitors are proceeding in many parts of the country. At Lille five women, mostly young, were charged with the betrayal of their countrymen…

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British Police Strike. a Fiasco. Looting at Liverpool. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 6 August 1919 · page 3

The British police strike is regarded as a fiasco. Speakers at a meeting of the strikers at Tower Hill, London, held out hopes…

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Police Strike. Looting in Liverpool Cities Protected by Soldiers. London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 August 1919 · page 3

The looting in Liverpool and Birkenhead consequent on the police strike is on a widespread scale. Some of the streets looted, though subjected to…

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British Police Strike. Soldiers Fire on Liverpool Looters. Sympathy Railway Strike. London, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 6 August 1919 · page 3

The rioting and looting of shops continued at Liverpool until three o'clock on Monday morning. The soldiers several times charged the…

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A Solicitor Sentenced. Perth

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 August 1919 · page 4

John Nairn, a solicitor, was sentenced to two years' hard labor at the Perth Criminal Court for having stolen £1000 belonging to a client…

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Soldier and His Wife Charged. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 August 1919 · page 4

When the transport Konig Frederich arrived in Melbourne to-day, detectives boarded the vessel and arrested a soldier and his wife. It is said that during the…

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Manchester Police Won't Strike. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 August 1919 · page 5

A mass meeting of Manchester police decided not to strike…

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Police Strike. Not a Strike a Mutiny. Government Will Not Compromise. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 August 1919 · page 5

In the Commons, Mr. Bonar Law stated the Speaker would preside over the Parliamentary committee on Federal devolution. He hoped to announce the…

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Alleged Sheep Stealing. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 August 1919 · page 2

Two men, Henry Johnson and Vincent Monaghan who are employed by the Railway Department at Flemington, are alleged by the police to have been caught…

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Drastic British Bill. Gaol for Profiteers. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 8 August 1919 · page 3

The British Government is introducing a Bill providing a maximum, of six months' imprisonment for profiteers…

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Telegrams. Wounding with Intent. a Young Woman Charged. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 August 1919 · page 2

At the criminal sittings of the Supreme Court to-day Marjorie May Reid, a young woman, was charged with wounding Edward Connolly, a tramway motorman,…

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Townsville Riots. Sequel in Supreme Man Sentenced to Three Years. Townsville

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 August 1919 · page 3

In the Supreme Court to-day, John Chapman, who yesterday was found guilty of stealing from Rooney's, Ltd., asked his Honor for a new trial…

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British Police Strike. London, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 8 August 1919 · page 3

The rioting and looting of shops continued at Liverpool until three o'clock on Monday morning. The soldiers several times charged the…

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The Police Bill Trouble. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 August 1919 · page 3

South London tube strikers have decided on an affirming determination not to resume, till the Police Bill is withdrawn. They declared the Bill is the thin edge to…

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Arbitration Court and Disputes. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 August 1919 · page 3

The Federated Council of the Engine Drivers and Firemen's Association carried a motion urging the Federal Government to so amend the Arbitration Act as…

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Theft of Serge. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 9 August 1919 · page 5

At the Quarter Sessions, James Thomson and Percy Silence were charged with stealing 120 yards of serge. On behalf of Thompson, evidence was…

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