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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1920

1,245 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 3 of 63

Kyogle Shooting Case. Alleged Attempt to Murder. Hart Before the Court

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 January 1920 · page 2

At the Casino Police Court Friday, before Mr. A. J. Peisley, P.M., John Montague Hart, on remand, was charged with that he did at Kyogle, on November…

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Using a Military Decoration. Man Charged at Lithgow. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 January 1920 · page 2

Albert Roberts was remanded at the Lithgow Police Court on a charge of having made use of a military decoration while not entitled thereto, and with…

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Licensing Court. Monday, 12th JANUARY, 1920

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 12 January 1920 · page 3

Before Major F. W. C. Crane (chairman) and Messrs. W. J. Hawthorne and D. McFarlane (members). Francis Benn was granted a renewal…

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Fight for "The Flag." Brisbane Unemployed v. POLICE

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 12 January 1920 · page 4

About three hundred unemployed assembled outside of the Labor Bureau In Brisbane on Friday and marched to the Trades Hall, where a number of…

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IRELAND. Government Proposals. Rejected by Unionist League. Chief of Police Dismissed. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 January 1920 · page 3

"The Times" Dublin correspondent states that the Unionist Anti-partition League, headed by Lord Midleton, rejected the Governments proposals, being…

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Woman Charged with Imposture. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 January 1920 · page 5

Mary Ryan was charged with imposing upon a private individual by false representations, she selling Peace celebration buttons for the Red Cross Society with a…

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Engineers Again Before the Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 January 1920 · page 5

Percy Bolton, James, Begbie, and Tack Thompson, engineers of the steamer Eastern, were again before the Police Court on a charge of having refused, without…

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Telegrams. High Court Bench Vacancy. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 January 1920 · page 5

The names of Messrs. Shand, Blacket, Campbell, Ralston, and Owen are mentioned in connection with the vacancy on the High Court Bench…

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Retrospective Awards. Power of Federal Court Questioned. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 January 1920 · page 5

The High Court to-day began a special sitting to hear argument upon the power of the Federal Arbitration Court to make retrospective awards. The matter arose…

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BOGUS V.C. Winner. Magistrate's Determined Attitude. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 January 1920 · page 4

Arthur Roberts, who was arrested at Lithgow on a charge of having posed as a winner of the V.C., and with having unlawfully worn military uniform, was…

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Retrospective Awards. High Court's Decision Reserved. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 January 1920 · page 5

The Federal High Court reserved its decision on the question whether the Arbitration Court has power to make awards retrospective…

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Outrages in Ireland. Criminal Gangs at Work. Police Disorganisation. Murderous Attack on K.C. LONDON

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 January 1920 · page 5

Although the bulk of outrages in Ireland are attributed to Sinn Feiners, a considerable part is due to criminals, who are profiting by the disorganisation of the…

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Grafton Police Court. Thursday, 15th JANUARY, 1920. Before Mr. E. A. May, J.P. Alleged Stealing

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 16 January 1920 · page 2

Robert Clarence Robinson and Roslyn George Thomas Thorne, both lads were charged with that, on 31st December, 1919, in company one with…

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Grafton Police Court Thursday, January 15, 1919. (Before Mr. E. A. May. J.P.)

Daily Examiner · Friday 16 January 1920 · page 1

Robert Clarence Robinson and Roslyn George Thorne were charged with that, at Grafton ton December 31, 1919. and on January 9, 1920, they did steal about £14…

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Nurse Cavell. Details of the Murder

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 17 January 1920 · page 3

Anything in the form of trustworthy news respecting the closing bouts of Nurse Ca veil is interesting to those who remember the sad…

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Troubles in Germany. Big Demonstration. Police Guarding Reichstag. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 17 January 1920 · page 5

A Berlin message states that a big demonstration was held as a protest against a compromise in the Government's Bill establishing workers' councils. Many…

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A Busy Day. At the Coffs Harbor Court. Varied Assortment of Charges

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 17 January 1920 · page 2

Major Crane, P.M., had hie hands fall when he took hie seat on the Bench at Coffs on Tuesday, some thirteen cases being listed. There…

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Gaol Escapee. Committed on Nine Charges. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 19 January 1920 · page 3

John Regan appeared at the Newcastle court yesterday in answer to eleven charges…

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The A.i.f. Scandal. Two Officers Charged

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 19 January 1920 · page 4

Lieutenant H.G. Harris, 12th Battalion, who was court-martialled on a charge of fraudulently disposing of rations belonging to the Australian…

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Grafton Police Court. Monday, 19th JANUARY, 1920. Before Major F.W.C. Crane, P.M. Drunk and Disorderly

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 19 January 1920 · page 3

Walter Edward Ellem pleaded guilty to a charge of being drunk m Prince Street. Fined 20 or 14 days. On a second charge of resisting…

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