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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1920

1,245 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 30 of 63

Arrears of Court Work. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 June 1920 · page 5

The Attorney-General announced to-day that a Bill would be introduced next session of Parliament establishing a second Court of Quarter Sessions in the…

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Sentenced to Death. Mackay Found Guilty the Doctors' Evidence. Charge of Rape Against a School Teacher. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 June 1920 · page 5

The trial of Kenneth Roy Gordon Mackay, on a charge of rape, was continued at the Central Criminal Court to-day, before Mr. Justice Pring and a jury…

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Prohibition. Legally Secure in America. Supreme Court Emphatic. Vancouver, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 9 June 1920 · page 3

The New York "Times" Washington correspondent says: The U.S. Supreme Court has swept aside every contention raised against the…

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Late Cables the Irish Ferment Assassins Still Busy. Police Party Attacked Two Wounded; One Missing London, Monday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 9 June 1920 · page 3

A party of men attacked four policemen at Cullyhana, Armagh. Sergeant Holland was dangerously wounded in five places. One constable…

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Conspiracy to Defraud. Brown Sentenced to Three Years. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 10 June 1920 · page 5

John Watson Brown was placed on trial at the Central Criminal Court on a charge of alleged conspiracy to defraud. Mr. Bathgate, Crown Prosecutor, said…

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Two Murder Charges. Arrest of a Woman. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 10 June 1920 · page 5

Patrick Loftus, 32, a laborer, resident at Darlinghurst, asked a car driver to take him to the hospital last night, and then collapsed on the footpath and died with…

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Casualties. a Family Altercation. Fatality at Petersham. Son Charged with Murder. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 June 1920 · page 3

A family altercation led to a fatality at Petersham, last night. According to the police report a dispute occurred between an elderly man, Patrick, Spillane, and his…

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The Irish Rebels. a Sinn Fein Tribunal Prisoners Refuse Police Help London, Wednesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 11 June 1920 · page 3

A Sinn Fein tribunal in County Clare sentenced three men to a fortnight's detention on Mutton Island for refusing the tribunal's order to…

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Court-martial at Cork Documents Found on Prisoner Ramifications of the Sinn Fein. Patrol Captures Rioters. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 June 1920 · page 3

"The Times" Cork correspondent states that at the court-martial of Charles Donohoe, the prisoner was found in possession of a document revealing the amazing…

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General Cables. Egyptian Court-martial. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 June 1920 · page 5

"The Times" Cairo correspondent telegraphed on Thursday that a military court sentenced to death the two assailants of Shafik Pasha. The…

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State Employees. Approaching the Arbitration Court. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 June 1920 · page 5

At a meeting of representatives of eight associations or unions, to which over twenty thousand State employees belong, which was held on Thursday night, a long…

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Furious Driving. MR. F. White Before the Court

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 12 June 1920 · page 4

At the Dorrigo Police Court on the 27th May, Mr. Fred, White, motor car driver and proprietor, of Dorrigo, was called upon to answer a…

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Closing of Armidale Gaol. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 June 1920 · page 1

When the Minister for Justice visited Armidale he found one prisoner being looked after by Gaoler Maitland and a warder. He therefore decided to close…

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Popular Court Official

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 June 1920 · page 4

Mr. E. T. Oram, C.P.S. at Maclean, received official notification on Thursday of his promotion and transfer to Walgett, and expects to take over the duties at…

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Police Court. (Before. Dr. P. E. Corlis M. McPherson [?]) Friday, June 11. Alleged Cruelty to a Horse

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 June 1920 · page 4

John Burns, sen., of Palmer's Island, was charged on the information of the police with cruelly ill-treating an animal on May 30, the property of Bernard…

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Reported Murder of Trotsky. Lenin a Fugitive. Shanghai

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 June 1920 · page 5

Reuter's Tokio correspondent telegraphed on Friday that "Asahi's" Vladivostock correspondent reported that a wireless message had been received from…

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The Irish Ferment. Murder Most Foul. Constable Shot at Mid-day London, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 14 June 1920 · page 3

A party of men shot Constable Carrol dead, in the public view, in mid-afternoon, outside the Railway Hotel, Limerick…

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Lights Go Out with Dramatic Suddenness. Futility of Arbitration Court. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 June 1920 · page 4

On Saturday night meeting of 600 members of the Federated Engine Drivers and Firemen's Association confirmed the decision to cease work at 11 p.m. All the…

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Terrorism in Ireland. The Repressive Measures. Further Attacks on the Police. Detective Shot Dead. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 June 1920 · page 5

The "Daily Mail" states that Sir Hamar Greenwood is sanguine of shortly arresting the principal terrorists and trying them before a tribunal of Judges,…

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MACLEAN. (Before Messrs. J. E. Arnold and P. E. Corlis [?]) Special Licensing Court. Friday, June 11, 1920

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 June 1920 · page 4

The following renewals were granted:--Geo. W. Austen, Commercial Hotel, Maclean; assessment value, £147; license fee, £20; additional bar, £20. Mr. T. M…

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