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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1920

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The Irish Rebels. Sinn Fein Co-operating with Police. to Eradicate Highwaymen. London, Saturday Night

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

The secretary of the Sinn Fein executive at Cork has arranged patrols for the purpose of co-operating with the police on night duty with a wiew…

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Riots in Berlin. Many Killed and Wounded. Women Trampled to Death. Bombs Thrown by Police. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 19 January 1920 · page 3

Renter's Berlin correspondent reports it is semi-officially stated that 42 were killed and 105 wounded in the fighting on the 13th…

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Grafton Police Court. (Before Major, Crane, P.m.) Monday, January 19, 1920. DRUNKENNESS

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 20 January 1920 · page 2

Walter Edward Ellem pleaded guilty to a charge of drunkenness in Prince street, Grafton, on January 17, and was fined £1, or fourteen days hard labor…

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Telegrams. Federal High Court. Question of Filling Vacancy. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 20 January 1920 · page 5

Mr. Hughes says there is no immediate hurry in appointing a successor to the late Sir Edmund Barton on the High Court bench. It is understood that an…

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Police Court Aftermath a Conviction Considered. " Advocate: Asks Information

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 21 January 1920 · page 2

The following item was held over fromm our [?] of Saturday:—When Jas. Gentle was charged with the theft of a load of dead…

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Grafton Police Court. Insulting Language. Heavy Fine. Strong Comments

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 21 January 1920 · page 4

Yesterday, before the P.M. (Major F. W. C. Crane), the case of. insulting language, adjourned from Monday, was continued. The parties were Bertram Claude…

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Grafton Police Court Monday, January 19. Before Major F. W. C. Crane, P.M. Aliened Insulting Language

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 21 January 1920 · page 2

Bertram S. Claude Ensbey, a resident of Pound-street, Grafton, proceeded against Reuben Forbes for using insulting language to him at the…

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"Killing Not Murder." Charge Against an Editor. London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 21 January 1920 · page 5

A wealthy ex-member of the House of Commons, Mr. Charles Diamond, editor of the "Catholic Herald" was charged at the Mansion House with publishing an…

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Alleged Criminal Assault

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 January 1920 · page 4

Reuben Webb, a returned soldier, who was arrested in connection with the alleged criminal assault on a woman at Wyangarie, passed through Casino on…

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Murderous Burglary. Hotel Landlady Killed. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 January 1920 · page 3

The latest addition to murders combined with burglary occurred at a hotel at Chelsea. The thief hid in a hotel until after closing time, then smashed the skull of…

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Retrospective Awards. High Court's Decision Deferred. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 January 1920 · page 3

The High Court, sitting at Melbourne, announced that owing to the absence of the statutory majority, it was unable to give a decision whether it was within…

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Irish Police Commissioner. Reported to Be Shot Dead. Vancouver

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 January 1920 · page 3

It is reported from Dublin that Mr. Redmond, Assistant Police .Commissioner, was shot dead…

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Attack on Police Barracks. Rifle Duel for Several Hours. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 23 January 1920 · page 3

A gang of 150 armed men made a determined attempt to capture the police barracks near Thurles. A fusilade of bullets from the front and rear…

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A Charge of Shot. What a Magistrate Might Do. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 January 1920 · page 5

For allowing 6000 sheep to rush into a paddock and drink what water remained in a dam at the last stage of the recent drought at Young, John Wright, drover,…

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IRELAND. Police Barracks Attacked. Fierce Fusillade of Bullets. Encounter with Military. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 January 1920 · page 5

A party of 150 daringly attacked the Drombane police barracks, near Tipperary, and attempted to blow them up with dynamite. Considerable damage was done,…

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Murder of Police Commissioner. Shot Through the Heart. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 26 January 1920 · page 3

The murder of Redmond created a great sensation. Redmond was second assistant-Commissioner, recently appointed to the Dublin metropolitan police from the…

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Maclean Police Court. Friday, January 23. (Before Major Crane, P.m.) an Interesting Case

Daily Examiner · Monday 26 January 1920 · page 3

Oscar Dupain, on remand, was charged with that, being the bailee of a sum of money, to wit, £217, the property of Rupert Murray and others, he did…

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IRELAND. Daily Outrages. a Tipperary Battle. Police Fire on Houses. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 26 January 1920 · page 3

Outrages in Ireland continue to be reported daily. Following on a fierce encounter in Clare, wherein one of the attackers was killed, comes news of an…

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Wheat Prosecutions. Charges of Conspiracy. Arising Out of Recent Inquiry. Five Men Before the Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 26 January 1920 · page 3

Five men--Reginald Rheuben, John Brunton, Edward Sheedy, Rupert Coombes and Selby Churchill--were before the Central Police Court to-day,…

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Daring Burglary. Family Jewels and Victory Bonds Stolen. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 January 1920 · page 5

In the absence of the inmates, burglars motored to a house in Beekenham in the lightest street, entered it, and carried off the safe, containing the family jewellery…

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