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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1920

1,245 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 48 of 63

Maclean Police Court. Tuesday, September 28. (Before Messrs. E. Cusick and F. Paine, J's.P.) Unlawful Assault

Daily Examiner · Thursday 30 September 1920 · page 4

A man named William Durrington, aged 32 years, was fined £2 and costs, or the alternative of one month in gaol for unlawfully assaulting Ernest D. Munro at…

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A Magistrate Kidnapped. Reprisals Threatened. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 30 September 1920 · page 5

A notice has been posted at Kilkee that unless Captain Lendrum, the kidnapped magistrate of Clare, is returned within 48 hours Kilkee, Kilkush,…

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Percy Brookfield, M.L.A., Charged. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 30 September 1920 · page 5

Percy Brookfield, M.L.A., was proceeded against at the Central Police Court on a charge of using insulting words in the Domain on August 29. The…

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The Courts. Alleged Intent to Murder. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 30 September 1920 · page 5

At the Central Criminal Court, Elizabeth Mary Woolridge was charged with attempting to administer arsenic to Francis Charles Woolridge, her husband, with…

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Instructions to Dublin Castle. Murder Not to Be Tolerated. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 30 September 1920 · page 5

It is stated in political quarters that the Government will certainly not tolerate murder as a reprisal, and has instructed Dublin Castle to deal expeditiously…

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Alleged Assault on Two Girls. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 October 1920 · page 5

Harry Walker, an actor and George Martin described as a carter, were charged at the Police Court with having indecently Assaulted two girls aged 9…

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Sinn Feiners Sentenced by Military Courts. Dublin

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 October 1920 · page 5

Further sentences passed by the military courts include one on a Tipperary man, who was, Sentenced to two years on a charge of being in possession of a…

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Queensland. Wholesale Theft of Building Material. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 October 1920 · page 5

For some weeks past complaints have, been made of losses by theft of building material and it has now transpired that thieves carry off the booty by means of…

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An Illegal Operation. Two Women Charged. SYDNEY,Thursday

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 October 1920 · page 5

Ellenor Brown and Agnes Lawley were charged at the Central Criminal Court with having performed an illegal operation on Alice Currie…

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INDUSTRIAL School Teachers' Salaries. Court Makes an Award. Retrospective to July I. SYDNEY

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 October 1920 · page 5

When the adjourned application of the Public School Teachers' Federation for an award came before Mr. Justice Edmunds counsel for the Federation…

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Grafton Police Court (Before Mr. F. Vaughan J.p.) Alleged Stealing

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 October 1920 · page 3

At the Grafton Police Court yesterday William Herbert, aged 16, was charged with stealing from the house of Elizabeth Papes at Balmain, certain money and…

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The Courts. Woman Charged with Assault. Promises to Take the Pledge. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 October 1920 · page 5

This morning Florence Ellis, 44, mar ried, was charged at the police court with having unlawfully assaulted Edith Geog, ham…

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Charge of Murder. an Illegal Operation. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 October 1920 · page 5

Annie Turnbull and Esther Berry were before the Central Criminal Court on a Charge of feloniously and maliciously murdering Alice Berry at Queanbeyan on…

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Reprisals Prohibited. a Dubh Castle Order. Warning to the Police. Sir N. M[?]cready Summoned to London. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 October 1920 · page 5

Sir. Ha[?]ar Greenwood has definitely stated the those in authority cannot countenar[?]e reprisals. The D[?]lin. ''Telegraph'' announces that…

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Assault on Railway Officials. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 October 1920 · page 2

James Curtis, the naval stoker who recently caused a sensation by jumping from the parapet of the central railway station, was charged at the Police Court…

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The Courts. a Diamond Snatches Charged. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 October 1920 · page 2

Leslie Myles Martin, 25, was charged at the Police Court to-day with stealing three diamond, rings valued at £97, the property of Maurice Goldstein. He was…

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Police Inspector Shot Dead. Two Constables Wounded. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 October 1920 · page 3

A police motor patrol was ambushed in the Leitrim district and Inspector Brady was shot dead. Two constables were wounded. It is reported that reprisals…

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Grafton Police Court Monday, October 4. (Before. Mr. H. Parkes, P.M.)

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 October 1920 · page 3

Arthur Shore appeared on separate charges of drunkenness and indecent language. He pleaded guilty, and was fined 5, in default three hours, on the first…

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Amalgam Theft. Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 6 October 1920 · page 3

Amalgam to the value of £2500 was stolen from the Great Boulder mine…

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Theft of Amalgam. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 October 1920 · page 4

Amlalgam valued at £2500 has been stolen from the Great Boulder mine…

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