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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1920

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Prussian Security Police. Replaced by Local Civil Force. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 9 October 1920 · page 5

Renter's Berlin correspondent reports that in accordance with the demand of the Entente the militarily organised Prussian security police have been disbanded…

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Maclean Bankruptcy Court

Daily Examiner · Monday 11 October 1920 · page 2

The first meeting and public examination in the estate of Joseph Gottlieb Kempnich, motor car proprietor, Maclean, was held before Mr. A. H. Parkes, P.M.,…

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Maclean Police Court. Friday, October. 8 (Before Mr. A. H. Parkes, P.m.) Indecent Language

Daily Examiner · Monday 11 October 1920 · page 1

Alex Hancock, a young man for whom Mr. T. M. Lobban appeared, pleaded guilty to uttering indecent language in River street on the 25th instant, and was mulcted…

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Attack on Police. Caught in Triangular Fire. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 11 October 1920 · page 3

While there was a slight decrease in the number of serious political crimes in Ireland in the week ended October 5, attacks on forces of the Crown increased,…

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Raid on Bookmakers. Crowd Resent Police Action. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Monday 11 October 1920 · page 1

At the Adelaide races the police made a raid on bookmakers and arrested 20.The crowd resented the police fiction and jostled them and helped several of the men…

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Maclean Licensing Court. Friday, October 8. (Before Messrs. A. H. Parkes, P.M., chairman, and J. E. Arnold.) RENEWALS

Daily Examiner · Monday 11 October 1920 · page 4

P. W. Smith, of the Yamba Hotel, Yamba, for whom Mr. T. M. Lobban appeared, was granted a renewal subject to certain improvements being carried out by the…

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Wharf Laborers Charged. Alleged Assault on Loyalists. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 October 1920 · page 5

Charles Horder and Charles Gallivan wharf laborers, were charged at the Central Police Court to-day with having assaulted William Smith and George Jupp…

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Grafton Police Court (Before Mr. A. H. Parkes, P.m.) Income Tax Cases

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 October 1920 · page 2

A number of cases of failure to furnish income tax returns within the prescribed time were dealt with at the Grafton Police Court yesterday. Mr. J. N. Slattery…

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Uproar in a Gaol. Sinn Fein Intelligence. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 October 1920 · page 5

Sinn Fein prisoners in Londonderry gaol created an uproar and wrecked the cells and smashed windows. Troops were brought in to quell the disturbances and…

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Maclean Police Court. Monday October 11. (Before Dr. P. E. Cortis and E. Cusick, J's.P.) DRUNK

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 October 1920 · page 4

Thomas F. Ryan, charged with the above offence, and who pleaded guilty, was fined 15, in default 7 days. A period of one week was allowed in which to pay…

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Licensing Court

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 October 1920 · page 4

Before Messrs. W. J. Hawthorne and D. McFarlane, J' s. P. at Grafton yesterday Percy Hynes, Junction Hotel, was granted a transfer of a publican's license…

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Woman Charged with Murder. Verdict of Not Guilty. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 14 October 1920 · page 5

Agnes Collins, 25, a married woman, was placed on trial at the Central Criminal Court to-day, before acting-Justice James, on a charge of having murdered Peter…

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Chatswood Murder Case. an Appeal Lodged. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 14 October 1920 · page 5

An appeal has been lodged on behalf of Eugene Falleni against her conviction on a charge of having murdered Annie Birkett…

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IRELAND. Attack on Police. Civilian Shot in Raid. McSWEENEY Remarkably Fit. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 14 October 1920 · page 5

Policemen motoring from Roscommon were fired on at Ballinderry. Two constables were killed and a sergeant and another policeman, seriously injured…

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The Goulburn Seat. a Writ of Mandamus. Application Referred to Full Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 14 October 1920 · page 5

The application for a writ of mandamus directed to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, calling upon him to issue a writ to the returning officer of the…

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Darlinghurst Gaol. Use As Technical College. Deputation to Minister. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 October 1920 · page 5

A large deputation, including employers' organisations and employees' unions representative of every skilled industry in the State, interviewed the Minister for…

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Tote Bookmakers Arrested. Police Jeered at and Stoned. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 October 1920 · page 4

The law for the suppression of bookmakers who pay tote odds was again, rigidly enforced at Adelaide yesterday, when a number of men were arrested to the…

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Grafton Police Court

Daily Examiner · Saturday 16 October 1920 · page 4

Before Messrs. F. Vaughan and E. Avery, Js.P., at the Grafton Police Court yesterday, George William Hollinsworth was charged with excessive drinking of…

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Fourteen Men Sentenced. Sidney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 16 October 1920 · page 5

Fourteen men were sentenced at the Darlinghurst Quarter Sessions on charges of breaking and entering and stealing and receiving. The sentences aggregated 23…

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Pukekawa Murder. Accused on Trial. Motive by the Crown. Auckland

Daily Examiner · Saturday 16 October 1920 · page 5

The trial of the man Thorn for the Pukekawa (N.Z.) murder was opened at the Magistrates' Court at Auckland. The prosecution alleged there was…

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