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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1920

1,245 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 53 of 63

Grafton Police Court (Before F. Yaughan and W. A. Zuill, Js.P.)

Daily Examiner · Saturday 30 October 1920 · page 5

Nicholas Bay, aged 45, pleaded guilty at the Grafton Police Court yesterday, toil charge of indecent behaviour at South Grafton, and was fined £1, in default 48…

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The Courts. Man and Wife Charged. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 30 October 1920 · page 5

Henry Threader was charged at the Police Court to-day with having procured pills and a drug when he well knew they were to be unlawfully used on Violet…

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Alleged Murder of Aborigine. Perth

Daily Examiner · Saturday 30 October 1920 · page 5

Charles Park, a cattle drover, was charged at the Perth, police court with the murder of an aborigine, known as Big Bob Frank Dicky an aborigine, deposed that…

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Murder in New Zealand. Wellington

Daily Examiner · Saturday 30 October 1920 · page 5

Two youths who were, sleeping in a hut at Timaru (New Zealand)were awakened by footsteps and, on investigation, saw a man crouching in the shadows. The…

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Appeal in Wife Murder Case. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 30 October 1920 · page 5

Sidney Hubert, who, was convicted and condemned to death on a charge of wife murder, appealed to the Full Court of Criminal Appeals. Accused relied upon a…

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Veteran Police Inspector Retires. a Page From the Past

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 30 October 1920 · page 3

Inspector Daprez, of Wagga, who is now retiring from the service, came near to losing his life when he was a constable at Adelong in 1887…

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Sentenced to Death. Eleventh Hour Struggle for Reprieve. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 1 November 1920 · page 3

An intense eleventh hour struggle is proceeding to save the life of an 18-year-old Sinn Feiner, Kevin Barry, who was sentenced to be hanged at Mount joy prison…

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Police and Soldiers Killed. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 1 November 1920 · page 3

Two soldiers were killed and three wounded in an attack on a motor lorry in Tipperary. The assailants also suffered casualties…

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Greenwood Murder Case. Intense Interest Aroused. Extraordinary Arrangements. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 1 November 1920 · page 3

The Greenwood murder trial, which opens at Carmacthen on Tuesday, has aroused the most intense interest throughout the country…

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Grafton Police Court Monday, November 1. (Before Mr. A. H. Parkes, P.m.) Double-headed Pennies and Dice in Alleged Stealing Case

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 November 1920 · page 2

This was the ease in which Roy James Clark and Richard Albert Close were charged with stealing, in company, from Charles Anderson at South Grafton on…

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Conviction for Wife Murder. Appeal Dismissed. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 November 1920 · page 5

The Full Court of Criminal Appeals was further engaged to-day with the appeal of Sydney Hubert, who was convicted for the murder of his wife. The appeal was…

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Councils and Electricity. Question of Contracts. Effect of Decision in Equity Court. Kempsey

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 November 1920 · page 5

Considerable astonishment was expressed in Kempsey when the text, of Mr. Justice Harvey's judgment in the Equity Court became available on Saturday…

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Search for Missing Men. Four Prisoners Charged. with Murder. Perth

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 November 1920 · page 5

A police expedition, which was despatched to Broome Bay, West Australia, to search for the crew of the lugger Ash-burton returned with four prisoners, Who…

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The Timaru Murder

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 3 November 1920 · page 2

Reginald Matthews was arrested at Lyttelton last night after a desperate struggle and charged with the murder of Clarence Wagstaff at TimarnR…

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"The Cinema Murder."

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 November 1920 · page 4

The third Cosmopolitan masterpiece, "The Cinema Murder," will be displayed at Hordern's Pictures, South Grafton, to-night. It presents Marion Davies as…

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Back to Grafton Gaol. Outside His License. Higgins Returned to Custody

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 November 1920 · page 1

Walter William Higgins, 24, was charged at Lismore Court on Monday with, on October 25, that being then the holder of a license under section 463 of the…

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Grafton Police Court. Wednesday, November 3. (Before Mr. A. H. Parkes, P.M.)

Daily Examiner · Thursday 4 November 1920 · page 6

There were eleven cases or failure to render personal service required under the Commonwealth Defence. Act, and varied fines were inflicted, with costs 8 in each…

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Shot by the Police. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 4 November 1920 · page 4

A message received from St. Helens (Tasmania) says that Burgess Bros., of while crayfishing with pots on the East Coast, were called on to…

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Number of Killed and Wounded. an Atrocious Murder. (Published in "The Times.") LONDON

Daily Examiner · Thursday 4 November 1920 · page 5

During the last 48 hours two policemen were killed and six wounded, one soldier killed and two wounded, two civilians killed and three wounded, and two Black…

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Greenwood Poison Case. Most Sensational Trial. Charge of Wife Murder. Remarkable Scenes in County Town. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 4 November 1920 · page 5

The trial of Harold Greenwood, described, as one of the most sensational poison trials, opened in the Shire Hall at Carmarthen. The early morning trains…

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