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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1920

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Irish Position Improving. Captured Sinn Fein Order. Discloses Loss of Sympathy. Efficacy of Police Activity. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 19 November 1920 · page 5

Confirmatory evidence of recent Ministerial statements as regards the improvement of the situation in Ireland is disclosed in a captured Sinn Fein army order,…

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Sentenced for Assault. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 November 1920 · page 5

Arthur Schubert, who was found guilty of assault in connection with the charge of having attempted to shoot Mrs. Mary Roach in George street west, was sentenced…

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Juvenile Robbers. Theft From Mail Train. 2,000,000 Dollars Recovered. Vancouver

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 November 1920 · page 5

The Omaha-Burlington mail robbery involving more than three million dollars was planned and executed by a band of boys scarcely out of their teens. Four were…

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Alleged Murder. Melbourne Shooting Case. Inquest on Davidson. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 November 1920 · page 4

An inquest was opened in Melbourne concerning the death of David Davidson, who met his death on November 2. James Pierce and Henry Pierce, who are…

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Police Sergeant Murdered. Other Reprisals Alleged. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 November 1920 · page 5

The murder of a police sergeant at Cork was followed by the discovery subsequently of two men lying in the street, one of whom was mortally wounded and the other…

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Reduction in Outrages. Breakdown of Police Boycott. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 November 1920 · page 5

Dublin Castle reports that the number of outrages during the week ended November 15, were lower than any week of the last three months. There were only ten police…

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A Cool Theft. Another Soldier Shot. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 22 November 1920 · page 3

There was an amazing hold-up of a Dublin motorist, who was stopped at the revolver point and the car coolly stolen. One soldier was shot dead and one…

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Maclean Police Court. Friday, November 19. Application for Possession. (Before Mr. A. H. Parkes, P.M.)

Daily Examiner · Monday 22 November 1920 · page 2

This was a case under the Landlord and Tenants' Act, in, which Raymond Charles Spencer applied to be put in possession of certain lands and tenement, at…

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Appeals From Land Court. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Monday 22 November 1920 · page 3

Judgment, was delivered by the Full Bench of the Land Court on Saturday in the first appeals from the decisions of the Land Court under the Repudiation Act…

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Local and General. Maclean Licensing Court

Daily Examiner · Monday 22 November 1920 · page 2

The next quarterly Licensing Court for the district of Maclean will bo held on Friday, January 7, 1921…

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Colonel Malone, M.P. Sentenced to Six Months for a Seditious Speech. "Brothers of the Red Officers' Corps." London

Daily Examiner · Monday 22 November 1920 · page 3

An amazing story was told at Bow street when Colonel Malone, M.P., brought up for trial under Regulation 42 of the Defence of the Realm Act, for having, in…

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Grafton Police Court Monday, November 22. 1920

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 23 November 1920 · page 2

(Before Mr. A. H. Parkes, P.M.) The elusive cow was responsible for the majority of cases at the Police-Court yesterday when eleven citizens were fined at…

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A Verdict of Guilty. Ligores Sentenced to Death

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 23 November 1920 · page 5

The jury retired at 2.30 p.m., and shortly after 3 o'clock returned to court with a verdict of guilty, and a recommendation to mercy…

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The Courts. Alleged Murder. Case Against Ligores. the Free Love Mission. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 23 November 1920 · page 5

The trial commenced at the Central Criminal Court to-day of Daniel Ligores, who is charged with the alleged murder of his wife, in Holt Place. The accused…

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A Serious Assault. Man Robbed of £72. SYDNEY

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 24 November 1920 · page 4

William Rees, aged 31, was found lying, 'unconscious on the footpath at Leichbardt last night, Upon regaining his senses he stated that three men set' on him and…

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Ulmarra Licensing Court

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 24 November 1920 · page 4

At the Ulmarra Licensing Court yesterday, before Messrs. J. Retallick, G. W.' Fitzgerald and R. N. Shaw, J's.P., auctioneers' licenses were granted to the…

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Maclean Police Court. Tuesday, November 23. (Before Messrs. Lobban, Maurice and Shaw, J 's.P.) Auctioneers' Licences

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 24 November 1920 · page 1

The following applications were granted and licenses order to be issued: P. Connolly, Maclean; E. D. Munro, Maelcan; Ken Mackay, Maclean; F. C. McFadden,…

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The Picton Murder Arthur Sprague on Trial. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 24 November 1920 · page 5

Arthur Sprague, aged 15, was charged at the Central Criminal Court with the alleged murder of Ernest Weekes, a State child aged 10, whose body was found at…

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Licensing Court. (Before Messrs. F. Vaughan and A. Lipman, J 's.P.)

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 24 November 1920 · page 1

The following were granted auctioneers' licenses at the annual Licensing Court at Grafton yesterday:--Messrs. Edward Avery, Thomas Trefusis Bawden, George…

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INDUSTRIAL. Salaries of Adult Females. Engaged in the Public Service. Application in Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 24 November 1920 · page 5

An application on behalf of the Public Service Association and Professional Officers' Association was before the Industrial Court…

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