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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1920

1,245 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 60 of 63

Industrial. an Illegal Strike. Union Before the Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 11 December 1920 · page 5

Percival Upton continued his evidence in the case in which the Federated Furnishing Trades Union was called upon to show cause why it should not be dealt…

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Maclean Police Court. Friday, December 10, 1920. (Before Mr. A. H. Parkes, P.m.) Drunk

Daily Examiner · Monday 13 December 1920 · page 3

James Thompson, who was found drunk in River street the previous day, and who had recently been before the court on a similar charge was fined £110 or 10…

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Alleged Brutal Assault Two White Women Beaten. Hindoo Runs Amok at Naughton's Gap

Daily Examiner · Monday 13 December 1920 · page 5

Mahomed Box, a Hindoo, residing with his white wife and family at Naughton's Gap, was arrested by Sergeant Wren on Wednesday morning and lodged in the…

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The Courts. The St. Kilda Murder Case. Jury Unable Agree. Fierce Brothers Remanded. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 13 December 1920 · page 5

The trial of James and Henry Pierce, on a charge of the murder of David Davidson at St. Kilda, was continued at Melbourne yesterday. The jurors visited…

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Alleged Contempt of Court. Application Against Lloyd George. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 13 December 1920 · page 5

The application for an order on Mr. Lloyd George to show cause why he should not be committed for contempt of court for making reference in a speech at the…

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Grafton Police Court Monday, December 13. (Before Mr. A. H. Parkes, P.M.)

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 14 December 1920 · page 5

Philip Green, charged with Keeping an unregistered dog, pleaded guilty and was fined 10 with 8 costs. Maurice Coghlan pleaded guilty to a…

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Eastbourne Murder. Excites Unusual Interest. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 14 December 1920 · page 5

The trial or the two men charged with the murder of Irene Munro, a pretty London typist, at Eastbourne, is creating a sensation equal to the Greenwood trial…

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Divorce Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 14 December 1920 · page 4

Mr. Justice Gordon delivered judgment in the Angel divorce suit. His Honor dismissed Angel's petition and granted Mrs. Angel's petition for the dissolution of…

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The Courts. a Postmaster's Defalcations. Crennan Pleads Guilty. to Stealing £1678. SYDNEY

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 14 December 1920 · page 4

James Crennan, 57, was committed for trial at the Central Police Court, charged with having, while postmaster at the Haymarket Post Office, made use of £1678, the…

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Theft of £1468. From a Melbourne Chinese. Gold for Notes, with a Variation. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 14 December 1920 · page 5

On November 25 a Chinese herbalist named Kwong Sue Duck was reported to have been assaulted and robbed of about £1000, at his premises in Russell street…

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Sentenced to Death. Perth

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 December 1920 · page 5

An aboriginal named Gunboor was found guilty of murder and was sentenced to death at Perth. The evidence showed that two men named Ulbrich and Renland were…

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Murder Hanging and Suicide

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 15 December 1920 · page 2

The New Zealand Executive Council has decided not to interfere with the sentence of death passed on Samuel Thorn for the murder of…

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Grafton Police Court (Before Messrs. E. Avery and F. Vaughan J.'sP.)

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 December 1920 · page 1

At the Police Court yesterday a man deemed to be insane, was remanded for eight days for medical treatment and observation…

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Alleged Intent to Murder. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 December 1920 · page 5

The second trial of John Walker, who was charged with attempting to discharge a loaded reviver at Police-Sergeant O 'Brien with intent to murder was…

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New Zealand Murder Case. Wellington

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 December 1920 · page 4

The New Zealand Executive Council has decided not to interfere with the sentence of death passed on Samuel Thorne for the murder of Sidney Ayre. James Granville,…

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The Court. Tuesday, December 14.—(Before Mr. A. Parkee, P.M.)

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 15 December 1920 · page 2

A first offending drunk, who had spent the night in the cells, was fined 5s. William Alexander, indecent…

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Grafton Police Court (Before Mr. F. Vaughan, J.p.) Drunk and Stealing Charges

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 December 1920 · page 2

At the Police Court yesterday Robert Norman pleaded guilty to a charge of being found drunk in Prince street. Sergeant Swan said that nothing was known…

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Charge of Stealing. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 December 1920 · page 5

Charles William Webster, carrier, and John Victor, Wallace, carter, were remanded at the police court on a charge of having entered the storeroom of Henry Berry…

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Eastbourne Murder. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 December 1920 · page 5

The Eastbourne trial has opened of Jack Field, 19, and William Gray, 27, for the murder of the pretty typiste, Irene Munro, who. was. found with her head battered on…

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Alleged Attempted Murder. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 December 1920 · page 5

The jury in the trial of John Walker, charged with having attempted to discharge a loaded revolver at Police-Ser-…

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