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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1921

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Grafton Police Court

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 January 1921 · page 4

Before Messrs. F. Vaughan, E. Avery and A. Thompson, J 's.P.) ALLEGED ATTEMPTED RAPE. Edgar John Clyde Ellem, aged 17,…

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Arrested at the Church. Bridegroom Wanted by Police Alleged Theft of Tweed. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 January 1921 · page 2

Just as he was about to be married at a leading city church, a young returned soldier was arrested by Detectives Pother, Barclay, and James…

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Maclean Police Court. Friday, December 31, 1920. (Before Mr. H. Sargeson, J.p.) Indecent Language

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 January 1921 · page 2

Thomas Fun, alias Thomas Rule, was charged with the above offence, committed in River street the previous day, and was fined £2 or 14 days…

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Grafton Police Court. Friday, 31st DECEMBER, 1920. Before Messrs. F. Vaughan, A. Thompson and E. Avery, Js.P

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Saturday 1 January 1921 · page 6

There was quite an attendance at the Police Court yesterday morning, the reason being, probably, the hearing of a capital charge against a…

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Police Protection a Canard. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 January 1921 · page 4

Mr. Benn, secretary of the Victorian Cricket Association, and a member of the Board of Control, when asked to-day, [?]rated that the report that police…

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Wholesale Murder. Man with Tiger's Soul. Thirty-five Terrible Crimes

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Saturday 1 January 1921 · page 7

"If you go carefully through the criminal records in all history you will not find such a series of systematic slaughterings, carried out with such…

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Archbishop's Denunciation. Members Must Leave Murder Societies. London, Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Saturday 1 January 1921 · page 5

Venerable Father G[?]martin, Catholic Archbishop of T[?] in a letter addressed to the people of has diocese says that armed resistance to the…

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Murder Threatened at Broome. Dealing with the Japanese. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 January 1921 · page 2

A Broome telegram reports that certain citizens who took a prominent part in suppression of the colored riots on Wednesday night complained that Japanese had…

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Police Ambushed. One Killed and Several Wounded. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 January 1921 · page 5

A patrol of ten police were ambushed at Middletown, County Cork, last night. One constable was killed, three seriously wounded and two slightly wounded. A police…

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An Aerial Highwayman. New Worries for Police Thief's Daring Exploits

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Saturday 1 January 1921 · page 6

If anything were wanted to show the great development of the aeroplane industry, it is given in the fact that thieves of aeroplanes are already…

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W.A. Railway Crisis. Compulsory Conference Called. Men Must Go to Court. Perth, Friday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Saturday 1 January 1921 · page 5

A compulsory conference of the parties concerned in the railway crisis was summoned to-day by Justice Burnside. President of the Arbitration…

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North Sydney Murder. Suspect Seen. a Fruitless Search. Sydney, Sunday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 3 January 1921 · page 3

In connection with the North Shore murder of Miss McGrath, a man answering the description of Wilfred Colley, who is wanted by the police…

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Assassination by Arabs. Chief of Police and British Officer. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 3 January 1921 · page 5

Reuter's Paris correspondent states it is officially reported from England that the chief of the police and a British officer were assassinated on December 25…

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Alleged Cattle Stealing

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 January 1921 · page 4

At the Casino Police Court on Friday, before Mr. A. J. Peisley, P.M., Alfred George Sullivan, of Coraki, appeared to answer a charge of stealing at Coraki in…

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Local and General. Grafton Police Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 January 1921 · page 4

Before Mr. F. Vaughan, J.P., at the Police Court yesterday, Ernest John Wall appeared on a charge of being drunk in Abbott street, South Grafton, and was…

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Alleged Wilful Murder. Charge Against Hotelkeeper

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 January 1921 · page 5

James Richard Comerford, licensee of the Emu Vale Hotel, was charged at the Warwick Court with having on December 31 wilfully murdered John Long…

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Casino Court Work

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 January 1921 · page 4

Mr. Geo. Nesbitt, M.L.A., forwards the following letter he has received from the Attorney-General's Department:--In reply to your representations in relation to the…

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Grafton Police Court. Monday, 3rd JANUARY, 1921. Before Mr. F. Vaughan, J.P. Disorderly Conduct

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 January 1921 · page 3

Ernest John Wall was charged with being drunk and disorderly in Abbott-street, South Grafton, on 1st January. He pleaded not guilty. The charge of…

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King's Police Medal. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 January 1921 · page 5

The King's Police Medal has been awarded to Superintendents Atkinson and Brookes, of Sydney…

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Charged with Murder. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 January 1921 · page 1

Daniel O'Keefe was again brought before the Central Police Court to-day, charged with having maliciously and feloniously murdered Claude McMurdo. He was…

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