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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1921

2,437 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 53 of 122

Women Police

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 21 May 1921 · page 3

The effectiveness of women as police constables is a subject that is being discussed with much concern by the civic authorities in England, and is…

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Should Wives be Beaten? "Yes," Says English Magistrate

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 21 May 1921 · page 4

Does the existing law give the husband sufficient authority over the wife? Mr. I. A. Symmons, the…

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Berlin's Beggar Army. Police Work "Miracles."

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Saturday 21 May 1921 · page 2

Up to a few days ago Berlin's fashionable thoroughfares were achieving a painful resemblance to an Eastern city. There was a veritable plague of…

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The Woolgast Murder. Speechly's Appeal Adjourned. Sydney, Friday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Saturday 21 May 1921 · page 5

The appeal of Charles Speechly, against his conviction on a charge of having murdered Constable F. Wolgast, has been adjourned for a…

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Judo's Revolver. Application for a Gun License. Magistrate Objected To. Sydney, Friday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Saturday 21 May 1921 · page 5

Ernest E. Judd, of Domain fame, applied before Mr. Gale, S.M., at the Central Police Court to-day, for a gun license…

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The Courts. Centennial Park Murder. Charles Speechly's Appeal. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 May 1921 · page 4

Tlie hearing of the appeal by Charles Speechly against his conviction and sentence of death for the alleged murder of Constable Wolgast has been adjourned for…

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Melbourne Sensation. Victorian Sergeant-at-arms Charged with Taking Money. Melbourne, Friday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Saturday 21 May 1921 · page 5

John Morgan Worthington, Sirgeant-at-Arms of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, wad remanded for ten days at the City Court to-day on a…

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QUEENSLAND The Mount Morgan Trouble. Federal Government Appealed To. an Aboriginal Murder Cass. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 May 1921 · page 4

Mr. Theodore admitted today than the Mount Morgan Company [?] down the Government's offer, but declined to state at present what action the Government…

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Outrages Continue. Campaign of Violence. Seven Persons Killed. Police Patrol Ambushed. Republican Army Stops Parole. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 May 1921 · page 5

The campaign of violence in Ireland continues without abatement. During the last twenty-four hours four police and three civilians were killed. A police…

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Death of William Flannery. Wife Charged with Murder. Sydney, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 23 May 1921 · page 3

A message from Parkes states that Vera Flannery, wife of William Flannery, who died of poisoning on April 24th, has been arrested on a…

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Parkes Sensation. Wife Arrested for Murder

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 May 1921 · page 4

Vera Flannery, wife of William Edward Flannery, who died at Parkes from poisoning, was arrested and charged with murder. An open verdict was returned at the…

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An Audacious Theft. Cash-grabber's Sentence Suspended. Brisbane, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 23 May 1921 · page 3

William Moxley pleaded guilty at the Criminal Court to-day to having stolen money, the property of McDonnell and East, drapers…

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Grafton Police Court. Saturday, 21st MAY, 1921. Before Mr. A. H. Parkes, P.M. Riotous Behaviour

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 23 May 1921 · page 4

Two men named Joseph McDede and Joseph Nichols appeared on a combination of charges arising out of their lawless conduct at South Grafton…

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Grafton Police Court Saturday, May 21. (Before Mr. A. H. Parkes, P.m.) an All-in Brawl

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 May 1921 · page 1

East Friday was the unlucky day of two young men, who, on Sergeant Swan's evidence, have recently arrived in these parts from Sydney, and, on evidence of…

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Police Association. Secretary to Visit Grafton. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 May 1921 · page 4

The work of completing the organisation of branches of the Police Association throughout the State is nearly completed. Next week Constable Fortescue,…

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LAWYER v. Judge. Recriminations in Court. Dispute at Midnight

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 23 May 1921 · page 4

Extraordinary features attached to the conduct of a case heard in the Criminal Court at Brisbane on Tuesday night; in which Mary Partridge…

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Rioting at Cairo. Demonstrators Attack Police. the Cavalry Called Out. Several Persons Killed. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 May 1921 · page 5

Reuter's Cairo correspondent telegraphed on Friday that serious rioting which occurred, in the vicinity of the Ministries, is apparently connected with the extremists…

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The Irish Problem. Police Activity in London. More Documents Seized. Constables Trounce Rebels. London, Friday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 23 May 1921 · page 3

The anti-Sinn-Fein raids have continued in London, resulting in the seizure of important documents. The four women detained on suspicion…

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The Bolsheviks. Communism in England. Result of a Police Raid. Details of a Revolutionary Plot Found. London, Friday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 23 May 1921 · page 3

The police raided the headquarters of the Communist branch of the Socialist Society, in the East End, and seized a quantity of literature,…

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Newport Outrage. Youth Charged with Murder Remanded on Bail. Melbourne, Monday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 May 1921 · page 3

Frederick Lohas, aged 19, a driller employed at the Newport railway workshops, was charged at the City Court to-day with murdering George…

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