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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1921

2,437 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 58 of 122

Two Faked V.C's. Sent to Gaol. Charges of False Pretence, Forgery and Stealing. Sydney, Friday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Saturday 4 June 1921 · page 5

Roy Morris was sentenced to twelve months' gaol on a charge of obtaining a motor cycle by pretending that a cheque, purporting to be drawn by J…

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Leipzig Trials. Sentry Sentenced to Six Months. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 4 June 1921 · page 5

Router's Leipzig correspondent reports that Robert Neumann, the sentry charged with ill-treatment of prisoners, was sentenced to six months imprisonment,…

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Another Domestic Trouble. Attempted Murder and Suicide. Melbourne, Friday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Saturday 4 June 1921 · page 5

The occupants of boarding house at Albert Park, Melbourne," were startled, at half past six this morning, by revolver shots in an upstairs bedroom…

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A Mother's Dilemma. Woman Goes to Gaol. to Keep Faith with Dead Daughter. Sydney, Friday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Saturday 4 June 1921 · page 5

Preferring gaol to "breaking her word" a woman was to-day committed by the City Coroner, Mr. J. J. Jamieson, to Long Bay prison, until such…

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Ireland. Police Killed in Ambush. Opening of Northern Parliament. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 4 June 1921 · page 5

A district inspector and three policemen were shot dead in an ambush at Killorglin. The Belfast '' Newsletter" states that the King will open the Northern…

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The Mordialloc Tragedy. Death of Patrick Duff. Dowling Charged with Murder. Melbourne

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 6 June 1921 · page 3

At the Fern Tree Gully Court yesterday, Arthur Dowling, aged 17, was charged with murdering Patrick Duff, at Mordialloc. It was alleged that…

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Serious Assault on Child. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 June 1921 · page 4

A girl aged' four was seriously assault in bushes close to a dance hallj at cessnock where her parents were attending a dance. The doctor's examination…

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Murder Charge Abandoned. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 June 1921 · page 4

It is announced to-day that there will be no further proceedings by the crown Law Department against Thomas La Barte, who in addition to having been callled…

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Grafton Police Court. Saturday, June 4th. Before Mr. A. H. Parkes, P.M. Drunk and Language

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 6 June 1921 · page 4

Patrick Maloney pleaded guilty to being drunk in Victoria-street, Grafton, on Friday, June 3rd, and to using indecent language. He was fined 10…

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A Russian Tragedy. Licentiousness and Murder. Soviet Commissaries' Harem. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 6 June 1921 · page 3

A message from Helsingfors states that news has been received of a tragedy at the Chateau of Livadia, formerly the Imperial winter residence,…

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Police Ambushed. a Number Killed or Wounded. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 June 1921 · page 5

A police patrol of seventeen were ambushed near Westport yesterday evening. Six were killed, including an inspector and a sergeant, and four others seriously…

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More Police Killed. Rebels Capture a Lewis Gun. London, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 6 June 1921 · page 3

Four police were killed and two hopelessly wounded in an ambush near Westport. The rebels captured a Lewis gun, some rifles and a lorry…

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Rebel Ireland. Two Hundred in Ambush. Attack Twenty Eight. Girl's Cowardly Murder London, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 6 June 1921 · page 3

Two hundred Sinn Feiners ambushed twelve police on cycles and sixteen in cars at Kylebeg Cross, near Borriskane, four being killed and five…

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District Court. Filling the Vacancy. Speculation and Rumors. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 7 June 1921 · page 5

Speculation is still rife in regard to filling the vacancy on the District Court Bench. One report, current in a fairly reliable quarter is to the effect that Judge…

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Tennis. Hard Court Championships. Tilden Hard Pressed. Mdlle. Lenglen Wins Again. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 June 1921 · page 2

A message from Paris states that Tilden, the American champion, who has been hard pressed several times during the International Hard Court…

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Alleged Wife Murder. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 June 1921 · page 5

Arthur Bryce Peden (51), mining engineer, was placed on trial at the Central Criminal Court to-day for the alleged murder of his wife at Tumbulong…

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Licensing Court

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 June 1921 · page 1
Also in The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser

A sitting of the Licensing Court was held in the Courthouse, Grafton, yesterday, before Messrs. A. H. Parkes, P.M and D. MeFarlane…

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Maclean Police Court. Tuesday, June 7. Before Mr. M. McPherson, J.P.

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 8 June 1921 · page 4

John Francis Patterson was charged that on the 4th June he was found drunk in River street, Maclean. He pleaded guilty and was fined 10 or…

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Maclean Police Court. Tuesday, June 7. (Before Mr. McPherson, J.p.) Drunk

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 June 1921 · page 6

John Francis, who Was charged With being found, drunk in River. street, Maclean, oh the 4th inst., pleaded guilty and was fined 10 or 7 days. The same man…

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