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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1921

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The Courts. Alleged Theft From the Railways. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 16 July 1921 · page 5

The police and railway detectives visited a house pt Auburn, early this,morning and waited outside for six hours when a man drove up in a cart and obtained some…

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Backing Mountain God. Alleged Theft of a Cheque. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 16 July 1921 · page 5

George Nightingale was charged at the police court with having attempted to steal a cheque for £180. Ivo Agnew, a Tasman grazier, said…

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Tasmanian Tragedy. Murder and Suicide. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Saturday 16 July 1921 · page 5

Launceston reports that George Gabbedy, 40, killed his wife and then committed suicide at Wivenhoe. Four children are left…

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Fair Rents Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 16 July 1921 · page 5

John Koval estate agent, was charged before the Fair Rents Magistrate to-day with having received 45 from, the tenant of a Waverley treatment house in…

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Dance in Court. Answer to Impropriety Charge

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Saturday 16 July 1921 · page 3

After seeing the three lady defendants give an exhibition of a dance in his own court the magistrate at Yorkville, U.S.A., acquitted them of a charge…

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Murder and Suicide. Tragedy in Tasmanian. Wife and Husband Dead. Hobart

Daily Examiner · Saturday 16 July 1921 · page 5

At Wivenhoe, Tasmania, Mrs. George Gabbendy was shot dead by her husband, who a few minutes later shot himself, also with fatal results. The police found the…

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A Dutch Impost'r Remarkable Admissions. Posed As Belgian Officer. Cause of Recent Court Scene. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Saturday 16 July 1921 · page 5

A young man with a foreign accent, who has been sitting at the press tables in the Sydney Courts for the past few months, wearing Croix de…

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War Criminals. Dittmar and Boldt Sentenced. Leipzig

Daily Examiner · Monday 18 July 1921 · page 5

The Public Prosecutor asked the court to sentence Boldt and Di[?]tmar to four years' imprisonment for attempted murder…

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The Monkerai Murder. a Revolver Found. Stroud

Daily Examiner · Monday 18 July 1921 · page 4

The police engaged on the Monkerai murder have made an important find. They searched for a weapon in the vicinity of the but where Frank Rudkin's body was…

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(Other Sporting News on Page 4.) Good Police Work. Quick Action Brings Its Reward. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 18 July 1921 · page 3

Quick action by the police yesterday resulted in two men, who were arrested for one robbery, being charged with four…

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Self-confessed Theft. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 19 July 1921 · page 5

At the Parramatta Police Court Sydney Cannon was charged with stealing a motor car mat valued at three shillings. Evidence was given that Alexander Grant drove a…

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Valuation Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 19 July 1921 · page 3

Before Mr. A. H. Parkes, P.M., the following matters were dealt with in the Valuation Court held at the Courthouse, Grafton Yesterday. Mr. A. J. Pollack…

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News of the World. Was Criminals Sentenced. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 19 July 1921 · page 5

Reuter's Leipzig correspondent telegraphed that at the sentencing of Dittmar, and Boldt the President of the Court said the penal servitude had not been inflicted…

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Grafton Police Court Monday, July 18. (Before Mr. A. H. Parkes, P.m.) Drunk and Language

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 19 July 1921 · page 3

There was no appearance of Charles Rowles on a charge of being found drunk and using indecent language. Sergt. Swan said that after he was…

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Grafton Police Court. Monday, July 18, 1921. Before Mr. A.H. Parkes, P.M. Drunkenness and Language

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 July 1921 · page 2

Charles Rolls, charged with being drunk and with using indecent language, failed to put in an appearance and was ordered to forfeit his…

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Mordialloc Murder. a Verdict of Manslaughter. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 19 July 1921 · page 5

At the Criminal Court A. Dowling pleaded not guilty to a charge of having murdered Patrick Duff, a farmer, of Mordialloe. He was found guilty of manslaughter, and…

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Charge of Assault

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 20 July 1921 · page 5

At the Central Police Court William Hart was charged with assaulting a naval stoker. William Ezzy said that while he was…

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A Gaol Mystery. Auckland

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 20 July 1921 · page 5

The charred body of a newly-born male child was discovered in the boiler of a furnace in the women's division at the Auckland gaol. It is not known who was…

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Grafton Police Court. Tuesday, July 19, 1921. Before Mr. E. Avery, J.P. Drunkenness

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 20 July 1921 · page 2

John Edwards, charged with being found drunk in Through street, South Grafton, failed to appear and forfeited his recognisances…

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Magistrates and Police in Conflict

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 20 July 1921 · page 5

When Stokes and McDonald appeared before the court, the proceedings were marked by the heated and indignant remarks of the honorary magistrates who…

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