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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1921

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The Meat Trade. Retailers Refuse to Purchase. Above Own Fixed Price. Graziers Against Court Decision. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 August 1921 · page 5

A meeting of the master butchers decided to refuse to purchase beef and mutton from the wholesale firms, at prices exceeding 3 12d per lb., which is considered…

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Theft of Soviet Funds. New York

Daily Examiner · Thursday 4 August 1921 · page 5

The "New York World" repons the arrest there of Jacques Roberto Gibario, aged 32, who is charged with the theft of 136,000 dollars of the Russian Soviet…

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Brutal Assault on a Man. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 4 August 1921 · page 5

Francis Williams, 36, was charged at the Central police Court with having inflicted grievous bodily harm on Harry Dunrick…

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American Police Systems

Daily Examiner · Thursday 4 August 1921 · page 3

Of Mr. R. B. Fosdick's book on, the police systems off the different States of America, "The Times" says:-"It is inevitable that American police systems…

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Sovereign Rights. the High Court Judgment. Regarding State Employees. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 4 August 1921 · page 5

Consequent upon the decision of the High Court oil Monday that the State has no sovereign rights in connection with matters such as the wages of State employees…

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Aloysius Tops Again Before the Court. Two Charges Sydney, Wednesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 4 August 1921 · page 3

Before the Stipendiary Magistrate, Mr. Adrian, at the Central Police Court to-day, Aloysius Tops was charged with wilfully wearing military…

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Meat Prices. Case For The Full Court. Master Butchers' Request. Lower Grade Meat at Higher Price. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 4 August 1921 · page 4

At a mass meeting of the master butchers to-night, it was decided to ask Judge Beeby to state a case for the Full Court in regard to the constitutional point…

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Police Court

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 5 August 1921 · page 2

The usual Police Court proceedings, to be held on Thursday, were postponed for a week in the absence of Mr. A. H. Parkes, P.M. The only…

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Chinaman Sent to Gaol

Daily Examiner · Friday 5 August 1921 · page 2

Thirty-nine charges were preferred again Wong Chong a Chinese, at Kogarah Police Court, 26 being for false pretences, and nine of having goods…

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A Serious Assault. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 5 August 1921 · page 2

Edward and Michael Fitzgerald came before the Central Police Court to-day charged with inflicting grievous bodily harm on Leonard Dugan, on July 31. The…

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Alleged Indecent Assault. Forbes

Daily Examiner · Friday 5 August 1921 · page 2

At the Quarter Sessions Arthur Smith was charged with attempted indecent assault on a woman travelling in a train from Sydney to Forbes, He was…

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Wholesale Thefts. Three Men Charged

Daily Examiner · Friday 5 August 1921 · page 2

Eric Falls, 20, John Saleh, 22 and Peter Walsh were charged at the Central Police Court with having stolen eighty dozen pairs of stockings valued at £250, the…

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Charge of Assault Withdrawn. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 5 August 1921 · page 2

George Field was charged at the Central Police Court with having assaulted Norman Urquhart, thereby occasioning actual bodily harm. The police prosecutor…

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Telegrams. Theft of Silk Stockings. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 5 August 1921 · page 2

Thieves secured 360 pairs of silk stockings and a number of other articles from a shop opposite the fire station last night The missing goods are valued at £120…

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More Warehouse Robberies. Four Young Men Charged. Sydney, Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 5 August 1921 · page 3

Four young men were charged at the Central Police Court to-day with stealing stockings valued at £250. One of the accused is a traveller…

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Court Records. Numerous Inaccuracies. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 5 August 1921 · page 2

The Chief Justice Sir Adrian Kno[?], in the High Court, when his attention was directed to the number of inaccuracies in the printed record of the proceedings of…

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League of Nations. International Court of Justice Geneva

Daily Examiner · Friday 5 August 1921 · page 5

Reuter's correspondent telegraphed that Britain has officially notified the League of Nations that the British Empire as a whole has ratified the statute providing…

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Diseased Cattle. Appeal Before High Court Judgment Reserved. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 5 August 1921 · page 5

The High Court to-day considered the appeals of Charles Alexander and his brother Robert, graziers of Bulga, near Singleton, against the judgment of Mr…

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LATE C.P.S. Sentenced. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 August 1921 · page 4

Two years imprisonment was imposed upon George Stanfield at Brisbane, for having stolen over £3000 while employed as a Clerk of Petty Sessions at Beaudesert…

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The Courts. Sent to Gaol. Darwin

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 August 1921 · page 4

Mr. Toupein the ex Mayor of Darwin, and Mr. Baiding, a prominent unionist, have been sent to goal for 28 days for the non-payment of income tax…

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