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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1921

2,437 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 82 of 122

Copmanhurst Court a Deal in Opossum Skins. Police Allege Attempted Bribery

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 August 1921 · page 2

At the Copmanhurst Police Court on Tuesday, before Mr. A. H. Parkes, P.M., a hawker named Roger Nasser was charged with having in his possession at…

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Grafton Police Court (Before Mr. A.H. Parkes, P.m.) Discharging a Firearm

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 August 1921 · page 3

At the Courthouse yesterday Lidha[?] Hume appeared charged with discharging a revolver in a street in Grafton and also charged with carrying a firearm with…

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Grafton Police Court- Friday, August 19, 1921. Before Mr. A. H. Parkes, P.M. Alleged Discharge of Firearm

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Saturday 20 August 1921 · page 8

Lyndham Hugh was charged with that he did, on the 18th inst., in Prince street, Grafton, discharge a firearm, to wit, a revolver…

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Maclean Police Court. Thursday, August 18. (Before Messrs. G. M. Shaw and M. McPherson, J's.P.) Riotous Behaviour

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 August 1921 · page 6

Two first offenders charged with the above offence each pleaded guilty through their solicitor, Mr. T. McL. Lobban. Constable Bacon deposed that the in…

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Murder Gang. Operating in America. Sicilian Desperadoes' Grim Record New York

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Saturday 20 August 1921 · page 5

The New York police attribute a total of more than 125 unsolved Italian murder mysteries in New York, Chicago, Detroit, Pittsburg and other large…

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Grafton Police Court Drunk

Daily Examiner · Monday 22 August 1921 · page 1

At the Grafton Police Court on Saturday James Wilkie Mealmaker appeared before Mr. A. H. Parkes, P.M to answer a charge of drunkenness…

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Telegrams. Burglary in a School Parkes

Daily Examiner · Monday 22 August 1921 · page 4

The manual straining shed at Parkes District, School was broken into and tools to the value of £50 were stolen…

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Grafton Police Court. Saturday, August 20, 1921. Before Mr. A H. Parkes, P.M. Drunk

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 22 August 1921 · page 2

James Wilkie Mealmaker pleaded guilty to being found drunk in Princestreet, Grafton, and was fined £1, in default 7 days…

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Sinn Feiners Acquitted. on Murder Charge. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 22 August 1921 · page 5

Twelve alleged Sinn Feiners were acquitted at Edinburgh on charges of conspiracy to murder in connection with the attack on a prison van in Glasgow. One…

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Verdict or Murder. a Tamworth Inquest. Tamworth

Daily Examiner · Monday 22 August 1921 · page 4

The inquest concerning the death of Thomas Hall, who was wounded At Cohen 's farm, Tamworth district, on August 5, and died in the Tamworth Hospital five days…

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Asks for Gaol to Secure Food and Bed. Unemployed Man's Pitiful Story. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 22 August 1921 · page 2

One or Sydney's unemployed entered police headquarters last night, and begged to be charged with vagrancy ia order that he might obtain food and a…

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Hired to Murder. a Wealthy Banker's Wife. Sensation in Kansas City. Kansas City

Daily Examiner · Monday 22 August 1921 · page 5

A sensation has been caused by the publication Mention in a newspaper of Samuel Harris's confession that he had been hired to murder Mrs. Stillman, whose husband was…

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Grafton Police Court. Monday, August 22, 1921. Before Mr. A. H. Parkes, P.M. Drunkenness

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 August 1921 · page 4

John Dunn, charged with being found drunk in Bacon street, pleaded guilty and was fined 5, in default 3 hours…

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Huge Jewellery Thefts. Paris Police Baffled

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 August 1921 · page 2

When the last mail left England no trace had been discovered of the thief who walked out of a fashionable hotel in the Champs Elysees, carrying a…

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Six O'clock Closing. Opinion of the High Court. Agrees with the Full Court. Leave to Appeal Refused. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 23 August 1921 · page 5

Mr. E. R. Abigail moved before the Full High Court for special leave to appeal against the judgment of the State Full Court which over-ruled the decision of…

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Price of Meat. Appeal to Full Court. Against Judge Beeby's Decision. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 23 August 1921 · page 5

Mr. Pike, representing the Master Butchers' Association and the Cash Butchers' Association, asked the Full Court to expedite the hearing of the special case…

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Meat Prices Legality of Fixation. High Court to Hear Appeal. Sydney, Monday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 August 1921 · page 3

The High Court to-day consented to hear argument against the legality of Judge Beeby's fixation of meat prices on Thursday next…

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Coff's Harbor Police Court. (Before Mr. A. H. Parkes, P.m.) Six O'clock Closing

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 24 August 1921 · page 2

At the Coff 's Harbor Police Court yesterday, W. T. Johnson, licensee of the Fitzroy Hotel, appeared charged with having his hotel open during prohibited hours,…

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Remarkable Escape Attempted Murder. Empty Shell Saves Constable's Life. Sydney, Tuesday Evening

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 24 August 1921 · page 3

Constable Spithill, of Redfern, had a remarkable escape from death at the Waterloo tram terminus about midnight…

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Ferry Fares Court Grants an Increase. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 24 August 1921 · page 4

Judge Beeby delivered his amended judgment to-day in connection with the Sydney ferry fares. The Judge said he was satisfied the company had not been…

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