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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1922

1,353 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 11 of 68

Ferry Turnstile Case. Kiely Sentenced on Two Charges. Sydney, Monday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 February 1922 · page 2

Geoffrey Kiely, an ex-ferry wharf employee, appeared at the North Sydney Police Court to-day to answer four charges of having money reasonably…

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Grafton Police Court. MONDAY, 6th FEBRUARY, 1922, Before Mr. A. H. Parkes, P.M. Drunk and Indecent

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 February 1922 · page 2

Albert John Lambert pleaded guilty to being drunk in Victoria-street and was fined 10 or 3 days. He also pleaded guilty to behaving in an indecent…

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Sydney's Thieves. "A Worthless Loafer." Sentenced to Six Months. Sydney, Monday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 February 1922 · page 2

Robert Saunders was charged at the Redfern Police Court to-day with stealing goods valued at £30. He told the Magistrate that he was…

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Grafton Police Court Tuesday February 7. (Before Mr. A. H. Parkes, P.m.) Stealing Charge Withdraw

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 February 1922 · page 4

The case on which John Ryan proceeded against Peter Low Ross, an a charge of having on October 11, 1921, at South Grafton, stolen the sum of £20 and one…

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Small Debts Court

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 February 1922 · page 4

In the Small Debts Court yesterday Mr. A. H. Parkes sitting on the bench, the following verdicts for plaintiffs were given:--…

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Three Months' Hard. Assault on a Constable. Sydney, Tuesday Evening

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 8 February 1922 · page 2

At the Police Court to-day, Howard Simes, who was charged with assaulting Constable Wallace, was sentenced to three months…

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Police Ex-"general" Dead. Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 8 February 1922 · page 2

The death is announced of Mr. Thomas Garvin, ex-Inspector "General of Police, in his 79th year. (The late ex Inspector-General was…

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Persian Revolt. Police Rise Against Cossacks. Tabriz Seized. London, Monday Evening

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 8 February 1922 · page 3

A message from Teheran (Persia) says: The gendarmes in Azedbaijan Province, being unwilling to serve under a Cossack commander, attacked…

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Murder and Attempted Suicide. Wellington

Daily Examiner · Thursday 9 February 1922 · page 5

When Mrs. Gladys Hutchinson, 30, announced that she was returning to her husband, at Pipiroa, Arthur William Page, with whom she had been living…

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Melbourne Murder Case. Arrest of Albert White. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 9 February 1922 · page 2

A young man was brought into the detective office by Constables Nicholls and Jourdain, of Ashfield, and Detective Brennan, of Melbourne, who is doing duty in…

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Oriental Labor. Canadian Court's Ruling. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 9 February 1922 · page 5

The Supreme Court of Canada has declined to endorse the legality of the British Columbia Government's attempt to prohibit the employment of Orientals…

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Los Angeles Murder. Another Sensation. Mary Miles Minter's Love Letter. Vancouver, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 9 February 1922 · page 3

A Los Angeles message says: Another sensation developed in connection with the Taylor murder, when among the victim's effects a letter…

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Found Dead. Well-known Man and His Wife. Probable Murder and Suicide London, Tuesday Evening

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 9 February 1922 · page 3

Louis Courtauld, a doctor and barrister, who was prominent in London social and municipal work, and a member of the famous silk…

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Russian Affairs. a New Police Regime. Delegates to Genoa Conference. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 9 February 1922 · page 5

"The Times" Warsaw correspondent telegraphs that the Soviet secret police, who are in possession of the absolute power over life and property, wherefrom…

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Victorian Public Service. Sergeant at Arms Dismissed. Chief of Police Retires. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 9 February 1922 · page 5

The Public Service Committee, which has been considering the charge against John Morgan Worthington, formerly Sergeant-at-Arms at the Legislative Assembly…

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The Mysterious Murder. Of William Desmond Taylor. Discovery of Pink Lingerit. "Dearest, I Love You !" San Francisco

Daily Examiner · Thursday 9 February 1922 · page 5

The film world has dropped the Arbuckle case temporarily over the mysterious murder of William Desmond Taylor. Mabel Normand indignantly denies the…

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Indian Unrest Natives in Armed Revolt. Police Post Wiped Out. Violence in Many [?]Ties. Battle at Barell[?] .Lahore, Tuesday Evening

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 9 February 1922 · page 3

On Saturday a mob of two thousand extremists attacked a police post in the Chaura district at Gorakpur, and killed the entire staff, also a sub-inspector…

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Maclean Police Court

Daily Examiner · Friday 10 February 1922 · page 2

At the Maclean Police Court yesterday, before Mr. S. Maurice, J.P., the recognisances of two first offenders to answer a charge of drunkenness…

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Coff's Harbor Ejectment. Police Magistrate's Decision Upheld. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 10 February 1922 · page 5

Before Mr. Justice Ferguson, sitting in the Supreme Court in Chambers, Charles A. Finch, chemist. Coff's Harbor, moved to make, absolute a rule nisi for a…

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Ulmarra Police Court. Wednesday, February 8. (Before Mr. A. H. Parkes, P.M.)

Daily Examiner · Friday 10 February 1922 · page 1

Joseph Thorley v. Thomas Patterson, alleged insulting language. Mr. Macpherson appeared for defendant, who pleaded not guilty…

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