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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1922

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Alleged Burglary. Illiterate Lad Committed. Sydney, Monday Evening

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 March 1922 · page 3

Arthur Wilson, 17, who admitted that he could neither read nor write, was committed for trial at the Central Police Court to-day on a charge of…

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Alleged Intent to Murder. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 7 March 1922 · page 5

Walter Henry West, 27. was remanded at the Redfern. Police Court on a charge at having shot at Jenifer West with intent to murder. The accused was…

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The Courts. Melbourne Murder. Colin Ross Appeals. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 7 March 1922 · page 5

On the grounds that fresh evidence was now available, that the jury was misdirected by the Judge, that in view of Harding's evidence it was open to the…

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Melbourne Murder Ross' Appeal Lodged. Several Grounds Stated. Melbourne, Monday Evening

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

On the grounds of fresh evidence being available, that jury were misdirected by the judge, that, in view of Harding's evidence it was open for…

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The Court

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 8 March 1922 · page 2

Apart from the fire inquiry, buri[?] at Tuesday week's Court was [?]ck. The P.M. granted Francis Murphy (Mr. Gilles) an ejectment…

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Small Debts Court

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 March 1922 · page 4

Before Mr. M.R. Longfield at the Court house, Grafton, yesterday, a verdict for one defendant with costs was given in the small debts case, George Rowles…

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Solicitor's Bankruptcy Disastrous Speculations. Bankrupt Now in Gaol. Sydney, Tuesday Evening

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

Charles McLean, formerly a Sydney solicitor, and at present confined at Long Bay Gaol, was examined before the Registrar in Bankruptcy to-day…

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Six Months for Assaulting the Police. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 March 1922 · page 5

Samuel Campbell was sentenced to six months' imprisonment on charge of having assaulted two constables while in the execution of their duty. One constable…

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Melbourne Murder. the Appeal of Colin Ross. Witness' Extraordinary Story. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 March 1922 · page 5

Before the State Full Court the Crown Prosecutor (Mr. Macindoe) applied for leave to mention the Ross appeal in regard to fixing a date for the hearing. He…

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Irish Situation Belfast Shootings. Week-end Casualties. a Deliberate Murder. London, Monday Evening

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

The Belfast week-end casualties were two killed and twenty-five wounded. Owen Hughes, who as cabled…

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South African Strike. Police Fired on Preference to Unionists. Johannesburg

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 March 1922 · page 5

Strikers who had been intimidating a mine official at Fordsburg, fired on the police, but fortunately none were hit. The police with exemplary steadiness…

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Assaulted Two Police and Pays for Both. Man Gets Twelve Months. Sydney, Tuesday Night

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

At the Central Police Court to-day Samuel Campbell was charged with assaulting Constable Newton and Sergeant Harper…

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Woman Charged with Murder. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 9 March 1922 · page 5

Word was received at police headquarters to-night from Moss Vale, stating that the coroner at the inquiry to-day committed for trial Edith McKay in connection…

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A Prisoner Sentenced. Perth

Daily Examiner · Thursday 9 March 1922 · page 5

John West, who was serving an indeterminate sentence, was sentenced by Judge Burnside to seven years for attempting to do grievous bodily harm to…

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Flogged His Wife. Brutal Teamster Sentenced. Sydney, Wednesday Night

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

At Narrabri Police Court, Robert Jones, a teamster, was charged with whipping his wife. It was said that Mrs. Jones was…

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Youthful Criminals Boys Sentenced to Five Years. Previous Warning Disregarded. Perth, Wednesday Evening

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

Mr. Justice Burnside to-day sentenced two youths, seventeen years old, to five years' imprisonment on a charge of shop-breaking and stealing…

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Hit with a Bottle Man Severely Wounded. Assailant Sent to Gaol. Sydney, Wednesday Night

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

Frank Davies pleaded guilty to assaulting Andrew McGrane a the Central Police Court to-day and was sentenced to two months' imprisonment…

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Alleged Murder a Brisbane Sensation. Tramway Man Remanded. Brisbane, Wednesday Evening

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

A sensational case was heard in the City Court to-day, when a tramway motorman, George Chapper, was charged with murdering a young…

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South Africa. Johannesburg Strikers Police Compelled to Fire. Johannesburg

Daily Examiner · Thursday 9 March 1922 · page 5

There have been vast disturbances in the telephone exchange and outside the fire stations, caused by the commandoes trying to pull out the employees. The police…

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QUEENSLAND Crisis in Dairying Industry. a Position for Mr. Gullett. Charge of Murder. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Thursday 9 March 1922 · page 5

Representatives of the Parliamentary Country party waited on Mr. Theodore to-day and brought under hisnot ice the serious position existing at present in…

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