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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1922

1,353 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 27 of 68

Grafton Police Court Thursday, 23rd MARCH, 1822, Before Mr. M. Longfield, P.M. Alleged Burglary

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 24 March 1922 · page 2

Sterling Malcolm Munro Keith McGregor (31) was charged with stealing on 22nd inst., in the dwelling house of Kenneth Edward Anderson, a suit case…

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Melbourne Murder. Appeal to High Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 24 March 1922 · page 5

The High Court has fixed next Wednesday, in Sydney, for hearing the application by Colin Ross for a retrial…

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Indian Unrest Gandhi in Gaol. Removed by Special Train Lahore, Wednesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 24 March 1922 · page 3

Gandhi has been removed by special train from Ahmedabad to Yaravade gaol, near Poon…

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Police Railway Concessions. Their Cancellation Recalled. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 24 March 1922 · page 5

The secretary to the Police Association (Mr. Fortescue) announces to-day that a circular, which was issued, recently, cancelling the privilege of concession…

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District Court in Divorce. (Before his Honor, Judge White)

Daily Examiner · Friday 24 March 1922 · page 3

The following divorce issue were tried at the continued District Court sittings at the Courthouse, Grafton, yesterday. Joseph George Lollback against Mary…

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A Heavy Drinker Whisky and Perfume. Husband's Divorce Court Story, Sydney. Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 24 March 1922 · page 3

Stephen Ottoway, in the Divorce Court to-day, said his wife drank eau de cologne and white rose perfume. Ottoway petitioned for a dissolution…

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District Court. Grafton Sittings. Thursday, 23rd MARCH, 1922. (Before His Honor Judge White.) in Divorce Jurisdiction

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 24 March 1922 · page 1

His Honor Judge White yesterday sat in Divorce jurisdiction. Lollback v. Lollback. Joseph George Lollback applied for…

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Colin Ross Application to High Court. to Be Heard in Sydney on Wednesday. Melbourne, Thursday Evening

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 24 March 1922 · page 3

The High Court has fixed Wednesday afternoon, in Sydney, tor the hearing of the application of Colin Ross for a re-trial…

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Maclean Police Court

Daily Examiner · Saturday 25 March 1922 · page 4

Before Mr, M. McPherson, J.P., at the Maclean Police Court yesterday, a first offender, and a seasoned old sinner, who were both discovered in River street on…

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Grafton Police Court FRIDAY, 24th MARCH, 1922. (Before Mr. M. Longfield, P.M.) Drunk

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Saturday 25 March 1922 · page 2

James Boyle pleaded guilty to a charge of drunkenness and was fined 10s, or 48 hours. Alleged Stealing…

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Irish Turmoil Sinn Fein Assassins Daylight Murder in Belfast. Two Policemen Shot. Border Warfare. I. R. A. Murder a Loyalist. London, Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Saturday 25 March 1922 · page 5

Eight men in a motor car drove through May-street, Belfast. The car then stopped and the men fired, killing two policemen, and then drove off…

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Youthful Outlaws Bush Fight with Police. a Policeman Missing. Melbourne

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Saturday 25 March 1922 · page 5

A posse had an exciting chase after two youths through the Gippsland bush last night. Shote were excanged, and one policeman is missing…

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An Exciting Chase. Police and Armed Youths. Whole Township Engaged in Search. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 25 March 1922 · page 5

A posse of police had an exciting chase after two youths through the Gippsland bush last night. Shots were exchanged and one policeman is missing. Grave…

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Sydney Sensation. Exciting Incidents Attempt to Rob a Bank. the Plot Disclosed. Police Await the Robbers. Crooks Living at Swell Hotel Sydney, Friday Evening

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Saturday 25 March 1922 · page 5

In front of the Coogee branch of the Australian Bank of Commerce in Belmore Road, a few minutes before ten o'clock to -day, a man carrying a…

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Police Court

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 27 March 1922 · page 1

Before Mr. McPherson, J.P., on Thursday:-- A first offender was fined 1s and 8s costs of Court for being found drunk…

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Irish Murder Campaign. No Man's Life Safe. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 March 1922 · page 4

The Irish murder campaign accounted for three more men to-day in Belfast, Co. Fermanagh and Co. Tyrone respectively. All are the result of shooting. The…

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Loyalist Reprisals in Tyrone. Six Hours Fight by Ambushed Patrol. Another Street Murder in Belfast. London, Friday Evening

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 27 March 1922 · page 2

There were three murders in Tyrone to-day. The victims were Roman Catholics, and presumably the murders are reprisals for the murder of…

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Grafton Police Court Breach of Liquor Act

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 March 1922 · page 4

Before Mr. M. R. Longfield, relieving P.M., at the Grafton Courthouse, Douglas Bradney was charged with having been unlawfully on licensed premises, to wit,…

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A Smart Theft. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 March 1922 · page 2

When going to a bank in Melbourne yesterday a representative of a city firm dropped a war [?]nond for £10) in C[?]as street, Tint before he could turn it had…

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Grafton Police Court Monday, 27th MARCH, 1922. (Before Mr. M. Longfield, P.M.) On Licensed Premises

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 March 1922 · page 2

Douglas Bradney, of the ship "Wanganui," pleaded guilty to being on the licensed premises of the Crown Hotel, Grafton, at 11.45 a.m. on…

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