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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1922

1,353 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 31 of 68

Grafton Police Court

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 April 1922 · page 4

Michael Shannon, was charged before Messrs. D. McFarlane and J. Campbell, J's.P., at the Courthouse, yesterday, with l:?mg found drunk and using indecent…

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The Boy Bushranger. Committed for Trial. Evidence at the Police Court. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 April 1922 · page 4

Robert Banks was charged at Neerim Junction (Victoria) today with having broken into Bloomfield's Co-operative Store and stolen a number of articles…

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"Atrocious Murder." Henry Slater's Second Trial. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 April 1922 · page 4

At the second trial ox Henry Slater, for the alleged murder of Thomas Monaghan, the jury again failed to agree, after being locked up all nighty…

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Rural Basic Wage. Case Before the Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 April 1922 · page 4

The Australian Workers Union conducted a case against a country employer for failing to pay the rural basic wage of £27, with keep. This was the…

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Fitzroy Fails Myatery a Charge of Murder. Against a Girl Wife. Echo of Le Barte Case. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 April 1922 · page 5

Edith McKay, 18, married, was charged at the Central Criminal Court with having murdered her eight-weeks-old baby. Mr. Coyle, for the Crown, alleged that…

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The Courts. Tirtschke Murder Witnesses. Harding and Dunstan Sentenced. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 April 1922 · page 4

Sidney John Harding, who gave important evidence in the Gun Alley murder case. Melbourne, for receiving stolen goods was sentenced to two years hard…

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Theft of £2000. SYDNEY

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 April 1922 · page 5

Detectives visited a house in Darling hurst to-day and arrested a man who has been charged with having stolen over £2000 from the Cheltenham branch…

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Gun Alley Murder. Mother Pleads for Son. Visit to Attorney-general. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 April 1922 · page 5

Mrs. Ross, mother of Colin Campbell Ross, waited on the Attorney-General of Victoria (Mr. Robinson) this afternoon and tearfully sought a reprieve for her…

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Melbourne Procession Case Before the Court. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 April 1922 · page 4

Rev. Father Barty, and AId. James Stack, a member of the Melbourne City Council, and J. Kennedy, secretary of the Catholic Federation, were charged…

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Scenes Outside Gaol. Demonstrations by Russians. Vaucouver

Daily Examiner · Monday 17 April 1922 · page 3

A New York message says several thousand Russians, chiefly refugees of the Czarist period, besieged the gaol for bankrupts, where General Semen off is…

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Maclean Police Court

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 April 1922 · page 4

At the Maclean Police Court on Tuesday morning, before Dr. Corlis, J.P., John Simpson, described as a jockey, was charged with that he did fin River street,…

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Gaol, Fines and Damages

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 19 April 1922 · page 2

In Moones-street, on Saturday afternoon, there was a disturbance, reminiscent of Coffs Harbor's "wild days" of a few years ago. A man…

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Divorce Court

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 April 1922 · page 4

In Sydney before Mr. Justice Gordon George Charles Coles sued for a divorce from Augusta Jane Coles (formerly Harris) on the ground of alleged adultery…

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Corone[?]s Court. High Street Fire Inquiry. An [?] Verdict

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 19 April 1922 · page 2

The P.M., [?]ting as Coroner, continued the adjourned inquiry into the destraction by fire of Mr. C. A. Finch's chemist's shop in…

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Coffs Harbor Court. Tuesday, April 11, 1922. (Before Mr. A. H. Parkes, P.M.)

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 19 April 1922 · page 2

John Nelson, drunkennees, fined 5s. or three hours. Same defendent, indecent behaviour, fined 30s. and costs or…

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I Am Innocent. Letter Found Near Gaol Strange Melbourne Incident. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 20 April 1922 · page 5

An extraordinary incident occurred yesterday afternoon, when an envelope was found by a high official of the civil service on the footpath beside the…

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Story of Murder. Crews of Pearling Ships. Darwin

Daily Examiner · Friday 21 April 1922 · page 4

News has been brought in by a black courier that the crew of two' pearling luggers have been murdered by blacks. The crews number twelve all told. The…

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QUEENSLAND Parliament Prorogued. Premier and Irish Police. Cotton Industry Forging Ahead. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Friday 21 April 1922 · page 5

A proclamation was issued to-day further proroguing the State Parliament to June 20. It is believed the House will not be called together until August…

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Craftgm Police Court Exhaust Not Silenced

Daily Examiner · Saturday 22 April 1922 · page 7

At the Grafton court yesterday, before Mr. A. H. Parkes, P.M. Keith Bushell was proceeded agaius: on information that he had driver…

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How Did You Like Gaol?

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 22 April 1922 · page 2

A city banker who spent his Easter holidays at a fishing resort on the North Coast has returned with a story which he is telling against himself…

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