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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1922

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The Rona Inquiry. Protest Against Court's Finding. Auckland

Daily Examiner · Thursday 20 July 1922 · page 4

A meeting of the master mariners and other ships officers at Auckland carried a resolution expressing its disapproval at the finding of the Marine Court at…

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QUEENSLAND Salaries and Wages Reduced. by the Arbitration Court Action by Civil Service. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Thursday 20 July 1922 · page 2

In the Arbitration Court the full Bench to-day gave judgment in the Government application for a reduction in the salaries or civil servants by £10 yearly…

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Hornsby Murder. Two Persons Before The Court on a Charge of Assault. Both Committed for Trial. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 21 July 1922 · page 5

Frederick Powell and Stanley Spithill, alleged by the police "to be in some way concerned in the murder of Frank Cecil Kemmis," were before the Police Court…

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Supreme Court Judgeship. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 21 July 1922 · page 2

Mr. Shand, having refused a Supreme Court Judgeship, there is now consider able speculation as to who will be offered the high office. It is generally…

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Fair Rents Court. Its Retention Urged

Daily Examiner · Friday 21 July 1922 · page 5

A large deputation, introduced by Mr. Stuart Robertson, interviewed the Minister for Justice to urge the retention of the Fair Rents Court. One…

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Fight in George Street. Between Sailors and Police. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 21 July 1922 · page 2

Two policemen and about a dozen sailors came into conflict in George street last night. A serious riot seemed imminent, when a strong force of constables…

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Charge of Murder. Against the Bullying Junker Boy Shot for Bird-nesting. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 21 July 1922 · page 5

"The Times'' Berlin correspondent states that Von Kahne, the bullying junker, is being formally charged with murder…

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The Courts. Daisy Jerome's Loss. Woman Charged with Theft. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 22 July 1922 · page 5

A woman was arrested at Circular Quay last night charged with having stolen property valued at £720 from Miss Daisy Jerome, the well-known vaudeville…

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Charge of Stealing

Daily Examiner · Saturday 22 July 1922 · page 4

Thomas James Mitchell was also charged that on November 4, 1921, at Glenreagh, he did steal one tent fly valued at £4176 the property of the Railway…

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Casualties. a Murderous Assault. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 22 July 1922 · page 5

Joseph Woof, a laborer was walking along Crown street late last night when a man stepped out of a doorway and smashed a bottle of beer on his face…

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Hornsby Murder. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 22 July 1922 · page 3

The late Mr. Kemmis's keys were found, this morning at Hornsoy in a vacant allotment about twenty-five [?]es away from the bank near a newspaper office…

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King Intervenes. Prisoner Released From Gaol. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 22 July 1922 · page 5

The special intervention of the King led to the release of cx-poliec Inspector Symc, who was imprisoned in Ulster for violently threatening the King' and Royal…

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Ulmarra Police Court. Larceny of £5 NOTE. (Yesterday before Messrs. R. N. Shaw and W. J. Loughman, J. 'sP.)

Daily Examiner · Saturday 22 July 1922 · page 4

William Kavanagh was charged with stealing the sum of £5 from John Davison at Ulmarra. Accused pleaded guilty. Constable King deposed that after…

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Police Not Helped. Complaint in Council. Sydney

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

A complaint was made in the Legislative Council last night concerning the want of backing the police received by the judiciary…

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Millionaire's Romance. Remarkable Story in Court. Action to Recover £125,000 Presents for His "Lovely Elf." London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 22 July 1922 · page 5

A remarkable romance in the life of the deceased Walter Winans, an ex-millionaire, was revealed in an action brought by the administrator of the…

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Grafton Police Court Theft of a Razor. Owner Doesn't Shave

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 25 July 1922 · page 4

Herbert Norquay, 30, a cook, was charged before Mr. A. H. Parkes, P.M., at the Grafton Police Court yesterday that he did, at Grafton on July 22, steal one…

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Dead End. Hornsby Murder Mystery. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 25 July 1922 · page 5

There are still no fresh developments regarding the Hornsby murder. Opinion is more pronounced than ever that the police have reached a dead end…

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Victorian Murder. Inquest on Mrs. McLAUGHLIN. Investigating Finger Prints. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 25 July 1922 · page 5

In connection with the murder of Mrs. Josephine McLaughlin, aged 35, at Yes on Saturday night, the formal inquest was opened at Yea this afternoon, when…

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The Courts. Charge of Wife Murder. "Only a Sleeping Draught." Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 25 July 1922 · page 5

At the Central Court to-day Albert Edward Boyd, 34, was charged with having feloniously slain his wife, Annie Boyd…

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Serious Charges. Police Raid Hospitals. Seven Persons Under Arrest. Heavy Bail Fixed. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 25 July 1922 · page 5

Seven arrests and nine charges of a serious nature were the outcome of raids made during the week-end by police at Darlinghurst, Marrickville, and Arncliffe,…

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