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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1922

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Diggers' Friend Before Court. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 September 1922 · page 3

Mrs. Marguerita Fiske, who lavishly entertained the Australians in London during the war including on one occasion 1000 simultaneously in Windsor grounds…

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Maclean Police Court

Daily Examiner · Saturday 9 September 1922 · page 3

At Maclean on Thursday before Mr. A. H. Parkes, P. M., the following cases were deal with:--F. Gard and A. McDonald pleaded…

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Local and General. Police Court

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 9 September 1922 · page 2

At the Dorrigo Police Court on Monday last before Mr. Frank Chidgey, J.P., William Mooned was fined 10/- for being drunk. On Thursday…

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Alleged Theft of £168. SYDNEY

Daily Examiner · Saturday 9 September 1922 · page 5

On a provisional warrant. William Arthur Hill, or Professor Toshima, was charged at the Central Court with having stolen £168 the property of Eaphemin…

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Woman Charged with Arson. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 9 September 1922 · page 5

At the Central Criminal Court Ellen Daunton, aged 60, was charged with alleged arson. When asked to plead, she exclaimed…

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Ulmarra Police Court. Wednesday September 6. (Before Mr. A. H. Parkes, P.M.)

Daily Examiner · Saturday 9 September 1922 · page 6

George Want was charged with being drunk and disorderly at Brushgrove Defendant pleaded guilty, and was [?]ed 30 and 8 costs…

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Noise in the Court. Man From Glenreagh. Remanded for Medical Observation

Daily Examiner · Saturday 9 September 1922 · page 4

"I object to a remand," said John McDerinott, 29, who was brought before Mr. A. H. Parkes, P.M. at the Grafton Police Court yesterday…

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The Courts. Youth Charged with Murder. Perth

Daily Examiner · Monday 11 September 1922 · page 3

News has come from the west coast of South Australia of the fatal shooting of a seventeen-year-old girl named Elorna Bockmann. She was in a room…

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Teachers and the Arbitration Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 11 September 1922 · page 2

The Assistant Teachers' Association unanimously carried a motion strongly protesting against the proposed action of the Government to withdraw from…

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Arthur Abigail. Charged with Stealing £200 Woman Plaintiff's Story. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 September 1922 · page 5

Arthur Abigail was charged at the Central Police Court with having on July 5, stolen £200, the property of Florence Chew…

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Out of Long Bay. Woman Gaol Breaker. an Old Offender. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 September 1922 · page 5

Under cover of night, and while the inmates of Long Bay gaol slept, Elizabeth O'Brien 34, alias Stewart and Johnson, who was serving a sentence of nine…

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Body Under Culvert. May Be Case of Murder. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 September 1922 · page 5

The police put forward the theory of possible murder in connection with the finding of the decomposing body of a man whose name is believed to be Alfred…

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Moree Murder Case. Death of Thomas Logan. Curran's Second Trial. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 September 1922 · page 5

At the Central Criminal Court to-day John Jeremiah Curran was charged with the murder of Thomas Rodgers Hogan. Mayor, and a solicitor of Moree. This…

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Youths Charged with Murder. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 September 1922 · page 5

An unknown man who was admitted to the Melbourne Hospital last night suffering from severe in juries, died this morning. Two youths, George Thompson…

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The Courts. £120 Damages for Assault. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 September 1922 · page 5

In the Supreme Court to-day Stanley Barton sued Joseph Howe to recover £500 damages for alleged assault. Plaintiff gave evidence that he…

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A Magistrate's Error. Casino Tick Case Appeal. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 14 September 1922 · page 4

Mr. Justice Wade, in Chambers, delivered judgment on an appeal by way of a special case from the decision of Mr. Ormonde Butler Police Magistrate,…

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Young Man's Death. Father Hears Murder Charge Learns Later His Son Is Victim. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 14 September 1922 · page 4

William Smith, who was formerly a policeman, went to the Fitzroy Police Court yesterday for the first time in his life and listened casually to a case in…

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Police Appeals Board

Daily Examiner · Saturday 16 September 1922 · page 5

The Bill for the constitution of police appeal boards, notice of which has been given in the Legislative Assembly, provides that the chairman of such board…

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Murder and Prohibition. (Published by Arrangement.) Staggering Comparisons

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 16 September 1922 · page 5

Writing from New York, Mr. Winthrop D. Lane, is a special article to the London "Times" characterises the effect of Prohibition in America in…

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Kemal's Threat. March on Constantinople. Smyrna in Flames. Turks Start Murder Campaign. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 16 September 1922 · page 5

Mustapha Kemal Pasha, specially interviewed by Mr. Ward Price for the "Daily Mail" said: There is nothing more to fight about. We earnestly…

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