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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1922

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Another Ghost Scare. Murwillumbah's Mystery. Police Ordered to Suppress It. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 September 1922 · page 5

The Inspector–General of Police, Mr. Mitchell, referring to the ghost scare at Murwillumbah, remarked, "We are stern materialists. The days of ghosts are…

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"Nothing in It." Uki's Alleged Phantom Result of Police Investigations

Daily Examiner · Monday 25 September 1922 · page 2

Uki is not to become famous after all. The reported mysterious lights and uncanny happenings in a vacant cottage at that township formed the subject of a…

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Abolition of Arbitration Court. South Australian Proposal. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Monday 25 September 1922 · page 2

The introduction by the Bar well Government of a Bill to abolish the Arbitration Courts in South Australia has caused consternation amongst the…

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Illegal Operations. Seven Persons Charged. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 September 1922 · page 5

What is known in police circles as the "veiled woman case," in which William Roberts, aged 75, and six other persons are charged with having conspired to…

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MYERSON v. "Smith's, Weekly.'' Allegsd Contempt of Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 September 1922 · page 5

Emmanuel Myerson, property owner, asked Mr. Justice James to make absolute the rule nisi for a writ of attachment in respect to alleged comtempt…

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Police Court

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 27 September 1922 · page 2

At the Dorrigo Police Court one day last week before Mr. F. Chidgey, Denis Collins an a charge of drunkenness was fined 10/- Yesterday…

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Revival of Mining. Men Accept Reduced Wages. Arbitration Court's Approval

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 27 September 1922 · page 2

Judgment was given in the Arbitration Court in Melbourne on Friday by Mr. Justice Powers in an application on behalf of 1250 men for a variation…

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48–Hour Week. Objected to by Engineers Who Defy Arbitration Court. Result of the Ballot. Big Strike May Develop. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 27 September 1922 · page 5

By 3516 votes to 655 the Amalgamated Society of Engineers favored extreme measures in the preservation of the…

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DOMESTlC TRAGEDY. Married Woman's Death Husband's Story in Court Verdict of Suicide. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 September 1922 · page 5

At the inquest into the death of Ethel Marr, a married woman, of Arncliffe, Dr. Hearn said that on September 3 he treated Mrs. Marr for poisoning. She…

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Arrested in Grafton. Charged with False Pretence. at Mullumbimby

Daily Examiner · Saturday 30 September 1922 · page 7

Yesterday George Restall, 49, appeared at the Grafton Police Court and was remanded to Mullumbimby Police Court. Messrs. F. Vaughan and J. Campbell…

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Builder Charged with Arson. a Mosman Fire. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 30 September 1922 · page 4

On a charge of arson Henry Audsley, a builder, was arralgnca before Mr. Justice Campbell at the Central Criminal Court…

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Three Months Gaol. And Fine of £500 Each. Verdict in Bribery Case. “There Is Somebody Behind You.” Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Saturday 30 September 1922 · page 5

The Criminal Court was crowded to–day when John Sleeman and Edward Connolly, who last night were found guilty of attempting to bribe Frank…

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Firemen Claim Police Privileges. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 October 1922 · page 3

At a conference between the New South Wales Fire Brigades' Union and the Board of Fire Commissioners, the Board definitely rejected the union's…

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Supreme Court. Sitting at Grafton To-day. Claim for £2000 Damages

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 October 1922 · page 2

The Chief Justice, Sir William Cullen, arrived in Grafton from the Richmond yesterday. He will preside at a sitting of the Supreme Count at Grafton. The…

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Forty-eight Hour Week. Will Be Worked By Engineers. Decision of Court to Be Obeyed But Only for the Present. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 October 1922 · page 3

Twelve hundred members of the Melbourne District Amalgamated Engineering Union held a meeting in the Socialist Hall for the purpose of considering…

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Grafton Police Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 October 1922 · page 4

Edgar C. Reimer pleaded guilty at Grafton Police Court yesterday to a charge of using indecent language, and was [?]ined. £5. with 8 costs…

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Murder Charge the Melbourne Tragedy. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 October 1922 · page 4

Calmly and with apparent indifference George Lawrence Fry, aged 32, stepped into the dock this morning at the City Court charged with having on September…

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Incidents in Supreme Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 October 1922 · page 4

Yesterday afternoon the Chief Justice (Sir William Cullen) adjourned the Supreme Court at 4.5 p.m. for a quarter of an hour. At 4.30 p.m. his Honor took…

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Sentenced for Theft. Taxation Clerk. Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 4 October 1922 · page 2

At Adelaide yesterday Rudolph Eddelbuttel was sentenced to two and a half years' imprisonment for having stolen documents and papers…

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Their Only Grievance. Mutinous Prussians Sentenced London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 October 1922 · page 5

Reuter 's Berlin correspondent says at the trial of one hundred Reichswehr in connection with the mutiny at Loetzen, towards the end of September, eighty…

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