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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1922

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Attempt at Job Control. Mutineers Sentenced. Sydney

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

An attempt at job control on the Commonwealth steamer Gilgai when in port at Capetown failed owing to prompt action being taken…

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The Courts. Stolen Documents. Two and Half Years' Gaol. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 October 1922 · page 5

Rudolph Eddelbuttel was sentenced to two and half years' imprisonment for having stolen documents and papers be longing to the Federal Taxation…

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Brutal Murder. Body in Centennial Park. Man Done to Death. Believed to Be Country Visitor. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 October 1922 · page 5

A brutal murder was committed in Centennial Park to–day. The meagre facts now in possession of the defectives present unusual features…

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Touts Blamed. for Centennial Park Murder. the Victim Identified. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 October 1922 · page 5

The body of the man found in Centennial Park yesterday has been identified as Charles MacLennon, 45, who had been an inmate of the Woodville…

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"Squizzy"' Before the Court. Jury Unable to Agree

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 October 1922 · page 5

"Squizzy" Taylor, the victim of last night's shooting affray, appeared at the Central Sessions to–day charged with breaking into a warehouse in June last…

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Drunk in Court. Doctor Sent to Prison. Cowra

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 October 1922 · page 5

At the Cowra Circuit Court the Judge ordered the prosecutor in an alleged assault case to be imprisoned for forty–eight hours for appearing in court in a…

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State Parliament. Police Appeals Bill. Admission of Legal Aid. Estimates Under Discussion. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 October 1922 · page 5

In the Ligislative Assemble to–day Mr. James McGirr was informed by the Minister for Education that the amount of money provided at Sydney University for…

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Secretary's Alleged Theft Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 October 1922 · page 5

Vincent Borcham was committed for trial on a charge of haying stolen £622 the property of John P. Lester, Limited, for which firm he was secretary. It was…

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Ulmarra Police Court. Wednesday, October 4, 1922. (Before Mr. A. H. Parkes, P.M.)

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 October 1922 · page 1

Francis Connors was charged with being on hotel premises at Ulmarra during prohibited hours. He pleaded guilty and was fined £1 and 8 costs of court…

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Mysterious Murder. Scotland Yard Puzzled. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 October 1922 · page 5

The mysterious murder of Percy Thompson, a young shipping clerk in the early hours of the morning, near his home at Ilford, is puzzling Scotland…

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Local and General. Small Debts Court

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 October 1922 · page 4

At the Small Debts Court, Grafton, before Mr. A. H. Parkes, P.M., E. Gillett, butcher, of Coff's Harbor, was sued by the "Daily Examiner" for £9196…

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Queensland Arrested on Murder Charge. Northern State's Gold Yield. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 October 1922 · page 5

James Stopford, the member for Mount Morgan, was to-day elected Honorary Minister at a meeting of the Parliamentary Labor party. Mr…

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Court Incidents. When Loxton Meets Loxton. Witness Amusing Parries

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 October 1922 · page 6

There was no lack of the humorous and the snap of bristling interchange of comment in Wednesday's sitting of the Supreme Court in Grafton…

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Grafton Police Court

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 October 1922 · page 4

At the Grafton Police Court yesterday before Mr. A. H. Parkes, P. M., Percy R. Crawford was charged with assault. The accused did not appear, and the…

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Maclean Licensing Court

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 October 1922 · page 4

At Maclean, on Thursday, before, Mr. A. H. Parkes, P. M., an application was made for the re- assessment of the Yamba. Hotel from £190 to £208, which was fixed…

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Ilford Murder Case. Wife and Young Man Arrested. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 October 1922 · page 5

There was a dramatic development in the Thompson murder case at Ilford, Mrs. Thompson and Frederick Bywatters, aged 20, being arrested…

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Alleged Contempt of Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 October 1922 · page 5

Mr. Justice James in Chambers to-day reserved judgment in an application on behalf of Mverson, a property owner, in respect of alleged contempt of court…

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Police Tyranny. Woman in Hysterics. (Published by arrangement.)

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 October 1922 · page 3

This is the sort of thing that occure in U.S.A. since prohibition was foisted on the people. It is taken from the New York "fribune."…

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Under the Eyes of the Police

Daily Examiner · Monday 9 October 1922 · page 5

Two small boys, aged 11 and 8 chose the garden of the Hendon police station as the safest place to hide the stolen property. Eventually they admitted having…

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Bookmakers' Licenses. Police Lodge a Complaint. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 9 October 1922 · page 5

It is alleged that the indiscriminate issue of bookmakers' licenses for operations on country courses not registered by the A.J.C. has given the country police…

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