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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1922

1,353 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 65 of 68

Dance at Chambigne. Sequel in Police Court. Gambling and Language. "Just a Little Game."

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 December 1922 · page 4

Strange echoes of a dance held at Chambigne, twelve miles from South Grafton, on November 11, were heard in the Grafton Police Court yesterday…

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A Charge of Assault. "Melodramatic Tripe." Lawson's Son Bound Over. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 December 1922 · page 4

An article published in the press and a lecture delivered at the Lyceum Hall recently so incensed Joseph Henry Layson, aged 24 that he waited upon the…

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Theft of Jewellery. Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 6 December 1922 · page 2

A man entered a jewellery establishment at Newtown yesterday afternoon and asked a lady assistant to be shown some diamond engagement…

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Mr. Hughes Visits the Gaol Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 December 1922 · page 5

The manager of the Union Steam Ship Company, Mr. Hughes, interviewed 23 members of the crew of the Moeraki who are serving ten weeks' imprisonment for…

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Riding on Footpaths. Excuses in Court

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 December 1922 · page 4

Before Mr. A. H. Parkes, Police Magistrate, Henry Roney appeared at the Grafton Police Court yesterday to plead guilty to riding a cycle on the footpath…

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Alleged Theft of Opium. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 December 1922 · page 5

A charge of having stolen 13 tins of opium, worth £150, the property of Hugh McKenzie, was preferred against Frederick Deane at the Central Police Court…

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Seven Years. Gerald Bevan Sentenced. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 December 1922 · page 5

The trial has concluded of Gerald Lee Bevan, who was arrested in Vienna under sensational circumstances on a charge of falsifying the accounts of the London…

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Wife's Evidence. Husband Charged with Assault Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 December 1922 · page 5

At the Kogarah Police Court Thomas Bevan was charged with having assaulted his wife with intent to inflict bodily harm…

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Seamen Sent to Gaol

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 December 1922 · page 5

Fourteen members of the deck crew of the steamer Moeraki appeared before the Central Police Court charged with disobeying a lawful command…

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Ilford Murder. Intense Interest in Trial Crowds Fight for Admission. Fashionable Gathering in Court London

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 December 1922 · page 5

"Bywaters was the hand that struck the blow, but Mrs. Thompson's was the mind that conceived the scheme. He was the controlling influence," was the…

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Two Youths Sentenced. Threw Vitriol on Ex-chancellor. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 December 1922 · page 5

Reuter's Berlin correspondent says tow youths named Hustert and Oklschlagger were sentenced at Leipzig to ten years penal servitude for throwing…

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Rand Riots. Eight Men Sentenced to Death. Cape Town

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 December 1922 · page 5

At Johannesburg eight men were found [?] of murder in connection with the attacks on Brakpan mine during the Rand revolt, and were sentenced to death…

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Arbitration Court Award. Burned in Public. Wellington

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 December 1922 · page 5

The Wellington waterside, workers at a step work meeting burned a copy of the recent award of the Arbitration Court. The president of the union said the…

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Stern Fight Seamen and Union Company More Men Sent to Gaol. Variation of Award Sought. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 December 1922 · page 5

Warrants have been issued for the arrest of fourteen seamen of the Moeraki for alleged refusal of duty. The sailing of the Moeraki to New…

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Maclean Police Court. Before Mr. A. H. Parses, P.m

Daily Examiner · Saturday 9 December 1922 · page 4

Hawkers licenses were granted to A. E. Hattersley, J. A. Albert, W. Busch, E. Spencer, W. Warren, T. Wallwork, D, Rifol and N. Ram. A second-hand dealer's…

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Maclean Licensing Court

Daily Examiner · Saturday 9 December 1922 · page 4

At Maclean, before Mr. A. H. Parkes, P.M., and Messrs. J. E. Arnold and Dr. Corlis, J's.P., the following licenses were granted:--…

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Domestic Tragedy. Fifteen Years for Wife Murder London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 9 December 1922 · page 5

The "Daily Mail" Berlin correspondent says four daughters, torn between the wish to defend their mother's honor arid attachment to their father, at last…

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"Blood Will Flow ". De Valera's Murder Campaign Dail Eireann Member Shot. Ulster's Ultimatum. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 9 December 1922 · page 5

The first news of any big disturbance since the inauguration of the Irish Free State is reported from county Cork where 200 rebels, using a captured…

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Dose of Quinine. the Ilford Murder Case. Didn't Mean to Harm Husband. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 9 December 1922 · page 5

Mrs. Thompson, who had been in a state of semi-collapse, during most of the day brightened when By waters entered the witness box as soon as the…

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Death of Mr. A. H. Parkes. Collapses Af the Gaol. a Popular Magistrate

Daily Examiner · Monday 11 December 1922 · page 4

A well nigh inexpressible shock was received by the entire community on Saturday morning when it became known that Mr. Alfred Herbert Parkes, who had…

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