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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1923

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Crowd Look On. Brutal Assault on Tram Men. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 March 1923 · page 5

Two hoodlums violently assaulted and in[?] the conductor and the driver of a tram at Newtow nlast night[?] The Injured men were taken to the Royal…

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Police Art Unions. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 March 1923 · page 4

No more police art unions are to be held after the current one because of the difficulties under the amended law…

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Child Kidnapped. Police Search Unsuccessful. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 March 1923 · page 5

Dorothy Payne, aged 5, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eric Payne, of South Mcloourne, was taken away about 6.30 p.m. last night by an unknown man, who rode up on a…

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Copmanhurst. Police Magistrate Welcomed. Copmanhurst

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 March 1923 · page 4

Mr. W. B. Geddes, Police Magistrate for the district, was given a cordial welcomed at the Copmanhurst Police Court yesterday by the local justice and…

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Local and General. Supreme Court Sittings

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 March 1923 · page 4

The sittings of the Supreme Court, which were to have been held at Grafton on April 5, have been postponed, and will be held on Friday, May 1…

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Riot in Cairo. Soldiers and Police. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 March 1923 · page 5

Reuter's Cairo correspondent says that the newspapers report that a fracas occurred in an obscure quarter of the town of Tanua between the Egyptian…

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An Unusual Excuse. Plea in Criminal Court. Perth

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 March 1923 · page 5

Alfred Callinan, who held-up the Horseshoe Mine in Kalgoorlie in November last and got away on a bicycle with the pay money, amounting to £525, pleaded at…

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Fracas in Egypt. Between Police and Soldiers One Death. London, Thursday Night

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 24 March 1923 · page 2

Reuter's Cairo correspondent states that newspapers report a fracas in an obscure quarter of the town of Tanta between Egyptian police and…

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Uprising Threatened. Prussian Police in Readiness. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 26 March 1923 · page 3

Reuter's Berlin correspondent state that it is rumored that a reactionary coup d'etat in Bavaria is imminent. The Prussian Government has instructed…

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Baby Abandoned. Mother Before Court. Hobart

Daily Examiner · Monday 26 March 1923 · page 4

At Ulverstone Police Court a single woman was charged with having abandoned her child. Evidence was given that the woman had endeavored to board…

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Kidnapping Case. Arrested Man Before Court. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 26 March 1923 · page 3

At the South Melbourne Court to-day Gordon Smith, 19, was charged with having stolen Dorothy Bayne from her parents' home, and further with having…

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The Courts. Assault on Policeman. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 March 1923 · page 5

At the Redfern Court to-day Oliver Goddard, aged 21. was remanded on a charge of having inflicted grievous bod[?]ly harm on Sergeant Charles Ry[?]n…

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"After My Job." Plea in Murder Charge. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 March 1923 · page 5

At the Central Criminal Court to-day John Edward Young, 35 a laborer, was charged with having murdered George Hev[?]on at Temora on December 29…

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Grafton Licensing Court. the New Legislation

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 March 1923 · page 1

In the Grafton Licensing Court yesterday morning Messrs. W. B. Geddes, Police Magistrate, and D. M' Far[?]ane, J.P., granted an application by Thomas…

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IRELAND. Murder of Soldiers. Shot in Cold Blood. a Peace Move. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 March 1923 · page 5

It is reported from Cork that an official announcement is exported shortly [?] connection with an important peace move in which Cardinal Luzio is interested…

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Stabbed in the Face. a Story Told to the Police. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 March 1923 · page 5

Michael Mayne was treated at St Vincent's Hospital for a [?]arcrated face, which he states was caused by his being stabbed by a man at the corner of Govt…

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Wife Acquitted. Murder Charge Fails. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 28 March 1923 · page 5

Cecilia Tucker was acquitted at Port Augusta Circuit Court on a charge of having murdered her husband, Leslie Tucker, at Mount Ena…

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Abbreviated Costumes. Music Hall Artists Charged. Offences Against Public Morality. London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 28 March 1923 · page 5

The Paris correspondent of "The Times" says that Harry Pilcher and Mdlle, Zouliaka and Mdlle. Rahna, wellknown dancers, who are appearing in a…

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A Baby's Death. Mother Charged with Murder Singular Evidence. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 March 1923 · page 5

At the Central Criminal Court to-day Gladys Laybunn, 25, single, was charged with the murder of her newly-born baby The Crown, prosecutor said the accused…

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"Yes, I Mean It." Prisoner Threatens Suicide. Sentenced for Garroting. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 March 1923 · page 5

At the Quarter Sessions, Edward White, aged 31, a postal linesman, was sentenced to three years' imprisonment on a charge of garroting. His wife, Clare White,…

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