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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1923

1,083 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 14 of 55

Mindini Stranding. Marine Court Inquiry. Captain's Evidence Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 March 1923 · page 5

The circumstances surrounding the stranding of the steamer Mindini on the Mellish Reef in the Coral Sea on March 8 last were inquired into in the…

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The Ruhr. Illegal German Loan. Munich Storm Troops. Control of Police Force. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 March 1923 · page 5

Reuter's Dusseldorf correspondent says General Degoutte has issued a decree dissolving the security police serving in the newly-occupied…

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Deported Man Disappears Wellington Police Concerned. Clothes on a Rope. Wellington (N.z.)

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 March 1923 · page 5

The whereabouts of a man, said to have been deported by the Sydney police, is causing the local police some concern. The man was a passenger by the Manuka,…

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Railways Defrauded. Gunner and Trim Sentenced. Defalcations Estimated at £13,000. SYDNEY

Daily Examiner · Friday 30 March 1923 · page 5

William Gunner and Eugene Trim, who were convicted at the Central Criminal Court of having conspired to cheat and defraud the Railway Commissioners of…

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A.L.P. Election Ballots. Not a Matter for the Police. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 30 March 1923 · page 5

The acting Premier, Mr. Oakes, said this afternoon that he was not going to adopt a suggestion that the police should be used to supervise the A.L.P. election…

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Police Court Etiquette

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 April 1923 · page 2

At Kyogle last Wednesday a returned soldier settler who was the defendant in w[?]tick prosecution was appeared in court in his shirt sleeves. He was asked by…

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Grafton Police Court

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 April 1923 · page 2

In the Grafton Police Court on Saturday morning, before Messrs. Campbell and Vaughan, J's.P. Frank Schatk[?] was admonished on a charge of drunken…

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Censure for Magistrate

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 April 1923 · page 2

Recently at Cessnock Major Crane P.M. dealt with a case of horse straying in the absence of the defendant, through the death of one of his children. An…

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Riot in Paris. Police Charge Crowd. Paris

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 April 1923 · page 3

Several thousand workmen demonstrated yesterday afternoon in front of the Hotel de Ville, Paris, where the members of the Paris Municipal Council was discussing…

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Shipping Industry. Court Restrictions Criticised. Fre[?] of Coal Strikes. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 April 1923 · page 3

Mr. W. B. Howard Smith in Melbourne yesterday criticised. the handled and one restrictions imposed by the Arbitration Court on the shipping, industry. He also…

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Thirty Injured. Communists and Police. Paris

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 April 1923 · page 3

At Roubaix thirty were injured in an encounter between the. police and Communists. The latter were attempting to intercept a Franco-uelgian trade…

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Gaming Offenders Fined. Police Raid Hall. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 April 1923 · page 1

The police raided the Esperanto Hall in Wellington (New Zealand) and affected many arre[?] the off[?]ders were brought before the Police Court…

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Law Court Arrangements

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 April 1923 · page 4

Owing to an alteration in the arrangements made for the Grafton sittings of the Supreme Court that court will not sit in Grafton until Tuesday, May 1,…

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The High Court. Change of Personnel Likely. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 April 1923 · page 5

The general opinion amongst the members of the New South Wales Bar is that the personnel of the High Court of Australia will undergo a considerable…

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Gruesome Find. Police Dig Up Baby's Body. Wellington (N.z.)

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 April 1923 · page 4

The police have unearthed another infant's body on the property of Newlands, belonging to the Coopers, the man and wife who are awaiting trial for child…

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Police Court

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 April 1923 · page 4

At Maclean this morning, before the P.M., the following cases were dealt with: A first offender was charged with…

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Maclean. Welcome to Police Magistrate. Football League Doings

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 April 1923 · page 4

Prior to the commencement of the business of the Police Court at Maclean this morning a welcome was extended to Mr. Geddes, Police Magistrate…

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Woman Sent to Gaol

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 April 1923 · page 4

Before Mr. W. B. Geddes (Police Magistrate), in the Grafton Court yesterday morning, a middle aged woman. Isabella Duncan, was presented on a…

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Protest Against Magistrate. Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 April 1923 · page 5

The excuse given by the coal miners they will cease operations whenever Major Crane presided at a local Police Court regarded by the coal owners as a…

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Theft of a Fowl. Ex-harbor Master Fined

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 April 1923 · page 2

At the Darwin Police Court on Wednesday, Burce Menzies, formerly harbor master and shipping inspector, was fined 10 for teloniously killing and taking…

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