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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1923

1,083 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 17 of 55

Hunger Strike Outside Gaol

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 25 April 1923 · page 4

Mrs. Despard, president of the Women's Freedom League, and sister of the Earl of Ypres (famous in the army as Field-Marshal Sir John French), has sa[?]…

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"Will Not Hear You." Magistrate on Solicitor

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 25 April 1923 · page 6

Mr. G. W. Halcombe, S.M., at Port Adelaide local court, refused to listen to Mr. G. J. C. Hogan, on the names of the litigants being called…

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Court Adjournment

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 25 April 1923 · page 4

In the District Court yesterday his Honor Judge Mocatta stated that he would sit at 9 o'clock this morning to resume the business of the court, and…

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Maclean Licensing Court

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 25 April 1923 · page 4

At the Maclean Licensing Court on Friday morning last before Mr. J. E. Arnold (Licencing Magistrate), Mr. T McL. Lobban on behalf of Mr. F. N…

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Cablegrams. Avenging Humiliation. Motive of Murder. London, Monday Night

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 25 April 1923 · page 2

Reuter's Peshawar correspondent states that a remarkable story relating to the predominate motive of the murder of Mrs. Ellis and the…

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Motive for Crime. Murder and Kidnapping. Unrest in India. Six Sikhs Murdered. Simla

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 25 April 1923 · page 5

Renter's Peshawar correspondent says a remarkable story relating to the predominant motive for the murder of Mrs. Ellis and the capture of Miss…

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Motor Car's Cargo. Money and Jewellery. Paris Police Make Arrests. Paris

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 25 April 1923 · page 5

William Warren, aged 58, described as an American, but who is believed to have been born at Cape Town, has been detained by the police in…

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The Courts. Wool Worth £1400. Man Charged with Theft. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 April 1923 · page 5

Andrew James Whitely, 45, was charged at the Central Police Court to-day with having stolen wool valued at £1410, the property of William Houghton…

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Audacious Theft From Hotel

Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 April 1923 · page 4

An audacious theft on Thursday evening from the bedroom of the licensee of the Bleak House, at the corner of Beaconsfield parade and Victoria-avenue,…

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Refused to Hear Him. Magistrate and Barrister. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 April 1923 · page 5

Recently at Adelaide Police Court the magistrate, Mr. Halcombe, refused to hear Mr. Hogan, a barrister, in consequence of the latter's alleged insulting…

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"The Spooks." Police Grievance Settled. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 April 1923 · page 4

Four senior constables known as "the spooks," whose controlling activities in plain clothes were so strongly objected to by uniformed men are once more in…

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District Court. a Lengthy Sitting. Compensation Case

Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 April 1923 · page 4

The sitting of the Grafton District Court was continued yesterday before his Honor Judge Mocatta and with the exception of intermissions from 10.45 on to…

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Mail Service Contract. Alleged Breach of Warranty. District Court Action. a Non-suit

Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 April 1923 · page 4

The hearing of an action for alleged breach of warranty in connection with a motor service contract occupied the attention of his Honor Judge Mocatta for a…

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World Court. United States Will Enter. No Time for League. Harding's Plain Speaking. Vancouver

Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 April 1923 · page 5

A New York message says that President Harding, in the course of a speech, declared that the participation of the United States in the World…

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Thirty-six Years in Gaol. "Lifer" Released

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 April 1923 · page 2

After serving 36 years in prison, a man has ju[?] been released to the care of the Salvation Army in Lancashire. Brigadier Pruden, who is in charge of social work…

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The Courts. Charge of Murder. Clarence McLENNON'S Death. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 April 1923 · page 5

Sylvester Patrick O'Reilly, who was arrested in October last and released on bail in December, and who stands charged with the murder of Clarence McLennon…

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Note to Russia. Trawler Seizure and Murder British Government Indignant. Discussion in the Commons. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 April 1923 · page 5

In the House of Commons replying to questions in regard to a series of acts committed by the Russian Government of which British subjects…

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"Poet" in Court. "Justice to the Hill." a Defence in Verse

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 April 1923 · page 6

The solemnity of the Wes[?]bury (Tas.) Court of General Sessions was rudely disturbed on Friday last, and at times even the magistrates who take a pride…

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Murderous Assault

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 28 April 1923 · page 2

Saturday night last, about 7.15, Mr. H. G. Trees was attacked by two men who suddenly confronted him as he approached West Kempsey ferry…

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The Courts. Armed Thieves Sentenced. Three Years Penal Servitude. Constable's Bravery Commended. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 April 1923 · page 5

John McIvor and Arthur Bell, who had pleaded guilty to a charge of housebreaking at St. Peters, were each sentenced to three years' penal servitude at the…

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