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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1923

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Cablegrams. a World Court. Opinion of Republicans Divided. Vancouver

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

Reuter's Vancouver correspondent reports that a message from Washington states that President Harding's advocacy of a world court…

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News of the World. World Court. Proposal May Split Party. Vancouver

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 April 1923 · page 5

President Harding's advocacy of a world court has brought warnings from several of the Republican leaders that the party might be split. Thus…

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Presentation by Grafton and District Police

Daily Examiner · Monday 30 April 1923 · page 1

A very pleasing function took place at the Grafton Police Station on Friday afternoon, when First-class Sergeant Frank A. Swan, who has entered upon…

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French Police Busy. Two Hundred Arrests. Warren Protests Innocence. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 30 April 1923 · page 3

Reuter's special Paris correspondent says that a search of the baggage of Warren, whom the French police accuse of being a well-known crook, which…

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Vale, Sergeant Swan! Presentation at Grafton. 30 Years Police Service on the Clarence

Daily Examiner · Monday 30 April 1923 · page 1

For the purpose of bidding farewell to Sergeant F. A. Swan, of the Grafton police, who is retiring from the force on account of his having reached the…

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Alleged Theft. Machinery Employee Arrested. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 May 1923 · page 5

William Henry Wells, 26, foreman mechanic, was arrested by Sergeant Detective Armstrong and Detective Lynch on a charge of stealing one Combination…

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Supreme Court. the Grafton Sittings

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 May 1923 · page 4

Mr. Acting Justice Ralston will preside over the sittings of the supreme Court at Grafton, which will open this morning. The following cases are listed for trial:…

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Lunacy Commission. Objections to Open Court. Treatment of Early Symptoms. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 May 1923 · page 5

Before the Lunacy Commission to-day, Sir John Macpherson said legislation did not keep pace with Improvements in many mental institutions he had visited…

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Need Not Answer. Suspected Witnesses. Important Court Decision. a Brisbane Case. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 May 1923 · page 5

On April 20 Mr. Burne, Police Magistrate, committed Nurse Laidlaw to goal for contempt of court in refusing to be sworn or be examined upon oath at an…

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ARRESTED. Irish Republican Envoys. Big Crowd Hoot Police. "Alleged Seditious Enterprise. Excitement at Waverley. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 May 1923 · page 5

The two Irish delegates, Father O'Flanagan and J. J. O'Kelly, as well as J. J. Clancy, vice-president of the Irish National Association, were arrested…

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Murder Charge. Lismore Hindu Tragedy. Verdict of Manslaughter. Supreme Court Sittings

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 May 1923 · page 4

Before Mr. Acting–Justice Ralston at the sittings of the Supreme Court in Grafton yesterday Charlie Nundah, a native of India, was placed on trial on a charge…

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Court Sequel to Argument

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 May 1923 · page 4

"Who won the war?" was a question put by William Peter Roy Walker, a returned soldier, to Henry George Salt, a man–o'–warsman, in a Parramatta…

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Irish Envoys. Before Court. Sydney

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

The Irish envoys, Mr. O'Kelly and Father O'Flannagan, and John Leo. Blancy appeared at the Central Police Court this morning…

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"Wet" Ships. United States Supreme Court Decision. Vancouver

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 May 1923 · page 5

The ruling upholding the Daugherty prohibition law against the serving of liquor on United States ships on the high seas was upset by the Supreme…

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Cup Final Crowd. Good–Humored Spectators. Police Force Defended. Lively Debate in Commons. London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 May 1923 · page 5

In the House of Commons Mr. Jack Jones, when referring to the overcrowding of the Exhibition Grounds at Wembley, provoked a heated duel…

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"Out of My Way !" MR. W. Corin in Court. Breach of Railway By–laws. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 May 1923 · page 5

Spectators at the Newtown Court obtained some amusement during the hearing of a case in which William Corin, Chief Electrical Engineer in the Public…

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Supreme Court. Charlie Nundah Sentenced. Ten Years for Manslaughter. Five Years for Gett

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 May 1923 · page 4

Upon the Supreme Court resuming its sittings in Grafton yesterday morning the two prisoners, Alexander Victor Francis Gett, who pleaded guilty on Tuesday to…

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Court Audiences

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 May 1923 · page 4

The arrival of a Judge in a country town for the purpose of disposing of the cases oh the criminal calendar never fails to furnish food for discussion and…

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£15 an Outrage to Murder Englishmen

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 May 1923 · page 3

The trial of the fifteen Egyptians before a military court on the charge of having conspired to murder British Soldiers and officials, and with having…

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Police Raid. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 May 1923 · page 5

The police last night raided premises at Darlinghurst in a search for certain men whom they had reason to suppose were moving about the city with…

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