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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1923

1,083 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 27 of 55

Police Court. Vagrancy Charge. Old Man Sent to Gaol

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 June 1923 · page 4

Messrs. F. Vaughan and Edward A very J's.P., occupied the Bench in the Petty Sessions Court at Grafton yesterday morning…

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Roy Governor. Charged at Dubbo Court. Dubbo

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 June 1923 · page 5

Roy Governor was removed from the Dubbo District Hospital this afternoon and brought before the police court. He was formally charged with having, on…

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Erskinville Assault Case. Dying Depositions Taken. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 June 1923 · page 5

The dying depositions of James Sheehan aged 43 years, of Erskinville, who was assaulted by four men in front of his house on Friday night, were taken…

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Divided Germany. a Political Murder. Anti-republic Secret Society. Political Terrorism in Mecklenburg. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 June 1923 · page 5

"The Times" special Berlin correspondent states that all Germany is divided into Kadowists and anti-Kadowists as a result of the political…

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Alleged Abduction. Dubbo Police Court Case. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 29 June 1923 · page 5

Robert Clyde Dugan, described as a farm laborer, was committed for trial at the Dubbo Police Court on a charge of having abducted Thelma Grace…

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Grafton Police Court. "One of the Unfortunates.'' Indecent Language Charge. Former Chemist's Lapse

Daily Examiner · Friday 29 June 1923 · page 1

"I am one of those poor unfortunates whom drink has brought to a very low ebb. I plead guilty to the language, though I do not remember using the…

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Damaging a Cell Tub. Grafton Man Charged. "Didn't Remember Anything."

Daily Examiner · Friday 29 June 1923 · page 1

In the Grafton Petty Sessions Court yesterday morning before Messrs. F. Vaughan and G. Morrison J. 'sP., Joseph Leonard (49) pleaded guilty to the…

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Exciting Chase. Tweed Heads Police and Colored Man

Daily Examiner · Friday 29 June 1923 · page 6

At Tweed Heads on Friday evening the police had an exciting half hour in effecting the arrest of a colored man named Bertie Jackie, and quite a crowd of…

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Brutal Assault. Man Beaten Into Insensibility Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 July 1923 · page 4

Edward O'Brien was the victim of a cowardly assault in Waterloo last night. He was set upon by a number of men who knocked him down and kicked him…

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The Courts. Cat and Gaol. Salutary Punishment. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 July 1923 · page 4

Fifteen strokes of the cat o' nine fails in addition to 12 months' imprisonment, was the sentence imposed at Melbourne Criminal Court on a young man,…

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Captain of T[?] Second Body [?] Police Contin[?] Both Bodies Ta[?] Kempsey

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 July 1923 · page 2

In connection with the two bodies found near Crescent Head the police have received instructions to send each to Sydney…

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Police Court

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 July 1923 · page 6
Also in The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate

In the Petty Sessions Court at Grafton yesterday, morning before the P.M. (Mr. W. B. Geddes) the case of Claude Hoskins against Mary Ann Martin for…

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"Police Word Pictures."

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 4 July 1923 · page 2

A large Portion of the training of every police officer is devoted to the art of "catching" likenesses. In every case in which a person is…

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Small Debts Court

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 July 1923 · page 6

At the Grafton Small Debts Court, before Mr. Geddes, P.M., yesterday, the following cases were head:-- Robinson Bros. Robert Yelland…

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Licensing Court. Roche's Hotel Transferred

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 July 1923 · page 6

The P.M. (Mr. W. B. Geddes) presided at the sittings of the Licensing Court yesterday. Hannah Jane Daniel, was granted a…

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Brutal Assault. Woman Struck in the Face. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 July 1923 · page 3

A young woman was crossing and overhead railway bridge at Bankstown last night when a man came behind her and attempted to tie a black handkerchief…

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Labor Troubles. Strike Riots at Whitehaven. Police Fight with Batons. British Ports Idle. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 July 1923 · page 5

An unauthorised strike of dockers at Hull yesterday against a reduction of wages by a shilling a day under the national agreement spread rapidly…

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Duke in Court. An Undischarged Bankrupt. Charge of Obtaining Credit. Certificate of Appeal Granted. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 July 1923 · page 5

The Duke of Leinster was arraigned before the Recorder in Bankruptcy on a charge of obtaining credit from Strakersquire, Ltd., and not informing…

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Irish Deportees Sentenced. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 July 1923 · page 5

The Irish deportees. Art O'Brien and McGrath, were each sentenced to two years' imprisonment. Four others, Galvin, Mularkey, Flynn, and…

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