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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1923

1,083 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 31 of 55

Diamonds and Opals. Theft of £700 Worth Alleged. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 31 July 1923 · page 5

Malcolm Campbell, 43, was before the Central Court to-day on a charge of having during October, November and December last year stolen a quantity of…

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Racecourse Detective. Assault in Prince Street. Rolls Convicted, Slater Discharged, Starting Horses in Lismore

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 31 July 1923 · page 4

In the Grafton Police Court Yesterday Morning, before the P.M. (Mr. W. B. Geddes), Charles James Roils (41) and Ernest Slater (21) were…

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QUEENSLAND. Girl Cashier in Trouble. Theft of £124 for Dress. Immigrant Boys Fight Tormentors. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 31 July 1923 · page 5

A young woman, Richenda Ellen Swan, a cashier and bookkeeper at Finned Isles and Co., was to-day sentenced to six months imprisonment for…

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Removing Dead Magistrate

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 August 1923 · page 4

In the early days of Mudgee it was a common sight to see convicts getting 40 or 50 lashes, says the local paper. Old records at the local court show that…

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Germans Sentenced. London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 August 1923 · page 5

A French court-martial has sentenced two Germans accused of tapping a French secret police wire to imprisonment for life. Three superior…

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Doxology Sung in Court

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 August 1923 · page 6

There was an extraordinary scene as the Folkestone Court, when an application to the local Justices for permission for Sunday dancing by three principal…

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Was It Murder? Startling Evidence at Inquest Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 August 1923 · page 5

At an inquest at Ballarat concerning the death of Emily Tangey, aged 55, whose body was found in the river, evidence was given by Thomas Greenhigh to…

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Is It Murder? Inquest on Dead Woman. Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 1 August 1923 · page 2

At an inquest at Ballarat concerning the death of Emil Tangey, aged 55, whose body was found in the river, evidence was given by Thomas…

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Police Transfers

Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 August 1923 · page 3

The following transfers will take place during the next few weeks:--Second Class Sergeant Hughes from Port Macquarie to ofiicer-in-charge at Quirindi,…

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Pathetic Appeal Scene in Bankruptcy Court. "I Fought for This Country." a Partnership Matter. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 August 1923 · page 4

There was a dramatic scene in the Bankrupty Court to-day when Samuel Cartwright, who had been arrested under an order in bankrupty, applied for the…

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M.L.C. in Court. The A.W.U. Tickets Case. Further Cross-examination. "Faked Selection Ballot." Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 August 1923 · page 4

Further evidence was given to-day in the ease of Thomas Januarius Smith, M.L.C. Thomas Bartle, organiser of the…

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Yamba Fire. Two Men Charged. Maclean

Daily Examiner · Friday 3 August 1923 · page 4

Forrest Claude Wallwork and Thomas William Wallwork were charged before Dr. P. E. Corlis, J.P., at Maclean Court, this afternoon with that they did at…

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Two Years Gaol. for Burning Haystacks. Forbes

Daily Examiner · Friday 3 August 1923 · page 5

At the Quarter Sessions before Judge Armstrong, Daniel Hurkett, a pigeon shot, was sentenced to two vears' imprisonment on a charge of setting fire…

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"Won't Buy It." Freedom of Speech Grant Prefers Gaol to Fine. Obstructing Street Traffic. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 3 August 1923 · page 5

In the Central Summons Court to-day Donald Grant, en ex I.W.W. man, was charged with causing an obstruction in Park street by attracting a number of…

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Soldiers' Hall Fund. Ex-soldier Sentenced. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 4 August 1923 · page 5

Edgar Melsome was sentenced at Darlinghurst Sessions -to-day to twelve months' imprisonment on a charge of having failed to money…

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District Court Case

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 4 August 1923 · page 2

At the District Court at Bellingen last week Earp, Woodcock, Beveridge and Co. Ltd. proceeded against F. I. Searle for the recovery of £45/4,…

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Woman Duped. Police Searching for Man. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 4 August 1923 · page 5

The police have ascertained that a man who married a middle-aged woman in one of the suburbs recently, and, after obtaining £500 of her money,…

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Bellingen District Court. Local Motor Car Smash. Archer v. Saladine

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 4 August 1923 · page 3

In this case W. H. Archer sued A. E. Saladine for damages to himself end [?]ulky in consequence of a collision which took place at the…

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Strange Assault Case. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 August 1923 · page 1

George Hill was standing in Elizabeth street about 6 p.m. yesterday when a man approached aud struck him heavily on, the head. Hill was admitted to…

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Telegrams. Ex-solicitor, Sentenced. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 August 1923 · page 2

At the Brighton Police Court, South Australia, Frank Seymour Smith, who was recently struck off the legal practitioners' roll, pleaded guilty to having…

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