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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1923

1,083 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 46 of 55

Grafton Police Court

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 November 1923 · page 4

Yesterday morning before Mr. J. Tarn, J. P., in the Grafton Police Court, Thomas Harris (51) pleaded guilty to a charge of having been found drunk in Skinner…

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QUEENSLAND. Fell Opt of Train. Ironworkers Ballot. Charge of Abduction and Assault. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 November 1923 · page 4

Mrs. Mary Smith, of Brisbane, is at present, lying in Caboolture Hospital, suffering from injuries to the spine and concussion of the brain as a result of…

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Master Mariner. Defrauders Sent to Gaol. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 November 1923 · page 5

A case in which Thomas Jones and Charles Edwin Jones were charged with conspiring to defraud Ernest Edward Warren, an old sea captain, Arthur…

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Forgery Alleged. Bank Teller in Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 November 1923 · page 5

At Darlinghurst Sessions, Harry Harper, a bank teller, was charged with having forged and uttered a cheque in the name of E. K. Bowden, Minister for…

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Trades Hall. Will Fight Police Case. Resources of Labor Promised. Public Safety Bill. New Legislation

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 November 1923 · page 5

At the Trades Hall a council meeting was held to consider the police strike. The action of the Disputes Committee in intervening in the…

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Traveller Sent to Gaol

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 November 1923 · page 5

Garland Ross, commercial traveller, also pleaded guilty to a charge of embezzling 621, the property of his employers, Walters, Middleton, and Eades,…

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Police Promotions

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 November 1923 · page 4

The Following police promotions were amongst those made available by the in spector-General of Police on Wednesday: First-Class inspector William Macintosh,…

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Postmaster Sentenced. Two Years' Imprisonment. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 November 1923 · page 5

Thomas McLean, aged 50, formerly postmaster at Sutherland, pleaded guilty at the Darlinghurst Sessions to-day to a charge of having misapplied £803 of…

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Fifteen Years' Gaol. a Burglar's Sentence Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 10 November 1923 · page 2

Joseph Christie was sentenced at Dunedin (N.Z.) to fifteen years' imprisonment on charges of burglary and escaping from custody…

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Territory's Police Ch[?]f

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 November 1923 · page 6

At the conclusion of a Federal Cabinet meeting it was stated Col. Davis, formerly officer commanding the 25th Pattalion of the A.I.F., had been appointed…

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News of the World. Murder in India. Delhi

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 November 1923 · page 5

Captain and Mrs. Watts, of the Kurrum Militia, were murdered this morning at Parachinar…

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Police Wireless. State Wide System. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 November 1923 · page 4

A special wireless scheme which could be extended over the whole of New South Wales for police use is being, prepared by a Amalgamated Wireless. Limited. On…

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Chloroformed a Girl. Year's Gaol, Two Years in Reformatory. Wellington (N.z.)

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 November 1923 · page 5

George Ayre, who broke into the kiosk at Otaki and chloroformed a girl, was sentenced to one year's hard labor to-day, to be followed by two years…

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The Police Petition For Readmission "All or None Back" Attitude by Strikers. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 November 1923 · page 5

Although the whole of the forces of the industrial labor movement are to be used to fight the police strike issue, the general strike proposition is in…

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Police Strike. What Will Happen? Committee in Control. Railway Men Support Strikers a Free Hand. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 November 1923 · page 5

The Melbourne Police Strike Disputes Committee has been given carte blanche to assist the mutineers in any manner, even…

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Grafton Police Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 November 1923 · page 2

In the Grafton Police Court yesterday, before Mr. W. B. Geddes, P.M., Walter James Williams was ordered to pay 2 and 8 costs for having faild to return…

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Alleged Theft of Racehorse

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 November 1923 · page 4

At the Kyogle Police Court, George Turner and Eric Witchell, two bush workers, were charged by the police with having stolen a bay racing mare…

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Man and Wife Charged. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 November 1923 · page 5

John Hume and his wife, Agnes Hume, were charged at Darlinghurst Sessions to-day with assault and robbery. The Crown case was that on October 24, Mrs…

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Court Amenities. Official Changes

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 November 1923 · page 2

In the Grafton Court yesterday the Police Magistrate (Mr. W. B. Geddes), who presided, said that before commencing the business of the Licensing Court…

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Licensing Court. South Grafton Transfer

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 November 1923 · page 4

The Grafton Licensing Bench consisting of Messrs. W. B. Geddes (chairman), W. J. Hawthorne and. G. Morrison, yesterday morning granted an application…

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