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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1924

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Dorrigo Police Court. Indecent Language

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 27 February 1924 · page 4

At the Dorrigo Police Court on Monday last before Messrs. A. C. B. Newman and A. Walker, Js.P., Robert John McGratli was called to answer…

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Theft of £100. Inquiry Agent Charged "Prince of Blackmailers." Hot Cross-examination. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 27 February 1924 · page 5

At the Central Police Court Ernest Baxter, private inquiry agent, was charged with stealing £100, the property of Annie Cohen…

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Daring Theft. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 27 February 1924 · page 5

James Crossley was standing at the counter of the Bank of Australia this morning when some one lifted the back of his coat, slashed the bottom of his…

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Bakers' Union Funds. Secretary Sent to Gaol. Wellington (N.z.)

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 27 February 1924 · page 1

Russell Martin, union secretary of Christchurch, was sentenced to one year's imprisonment for the theft of £355 of the Bakers' Union funds…

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Died After Dance. Police Making Inquiries. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 27 February 1924 · page 4

A strange case concerning the death of a young man has been reported to the police. It appears Sydney David Macintosh, upon returning to his home at…

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Run Down by Car. Tweed Woman's Death. Governor's Chauffeur in Court. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 27 February 1924 · page 5

The State Governor 's chauffeur, Robert O'Brien, on remand, appeared in court to-day charged with unlawfully killing Catherine O'Keefe by running her down…

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"Who Are You?" When Two Sisters Met Batson. Sho[?]s at the Police. Accused Committed for Trial. Albury

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 27 February 1924 · page 5

Claude Batson again appeared before the Albury Police Court this morning on another 'charge of having shot at Sergeant Charles Thomas Morris and…

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Grafton Police Court

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 February 1924 · page 3

At the Grafton Police Court yesterday morning before Messrs. E. Avery and F. Vaughan,. J.'s.P., Joseph Jeffrey (51) failed to appear on a charge of…

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QUEENSLAND Boggo Gaol Escape. Warders Blamed Criminal Court Cases. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 February 1924 · page 4

Arising out of the escape of Benjamin Metcalf, from the Boggo road gaol, it is understood that another warder has been suspended, making of five to be dealt…

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Returned to New Zealand. Alleged Theft and Desertion. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 February 1924 · page 3

At the Central Police Court to-day John Olsen, aged 35 years, was charged on a provisional warrant with theft and desertion in New Zealand. Detective…

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Duranbah Tragedy. Ling Before the Court

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 February 1924 · page 4

At the Murwillumbah Police Court on Tuesday before Mr. E. A. May, P.M., Andrew Ling was formally charged with having, at Duranbah on Monday,…

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Fortunes Lost. English Court Disclosures. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 February 1924 · page 4

The loss of a fortune of £140,000, inherited in 1910, was disclosed in the Bankruptcy Court examination of Constantine Scaramanga Ralli, the author…

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Phillip Wirth's Income. Appeal Against Court Order. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 February 1924 · page 4

Phillip Wirth, the well-known circus proprietor, whose income was stated by his wife, Sarah Jane Wirth, to be £10,000 a year, to-day appealed to the…

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GERMANY. Trial at Munich. Charge of High Treason. Court Excitement. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 February 1924 · page 4

Reuter's Munich correspondent says that the trial of Ludendorff, Hitler, and seven alleged accomplices on charges of high treason in connection with the…

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Car Worth £350. Man Charged with Stealing. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 29 February 1924 · page 1

At the Central Court to-day Raymond Fenwicks (19) was remanded on a charge of haying stolen a motor car valued at £350, the property of Mervyn…

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Stolen Cargo. Four Sailors Charged. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 29 February 1924 · page 5

Members of the crew of the Port Brisbane, namely John Spence, Thomas Campbell, Robert Mahonel and Charles Austin, were charged at the Central…

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QUEENSLAND Daring Hotel Robbery. Boggo Road Gaol Escape. Fifth Warder Suspended. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Friday 29 February 1924 · page 5

The Home Secretary (Mr. Stopford). to-day confirmed the announcement that a fifth warder had been suspended in connection with the escape of the…

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Murder Verdict. The Duranbah Horror. Tweed Coroner's Finding. Ling to Be Tried at Grafton

Daily Examiner · Friday 29 February 1924 · page 4

A coronial inquiry was held at Murwillumbah into the circumstances surrounding the deaths of two little children, Tarry and Ethel Ling, who were…

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Telegrams Spaniard Charged with Assault. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 March 1924 · page 5

The case against Pablo Ruis, a Spaniard, who was charged with having assaulted Vincent Bow, occasioning him actual bodily harm, at the…

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Murder Charge. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 March 1924 · page 5

William Wardell, engineer, was remanded on a charge of the wilful murder of Mrs. E. Reaney…

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