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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1924

1,407 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 16 of 71

The Police Remembered Him

Daily Examiner · Monday 10 March 1924 · page 2

Detectives Watkins and Harris (S.A.) received a shock on Wednesday morning when they boarded the Niagara at [?]ey to find on board a man supposed to…

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New Guinea Murder. Native Leader Arrested. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 10 March 1924 · page 3

The Minister for Home and Territories (Senator Pearce) received a radio message from the Administrator of New Guinea to the effect that the native who…

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Germany. Dye Work Disturbances. Police Fire on Workers. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 10 March 1924 · page 3

Reuter's Paris correspondent says that a French source from Dusseldorf states that following the disturbance in the Badische aniline factory at Ludwichs…

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A War Echo. Dancer Spy's Execution. Secret Police Revelations Romantic Story. Paris

Daily Examiner · Monday 10 March 1924 · page 3

A sale of jewels and other relies of the dancer, Matabari, led the chief of the Secret Service to reveal the story of the woman's arrest and…

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London Night Life. Sidelights in Court the Rector's Club. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 10 March 1924 · page 3

Sidelights on London night life have been revealed in the hearing o[?] an appeal against the deregistration of Rectors' Club, Tottenham Court road…

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Grafton Police Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 March 1924 · page 2

Three prosecutions under the traffic act were dealt with in the Grafton Police Court yesterday by Mr. W. B. Geddes, P.M. Clarence Lee admitted that there…

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"Don't Arrest Me." Bakery Manager in Court. Acquitted on Charge of Stealing. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 March 1924 · page 5

At the Newtown Police Court to-day George Boss was charged with having stolen bakers' utensils valued at £10 the property, of the Now South Wales…

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Habitual Criminal. Paul Lempriere Sentenced. Perth

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 March 1924 · page 5

Paul Lempriere, who pleaded guilty at Perth to having, while armed with a revolver, stolen £42 from the post office at West Perth, was sentenced to three…

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Second Victim Dead. The Campbelltown Shooting. Simpson Charged with Murder Reported Plan to Rob Pay Car. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 March 1924 · page 5

Guy Charles Clift, the second victim of the sensational shooting in a motor car near Campbelltown yesterday, died at six o'clock this morning…

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Sent to Gaol. Woman of Sixty. Robbed Hospital Box. Auckland

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 March 1924 · page 5

An extraordinary case was heard in the police court when Kate McPherson, aged 60, was charged with stealing 15 from a collection box while assisting in a…

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Grafton Hotels. Licensing Court Requirements

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 March 1924 · page 2

The Grafton Licensing Court, consisting of Messrs. W. B. Geddes, P.M. (chairman), and W. J. Hawthorne and G. Morrison, J's.P., sat yesterday to deal…

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Defrauding Charge. Three Men in Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 March 1924 · page 5

At the Water Police Court to-day James Ferguson, Harold Aubrey Elliott and William John Cyril Elliott were charged with having conspired together to cheat…

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Two Up Case. Schools Run By Syndicate. Forty Per Cent of Winnings Police Allegations. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 March 1924 · page 5

Fifty-five men appeared before the Central Police Court to-day in connection with Friday night's raids on two-up schools…

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Fatal Theft. Launch Proves Coffin. Sydney

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 12 March 1924 · page 3

A valuable launch was stolen from Apia Harbor, Samoa, at the end of last year. It now appears that four men left in it, and two are believed…

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Preparing New Claim. Queensland Police Union. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 March 1924 · page 5

Improved wages and conditions are being sought by the Queensland police. The executive of the Police Union is understood to be preparing a claim to…

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"Guardians" Galore. Competitions Create Demand. Interesting Court Case. Newsagent's Claim Fails. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 March 1924 · page 5

Harold Hartel, newsagent, proceeded against Maisie White, of Glebe, in the District Court to-day, for £99152, for goods alleged to have been sold and…

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HER 270th Conviction. a Police Court Record

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 March 1924 · page 6

Mary Maher, 47, who rendered herself prominent in the public eye some time ago by an aquatic escapade in the nude near the Commercial Rowing shed,…

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Piles of Books. Police Haul at North Sydney. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 March 1924 · page 5

The police took 500 books from a house in North Sydney. A large city firm had been puzzled for months over the disappearance of books on technical…

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Burglary at Mallanganee

Daily Examiner · Saturday 15 March 1924 · page 4

An entry was gained, it is thought through a window, to the bar of the Sandilands Hotel, Mallanganee, on Monday night, when the cash register was broken…

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A Black Record Desperate Criminal Sentenced. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 15 March 1924 · page 5

Patrick McEvoy, found guilty of receiving, was sentenced to 18 months hard labor at Darlinghurst Sessions. The police stated that prisoner was one…

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