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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1924

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Court Procedure. Students Receive Lesson. Orange

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 May 1924 · page 5

At Orange Sessions yesterday about 50 scholars from the district public school were marched to the court and occupied the gallery while the cases were being…

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Gaol Plot. Roy Governor's Part. Alleged Ringleader Sensational Disclosures. Bathurst

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 May 1924 · page 5

Roy Governor, notorious for bushranging exploits in the Mudgee district, is supposed to have played an important role in the plot to liberate prisoners from…

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Federal Arbitration Court. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 May 1924 · page 5

Mr. Bruce said that the terms of the appointment of Messrs. Quick and Webb as deputy- presidents of the Federal Arbitration Court will expire in June, but…

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Police Ballot. Appeals Board Representative Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 May 1924 · page 5

The voting in the election for a representative of the police on the Police Appeals Board resulted in J. T. Moylan being elected by a large majority over…

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Iron Trades Restive. Court Delays Alleged. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 May 1924 · page 5

Australia is on the verge of one of the biggest stop-work meetings ever held in the iron trade. Should it take place it will hold up the iron industry…

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Tennis Court

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 24 May 1924 · page 5

A start has been made on the tennis court at the school and at the present rate of working should not belong before it is completed…

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Gaol Mutiny. More Trouble Not likely. BATHURST

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 May 1924 · page 5

Mr. Steele, Deputy Comptroller o[?] Prisons, stated to-day that he did not a[?]ticipate any more trouble in the gaol fo[?] a long time to come. Everything, he said…

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Melbourne Police Strike. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 May 1924 · page 5

The policemen who remained loyal to the Government during the recent strike are to be rewarded with an additional seven days leave each year…

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Tram Strike. Court Upholds Board. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 May 1924 · page 5

In the Arbitration Court this afternoon Mr. Justice Powers heard the Tramway Employees' Association's application to determine whether or not…

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Adelaide Solicitor Charged. Information Dismissed. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Monday 26 May 1924 · page 3

Frank Tolley, solicitor, of Adelaide, who was arrested at Katoomba, appeared on remand in the local Police Court on a charge of having converted…

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A Lira Sentence. Warwick Murder Case. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Monday 26 May 1924 · page 3

At Warwick on Saturday a half caste aboriginal, Glen Gumbargo, was found guilty of the wilful murder of Joseph Beswick, and was sentenced to…

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Revolvers Used. Intruder and Police. Excitement at Coogee. Fine Work by Police. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 26 May 1924 · page 3

Disturbed by the police in a house in Arden street, Coogee, to-night a man fired point blank at a constable with an automatic pistol. The shot. went wide…

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Sequel to Court Case. Scuffle with Wife's Advocate. Auckland

Daily Examiner · Monday 26 May 1924 · page 3

A remarkable scene was witnessed outside the Magistrate's Court when the defendant in a maintenance case, named Winstone, against whom an order had…

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The Color Line Drawn at a Dance. Court Awards £1010 Damages. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 26 May 1924 · page 3

The color question was raised at the Westminster County Court when Kenneth Sibert Gall, a native of Barbados, and a British subject, sued the Overseas League,…

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Death of Children. Murder Charge Against Mother. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 May 1924 · page 5

Isabel Cohen (23) was charged at the Central Court to-day with the alleged murder of her children, Emanuel and Jean Cohen, who were pulled out of the…

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Gored by Cow. Police Constable Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 May 1924 · page 5

Colin Campbell, a mounted policeman, living at Henley, was gored by a cow in a paddock near his residence and taken to a hospital in a serious condition…

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Licensing Court. the Question of Septic Tanks

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 May 1924 · page 4

Yesterday, before the Licensing Bench, consisting of the Chairman (Mr. W. B. Geddes, P.M.) and Mr. W. J. Hawthorne, Licensing Justice, the Licensing…

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Coogee Sensation. Richards Before the Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 May 1924 · page 5

Frederick George Richards (25) was charged before the Central Court to-day with feloniously shooting at Charles Birchall, a police constable, with intent to…

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News of the World. International Court of Justice. Vancouver

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 May 1924 · page 5

A Washington message states that the adhesion of the United States to a permanent International Court of Justice has been endorsed by the Senate Foreign…

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Licensing Court

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 28 May 1924 · page 4

At the Licensing Court on Monday, when application was made for an order to direct the owners of a number of hotel proprietors to instal a septic tank…

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