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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1924

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Tied to Railway. Police Inspector's Escape. Struggled Between Rails. Paris

Daily Examiner · Monday 16 June 1924 · page 5

A message from Mayence states that a Rhineland police inspector named Munchy was walking along the railway near Dortmund when he was attacked…

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Babies in Harbor. Mother Charged With Murder. Mr. Isabel Cohen on Trim. "If I Drowned Jean." Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 June 1924 · page 5

Isabel Maud Cohen aged 27, was charged, at the Central Criminal Court to-day with the murder of her son, Emanuel Lewis Cohen, aged ten months. Mrs…

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A Red Heifer. Alleged Cattle Stealing Accused Committed

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 June 1924 · page 3

A charge against C[?] Clark, of Coaldale, near Grafton, that on or about April last he stole a fed heifer, the property of R. Perry, occupied the Police…

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Aldermen and Inspector General of Police

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 June 1924 · page 4

The Glen limes Municipal Council is in receipt of advice from the Inspector-General of Police to the effect that requirements of the town do not warrant…

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Boxing Barred. Action by Austrian Police. Vienna

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 June 1924 · page 5

The Austrian police have prohibited boxing matches, alleging that they conduce to brutalisation, cause waste of money, and keep the young from work…

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Licensing Court. Renewals of Licenses. Extension of Time for Improvements

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 June 1924 · page 5

The Grafton Licensing Court, Mr. W. B. Geddes, R.M. (chairman), and Messrs. W. J. Hawthorne aud G. Morrison, Licensing Justices, had a busy day…

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Noisy Meeting. Uproar in the Domain. Police Escort Speakers to Tram. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 June 1924 · page 5

There was uproar in the Domain yesterday around a meeting being conducted under the auspices of the Protestant Defence Association…

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Man Shot. Brisbane Robberies. Police Surprise Visit. Store and Butchery Entered. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 June 1924 · page 5

About 3 o'clock this morning the Toowong police were advised that something untoward was happening in Milton road. Sergeant W. Henry and…

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Brisbane Burglary. Third Man Before Court. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 June 1924 · page 4

Following the third arrest in connection with the burglary at Toowong at an early hour yesterday, John Kennedy (30), wharf laborer, was charged with…

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Jury Disagreed. Alleged Sheep Stealing. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 June 1924 · page 5

The jury failed to agree in the case .; in which, Herman Jonathan Werner well-known in sporting circles was charged with the theft of 35 sheep…

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Charged Under "Vag." Aot. Case Dismisssd

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 18 June 1924 · page 3

Leo. Tiernan was charged with being an idle and disorderly period and having do visible means of eapport…

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Constable Fine for Assault. Executing a Distress Warrant

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 June 1924 · page 2

Considerable interest was taken in a case heard the Colae (Victoria) Police Court, before Mr. P. O'Grady P.M. when Sholto Douglas Anderson, a grazier…

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Hospital Tennis Court

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 18 June 1924 · page 2

The new learn court at the Coffe Harbor and District Hospital will be opeued this Wednesday afternoon at 2.30. the opening…

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Send Son to Gaol Mother's Advice to Judge. Tamworth

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 June 1924 · page 5

After Charles Callaghan had been convicted of theft at the Quarter Sessions Judge Mocatta received a letter from accused's mother declaring it would be…

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Police May Hit Them Back

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 June 1924 · page 4

Assaults on police at Hobart are becoming of such frequent occurrence, that the Superintendent of Police has intimated that members of the force have been…

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Fair Rents. "The Governing Factor" Magistrate on the T Act. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 June 1924 · page 5

In the Fail Rents Court to-day, a number of tenants succeeded in having their rents substantially reduced. One landlord stated that the rent of…

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Lost Privileges. Bathurst Gaol Mutineers No Two-up for Tobacco. Bathurst

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 June 1924 · page 5

A gaol official to-day explained how the punishment had been meted out to those prisoners who had taken an active part in the recent riot at Bathurst gaol…

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Dorrico Court. Sly Grog Selling

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 18 June 1924 · page 3

Ernest Henry Bond was charged with selling intoxicating liquor without holding a license on 5th June, 1924, atiegan…

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Two-up in the Bush. Police "Find."

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 June 1924 · page 3

As the result of a raid made by the police at Blackburn, Victoria, oil Sunday, May 25 Thomas O'Connor, Roy Turner, Frank Either, and John H. C. Latimer…

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"Not Guilty" Cheers in Court. Sydney

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 18 June 1924 · page 3

There were cheers at the Central Criminal Cuurllael evening when thejury, after fifteen minulee retirement, returuefi a verdict of not…

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