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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1924

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Theft of Silk. £600 From George Street Shop. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 July 1924 · page 5

Silk estimated to be worth £600 was stolen from Wisely's Ltd., George street, during the week-end by thieves who are thought to have secreted themselves in…

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Ulmarra Police Court

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 16 July 1924 · page 4

Before Messrs. W. Loughman and F. H. Philips, J.P.'s, 'on July 15th. Adim Ulrick pleaded, guilty that he did on of about July 5, 1924, brand a beast,…

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Alleged Cattle Stealing. Court Case at Tenterfield. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 16 July 1924 · page 5

At the Tenterfield Police Court to-day Stanford and Arthur Butler, and Percy John Rose were charged with cattle stealing. The three accused are sons of a well…

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The Rofe Case. Appeal to Full Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 16 July 1924 · page 5

T. E. Rofe's legal advisers were today busy formulating the grounds of their appeal to the Full Court against the verdict of the special jury in…

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Alleged Contempt of Court. Action Against "Daily Guardian." Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 16 July 1924 · page 5

An ex -parte application on behalf of Thomas Falkingham and others was today made in Chambers to Mr. Justice Gordon calling upon the printers and…

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What the Police Found

Daily Examiner · Thursday 17 July 1924 · page 4

A mail, who was wandering about the streets of West Maitland the other evening, was arrested by the police. On being searched at the police station he…

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Racing Man in Trouble. Alleged Horse Stealing. Charge of Receiving. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 17 July 1924 · page 5

Robert Bailie, horse trainer, aged 51, was charged at the Central Police Court to-day with having received the racehorse Princess Wynn knowing her to have been…

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For the Term of His Natural Life. West Australian Murder Case. Perth

Daily Examiner · Thursday 17 July 1924 · page 5

The Western Australian Cabinet considered the jury's recommendation in case of George Auburn, who was sentenced to death for the murder of John O'Neill,…

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Sensational Charges. Made Against Police. Prisoner's Remarkable Allegations. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 17 July 1924 · page 5

Charges were made against the police yesterday at the Parramatta Sessions, by Percy Archibald McDonald, who, in company with Horace Lister and Leonard…

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Coramba Police Court. Heavy Sitting

Daily Examiner · Friday 18 July 1924 · page 6

A heavy day's work was put through at the Coramba Police Court by the Police Magistrate on Tuesday the 8th inst. Sergeant Johnstone prosecuted on behalf of…

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West End Burglary. Sophisticated Plumber. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 18 July 1924 · page 5

Solomon Graeburn, who claimed to be the bantamweight champion of Australia was sentenced at the Old Bailey to three years penal servitude on a…

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Alleged Motor Car Stealing. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 18 July 1924 · page 5

Four young men were charged that morning at the Paddington Police Court with breaking and entering a garage at Bondi and stealing a motor car…

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"To Starve or Steal." Alleged Theft of Detonators. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 18 July 1924 · page 5

Matthews Richards, aged 30, a chemist's assistant, was charged at the Central Police Court with stealing detonators and fuse from James Healey,…

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Echo of Police Strike. Strikers Hope for Labor Aid. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 18 July 1924 · page 5

The prospect of a Labor Government in Victoria has made the police strikers hopeful, but the Chief Commissioner of Police, Mr. Nicholson, said to-day that…

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QUEENSLAND. Beautiful Diamond Found, Day Sittings of Parliament. the Police Dispute. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Friday 18 July 1924 · page 5

Mr. Stopford, referring to the police dispute to-day, said he had no personal feeling in the matter the was still waiting for a reply from the Police…

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A Dance Disturbed. Charge of Offensive Behaviour. and Assault on Police

Daily Examiner · Saturday 19 July 1924 · page 6

In the Grafton Police Court yesterday morning, before Mr. W. B. Geddes, P.M., Robert Clarence Robinson, a young man, was charged with having…

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Dorrigo Police Court. Before Mr. A. C. NEWMAN, J.P. Friday, 18th July

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 19 July 1924 · page 2

Shire Council v. Dorrigo Dairy Co. No appearance of either party. Case struck out. Lee v. Johnson for wages alleged to…

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Lone Bay Murder. Reward Offered. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 19 July 1924 · page 5

In the ''Government Gazette" the Chief Secretary announces that a £200 reward will be paid to any person or person's giving information leading to…

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"In Absolute Want." Police Woman's Pathetic Discovery. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 19 July 1924 · page 5

A police woman came upon a pathetic case yesterday. She found an aged widow Mrs. Williamson, and two paralysed sons in absolute want. The sons…

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Ulmarra Council. Police Station Residence. Health Inspector's Strong Comments

Daily Examiner · Saturday 19 July 1924 · page 7

The first meeting of the Ulmarra Municipal Council since the arrival of the newly appointed Town Clerk (Mr. W. Pooley) was held on Tuesday evening last. There…

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