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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1924

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Mahon to Hang. the Eastbourne Murder. Five Hours in Witness Box. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 July 1924 · page 3

After being five and a half hours in the witness box, during which he was subjected to the severest cross-examination, Mahon, charged with the murder…

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Escaped From Gaol Police Recapture Youth. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 July 1924 · page 5

William Gillard, aged 19, while being detained by the Katoomba police pending a charge of breaking and entering, succeeded in making his escape from custody…

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Through Bar Window. Man with Boots Off. Sequel in Police Court. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 July 1924 · page 5

The story of another, alleged burglary was told in the police court to-day when Fergus Smith (46) was charged with breaking and entering the dwelling house…

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Licensing Court. Quarterly Report

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 July 1924 · page 4

Yesterday morning at the quarterly meeting of the Grafton Licensing Court before Mr. W. B. Geddes, P.M. "(Licensing Magistrate), the Licensing Inspector…

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Police Dog. Saves Elderly Woman. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 July 1924 · page 5

A Melbourne police dog, who accompanies the police patrol at nights, saved an elderly lady from "death by exposure on St. Kilda Beach. She left home…

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Alleged Subornation. Police Hidden in Room. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 July 1924 · page 5

At the City Police Court to-day Grindan Gascoigne, billiard marker, was charged with having attempted to prevent a woman witness giving evidence…

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Union Officials Charged With Conspiracy Port Lyttleton Hold-up. Legal Points and Objections. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 July 1924 · page 5

Seven union officials charged with conspiracy in connection with the holding up of the steamer Port Lyttleton were placed on trial to-day at Darlinghurst…

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Engineers Union. Court Moves Too Slowly. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 July 1924 · page 5

A mass, meeting of the Amalgamated Engineering Union in Sydney yesterday carried two resolutions setting out the minimum rates and conditions that would…

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Alleged Misappropriation. Postmaster Charged. Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 23 July 1924 · page 2

At the Bathurst Police Court yesterday, Samuel White, ex-postmaster at Cobargo, was charged with having misappropriated the sum of £150, the…

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In Girls' Room. Intruder Gets Two Months Gaol. Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Thursday 24 July 1924 · page 5

Rudolph Anderson was sentenced at the local court to two months imprisonment on a charge of assault. Evidence was given that three girls…

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Twelve Months Missing. Boy Walks to Queensland. Man Charged with Abduction

Daily Examiner · Thursday 24 July 1924 · page 2

The experiences of a boy aged 12, who left home to travel by train to Yea (Victor a) in company with an elderly man, but instead of riding, walked to Yea,…

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Cheque Case. Council Employee Charged. Struggle in a Bank. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 24 July 1924 · page 5

Edgar stevenson, engineer, employed by the Alexandria Council, appeared at the Darlinghurst Sessions to-day on a charge of having forged and uttered a…

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A Murder a Day. Chicago's Record for June. Only One Hanged. 177 Murders Since January. Chicago

Daily Examiner · Thursday 24 July 1924 · page 5

Chicago established the unenviable record of a murder a day for June. One hundred and seventy-seven murders have been committed in Chicago…

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Language and Assault Charges. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 25 July 1924 · page 4

Two men were remanded at the Police Court to-day charged respectively with using indecent language and assaulting a police constable during last night's…

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Gaol for Joy-riders. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 25 July 1924 · page 4

The Attorney-General has announced that provision will be made in the amending Crimes Act to tighten up the…

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Year's Gaol. for "Loitering with Intent." Melborne

Daily Examiner · Friday 25 July 1924 · page 1

A new charge under the Crimes Act was put into operation to-day when Murray Davis and Ernest Lowgrey were sentenced to twelve months'…

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The Assembly. Magistrate's Decision. Brought Up in Parliament. the Conspiracy Case. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 25 July 1924 · page 5

In the Assembly to-day, Mr. K[?]patrick asked the Minister for Forests, Mr. Wearne, if he would amend the Forestry Act this session by eliminating the…

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Murder Charge. "I Never Fired " North Sydney Shooting Case. Datson Sent for Trial. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 25 July 1924 · page 5

An inquest was opened to-day concerning the death of George Hawkins (51), who was shot through the heart at a house occupied by him and his wife's…

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A Militant Member. Queensland Irish Association. Case in Supreme Court. a Question of Membership. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Friday 25 July 1924 · page 5

An action, described by counsel for the plaintiff as being characterised by extraordinary animosity to his client, was begun in the Supreme Court…

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Clergyman's Lapse. Sent to Gaol. Narrandera

Daily Examiner · Saturday 26 July 1924 · page 5

Charles Wilson, formerly a Church of England clergyman, was charged with having stolen a motor car, and also with having obtained £300 by false pretences…

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