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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1924

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Prohibited Hours. On Licensed Premises. Landlord and Tenant. Police Prosecution

Daily Examiner · Saturday 9 August 1924 · page 4

On the night of Friday, July 4, Constable Willis found a number of people in the bar of the Commercial hotel, Prince street, including William Zietsch…

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Ulmarra. Police Court

Daily Examiner · Monday 11 August 1924 · page 2

The relieving Police Magistrate (Mr. D. W. Reed) made his first official visit to Ulmarra on Wednesday last. Prior to the opening of the court, First-Class…

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Maclean. Police Court

Daily Examiner · Monday 11 August 1924 · page 2

On Thursday morning when the court met at Maclean, Mr. D. W. Reed. P.M., was on the bench. Mr. T. Mcl. Lobban, on behalf of the legal profession,…

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Gaol Baked Bread. Tasmanian Women's Proposal. Hobart

Daily Examiner · Monday 11 August 1924 · page 4

If the Premier agrees to a request made by the Tasmanian Women's Nonparty League the Hobart gaol will be transferred into a bakehouse. In order…

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Murder Charge. Shot in Stomach. Woman Witness Evidence. Brisbane, Saturday

Daily Examiner · Monday 11 August 1924 · page 4

At the Brisbane Police Court yesterday George Brett, 49, and Norman O'Brien, 32, on remand, appeared on a charge of murdering Ernest Hargreaves who was…

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Victorian Police Force. Reinstatement of Strikers. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 11 August 1924 · page 5

As it is now practically certain that the Victorian Government, will submit to Parliament proposals for the reinstatement of a number of the police who…

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Alleged Contempt of Court. Newspaper Publishers Cited

Daily Examiner · Monday 11 August 1924 · page 6

Before Mr. Justice Schutt, in the Practice Court, Melbourne, last Wednesday, application was made on behalf of Joseph Kellow for an order nisi calling…

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Retired Magistrate Statement to Press MR. A. O. Butler's Case Widow and Barnado Boy. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 11 August 1924 · page 4

Mr. A. O. Butler, formerly Police Magistrate, who was recently relieved of his duties in connection with a certain case, yesterday made a statement in…

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The Engine Drivers. Done with Arbitration Court. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 11 August 1924 · page 5

After a full week's deliberation on the deadlock that has arisen between the Arbitration Court and the Federated Engine Drivers and Firemen's…

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Police Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 August 1924 · page 4

Before Mr. D. W. Reed, P.M., yesterday, P. J. Corrigan pleaded guilty to a charge of drunkenness, and was fined 10, with the alternative of 48 hours'…

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Alleged Theft. Episode in Casino Hotel

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 August 1924 · page 3

At the casino Police Court, before Mr. Chippindall, P.M., an elderly man named William Cormack was charged with having stolen a £5 note and a book from…

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District Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 August 1924 · page 4

The August sitting of the Grafton District Court will be held at the Grafton Courthouse to-day. His Honor, Judge Mocatta, District Court Judge and…

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Publican's Claim. Dismissed by Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 August 1924 · page 4

Yesterday, at the Grafton Police Court, H. H. Gadd, recently licensee of the Imperial Hotel, Grafton, sought, under the provisions of the Liquor Act, to…

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Stealing a Coat. Accused Gets Twelve Months

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 August 1924 · page 1

John Thomas Robinson pleaded not guilty to a charge of having at Kempsey, in April last, stolen a coat, or received it knowing it to have been stolen…

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Retired Magistrate. Questions in Parliament. "Wife's Value Half Crown a Week." Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 August 1924 · page 5

The case of Arthur Ormonde Butler, who was relieved of his magisterial duties by the Minister for Justice was the subject of further questions in the…

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Ulmarra Police Quarters. Questions in Parliament. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 August 1924 · page 5

Replying to Mr. Fitzgerald in the Assembly the Chief Secretary said it was a fact that the police quarters at Ulmarra had been condemned by the…

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Engineers' Society. Claims in Federal Arbitration Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 August 1924 · page 5

In the Federal Arbitration Court this afternoon an application was made by the Amalgamted Society of Engineers and others for the inclusion of…

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Soldiers and Loyalists. a Question of Preference. the High Court's Decision. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 August 1924 · page 5

The decision of the High Court that preference should not be given to loyalists of the 1917 strike over returned soldier members of the Wharf Laborers…

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Alleged Brutal Assault. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 14 August 1924 · page 4

With the upper portions of his body and clothing covered with blood Maurice Osby, a Norwegian seaman, walked into the George street North Police Station…

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Charge of Stealing. Girl's Alleged Confession. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 14 August 1924 · page 5

Freda Freeburn or Florence Player, a young girl, was charged at the Central Court to-day with having stolen goods belonging to Mark Foy's, Ltd., of a total…

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