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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1924

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Copmanhurst Case Cattle Stealing Charge Information Dismissed

Daily Examiner · Thursday 24 January 1924 · page 4

At the Copmanhurst Police Court yesterday before Mr. W. B. Geddes, P.M., Patrick Carroll MeGowan, butcher, Copmanhurst, was charged on information…

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The Gaol Case. Five Persons Arrested "Conspiracy to Release Angus Murray." Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 24 January 1924 · page 5

Leslie ("Squizzy") Taylor, Thomas Taylor, stevedore, Michael Costello, temporary warder at Melbourne gaol, Charles Toolin, lawyer's clerk, and Albert Arms,…

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Hannah Mitchell. to Stand Trial on Murder Charge. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 24 January 1924 · page 5

At the inquest into the death of Mabel Hodgkinson, a young married woman, evidence was given that before her death Mrs. Hodginson was said to have…

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£100 or Six Months. Old Woman Before Court. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Thursday 24 January 1924 · page 5

"In my opinion you are a wicked old woman," said Mr. Archdale, police magistrate, to-day when Catherine Merten was fined £100 or six months for selling…

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"I Will Kill You." Melbourne Shooting Case. Son Protects Mother. Coroner Return's Verdict of Murder. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 24 January 1924 · page 5

An inquest was opened to-day concerning the death of Albert Johnson John Richards (21), charged with murder, was present in court…

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Copmanhurst Case Cattle Stealing Charge Information Dismissed

Daily Examiner · Friday 25 January 1924 · page 4

At the Copmanhurst Court on Wednesday before Mr. W. B. Geddes, P.M., Patrick Carroll MeGowan, butcher, Copmanhurst, was charged on information…

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Police Insult Guests. Ranee of Pudukota's Loss. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 25 January 1924 · page 5

The "Daily Express" Cannes correspondent says the Ranee of Pudukota, formerly Miss Molly Fink, a Melbourne society girl, recently lost a ring at her…

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Perth Hold-up. Police Effect Arrest. Rearrested at Perth. Perth

Daily Examiner · Friday 25 January 1924 · page 5

Detectives arrested Paul Lempriere, a French electrician, and charged him with having robbed the West Perth Post Office while armed with a revolver, also…

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In Thick Scrub. Rifle Barrel Found. Melbourne's Triple Murder. Woman Warned by Vision. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 25 January 1924 · page 5

A man with a dishevelled appearance walked into the detective office to-day and declared he had come to give himself up in regard to last night's…

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Fraudulent Misappropriation. Alleged Theft of Clothing. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 26 January 1924 · page 5

Edmund Stroheimer was charged at the Central Court with having last year fraudulently misappropriated clothing and furs valued at £101 the property…

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Alleged Cattle Stealing. Plummer Committed for Trial. Other Charges Adjourned

Daily Examiner · Saturday 26 January 1924 · page 4

Keen public interest was manifested yesterday in the case in which Henry Plummer (52) was charged ''That on January 2, 1924, he stole three bullocks,…

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Through the Court. What 1923 Brought Forth

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 26 January 1924 · page 2

No longer does the local Court witness the "Drunks' Parades" of five or six years ago—tye palmy days of the line—for we are good…

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Gladesville Sensation. Alleged Assault. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 29 January 1924 · page 3

A report has been received at the Gladesville police station to the effect that two girls, aged seven and nine years respectively, were indecently as…

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Alleged Cattle Stealing. Plummer Committed For Trial. Bullocks on Dilkoon Station. Case for the Crown

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 29 January 1924 · page 4

Henry Plummer (52) was committed for trial at the Grafton Police Court on Friday last on the charge of stealing on or about January 2, 1924, at Dilkoon…

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Shell Harbor Tragedy. Police Sergeant Drowned. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 29 January 1924 · page 3

A boat containing Police Sergeant Foreman and his wife andayman named Abbott and two other men set out from the beach at Shell Harbor yesterday in…

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Soldier's Widow Charged. Drew Pension After Re-marriage. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 30 January 1924 · page 5

In the Summons Court today, Mrs. Clara Barnett, a soldier's widow, was charged with having obtained pension money by means of a false statement that…

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A Woman's Evidence. Alleged Subornation. Three Men Charged. a Statutory Declaration. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 30 January 1924 · page 5

At the Central Court to-day: Ernest William Baxter, inquiry agent, George Mosman, and Ronald Shekleton were charged with having endeavored to…

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Scene in Court. Sergeant and Barrister. Both Seek Protection. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 30 January 1924 · page 5

There was a scene in the Central Court to-day. It was started by Sergeant Thornley demanding of Mr. Young, a well-known barristor, that he…

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Murder and Suicide. Paris

Daily Examiner · Thursday 31 January 1924 · page 5

A young electrician, after shooting his wife dead, was so determined on committing suicide that he first shot himself mortally in the chest, then cut his…

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Fined for Theft. Justice of the Peace. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 31 January 1924 · page 5

A justice of the peace, George Harris, was fined £5 at Cessnock Polic Court on a charge of having stolen £17 from Frederick Miller, licensee of, the Bellbird…

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