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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1924

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Treacherous Murder. Blacks'crime. North Queensland Tragedy. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 September 1924 · page 5

Found guilty at Cairns on Saturday of wilful murder and murder respectively two aboriginals, Pompy Dick and Brumby were sentenced to life imprisonment with…

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Queensland Police. "Brave and Efficient.'' Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 September 1924 · page 5

In the Asembly to-day. on a vote for police of £427,737, Mr. Kirwan. Assistant Home Secretary, said provision was made for fifteen extra constables, involving an…

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Court of Justice. Swiss Elected President. the Haghe

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 September 1924 · page 5

The permanent Court of International Justice elected M. Huber (Switzerland) President for the period 1925-7, in succession to Dr. Loder (Netherlands)…

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Grafton Police Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 9 September 1924 · page 4

Yesterday at the Grafton Police Court, before Mr. D. W. Reed, P.M., R. G. White pleaded guilty to a charge of having a gun and failing to take out a license for…

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Counterfeit Coins. Two Men Sentenced. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 9 September 1924 · page 5

Patrick Riley and Albert Beeson, who pleaded guilty at the Darlingliurst Sessions to charges of having made counterfeit florins and of having had moulds…

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Licensing Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 9 September 1924 · page 4

Yesterday at the Licensing Court, before Mr. D. W. Reed, chairman, the transfer of the license of the Freemasons' Hotel from Sarah. Gillett to R. H…

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Warden's Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 9 September 1924 · page 4

At the Warden's Court yesterday, before the Warden (Mr. D. W. Reed), the application of G. S. Havinden for permission to enter upon private land at…

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Russell Case. Upsets Divorce Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 10 September 1924 · page 4

[?] Divorce Court to-day Mr. Justice Owen said, ''I de not to-day intent to pronounce any of the decrees nisi[?]in the motions list absolute until an…

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Man in a Hurry. Why He Stole a Car. Story in Goulburn Court. Goulburn

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 10 September 1924 · page 5

When George Hunter pleaded guilty at Goulburn Circuit Court on a charge of having stolen a Ford motor car his solicitor, Mr. E. F. Thomas, told a…

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STOLE £50. Town Clerk Sent to Gaol. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 11 September 1924 · page 3

Raymond Stanley Smith, ex-town clerk of Windsor, who had pleaded guilty to stealing £30 of money belonging to the Windsor municipality, of which he was…

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Woman's Body. Discovered by Dog. Police Looking for Man. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 11 September 1924 · page 5

In connection with the finding of the body of Miss Bridget Enwright, it is now stated that the remains were unearthed from a covering of silt by a dog who…

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Sex Tragedy. Young Woman Deceived. Alliance with Married Man. Murder and Suicide Follow. London, Tusday

Daily Examiner · Thursday 11 September 1924 · page 5

The dead bodies of a beautiful young girl named Peggy Mercer and a man named Albert M. Joshua, aged about 40, a wealthy West End merchant, well…

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Burglary and Fire. a Randwick Episode. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 12 September 1924 · page 5

A thief who entered the house on Lionel Byrnes at Randwick last night is thought to have been responsible for a fire which broke out during the absence…

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Wodonga Tragedy Police Investigations. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 12 September 1924 · page 5

Further disclosures confirm the suspicion that a diabolical crime was associated with the death of Miss Bridget Enright at Wodonga. The post-mortem…

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Chicago Boys' Crime Two Lads Sentenced. Imprisonment for Life. Judge's Trenchant Comments. Chicago

Daily Examiner · Friday 12 September 1924 · page 5

Mr. Justice Caverly sentenced Nathan Leopold (15) and Richard Loeb (18) to life imprisonment for the murder of Robert Franks, aged 14 years, the son…

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Misappropriation. Sharebroker Sent to Gaol. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 13 September 1924 · page 5

Acting Judge Sheridan, at Darlinghurst Sessions, imposed a sentence of twelve months' imiprisonment on Henry Burnett Crosbie, stock and share broker,…

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Alleged Assault. Charge Against Winns, Ltd. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 13 September 1924 · page 5

The hearing was concluded before Justice Campbell and a jury to-day in the case in which Mrs. Lila Jackson, of Pyrmont, and Mrs. Gleeson, of Ridfern…

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Ulmarra Police Station. Unhealthy Quarters. Department and Council

Daily Examiner · Saturday 13 September 1924 · page 7

The history of the attempt to improve the unhealthy state of the police quarters at Ulmarra extends over a number of years, and matters have culminated in…

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EX-SOLDIER v. Council Case-before Full Court. Decisions in Committee. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 13 September 1924 · page 5

Full- Court to-day, in its reserved judgment on the decision of the Magistrate in the case of Henry Gardner against the Kogarah Municipal Council…

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Benalla Murder. Police Search Continues. Albury

Daily Examiner · Monday 15 September 1924 · page 5

So far the clues followed by the police engaged in the search for the murderer of Bridget Enwright, of Staghorn Flat, near Benalla, have yielded no definite…

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