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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1924

1,407 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 56 of 71

Police Personator. Waterside Workers Object. Adelaide

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 4 October 1924 · page 2

The Port Adelaide branch of the Waterside Workers' Federation is considering taking legal action against the police department because a…

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Ulmarra Police Quarters

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 October 1924 · page 4

Under date of October 2, the following letter has been received by Mr. Roy Vincent. M.L.A. from the Chief Secretary's Department:-- "In reply to your…

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Police Raid on Shop

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 October 1924 · page 4

There was a sensation on Wednesday in Singleton when the police made a raid oil a shop in John street. It is alleged that a stranger garbed as a working man…

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Ulmarra Council Electric Lighting. The police quarters. Council Adheres to Its Opinion

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 October 1924 · page 5

The fortnightly meeting of the above Council was held in the Council Chambers on Thursday evening. There were present, the Mayor…

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Six Months Gaol for Theft

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 7 October 1924 · page 4

"Fined £20 in default six mouths had labor in Grafton gaol." Such was Hie punishment meted out to Robert Morten by Mr. E. A. May, P.M., in…

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Police Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 7 October 1924 · page 4

Two persons were brought before Mr. D, W. Reed, P.M., at the Grafton Police Court yesterday. T. Casey pleaded guilty to charges of drunkenness and behaving…

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Charge of Stealing

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 7 October 1924 · page 4

At the Bellingen Police Court on Tuesday, Thomas Egelton, aged 31, was charged with stealing the sum of £2810 from the residence of Arthur Harper at…

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Grafton Hotels. Sanitary Arrangements. Quarterly Licensing Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 7 October 1924 · page 1

Grafton Licensing Court was hald yesterday, Mr. D. W. Reed, P.M. presiding, when Inspector McAlpin's quarterly report was considered…

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Han Shot in Thigh. Police Detain Woman. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 7 October 1924 · page 5

This afternoon James Rooney (44), of Leichhardt, was shot in the thigh in Sharp street. Belmore. He was taken to the Western Suburbs Hospital. His…

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Forgers? Sensation at Randwick Eight Persons Arrested. Shower of £20 Notes Plant Seized by Police. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 7 October 1924 · page 5

The greatest note forgery case since 1915, when certain members of the I.W.W. succeeded in passing into circulation a large number of…

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Brutal Assault

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 8 October 1924 · page 3

On Monday evening Mr. Cecil Waish was the victim of a particularly cowardly assault, being struck on the forebead with a bottle. Two…

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Asylum Murder. Forceful Objection. Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 8 October 1924 · page 2

An inmate of Perth Asylum, P. O'-German, hit another patient, Henry Bordman, on the head with a piece of iron pipe and killed him…

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Brutal Assault. Leg Broken and Face Cut. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 October 1924 · page 4

With the bones of his right leg badly fractured George Hilliard (30), a cart driver, crawled out of Burwood Park last night and was found lying in great…

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Murder Charge. Body in Waterhole. Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 October 1924 · page 5

Before Justice Campbell, in the Circuit Court this morning. Andrew Jones was charged with the murder of Charles Murphy at Cessnock on August…

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Man Sent for Trial. Alleged Assault and Robbery. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 October 1924 · page 4

Francis Roy Baker (24) was committed for trial on £150 bail from the Central Court to-day on a charge of having assaulted william ward, a visitor from…

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Camp Fight. Axe and Tomahawk. Wagga Murder Trial. Accused Man's Story. Wagga

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 October 1924 · page 5

Robert Thomas Lang was charged with t the murder of John Sheldon, at Wanter badgery, near Wagga, on July 18, at Wagga Circuit Court to-day before Mr…

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Forged Notes. Still in Circulation. Four Persons Before Court Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 October 1924 · page 5

Three men and one woman appeared, before the Central Police Court to-day charged with having in their possession forged Commonwealth Bank notes of the…

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Religious Differences. Attempts to Poison Baby. Wife's Story in Divorce Court Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 October 1924 · page 4

May Montserrat, giving evidence in the Divorce Court to-day, said her husband, Peter Paul Montserrat, a Spaniard, had made attempts to poison her baby on…

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Wagga Murder Trial Accused Acquitted. Wag&a

Daily Examiner · Thursday 9 October 1924 · page 5

The jury returned a verdict of not guilty in the case in which Robert Thomas Lang was charged with the murder of John Sheldon at Wantabadgery…

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Police Force. Government's Duty. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 9 October 1924 · page 5

Mr. W. T. Coyle, K.C., and Crown Prosecutor at the Central Criminal Court, proposed the toast of the Criminal Investigation Branch" at its annual…

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