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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1924

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Back to Work. Overtime Strike Off. Union Obeys Court. the North Coast Co's. Fleet. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 November 1924 · page 5

The waterfront trouble took a sensational turn to-day when a telegram was received by the Sydney branch from the central executive of the Waterside…

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Grafton Police Court

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 November 1924 · page 4

William Elder (46) was charged at the Grafton Police Court, yesterday morning, before Mr. D. W. Reed, P.M., with having been found drunk in Ryan…

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Dorrigo Police Court. Friday, November 14, 1924. Before Mr. Reed, Police Magistrate. Const. Metcalfe V. F. O. HARVEY

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 19 November 1924 · page 2

Mr. Farrell stated that in view of absolute denial on the part of the defendant there was no need for further proof to be produced by him…

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Warehouse Breakers. Two Men Sentenced. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 November 1924 · page 4

Some weeks ago there was excitement at Crossbie House George street west, when the police arrested three men after a struggle on the stairs…

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Criminal Assault. Ten Years and Flogging. Auckland

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 November 1924 · page 5

A sentence of ten years and one flogging of ten strokes was Imposed on Frederick Shortland, at Auckland Criminal Court for having criminally…

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Criminal Assault. Sentence of Ten Years. Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 19 November 1924 · page 2

Sentence of ten years' imprisonment and one flogging of ten strokes was imposed on Frederick Shortland at the Auckland Criminal Court for…

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Assaulted a Nurse. Sailor Sent to Gaol Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 November 1924 · page 1

At the Central Police Court to-day Ernest Merritt, a sailor, was sentenced to six months imprisonment on a charge of having assaulted Nurse Rose at Little…

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Murder Charge. Hut Destroyed by Fire. Launceston

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 November 1924 · page 5

Richard Parry pleaded not guilty at the Criminal Court when charged with the murder of Thomas Jordan at Deloraine on August 31…

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Appin Murder. Cabinet Considers Simpson Case. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 November 1924 · page 5

Cabinet to-day considered the case of William Simpson, who has been sentenced to death for the murder of Guy Clift at Appin…

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Soldier Settler. Evidence in Bankruptcy Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 November 1924 · page 5

In the Bankruptcy Court to-day Walter Evans, a returned soldier settler, said in 1918 he took tip a farm near Grenfell under the Returned Soldiers' Settlement…

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Craft Charges. Rule to Prohibit Proceedings. Application in Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 November 1924 · page 4

The Full Court to-day heard the application by Dr. Evatt for leave to continue the order nisi restraining the Royal Commissioner, Mr. Lamb, K.C., from…

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Potent Hop Beer. Alderman Sentenced. Darwin

Daily Examiner · Thursday 20 November 1924 · page 6

Before Mr. Playford, special magistrate, Ald. Presley, town councillor, was charged with selling liquor purporting to be hop beer to an aborigine…

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Civic Inquiry. Banco Court Proceedings. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 20 November 1924 · page 5

It is probable there will be an unexpected development in the Banco Court to-morrow when the Full Court will assemble to hear argument on the…

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Tichborne Case. Echo in London Court. Charge Against Claimant's Daughter. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 20 November 1924 · page 5

There was an echo of the famous Tichborne case at Bow street when Miss Tichborne, daughter of Arthur Orton (claimant of the Tichborne estates), was…

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Asleep in Court

Daily Examiner · Friday 21 November 1924 · page 4

During the hearing of a divorce case at Taree, the silence of the court was disturbed by a distinctly nocturnal sound. Looking around, a policeman…

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Graft Charges Commission. Application to Supreme Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 21 November 1924 · page 5

An application made to-day to the Full Court to make absolute an order for a rule nisi for prohibition to restrain Mr. Lamb, K.C., from further proceeding as…

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Domestic Tangle. Alleged Blackmailing Conspiracy an Eastern Potentate. London Court Case. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 21 November 1924 · page 5

The hearing of a case of exceptional interest concerning, a claim against the Midland Bank for £125,000, being the balance of the sum of £150,000, was…

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Licensing Court

Daily Examiner · Saturday 22 November 1924 · page 4

At the Licensing Court held at Grafton yesterday, Mr. D. W. Reed, P.M., granted a booth license to Mrs. H. Daniels in respect of the C.P. and A…

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Fifteen Years Gaol. "Cowardly and Wicked Husband." Wellington (N.z.)

Daily Examiner · Saturday 22 November 1924 · page 5

Tri July last John Jeffreys, with his wife and children and some Maoris, went for a picnic at Glentul Cliffs. When the Maoris had departed Jeffreys…

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Girl's Story. Police Sceptical. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 22 November 1924 · page 5

A schoolgirl, aged 11, was found on the footpath near her home at Bell this morning with her legs tied and her mouth gagged by a handkerchief. She stated she…

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