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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1925

1,386 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 14 of 70

The Perkins Appeal. Bull Court Omits Floggings. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 14 March 1925 · page 5

The Full Court dismissed the appeal of Francis Perkins against his conviction for the manslaughter of William Almeida, bank teller. but omitted from…

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Claim for Commission Palmer's Island Farm District Court Action

Daily Examiner · Saturday 14 March 1925 · page 3

In the District Court yesterday, before his Honor Judge Edwards, an action was tried in which Wilford John Ernest Johnson, of Grafton, auctioneer, trading…

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Claim for Wages Wood Gutting Plant Action in District Court

Daily Examiner · Saturday 14 March 1925 · page 3

Before his Honor, Judge Edwards and a jury in the District Court, Grafton, yesterday, William Thomas Evans proceeded against William Fernance, farmer, of…

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Small Debts Court FRIDAY, 13th MARCH. (Before Mr. Reed, P.M.)

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 14 March 1925 · page 2

Dorrigo Co-op. Dairy Co., Ltd., v. A. O. Harrigan. Mr. R. J. Farrell, who appeared for the Dairy Co., asked for an adjournment until the 17th April,…

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Redfern Tragedy Aves Charged with Murder. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 16 March 1925 · page 3

Cecil Henry Aves, 22, was charged at the Central Police Court to-day with having feloniously and maliciously murdered Florence May Quirk…

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The District Court

Daily Examiner · Monday 16 March 1925 · page 2

In respect to an action in the District Court, Robinson Brothers, Limited, v. the Ocean, Accident Corporation, Ltd., Mr. D. J. Lobban, who appeared for the…

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Smart Police Work Stolen Jewellery Recovered Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 16 March 1925 · page 3

A Sydney jewellery salesman has informed the police that he was walking along Palmer street last night when two women approached him. While one asked…

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Murder Trial. Miss Cameron's Death. Thorne Gives Evidence Says Girl Hanged Herself. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 16 March 1925 · page 3

At the resumption of the trial of Norman Thorne, charged with the murder of the girl Cameron, evidence was given by Thorne that Cameron wanted to make…

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Communist Meeting. Police Draw Revolvers Six Killed, 36 Injured. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 16 March 1925 · page 3

Six were killed and twenty-three seriously injured and thirteen others slightly injured in a collision between the police and Communists at Halle, a city in…

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Wood Cutting Plant Claim for Work Done District Court Action

Daily Examiner · Monday 16 March 1925 · page 2

On Saturday morning the hearing was concluded in the District Court, before his Honor, Judge Edwards, and a jury of five, of the action in which William…

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Police Court. Licensing Prosecutions Coff's Harbor Sitting

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 March 1925 · page 2

At Coff's Harbor Police Court on Wednesday, March 11, before Mr. D. W. Reed, P.M., the following cases were heard:--Michael Bell was charged with being…

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S.a Visit to Grafton Gaol

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 March 1925 · page 4

On Saturday last the Salvation Army Baud and songsters visited the Grafton gaol and eentertained the prisoners with music and song. Judging from the very…

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Motor Traffic Breach of Regulations Magistrate Issues Warning

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 March 1925 · page 5

Recently at a meeting of the Grafton Council, reference was made to the many breaches of the traffic regulations that were committed in the thoroughfares of…

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Maclean Police Charity Ball

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 March 1925 · page 5

The charity ball, which is being organised by a committee of the Lower Clarence police and citizens generally, is bidding fair to be a first-class opening of the…

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Graft Rampant Conditions in Montreal Vicious Police System Intriguers Amass Fortunes. Montreal

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 March 1925 · page 5

Justice Louis Codorre, who conducted an inquiry into Montreal's vice, has issued a report stating that the police official at the head of Montreal's…

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Norman Thorne Sentenced to Death Murder of Fiancee Evidence of Medical Experts. London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 March 1925 · page 5

Norman Thorne, the Crowborough poultry farmer, was sentenced to death for the murder of his fiancee, Elsie Cameron…

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Bedfern Murder. a Bloodstained Shirt. Police Kept Busy. Sydney

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 18 March 1925 · page 3

A development in the Redfern murder case was the discovery of a bloodstained shirt, hidden in the bed where the dead woman, Mrs. Quirk,…

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Cablegrams. Sentenced to Death. Poultry Farm Murderer. London. Monday Night

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 18 March 1925 · page 2

Norman Thorne, the poultry farmer who war, charged with the murder of his fiancee. Miss Elsie Cameron, has been sentenced to death…

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Small Debts Court

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 18 March 1925 · page 2

Edwin Pullen v. M. Shelton, for balance of account. Plaintiff stated that portion of the account had been paid. Verdict for plaintiff with 8s…

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Police Court. Wednesday, March 11th.(Before Mr. D. W. Beed, P.M.)On Lioensed Premises

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 18 March 1925 · page 2

Michael Bell was charged with being found on licensed premises, viz., the Beach House Hotel, during prohibited hours. Defendant…

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