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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1925

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Murder. Charge. [?] The Lilydale Shooting. I Girl's Sensational Story Farewell Message Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 March 1925 · page 5

At the inquest concerning the death of William Bent, of Lilydale, William Hall said he found a pocket book containing a farewell message from Vernon…

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Mean Theft

Daily Examiner · Monday 30 March 1925 · page 2

In the Rockhampton Police Court a half caste kanaka, James Murray (28), was charged with stealing £2910, the property of George A. Kie, of Gladstone…

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In Gaol a Week Volumnia's Crew Released. Perth

Daily Examiner · Monday 30 March 1925 · page 3

To-day 22 of the Volumnia's seamen, who were sentenced to two months imprisonment for refusing duty, were released from the Fremantle gaol, after…

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High Court Appeal Gardiner v. Gardiner. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 30 March 1925 · page 3

Last week the Judge in Divorce, Mr. Justice Owen, ordered Joseph Rheuben Gardiner, boot and shoe merchant of Sydney, to pay to Ray Gardiner, his wife…

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Bail Refused Redfern Murder Case. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 31 March 1925 · page 5

At the Central Police Court to-day Cecil Aves was charged with having murdered Florence Quirk at Redfern on March 12…

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Fiendish Murder Indian Woman Decapitated. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 31 March 1925 · page 5

Word was received in Sydney to-day of a fiendish murder which occurred recently at Suva. An Indian woman, who was known to…

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Circuit Court Opens To-morrow

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 31 March 1925 · page 5

His Honor Chief Justice Street will preside over the Circuit Court, which opens at Grafton to-morrow. Mr. Adrian Curlewis is His Honor's associate and the…

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'Would Go to Gaol' Archbishop Kelly. the Ne Temere Amendment Protestant-catholic Marriages. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 31 March 1925 · page 5

Archbishop Kelly declares no baptised Catholic can validly contract marriage or can truly become husband or wife unless the marriage contract be made in the…

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Sequel to Street Row a Bruised Arm Police Charges Denied

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 31 March 1925 · page 2

The hearing was continued in the Grafton Police Court yesterday morning before Mr. D. W. Reed, P.M., of the case Police v. George Weiley, a young man,…

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Murder Story Stranger Visits Police Station Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 April 1925 · page 5

Early this morning a man, who gave the name of Sidney Pile, walked into the Darlinghurst Police Station and stated he believed he had murdered his wife…

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Police Hospital Ball Successful Effort at Maclean

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 April 1925 · page 6

The long looked for Police Charity Hospital Ball at Maclean eventuated on Monday night at the Literary Institute Hall. For some months past the police of the…

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Battle of Balaclava Police and Drunken Aborigines. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 April 1925 · page 5

At the town of Balaclava, on Saturday a number of aborigines after partaking of a large quantity of liquor ran amok and attempted to take possession of the town…

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Motorist Charged Five Dock Fatality. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 April 1925 · page 5

At the Central Police Court to-day Joseph Patrick Boland (28), who had been charged with feloniously slaying Mr. and Mrs. Gurr, who were killed…

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FINED £20. Charge Against Prescotts Magistrate's Severe Comment. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 April 1925 · page 5

Some stringent comment was made at the Central Summons Court to-day in a case in which Prescotts Ltd., were charged with two breaches of the Customs Act…

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Motor Hearse Capsizes Drunken Driver Sent to Gaol. Auckland

Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 April 1925 · page 5

A taxi driver named Chase was sentenced to seven days gaol and his license was ordered to be suspended at Auckland yesterday for being drunk while in…

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Circuit Court. Grafton Sitting. Criminal Charges Case From Murwillumbah

Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 April 1925 · page 3

The sitting's of the Circuit Court were opened at Grafton yesterday before his Honor Chief Justice Street. There were two criminal cases listed for triial, and…

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Three Finger Jack Expert Forger Gaoled Eluded Police for Years. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 April 1925 · page 5

Mr. Justice Sergeant, in sentencing Owen Jennings (26) to three years penal servitude for forgery, declared the case showed that a regular traffic in letters…

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Breaking & Entering Two Young Men Sentenced Six Months Hard Labor

Daily Examiner · Friday 3 April 1925 · page 1

Leslie William McFarlane and Henry Clarence Pilton, who on Wednesday last pleaded guilty to having broken and entered the dwelling house of Alexander…

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The Death Sentence. a Woman's Crime Dramatic Scene in Court. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 3 April 1925 · page 5

Catherine Thorpe has been sentenced to death at Leeds for murdering her married lover, who was a pianist in a jazz band. She was strongly…

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N.Z. and South Seas. International Exhibition the Australian Court. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 3 April 1925 · page 5

The Commonwealth Government decided to participate in the New Zealand and South Seas International Exhibition which opens in Dunedin on November 12,…

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