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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1925

1,386 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 3 of 70

Ulmarra Police Station

Daily Examiner · Friday 16 January 1925 · page 4

Mr. J. J. Fitzgerald, M.L.A., has received the following letter from the Chief Secretary's Department:--"In replay to your representation in relation to the…

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Joining the Police

Daily Examiner · Friday 16 January 1925 · page 4

MMr. J. E. Carroll, of Newton Boyd, left on Monday for the depot in Brisbane to join the police. Mr. Carroll, who is a son of Mr. P. Carroll, is a splendid…

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Betting Shops. Instructions to Police. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 16 January 1925 · page 5

The Chief Secretary, Mr. Oakes, stated to-day that he had instructed the police to increase rather than relax their efforts to suppress illegal betting shops…

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Moeraki's Crew Thirty-four Sent to Gaol. Warrants for Others Issued. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 16 January 1925 · page 5

Thirty-four members of the crew of the steamer Moeraki were charged at the City Court this afternoon with having refused to cast off the mooring ropes…

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Stowaway on Ship. Desperate Struggle with Police. Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Friday 16 January 1925 · page 5

Shortly before the departure of the steamer Kurow from Newcastle for New Zealand, Norman McDonald (35) tried to stow away on board. When the police…

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Under Police Escort. When De Garis Returns. Auckland (N.z.)

Daily Examiner · Friday 16 January 1925 · page 5

De Garis will not be permitted to return to Australia by the steamer Maheno, which is to leave to-morrow. He will have to await of the arrival of the…

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Coff's Harbor. Police Court

Daily Examiner · Saturday 17 January 1925 · page 6

At the Police Court, Coff's Harbor, on Wednesday, January 15 before Mr. D.W. Reed P.M. Patrick James Cosgrove was charged…

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Long Bay Murder. Letters to the Police Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 17 January 1925 · page 4

Superintendent Mankey to-day received several letters bearing on the murder of the woman Anderson at Long Bay. Information was given in one letter…

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London Typiste Girl's Mutilated Body Buried in Fovlyard Former Lover Charged with Murder. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 17 January 1925 · page 5

Detectives including several from Scotland Yard have long been busy in the Sussex village, Crowborough, near London investigating the my story of the…

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Dorrigo Police Court. Friday, January 16. Before Mr. Reed, P.M.

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 17 January 1925 · page 2

Raven v. McMinn, alleged assault, and a cross case McMinn v. Raven, insulting language. The P.M. advised that these cases should be settled without…

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Small Debts Court

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 17 January 1925 · page 2

Cooper t. Fraser.—For £4/16/3 alleged to be due for freight on goods. Mr. Farrell appeared for defendant and stated that his client was…

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Mysterious Fires Police and All Concerned Baffled

Daily Examiner · Saturday 17 January 1925 · page 3

A mysterious fire which occurred in the back portion of a cottage in Ste[?]rt street Tweed Heads, the property of Mrs. B. Gray, early on the morning…

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Coffs Court. a Mixed List. “Slanguage” Hot popular With P.M.

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 17 January 1925 · page 2

At the Police Court, Coffs Harbor, on Wednesday, before Mr. D. W. Reed, P.M., a man named Cosgrove [?] charged by the Railway…

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Husband Charged. Alleged Attempted Wife Murder. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 19 January 1925 · page 3

At the Goulburn police Court last right Edward Cecil Bates, 28, was charged with having at Crookwell caused to be taken by Lydia Gertrude Bates, his…

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Murder Case. Thorn Before Court. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 19 January 1925 · page 3

Norman Thorn, appeared to-day at [?]rowborugh's tiny court, which was crowded. Inspector Edwards said when charged…

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Mustering Police Force

Daily Examiner · Monday 19 January 1925 · page 3

The Victorian Government has called in from the country and suburban districts all available police in case of trouble from the waterside workra…

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Stealing Allegation Dismissed

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 20 January 1925 · page 4

At the Grafton Police Court yesterday Ivo Bertram Gill, of Mororo, was charged with in December last stealing one horse collar and a pair of hames and traces,…

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Theft of Magneto

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 20 January 1925 · page 4

At the Grafton Police Court yesterday, before Mr. D. W. Reed, Police Magistrate, Wal[?]er James Williams, of South Grafton, was charged with stealing a…

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Valueless Ceeques Man Sent to Gaol. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 20 January 1925 · page 5

At Redfern Court James Murphy was convicted on three charges of having passed valueless cheques, and sentenced to six months imprisonment…

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Mysterious Murder Three Bullets in Brain. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 20 January 1925 · page 5

A mysterious murder has been reported, the victim being Albert Willits. a young policeman, who was killed while on his beat in the centre of…

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