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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1925

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Jekyll and Hyde Doctor's Double Life the Marseilles Murder Sweetheart Charged with Complicity. Paris

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 June 1925 · page 5

The investigation by the Marseilles detectives reveals that Dr. Bourgrat, who was arrested on a charge of murdering a bank teller, whose body was found…

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A Furnished Cave. Discovered by Police

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 17 June 1925 · page 2

Melbourne police yesterday discovered a cave on the shores of Port Phillip and detained a girl, aged 15, who will be brought before the…

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Drunken Aborigines Police Sergeant Assaulted. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 June 1925 · page 5

A message from Port Kembla states that three drunken aborigines brutally assaulted Police Sergeant Somerville last night in the presence of over 100 men…

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Taxation an Important Judgment Case Before High Court. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 June 1925 · page 5

The High Court to-day gave an important judgment when it was ruled by a majority of Judges that because notice of assessment by the Commissioner was not…

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Strange Case Conflicting Police Evidence Inquiry to Be Held. Fremantle

Daily Examiner · Thursday 18 June 1925 · page 5

An extraordinary case came before the local Police Court when Henry Williamson was charged with drunkenness. Two constables swore defendant was…

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Charge of Stealing £2545

Daily Examiner · Friday 19 June 1925 · page 4

A slimly-built, well-dressed young man, William Henry Scott, whose age was given as 25, and by profession an accountant, was presented at the Brisbane Central…

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Police Court Had a Swim Last Summer

Daily Examiner · Friday 19 June 1925 · page 1

For being drunk in Prince street T. Schrifer appeared before Mr. J. E. McCulloch, P.M., at the Grafton Police Court yesterday and was fined 5- with the…

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Victorian Police Force Reinstatement Movement. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 19 June 1925 · page 5

Senator Hannan speaking at The Police Reinstatement Association urged them to continue their efforts to have ex-members of the police who were…

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"Take That" Sensational Arrest Jewellery Thieves and Police Early Morning Incident. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Friday 19 June 1925 · page 4

As a sequel to the sensational arrest or two men in the city early this morning Charles Faulastrom, 30, jeweller, and Jeremiah Denehy, 45, bootmaker,…

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Maclean Police Court

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 June 1925 · page 7

Mr. McCulloch, P.M. presided at the Maclean court on Thursday last and dealt with the following cases. Thomas Colnan pleaded guilty to a charge…

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Police Court Traffic Breaches Liquor Act Prosecutions

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 June 1925 · page 4

At the Grafton Police Court yesterday, before Mr. J. E. McCulloch, P.M., C. E. B. Ferguson, who pleaded guilty, was fined £2, with 8 costs, with the alternative of…

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Murder Charge Man Shot Through Temple Son Placed on Trial No Counsel for Defence. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 June 1925 · page 5

At the Central Criminal Court to-day David Franz Winkler. 20, laborer, was charged with the murder of his father, Joseph Franz Winkler, 62, who died from…

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Police Court Licensing Case

Daily Examiner · Monday 22 June 1925 · page 1

In the report of the licensing cases .published in, our issue of Saturday last there was an omission which rendered the account of the proceedings misleading. The…

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Will Not Tell Police. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 22 June 1925 · page 3

A man who was admitted to the Sydney Hospital suffering from a bullet wound in the groin declined to say how the injury was caused, adding "if the…

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Murder Alleged. Wife's Evidence in Albury Case. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 22 June 1925 · page 3

At the conclusion of the inquest at Albury concerning the death of Angus O'Grady the coroner recorded a verdict of murder against Joseph Toohey, who was…

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Fatal Injuries Police Make an Arrest. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 22 June 1925 · page 3

William Vicq, who told the police he had been assaulted and robbed of a gold watch and chain and £15 in cash, and when found in the grounds of the…

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Ready to Fire Charge Laid In Safe Police Make Two Arrests Smart Work at Stanmore. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 22 June 1925 · page 3

Constables Shaw and Hargraves were responsible for some smart work when they arrested two men near the premises of the Oakleaf Jam Factory, in Bridge…

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Teapot Dome Echo Of Oil Scandals Leases Are Legal. American Court's Decision. New York

Daily Examiner · Monday 22 June 1925 · page 3

At Cheyenne (Wyoming) the lease of the Mammoth Oil Company on Teapot Dome naval oil reserve was held to be legal by Federal Judge Kennedy. This decision was…

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Row in Kitchen Boarding House Tragedy Chef Charged with Murder. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 23 June 1925 · page 5

At the Central Criminal Court to-day Samuel Papparys, described as a chef, was charged with the murder of Lancelot Ramsay in a boarding house at Cronulla in…

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Grafton Small Debts Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 23 June 1925 · page 4

In the Grafton Small Debts Court yesterday, Mr. J. E. McCulloch, P.M., gave judgment for the plaintiff in an action in which Gwydir Henry proceeded against…

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