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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1925

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Habitual Criminals Two Housebreakers Sentenced. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 July 1925 · page 5

In the supreme Court to-day Chief Justice Blair sentenced Charles Watson to imprisonment for the maximum period of three years, and declared him an…

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Five Youths Arrested. Alleged Assault on Girls. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 July 1925 · page 4

Two girls, aged 15, informed the police that while walking past Riverside Park at Marrickville last Sunday they were molested by a number of young men. They…

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Theft of £1580 Indent Agent Pleads Guilty. Wellington (N.z.)

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 July 1925 · page 5

Raleigh Ginsberg, indent agent pleaded guilty to charges of that involving £1580. The evidence showed that accused…

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Coining Plant Counterfeit Florins Found Man Sentenced to Year's Imprisonment. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 July 1925 · page 5

At Darlinghurst sessions to-day Mervyn Clyde Hasenkam, 24, builder's laborer, was charged with having made a number of counterfeit florins and of being in…

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Murder in Territory. Woman Killed by Blacks. Darwin

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 18 July 1925 · page 2

A message from the Crocodile Island Methodist Mission states that a party of blacks from the mainland stealthily approached the island and…

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Coal Miners' Strike. Conflict with Police. London, Thursday Night

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 18 July 1925 · page 2

Five thousand strikers surrounded the Rock Colliery at Geynneath, Glamorarn, where 700 men were still at work…

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Coal Mine Strike. Police and Strikers Clash. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 July 1925 · page 5

Five thousand strikers surrounded the Rock colliery at Glynneath, Glamorgan shire, where 700 men are still working. They refused to disperse, and 100 police…

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Behind Closed Doors Unusual Procedure in Coroner's Court. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 July 1925 · page 5

An unusual course was taken by the Coroner, Dr. Ramsay Smith, who held an inquest in camera into the death of Thomas Weathered, who, it is believed…

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Alleged Murderous Assault

Daily Examiner · Monday 20 July 1925 · page 2

A murderous assault was committed on Mr. W. Bowden. licensee of the Empire Hotel, Scone, on Saturday night week. It is alleged that a navvy from a road camp…

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Railway Passenger Robbed. Thief Sent to Gaol. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 20 July 1925 · page 2

Mrs. Mabel Croft, a passenger by the Brisbane mail, was robbed yesterday just as the train was drawing out of the station…

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Shot in Head. Police Make an Arrest. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 20 July 1925 · page 3

The Inspector-General of Police received a wire from Tamworth stating Jack Smith, of Goodooga, had been wounded in the head by a charge from a shotgun. It…

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Tragedy at Balmain Sequel to Domestic Quarrel Suicide After Attempted Murder. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 20 July 1925 · page 2

There was a sensational occurrence in a house at Balmain this morning as a result of which Alma Moore, 26, and Theo. Heckenburg, 35, both received scalp…

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Revolver Battle Through Crowded Streets Police and Gang of Thieves Three Killed and Many Injured Warsaw

Daily Examiner · Monday 20 July 1925 · page 3

After an exciting wild chase by motor cars through the main streets of Warsaw the police captured three Communists on the outskirts of the city. Two police and…

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Father's Death Son Charged with Murder an Albury Tragedy. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 21 July 1925 · page 5

A message from Albury states that Danial Henry Murray, 36, laborer, believed to be a resident of Surry Hills, Sydney, was shot dead on Saturday night at…

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Stolen Liberty Gaol Breaker Recaptured Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 21 July 1925 · page 5

Eight months of stolen liberty ended this morning for John Dennis, when the detectives surrounded a house at Red Hill and arrested him. He escaped from the…

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Julius Caesar Fined £10 for Stealing Gas Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 21 July 1925 · page 5

At the Parramatta court to-day Julius Caesar was charged with having stolen 20 feet of gas, the property of the Australian Gas Company…

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Missing Girl Found Police Arrest Two Men. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 21 July 1925 · page 5

The fourteen-year-old girl who was reported missing from her home at Brunswick for several days was found by the police in a waiting room of Brunswick…

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70 Tins of Opium Smart Police Work in Sydney. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 21 July 1925 · page 5

Just before the time fixed for the departure of the Melbourne express from Sydney last night detectives arrested a man who had boarded the train and, in…

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Alleged Embezzlement Savings Bank Manager Charged Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 22 July 1925 · page 5

Aubrey Henry Gillman, 35, manager of the Homebush branch of the Government Savings Bank, was committed for trial at the Burwood Court to-day on a charge of…

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Coal Miners. Refuse to Attend Court. London, Monday Night

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 22 July 1925 · page 2

It is announced that the Miners' Federation has refused invitations to attend the Coal Court of Inquiry. It is suggested there is a possibility…

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