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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1925

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Mother Charged Couldn't Leave Her Boy Alleged Attempted Murder. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Monday 24 August 1925 · page 2

Myrtle Moore, 27, was charged at the Criminal Court with having attempted to murder her 12-years-old son. According to the police prosecitor's…

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Murder Charge Wounded Man Succumbs. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 24 August 1925 · page 2

William Farrell, who had been remanded on a charge of shooting Patrick Sperling, at Garvoc, with intent to murder him, was yesterday charged with…

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Woman Shot Police Searching for Assailant. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Monday 24 August 1925 · page 2

As the result of a shooting affray at Currency Creek early yesterday morning Elizabeth Jane Wallace, 39, is in hospital with a bullet wound in the thigh. Her…

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William Rothery High Court Application. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 24 August 1925 · page 2

It is understood that William Rothery will move the High Court for special leave to appeal against the majority judgment of the Court of Criminal Appeal, which…

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Tragedy After Dance Young Man Killed. Brother Arrested on Murder Charge. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 24 August 1925 · page 3

A tragedy occurred at a week end party camp at Emerald. Three brothers, including the wife of one, were in a party, and on returning…

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SUFFOCATED Man in Refrigerator Deadly Ammonia Fumes Police Sergeant's Narrow Escape. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 24 August 1925 · page 3

Herbert Westerson, 67, a refrigerator attendant, was suffocated by ammonia gas at A. A. Ward and Goy butchery this afternoon…

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Wembley Buildings Smiled! Will They Be Demolished? Londo[?], Monday. When Charged with Murder. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 25 August 1925 · page 5

The "Morning Post," in an editorial, says: "Though there is no reason why part of the grounds should not be sold, to pull down the splendid permanent When Cyrus Braby appeared at the City Court to-day to answer to a charge of the murder of Walliam Southwick, a well-known resident of South Yarra, he…

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Car Driver Charged Negligence Alleged. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 25 August 1925 · page 5

James Reid-Reid appeared at Parramatta Police Court to-day on a charge of having negligently driven a motor car…

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Revision Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 25 August 1925 · page 4

The Revision Court for the purpose of revising the ratepayers and electors' lists for the City of Grafton was held at the Grafton Courthouse yesterday morning,…

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Telegrams Assault on Constable. Another Arrest Made. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 25 August 1925 · page 4

Detectives visited a house at Waterloo this morning and arrested a man in connection with the assault on Constable…

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Guilty of Fraud Accountant Sent to Gaol. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 25 August 1925 · page 5

James Hope, 34, accountant, was charged at Darlinghurst Sessions to-day with having stolen a safe, the property of the Dominion Handkerchief Company…

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Shearers' Claims Court Refuses Increase. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 25 August 1925 · page 5

The general secretary of the Graziers' Association received a telegram from the Pastoralists' Association of Victoria with reference to the A.W.U. claim for a…

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Lay by System. Police Make an Arrest. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 25 August 1925 · page 4

[?]e po[?]ce have arreste[?] a man in connection with the "lay by system of doing business." It is said that numerous customers who paid money have not received…

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BOOKMAKER'S £150 Man Before the Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 25 August 1925 · page 5

At the Parramatta Court to-day William Murphy, 54, was charged with having stolen £150 from [?]k A[?]dritt. It was stated that A[?] is a…

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Fierce Fight Young Man's Death Room Splashed with Blood Murder Charge Against Brother. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 25 August 1925 · page 5

At the City Court to-day William Vincent Clarke, 37, a builder, was charged with the murder of his brother, Charles Alexander Clarke, 21, who died following…

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Man in Pulpit Arrested by Police Sensation in Bendigo Church. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 25 August 1925 · page 5

A sensation was caused at St. John's Church of England, North Bendigo, last night when the police arrested a man who entered the pulpit in clerical garb…

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Jumped Into River Two-up Players in Hurry Police Surprise "School." Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 25 August 1925 · page 5

Surprised by a party of police a two up school broke up in disorder at North Ryde yesterday. Sixteen men who were playing broke…

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Assault Case Constable Acquitted. Papers for Attorney-general. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 26 August 1925 · page 4

At the Darlinghurst Sessions to-day Charles Hugh Foulds, a constable, was charged with ha[?]ing assaulted Robert Samuel Ford, bus driver, and occasioning…

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Quarter Sessions Soldier's Gratuity Bond Estate Agent Charged Alleged Misappropriation

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 26 August 1925 · page 1

The Quarter Sessions were opened at the Grafton Courthouse yesterday before his Honor Judge Mocatta, but the business was not sufficient to occupy more…

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Riot at Marseilles Clash Between Police and Communists. Marseilles

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 26 August 1925 · page 5

Thirty police were injured in a clash with Communists who were trying to hold a procession after a meeting. The injured Communists included…

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