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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1925

1,386 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 57 of 70

Small Debts Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 October 1925 · page 4

At the Small Debts Court yesterday, before Mr. J. E. McCulloch, P.M., Messrs. Hawthorne and Sons proceeded against Mrs. Geoffrey Chapman for the recovery…

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Macfie Murder Four Javanese Detained. Weltevreden

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 October 1925 · page 5

A prominent police officer is actively proceeding to solve the mystery of the Macfie murder at Garoet. Four native hotel boys have been…

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Charges of Theft Man Who Jumped From Train. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 October 1925 · page 5

Charles Allsopp, who escaped from a train between Hornsby and Strathfield while being escorted from Queensland to answer a charge of the alleged theft of…

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Mob Driven Off Police Draw Revolvers. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 October 1925 · page 5

There was an exciting scene in Abercrombie street, city, on Saturday night. Two constables had arrested a man for riotous behaviour, and were escorting…

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1917 Loyalist Injunction Application Equity Court Case. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 October 1925 · page 5

Before Mr. Justice. Harvey, in the Equity Court to-day, another application for an injunction restraining the New South Wales Railway Commissioners from…

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The Strike Position In Queensland Police Sent to Gladstone No Coal for Ships Yet. Brisbane, Monday. Government Takes a Stand

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 October 1925 · page 5

The Premier of Queensland, Mr. McCormack, stated to-day that he had made it clear to the shipping Strike Committee that…

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Uproar at a Gaol

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 28 October 1925 · page 4

On Wednesday morning a number of prisoners were removed from the Brisbane gaol to various other places, and three of them, including a recently…

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Seamen Sentenced. the Apoloda Case. Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 28 October 1925 · page 2

All but three of the crew of the steamer Apoloda who were charged with impeding navigation and damaging the vessel last week were…

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Brutal Assault Attacked by Madman. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 28 October 1925 · page 5

Henry Alldis, 19, was found lying unconscious in Argyle street, Miller's Point, early this morning. He was bleeding from a wound in the head, which lie alleged had…

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Paris Police Problem Two Confessions to Murder. Paris

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 October 1925 · page 5

The police are in possession of two written confessions from persons unknown to each other admitting having killed Jacques Desvaux, whose body was found near…

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Alleged Attempted Murder. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 October 1925 · page 1

Ella Waarie, who after a quarrel at her home was alleged to have attempted to murder her husband appeared at the police court yesterday and was remanded…

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On the Wedding Eve Young Girl Victimised Man Sent to Gaol. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 October 1925 · page 5

On October 19 Harold Stanley Cole, 30, electrician, met Julia Clifford in the dance hall of the Trocadero Cafe in Sydney and after a few dances she agreed to keep…

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Police Mystery Death Op Ex-co Respondent. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 October 1925 · page 4

Mystery surrounds the death of Arthur Leslie Burrowes, 36, who succumbed to injuries in the Melbourne Hospital yesterday. He was found at a house at East…

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Lively Proceedings Scene At Miller's Point Seamen and Police Stoned Position in Queensland. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 October 1925 · page 5

Lively proceedings were witnessed at Miller's Point just before midnight. Constable Musgrove saw a picket stone two seamen who were returning to their ship…

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"YES"--"NO" Assault On Seamen Press Versus Police Reports Question in Parliament. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 30 October 1925 · page 5

Further reference was made to the riot which is alleged to have occurred at Leigh House on Monday night, and in the Assembly to-day the Chief Secretary was…

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Staghorn Murder Fifteen Years Imprisonment. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 30 October 1925 · page 4

Recently Clarence Thomas, 19, was sentenced to death for murdering Bridget Enright, whose body with a bullet wound in the head was found near her farm at…

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Shots at Police. Fourteen Young Men Released. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 30 October 1925 · page 5

The Glasgow police have released fourteen young men arrested in connection with the firing of revolvers at two detectives…

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The Strike Steamer Leaves Townsville Police Present at Departure. Townsville

Daily Examiner · Friday 30 October 1925 · page 4

The overseas steamer Somerset got away from here this morning at five o'clock. Five cars laden with police arrived on the jetty. There were only a few pickets…

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Attacks on Police Offenders Get Off Lightly Minister Urges Maximum Penalty. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 30 October 1925 · page 4

The Chief Secretary, Mr. Lazzarini, has expressed indignation at the leniency shown by certain judges and magistrates to persons found guilty of assaulting…

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Repairs Cost £2700 Colliers in Collision Marine Court Inquiry. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 30 October 1925 · page 3

On the night of October 7 a collision occurred in Newcastle harbor between two colliers, the Bealiba and Wallsend. The Wallsend sustained damage amounting to…

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