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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1925

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Police Armed Rifles And Bayonets Situation in Fremantle Many Police Injured in Riot. Perth

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 November 1925 · page 5

The latest news in respect to the riot at Fremantle shows that about 65 arrests were made. Both the police and strikers were badly knocked about…

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Fremantle Riot. Strikers Fight Police. Many Combatants Severely Injured. Fremantle

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 4 November 1925 · page 2

The seamen's strike took a sensational turn to-day, when hostilities broke out between the police and the men…

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Stowaways Sentenced Found on Hobson's Bay. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 November 1925 · page 5

Two men, Albert John Wakeham and William Arbery, were sentenced at Hull to fifteen days imprisonment for stowing themselves away on the Commonwealth…

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Wife's Crime Husband's Sacrifice Strange Murder Story. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 November 1925 · page 5

Marie Berberat, convicted of murdering an elderly neighbor named Gurnat, escaped with a sentence of five months imprisonment…

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Young Girl Assaulted Police Effect Arrest. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 November 1925 · page 5

A nine years old girl, whose parents reside at Manly, informed her mother yesterday afternoon that while returning from school a man approached and after talking…

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Reign of Terror Armed Robbers in New York Police Fleet of Armored Cars. New York

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 November 1925 · page 5

Nine high speed armored automobiles will patrol New York City streets in an endeavour to end the constantly increasing number of bold highway robberies…

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'Packed Theatre' Man Invested £200 Police Mart Arrest. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 November 1925 · page 5

Recently a Sydney man was asked to buy half interest in a Belmore theatre on the assurance that it showed £18 a week profit…

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Seven Shots Fired Alleged Stealing. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 November 1925 · page 5

Leslie James Clarke, 36, laborer, and John Hayes, 29, laborer, were committed for trial at the Redfern Police Court on a charge of having stolen a quantity of…

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Rumors of Dissatisfaction. of Gaol Prisoners. Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 7 November 1925 · page 2

Rumore were current in West Maitland yesterday that thereh ad been a disturbance in Maitland gaol. The Governor said that there was…

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Privy Council Decision Not a Court of Criminal Appeal London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 November 1925 · page 5

Rejecting an appeal against the sentence in connection with the Malabar Hill murder at Bombay, the Privy Council reiterated its former decision that in…

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Railway Loyalists Restored to Positions in Terms of Equity Court Injunction. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 November 1925 · page 5

The New South Wales Railway Commissioners to-day agreed, in view of the terms of the injunction granted by the Equity court in the case of Stepto v…

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Salvationists in Court £5 Damages for Slander "Deliberate Frame Up" Alleged. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 November 1925 · page 5

The case concluded at the Ashfield Police Court in which John Powditch, of Harberfield, formerly an officer of the Salvation Army, proceeded against John…

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Police Court Maclean Sitting Supplying Liquor to Aboriginal

Daily Examiner · Monday 9 November 1925 · page 3

Mr. J. E. McCulloeh, P.M., presided at the Maclean Court of Petty Sessions on Thursday last. Joseph Dwarte was proceeded against…

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Murder Charge Italian for Trial. Hobart

Daily Examiner · Monday 9 November 1925 · page 5

At the inquest concerning the death of William Quinn, at Linds Valley, the coroner committed Faraini Falippo, ah Italian, to stand his trial on a charge of…

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White Slave Case Morriss Again Before Court. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 9 November 1925 · page 5

The case against Hayley Morriss, the wealthy Englishman, who with his wife is charged with conspiracy to procure young girls has been adjourned until…

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Strike Leaders Round Up By Farmers Handed Over to Police Stirring Incidents at Bowen. Bowen

Daily Examiner · Monday 9 November 1925 · page 5

At a meeting of about three hundred farmers it was decided to take action regarding the expulsion of certain members of the watersiders who,…

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Ulmarra Police Court Noxious Weeds Prosecution

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 November 1925 · page 6

Before Mr. T. E. McCulloch, P.M., on Wednesday, November 4, at Ulmarra Police Court, Thomas Brown pleaded guilty to using indecent language in the…

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Court Sequel Shooting Of Strikers wireless operator charged victims not SERlbuSLY hurt. BRISBANE Mmwlnv-

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 November 1925 · page 5

J The sequel to the disturbance on the steamer Port Victor on Saturday was staged in the police court to-dav, when Alfred William- Tailing, 24, wirgless operator on the steamer Port Victor was…

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railway employees fined £10 for stealing eggs. BRISBANE. Mmul.iv

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 November 1925 · page 5

Two shunters of the Railway Department. were caught- red-ha.nded in the act. of stealing eggs from a railway -waggon in Roma street yards yesterday, according to Sub-Inspector Coman, in the Police…

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italian police hunt for revolutionaries. ROME, Sundav

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 November 1925 · page 5

The poliee of practically the whole of Italy art engaged in domiciliary searches for the purpose of securing evidence of a great revolutionary plot arising out of the alleged plan to kill Mussolini. All those…

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