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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1925

1,386 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 60 of 70

Alleged Hold-up Young Man Before Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 November 1925 · page 5

At the Central Police Court to-day William Redding, 21, was remanded to Ryde Police Court on a charge of having, while armed with a sheath knife, assaulted Cyril…

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Spurious Coins Man Sent to Gaol. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 11 November 1925 · page 5

At Darlinghurst Sessions to-day Clarence Dale, 36, wharf laborer, was charged with having spurious coins in his possession with intent to utter them…

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£500 Cheque. Bank Manager Charged "Everyone Shook His Hand.'' Forbes

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 11 November 1925 · page 5

At Forbes Quarter Sessions to-day Percy Henry Tolmey Bennett was charged with forging a cheque for £500. Evidence was given that for two years…

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Ulmarra Swamp Drainage Trust Appeal Court

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 11 November 1925 · page 6

At Ulmarra on Friday before. Mr. J E. McCulloch P. M., the Ulmarra Swamp Drainage Trust Appeal Court was held. Mr. R. Law appeared for the trust, and…

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£2000 CLAIM "Love Me, Love My Dog" Sydney Assault Case Talk of Divorce Proceedings. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 11 November 1925 · page 5

In the Supreme Court to-day Captain Thomas Robin Hammond, a returned soldier and merchant, commenced an action against Ralph Vivian Hodgson, the…

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Maclean Police Court

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 November 1925 · page 1

Mr. A. McDonald, J.P., and Mr. E. R. Player, J .P., presided at the police court on Tuesday morning last, when Robert Robertson and Michael Landrigan were…

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Epidemic of Burglary

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 November 1925 · page 4

Another burglary -- the third at Murwillumbah within the last few weeks -- was perpetrated during the week-end, when Mr. E. T. Smart's fruit and…

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The "Ypres" Film Theft. Youth Arrested in Dublin. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 November 1925 · page 5

A youth, John Lee, was remanded at Dublin on a charge of stealing the new film "Ypres" from a Dublin picture house. Lee had in his possession a loaded…

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Assault Case Claim For £2000 "I'll Spoil Your Beauty" Husband's Surprise Visit. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 November 1925 · page 5

The action brought by Captain Hammond against Ralph Vivian Hodgson claiming £2000 for alleged assault, was resumed to-day…

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Going to the Gap Police Intercept Woman and Children. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 November 1925 · page 5

At a late hour last night the Vaucluse police received a telephone message from a man who said a woman was on her way to the Gap with her two children on a…

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Confirmation Service in Gaol. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 November 1925 · page 5

Samuel Johnson, 29, who is awaiting trial at Manchester for the alleged murder of a girl, preferred a wish to be confirmed. The Bishop of Manchester…

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Macfie Murder Mystery Still Unsolved. Weltevreden

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 November 1925 · page 5

A section of the report of the People's Council urges the Government to publish the full details of the Macfie murder and demands an explanation why judicial…

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Pink Pyjamas £2000 Assault Case Hammond V. Hodgson Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 November 1925 · page 5

When the Hammond v. Hodgson case was resumed to-day Edmund Hannon, an employee of the Sydney night patrol, said the pay, of a private detective for…

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£1,750,000 Action Full Court Dismisses Appeal. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 November 1925 · page 5

The sum of £1,750,000 is involved in the appeal from the judgment of Mr. Justice Cassen in dismissing the action against all the defendants in the skin, wool and…

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A Court Record Solicitors in Trouble Alleged Unprofessional Conduct. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 November 1925 · page 5

Ex-parte applications were made before the Full Court to-day on behalf of the Incorporated Law Institute of New South Wales for rules nisi directing to five…

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COURTS v. KAHN Chatsworth Island Case Taken to Full Court Appeal Dismissed with Costs. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 November 1925 · page 5

A District Court appeal, Courts versus Kahn, occupied the attention of the Full Court to-day. The plaintiff, Jose Courts, sited Bernard…

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An Old Offender 12 Months for Stealing Coat. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 14 November 1925 · page 6

James McCune was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment at the Central Police Court to-day on a charge of having fraudulently converted to his own use an…

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Dorrigo Police Court Friday, 13th NOVEMBER. Before Mr. McCullough, P.M. Breaches Op the Traffic Act

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 14 November 1925 · page 2

Greville C. Cawood was called upon to answer a charge of having failed to return an expired certificate of a motor cycle rider. He pleaded guilty…

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Junee Murder Smith Still in Hospital. Junee

Daily Examiner · Saturday 14 November 1925 · page 5

The inquest opened to-day concerning the death of Clare Prowse, who was murdered at the gate of a house in which she was residing at Junee on the night…

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Assault Case Hammond v. Hodgson Veriect for Plaintiff for £200. SYDNEY

Daily Examiner · Saturday 14 November 1925 · page 5

Mr. Acting Justice Ralston, summing up in the Hammond v. Hodgson case, said on one side or the other the most deliberate perjury had been committed…

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