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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1925

1,386 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 65 of 70

Death Sentence Attempt to Murder Woman. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 December 1925 · page 5

The death sentence was recorded by Justice James in the case in which Alfred Tyrell was convicted of having wounded with intent to murder Eileen…

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Coggee Crime. Police Secure Clues. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 December 1925 · page 4

Further valuable clues concerning the assault on Mrs. Tinson have been secured by the detectives who are now confident of making an early arrest…

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Desperate Fight Police V. Supposed Thieves Three Men Arrested. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 December 1925 · page 4

There was an exciting incident at Brunswick early this morning. Four bicycle patrol policemen, having their suspicions aroused by the actions of three…

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Super Bigamist Police Locate 11 Wives Thousand Women Duped Amazing English Case. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 December 1925 · page 5

Astounding bigamy charges heard at Leeds Assizes resulted in George Leslie being sentenced to ten years penal servitude…

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Coogee Assault. Hunt for Man. Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 5 December 1925 · page 2

It was stated last night that the police were definitely looking for Geo. H. Lacey, or William Henry Curtis, in connection with the Coogee assault…

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Bellingen Court. Local Cases

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 5 December 1925 · page 3

The Sittings of the District Court, which had been postponed from the 26th ultimo, came on before his Honour Judge Mocatta, on the 1st…

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Macfie Murder Evidence Reveals Little No Clue to Murderer Sundanese Boy's Story. Weltevreden

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 December 1925 · page 5

Evidence in the Macfie murder case so far has revealed little. A Sundanese boy, living in an empty house next to the Hotel Ville Dolce, with…

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Tragedy at Dubbo Woman Held on Murder Charge Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 7 December 1925 · page 5

Mary Carr, a resident of Dubbo, died yesterday as the result of injuries received, it is alleged, through having been struck on the head with a shovel during…

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Three Murdered Man, Wife and Baby Bodies Found in Cellar Constable Charged with Crime. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 7 December 1925 · page 5

A probationer constable named Herbert Burrows was committed for trial at Worcester for the murder of a publican named George Laight, Mrs. Laight and…

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Grafton Police Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 December 1925 · page 4

Yesterday morning in the Grafton Police Court, before, Mr. J. E. McCulloch, P.M., the case was mentioned of Jame Ernest Zietsch, who was charged with…

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Victorian Police Magistrate Urges Weeding Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 December 1925 · page 5

In the City Police Court on Saturday, Mr. Knight, police magistrate, remarked if the allegations of perjury and unnecessary violence levelled against new…

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Burglary at Rappville Safe Removed From Hotel Bar. Rappville

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 December 1925 · page 3

A well planned burglary was effected at the Commercial Hotel some time, it is presumed, during the early hours of Sunday morning…

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Imprisoned Communists Demonstration Outside Gaol. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 December 1925 · page 5

Noisy demonstrations by several thousand unemployed occurred outside Wandsworth prison as a protest against the imprisonment of the twelve Communists, but…

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Solicitor Charged False Pretences Alleged. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 December 1925 · page 5

At the Central Police Court to-day Oscar Frederick Alexander, 37, solicitor, was charged with obtaining £300 from Joseph Phillips, on April 14 last, by means of…

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Assault and Robbery American Deserters Plead Guilty. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 December 1925 · page 5

Two young Americans, Basil Frankiln and Harry Mears, pleaded guilty at Darlinghurst sessions to a charge of having assaulted and robbed Edward Smith…

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Son Held on Murder Charge. Rockhampton

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 December 1925 · page 5

Charles Weeding, 68, was found murdered in his bunk on Saturday with his head mutilated by a gun shot, wound. His son, Arthur, aged 18, to-day appeared in…

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Licencing Court Freemasons' Hotel the Rebuilding Order

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 December 1925 · page 2

Reference was again made at the adjourned quarterly meeting of the Grafton Licensing Court yesterday morning, before Mr. J. E. McCulloch, P.M., to the…

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Murder Charge Wine After Christening Woman Hit with Shovel. Half-caste Woman Committed for Trial. Dubbo

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 December 1925 · page 5

At Dubbo to-day the coroner committed for trial Alice Newdean, 36, a half-caste, on a charge of having murdered her aunt, Mary Carr…

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Company Victimised Non-apprenticed Moulder Case in Brisbane Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 December 1925 · page 5

A fight to the bitter end was threatened on behalf of the Amalgamated Engineering Union in the Board of Trade arid Arbitration Court to-day if the preference…

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"CORRUPTION" Charges Against Board Walsh's Counsel Sorry Barrage From High Court Bench Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 December 1925 · page 5

The Deportation Board appeals of Walsh and Johnson were taken together at the High Court to-day. Sir Robert Garran said the…

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