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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1926

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German Plot To Overthrow Government Discovered by Police a Sensational Story Berlin

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 May 1926 · page 5

The overrthrow of the Republican Government of Germany, a concentrated attack on Berlin, the establishment of "a Reich Administrator"…

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Stealing From Cars

Daily Examiner · Saturday 15 May 1926 · page 4

William Edwards and Robert West pleaded not guilty at the Ballina Police Court, on Wednesday, before Mr. F. H. D. Sutherland, P.M., to charges of…

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Murder Charge Fails. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Saturday 15 May 1926 · page 3

After a trial lasting several days Thomas Dugan, hotelkeeper who was charged with the murder Charles Ryees, was found not guilty…

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Charge of Murder. Man Discharged. Adelaide

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 15 May 1926 · page 2

After a trial lasting several days Thomas Dugan, a hotelkeeper, who was charged with the murder of Charles Byees, was found not guilty…

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Coffs Police Court. 12th MAY 192[?], (Before Mr J. E. McCulloch P.M.) Walters v. Small

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 15 May 1926 · page 2

F. S. Walter[?] of Upper O[?] sued David Small of Upper [?] for £10 damages caused [?] [?] l[?]tter's bull breaking into [?] [?]…

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£500 CLAIM Southport Assault Case Publican and Boarder Divorce Action Mentioned. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Saturday 15 May 1926 · page 5

A story of what one of the counsel for the complainant, described as a gross assault of unexemplified brutality committed on a man asleep and stupified from at…

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Two Police Murdered. Goldfield Sensation. Perth

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 15 May 1926 · page 2

Frightfully mutilated and partly burned, the bodies of Detective-Inspector Walsh and Detective-Sergeant Pitman were found in an abandoned…

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Non-unionists Must Get Award Rates Arbitration Court Judgment. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 15 May 1926 · page 4

An important judgment was delivered by the deputy president of the Arbitration Court (Judge Webb) to-day, when he granted an application by the Australian…

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Man Sent to Gaol Boys Induced to Rob a Tell. Hobart

Daily Examiner · Monday 17 May 1926 · page 4

W. J. Townsend, milkman, was sentenced to 12 months gaol for having, it was alleged, induced three boys to rob a till while he kept the proprietors…

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Thief's Arrest Citizen's Promptitude Appreciated by Police

Daily Examiner · Monday 17 May 1926 · page 4

Mr. J. A. Polson, a Grafton resident, was at the Police Court on Saturday morning commended by Sergeant McAlpin, on behalf of the police, and by the Police…

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In Fruit Bags Betting Bribes for Police? Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Monday 17 May 1926 · page 4

In evidence before the Police Bribery Commission, Arthur Wiper said he had seen Mrs. Lampard, mother of Samuel Lampard, who kept a fruit stall openly…

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Grafton Police Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 May 1926 · page 4

In the Grafton Police Court yesterday, before Mr. J. E. McCulloch, P.M., John Floris was charged with having failed to renew his registration with respect to a…

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Women and Men Charged with Burglary Quantity of Jewellery Found. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 May 1926 · page 5

At the Central Police Court to-day Walter Henry Mansfield, 25, John Wilson; 26, Roy Williams, 30, Ethel Heath, 40, and Mary Moon, 34, were charged with…

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Coff's Harbor Police Court Damages Over a Bull

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 May 1926 · page 7

At the Coff's Harbor Police Court, before Mr. J. E. McCulloch, P.M., F. S. Walters, of Upper Orara, sued David Small of Upper Orara, for £10 damages, caused…

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Copmanhurst Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 May 1926 · page 4

It is stated that seven cases are listed for the Copmanhurst Court on Wednesday four of alleged assault and three language charges…

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Tennis Court Improvements

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 May 1926 · page 4

Messrs. Taylor and Watt, president and secretary, respectively, of the City Tennis Club, waited on the Grafton City Council last night to ask permission to…

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No Clues the Kalgoorlie Murder. Kalgoorlie

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 May 1926 · page 5

Detectives inquiring into the murder of Inspector Walsh and Sergeant M. Pitman have made no headway. During the week end they covered 200…

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Too Flash Two Years for Assault and Robbery. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 May 1926 · page 5

At Darlinghurst Sessions to-day William Brown and Edward Stone, who had been convicted of having assaulted and robbed a driver of a Yellow Cab, were…

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Two Cheques Piano Salesman Charged a Lismore Case. Lismore

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 May 1926 · page 5

Leslie Macfarland, formerly manager of Beale and Company 's Lismore depot, pleaded not guilty at the Lismore Police Court to-day, to a charge of stealing two…

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Chinese Den Raided by Police. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 May 1926 · page 5

A posse of police raided a building in Campbell street, city, on Saturday night and arrested 73 Chinese. The premises were strongly guarded,…

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