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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1926

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Not True Ill-treatment of Prisoners Parramatta Gaol Inquiry. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 18 June 1926 · page 5

Mr. Jennings, S.M., who inquired into the allegations of ill-treatment of prisoners at Parramatta gaol, has found there is ho truth whatever in their statements…

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Police Sergeants the New Association. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 18 June 1926 · page 4

Members of the newly formed Noncommissioned Officers Police Association intend to send a deputation to the Chief Secretary asking him to recognise the…

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Youth's' Wild Time Trip Through Four Stated an Extraordinary Story Forgery and Stealing Charges. Perth

Daily Examiner · Friday 18 June 1926 · page 5

An extraordinary case was heard in the Perth Children's Court when Charles Harold Kemp, who will be 18 next month, was committed for…

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Mail Bags Thefts Totalling £1000 Train Guard Charged Arrested at Ascot Races. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 18 June 1926 · page 5

Following on the arrest of a man at the Ascot races yesterday Major Alvan Power, aged 39, described as a train guard, was charged with the…

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Police Constables More Pay for Long Service Men. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 18 June 1926 · page 5

The Chief Secretary, Mr. Lazzarini, announced to-day that from July 1 next police constables of 25 years service and over are to receive an increase of…

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Two Years' Gaol Callous Motorist Sentenced. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 19 June 1926 · page 5

John Rotherwood Williams, bootmaker, was sentenced to two years' gaol to-day for the manslaughter of William Thomas, a gardener at Greensborough, on April 28…

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Three Years' Gaol Breaking and Entering Two Men Sentenced. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 19 June 1926 · page 5

Alick Sams, 39, and Richard Harris, 43, were each sentenced to three years' imprisonment at Darlinghurst Sessions today on a charge of breaking and…

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Greek Robbed Assault on Western Train. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 19 June 1926 · page 5

A Greek named Con Lourandos, on arrival from Coonamble this morning, stated that he was assaulted in the train not far from Sydney. He alleges he was…

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Killed a Horse Young Man Sent to Gaol. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 19 June 1926 · page 5

A young man was sentenced to one month's imprisonment at Molong Police Court for cruelly maltreating a horse. The evidence revealed that when the…

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McFIE Murder Trial Opens Next Month. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 19 June 1926 · page 4

Mr. H. C. McFie has been informed by the British Acting Consul-General at Batavia that it has been announced that the two hotel runners charged with the…

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Afraid of Husband Woman's Application to Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 19 June 1926 · page 4

In the Central Summons Court to-day Elizabeth Myrtle Abigail asked that her husband, Ernest Robert Abigail, jun., be bound over to keep the peace…

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Minor Court Case Field-marshal's Son's Bankruptcy. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 19 June 1926 · page 5

Captain Thomas Plumer, son of Field-Marshal Plumer, was examined in bankruptcy. His liabilities were £1346, and his assets a pair of cuff links valued at…

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Lord's Secret Marriage Sequel in London Court. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 19 June 1926 · page 5

Lord De Clifford, 19, was fined £50 and ten guineas costs for falsely declaring his age was 22 on the occasion of his recent secret marriage with Dorothy…

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[?]Ne[?] Kelly." District Court Action. The Horse, Not the Man. Claim Ends In a Non-Suit

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 19 June 1926 · page 2

Herbert Augustus Moore at the Grafton District Court, before his Honor Judge Mecatta, sought to recover £50 damages from the…

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Industrial Cases an Outspoken Magistrate. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 June 1926 · page 4

Trenchant criticism of the Department of Labor and Industry was made by Mr. Chippendale, P.M., at the Liverpool Court. He had before him 25 industrial cases…

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Drug Addicts Police Chief's Reform Scheme. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 June 1926 · page 4

In an endeavor to reform dope addicts the Commissioner of Police has decided to form a drug bureau at police headquarters and hopes to obtain the services of a…

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Mysterious Noises Footsteps--rattling Door Woman Seeks Police Protection Wollongong

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 June 1926 · page 5

The rattle of door knobs, a rain of stones on the roof, and footsteps on the verandah outside have so frightened Mrs. Curtis, who lives with her two children…

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Dived Overboard Man Police Questioned Exciting Incident on Steamer. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 June 1926 · page 4

There was a sensational incident on the steamer Maunganui in Sydney harbor yesterday. A man, said to be a steward on the…

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Armed Hold-up Police Arrest Man Exciting 18 Mile Chase. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 June 1926 · page 5

Evan Evans was arrested yesterday near the scene of the previous day's armed robbery of motorists on the road between Tantanoola and Glencoe, and…

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Police Court Insulting Words

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 June 1926 · page 3

At the Grafton Police Court yesterday, before Mr. J. E. McCulloch, P.M., W. E. Livingstone proceeded against W. Newman on a charge of having made use…

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