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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1926

1,467 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 45 of 74

Sydney Council High Court Writ Cockatoo Island Contract. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 August 1926 · page 5

The High Court of Australia has issued r a writ against the City Council of Sydney, prohibiting it from proceeding with the letting of contracts to the value of…

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Assault Alleged Attempted Stealing Charge Mysterious Stranger Disappears Into the Void

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 August 1926 · page 1

At Grafton Police Court yesterday Ernest Edward Richards, 18, was charged with committing an assault, with intent to rob, upon William Quale…

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Year's Gaol Crippled Soldier Sentenced Slashed Woman with Razor. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 August 1926 · page 5

At Darlinghurst Sessions to-day Norman Clifford Austin, a one-legged returned soldier, was sentenced to twelve months imprisonment for having maliciously…

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Grafton Police Court Cases Adjourned

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 August 1926 · page 4

At the Grafton Police Court yesterday, before Mr. J. E. McCulloch, P.M., Arthur Bellamy appeared to answer a charge of indecent language and another of…

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Murder Charge Man Sent for Trial What Constable Saw. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 August 1926 · page 5

A coroner's inquiry was held to-day concerning the death of Timothy McCarthy, 48, nightwatchman, who succumbed to a fractured skull in hospital…

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The Cooma Captain at Fault Marine Court's Finding. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 August 1926 · page 5

The inquiry into the stranding of the steamer Cooma at North Reef, on the Queensland coast, on July 27, was concluded by the Marine Court to-day…

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Alleged Stealing

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 August 1926 · page 4

The case in which Ernest Edward Richards is accused with attempting to steal from the person, and which was to have been continued at the Grafton Police…

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Murder and Suicide Italian and Wife. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 August 1926 · page 5

A shocking tragedy occurred at Surry Hills shortly before midnight when an Italian, Ferdinando Becaris, 49, shot his wife, Louisa Becaris, 50, dead and then…

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Prefers Death to Gaol Prisoner's Eighth Attempt at Suicide. Perth

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 August 1926 · page 5

James McGregor who has been sentenced to 23 months imprisonment for burglary, tried, to dash his brains out against a wall of the court…

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"Intent to Murder" Man Committed for Trial. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 August 1926 · page 1

At the Central Police Court, to-day, Andrew Grant, 56, was charged with having shot at Dr. Henry Cyril Adams. of Woollahra, with intent to murder…

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Swooned in Court Alleged False Declaration. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 August 1926 · page 5

When Mary Ellen Smith was charged at the Central Police Court to-day with having obtained money as a pension from the Repatriation Department by means…

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Tennis Court

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 6 August 1926 · page 2

A working bee has been held and the work of making the court has been nicely started. As another will be held at the end of this week the…

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Murder Charge Dentist Found Guilty. Maryborough

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 August 1926 · page 4

After a trial lasting four days Sydney Turner, dentist, charged with the murder of Mrs. Karin Loveday, in his rooms, by chloroforming her and then pouring…

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Fifty Robberies Police Make Two Arrests. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 August 1926 · page 4

The arrest of two men this week, it is claimed by the police, will clear up more than fifty cases of lead light housebreaking, in which booty valued at £1200…

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Contempt of Court Solicitor Committed. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 August 1926 · page 4

Oscar Frederick Alexander, solicitor, was committed for contempt of court, in the Supreme Court this afternoon, by Chief Justice Street…

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£6900 Missing Warrant for Court Official. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 August 1926 · page 5

A warrant has been issued by the police for the arrest of a man recently employed by the Equity Court on a charge of embezzlement while a public servant of the…

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Mother's 'Story Awful Family Tragedy Father and 3 Children Dead Murder and Suicide While Insane. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 August 1926 · page 5

An inquest was held to-day into the death of Sydney Harris Oakley, 31, jobbing gardener, who together with his three children was found dead in his home at…

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Hotel Theft. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 August 1926 · page 7

While Detectives Kennedy and Watkins were inquiring into a number of thefts from one of the city hotels to-day, they saw the name of a man, alleged to…

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About a Plank Case From Yamba Maclean Police Court

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 August 1926 · page 6

Before Mr. J. E. McCulloch, Police Magistrate, at Maclean on Thursday last, Henry Pullen was charged that between April 29 and May 10, 1926, at Yamba, he…

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Police Transfers

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 7 August 1926 · page 2

The big railway works at Kyogle have been responsible for a number of police transfers to strengthen the force in that locality. Constable…

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