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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1926

1,467 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 46 of 74

No License for Crime Twin Brothers Sentenced. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 August 1926 · page 5

"Because a man went to the war he has not been given the license to live by crime," said Judge Rolin at the Darlinghurst Sessions to-day in imposing a…

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Torn Betting Ticket Gooringin's Race Charge of Theft Accused Committed for Trial

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 August 1926 · page 7

Two parts of a torn betting ticket were produced in the Grafton Police Court yesterday as evidence in respect of the charge against Mark Rowles, a young…

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Ebenezer Murder Jeynes Convicted Life Imprisonment. Ipswich (Q)

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 August 1926 · page 5

A verict of wilful murder was today returned at Ipswich by the jury, after not quite an hour's retirement, against Alan Christopher Jeynes…

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Arbitration Court Comment on Awards. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 August 1926 · page 5

Chief Judge Dethridge in the Federal Arbitration Court to-day said that in no circumstances would the court listen to comment on awards delivered by its…

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Human Eel Evading The Police "Calmly Walked Out" Fiction-like Escapes of Swindler. Paris

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 August 1926 · page 5

Tho well-known swindler Georges Rome, whose fiction-like feats of escaping from the police captivated the public imagination and earned for him the nickname,…

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Maclean Police Court (Before Mr. J. E. McCulloch, P.M.)

Daily Examiner · Monday 9 August 1926 · page 2

Gregory Medrick was charged with having no lawful visible means of support. Constable Buxton said that on Wednesday last he arrested accused, who was…

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Camera Men and Contempt of Court

Daily Examiner · Monday 9 August 1926 · page 1

In the course of a Supreme Court trial at Maryborough last week, Mr. Justice Brennan was informed that certain principals in the case being heard were being…

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Grafton Land Case Land Court's Reserved Decision Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 9 August 1926 · page 4

In the Land Court, before Mr. Justice Pike, reserved judgment was delivered in the appeal by J. C. Massey against the recommendation of the local Land…

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Grafton Police Court Illegally on Premises Chain Hobbles

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 August 1926 · page 2

At the Grafton Police Court yesterday, before Mr. J. E. McCulloch, P.M., the following business was transacted: -- On a charge of having no lawful visible…

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Temporary Insanity Murder Charge Fails. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 August 1926 · page 5

In the Ipswich Court to-day Robert Boughen, a farmer, of Calvert, was charged with the wilful murder of his son-in-law, Fred K. Lanoz…

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Beer Bottle Through Bus Window Car Chased, Occupants Charged Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 August 1926 · page 5

While a motor 'bus containing 15 passengers was proceeding to Cronulla yesterday a man in a passing motor car threw an empty beer bottle, which…

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Hodgson Case Costs Mentioned in Full Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 August 1926 · page 5

Before the Full Court to-day Mr. James Young, on behalf of Mrs. Olive Prentice Hodgson, submitted that Ralph Vivian Hodgson, barrister-at-law, and chairman…

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VALEDICTORY Popular Police Officer Farewell to Sergt. Ennis Departure for Casino

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 August 1926 · page 6

Residents of South Grafton responded in strong force to the invitation to be present at the School of Arts last evening to join in a social gathering as a…

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"Brushed" Him Hotelkeeper Fined for Assault Good Templar As Promoter

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 11 August 1926 · page 3

John Albert Boorman proceeded against Thomas Joseph O'Mara at the Lismore Police Court on Monday on a charge of unlawfully assaulting him at Nimbin…

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Man Bound with Wire Police Searching for Assailant Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 11 August 1926 · page 5

The police are searching the Narromine district for a man who is alleged to have attempted to bail up one man, and who later is said to have bound a young man…

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Police Chief Tour of the State Motors to Replace Horses. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 11 August 1926 · page 5

The New South Wales Commissioner of Police, Mr. Mitchell, has just returned to Sydney after a tour round New South Wales during which he covered 2000…

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Hodgson Case Wife's Funds Exhausted Surprise in Banco Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 11 August 1926 · page 5

There was a surprise in the Banco Court to-day when Mr. James Young, who has been appearing, for Mrs. Hodgson in the appeal against the divorce granted her…

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Reporter or Editor? Forbes Court Case. Forbes

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 August 1926 · page 5

His Honor Judge Armstrong's reserved judgment has been given in the case of Vincent Kelly, reporter, formerly employed on the staff of the Forbes…

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Police Court

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 13 August 1926 · page 2

The police proceeded against John Lewis Charters at the Dorrigo Police Court to-day before Mr. J. E. McCulloch, P.M., on a charge of failing to…

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Year's Gaol Solicitor's Clerk Sentenced Judge Was Lenient. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 August 1926 · page 5

Arthur Charles Abigail, solicitor's clerk, was to-day found guilty, at Darlinghurst Sessions, On a charge of having obtained £50 from Nurse Rattray, by pretending…

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