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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1926

1,467 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 5 of 74

Police Court Alleged Cattle Stealing

Daily Examiner · Thursday 21 January 1926 · page 3

Yesterday, before, the Police Magistrate (Mr. J. E. McCulloch), a man named Frank Graham was arraigned on two charges of cattle stealing, and on the…

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Seven Sentenced at Cairo. Cairo

Daily Examiner · Thursday 21 January 1926 · page 5

Of the 18 Communists who were arrested last June following police observations of their activities, three, named Weiss, Pollak, and Antonin have been…

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Savage Assault Man Seriously Injured and Robbed. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 21 January 1926 · page 7

George Cosgrave, 33, was savagely, attacked by four thugs at Richmond late last night. He was kicked into unconsciousness and the sunn of £510, which…

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Handcuffs Police May Keep Them. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 21 January 1926 · page 4

The Chief Secretary, Mr. Lazzarini, stated, to-night that he had decided that uniformed members of the police force should retain handcuffs. This means that…

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Search for Boy on Double Murder Charge Old Couple Battered. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 21 January 1926 · page 5

The "Daily Telegraph's" Paris correspondent says that after a childhood which caused his immediate friends to despair of doing anything with him, George Noel,…

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Bank Murder How Teller Met His Death Sensational Story Accused Committed for Trial. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 21 January 1926 · page 4

The trial of Douglas Robertson, who is charged with the murder of William Frederick Charles Almeida, bank teller, commenced at Sandringham Court to-day…

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Six Years Gaol Fraud On Huge Scale Three Brothers Sentenced Investors Robbed. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 5

A sentence of six years' penal servitude was imposed on three well-known brothers at Mandeville, namely, Alexis Morton, 57, Walter Morton, 51, and…

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Murder Case Letter to Sweetheart Saves Accused Man. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 5

A surprise letter was presented at the trial of Stewart Lincoln, who was charged with the murder of a man named Richards…

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Trowbridge Murder Lincoln Sentenced Judge's Remarks. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 January 1926 · page 5

In the murder case in which John Lincoln was accused of shooting Charles Richards, Lincoln's defence was a frank admission that he fired the shots. He…

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Alleged Sheep Stealing. Warialda

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 January 1926 · page 4

Allan Burling was committed for trial at Warialda Police Court on charge of stealing 95 sheep the property of the Yallaroi Pastoral Company. The chief…

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Alleged Sheep Stealing. Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 23 January 1926 · page 2

Allen Burling was committed for trial at Warialda Police Court on a charge of stealing 95 sheep, the property of Yallaroi Pastoral Company…

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Insurance Manager Charged. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 January 1926 · page 4

At the Central Police Court to-day, William John Becket, formerly manager of the Citizens and Graziers' Life Assurance Company, was charged with…

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Trowbridge Murder. Sentence of Death. London, Thursday Night

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 23 January 1926 · page 2

At the trial of Bombardier Lincoln, one of the two men accused of the murder of Charles Richards, who was found shot in his garden, at…

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Maclean Police Court Fight at Iluka Assault Charges Dismissed

Daily Examiner · Monday 25 January 1926 · page 6

Mr. J. E. McCulloch, P.M., presided at the Maclean Court of Petty Sessions and dealt with the following cases:-- John Colnan was proceeded against for…

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Alleged Stealing

Daily Examiner · Monday 25 January 1926 · page 4

At Lismore Police Court on Thursday, before Mr. R. J. Spinks, J.P., William Day, a youth, was charged with stealing at Camira Creek the sum of £710, the…

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Small Debts Court Cuckney v. Orara Shire Council

Daily Examiner · Monday 25 January 1926 · page 2

A case of interest to local governing bodies and to the public generally was decided in the Small Debts Court at Grafton on Tuesday last, before the Police…

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Convicted of Theft Sentence of Two Months

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 January 1926 · page 3

Before Mr. J. E. McCulloch, P.M., at the Graft oil Police Court yesterday morning, Charles Edward Mercer appeared on remand of a charge of…

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Grafton Police Court Car and Motor Cycle Collide Charge of Dangerous Driving Dismissed

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 January 1926 · page 3

Leslie James Parnell pleaded not guilty at the Grafton Police Court yesterday morning to a charge of having driven a motor cycle in Prince street in a manner…

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Gaol Mutiny Prisoners and Guards Story of Grim Fight in Burma. Perth

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 January 1926 · page 5

News has been received of the death of seven persons and the wounding of 25 in a gaol mutiny which broke out at Pyapon, Burma…

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S. Grafton Council The £6000 Loan the Ambulance the Police Reserve

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 January 1926 · page 4

A meeting of the South Grafton Municipal Council was held at Council Chambers last night, when there were present: The Mayor (Ald. C. T. Schwinghammer),…

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