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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1926

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To Test Roads Bill Case for High Court. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 23 September 1926 · page 4

The Attorney-General of Victoria today took out of the High Court a writ against the Commonwealth, asking for a declaration that the Federal Aid Roads…

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Maclean Police Court

Daily Examiner · Friday 24 September 1926 · page 4

At the Maclean Police Court, on Thursday last, before Mr. J. E. McCulloch; P.M., .John Schipp was charged with being drunk and disorderly in the yard of…

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'Terribly Cruel' Bondi Assault Case Defendants Before Court Serious Allegations. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 24 September 1926 · page 5

At the Central Police Court to-day William Brauner, 29, engineer, and Neville Harris, 19, agent, were charged with assaulting a girl on September 4,…

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'Dry' Picnic Due to Police Raid Italian Cafe Prosecution. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 24 September 1926 · page 5

There was a sequel to the police ram on an Italian cafe on Saturday night, when Peter Cossi, 55, caretaker, was charged with having been the barman of an…

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Three Years Italians Sentenced. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 25 September 1926 · page 5

A sentence of three years' imprisonment, concurrent with the sentence they are now serving, was passed at Darlinghurst Sessions to-day, on Giovanni Lucci,…

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Woman's Handbag Three Men Before Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 25 September 1926 · page 5

At Redfern Police Court to-day James Barron, 24, jute hand, Edward Vereoe, 29, jute merchant, and Patrick McGrath, laborer, were remanded until October 1…

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The Bondi Case Girl Carried Out of Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 25 September 1926 · page 5

The case in which William Brauner and Neville Harris were charged with having attempted to commit, a serious offence upon a girl at Bondi was resumed…

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Shot Three Men Constable Who Was Attacked Police Court Sequel. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 September 1926 · page 5

Ernest Patterson, 24, was charged at Fitzroy with having inflicted grievous bodily harm upon Constable Hooley, on September 14…

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Police Chase Youth Shot and Arrested. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 September 1926 · page 4

Early this morning a Kensington police bicycle patrol saw two youths in a right of way at the rear of premises recently broken into…

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Shots Fired Man Hit in Thigh Police Chace Suspects. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 September 1926 · page 5

Shortly after 1 o'clock this morning six officers of the police fore went to Hope Bros. mercy shop in Parramatta road Petersham, as the result of a…

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Conspiracy Four Men Sentenced for Defrauding Farmers. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 September 1926 · page 5

Sydney James Edkins, 61; William John McIntyre, 38; Cecil Roy Scabrook, 36; and Reginald Lionel Hawkes, 25, who were convicted at the Central Criminal…

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"When You Are Caught" Magistrate to Thief. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 September 1926 · page 5

At the Central Court to-day, Harry Robertson, 43, was charged with having stolen an overcoat valued at £30, belonging to George MeKenzie…

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Maclean Licensing Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 September 1926 · page 4

At a special sitting of this court on Saturday, 25th inst., the license of the North Head Hotel at Iluka was transferred from Mr. John O'Dea to Mr…

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Motorist Sent to Gaol Knocked Man Off Motor Cycle. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 September 1926 · page 4

At Darlinghurst Sessions to-day, Sydney Whiddon, 50, manufacturer, was convicted on a charge of having done grievous bodily harm to Arthur Henry Pierce,…

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Police Patrol Bomb Outrage Frustrated. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 September 1926 · page 5

According to a report received at police headquarters, a plot to bomb police patrol waggons was frustrated by the leakage of information…

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Pig Company Police Investigate Promoters Arrested. Paris

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 September 1926 · page 5

Four years ago the establishment of "La Porchlere, Francaise," was advertised, and French citizens were invited to invest in the purchase of pigs, the company…

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Unions Differ Arbitration Court Case. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 September 1926 · page 5

The Federated Union of Locomotive Enginemen to-day made application the Federal Arbitration Court in opposition to the claims of the Australian…

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Police Raid House Five 'Phones in Basement. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 September 1926 · page 5

Police raided a house said to be used for starting price betting at Darlinghurst. An examination disclosed there were five telephones in the basement, all of…

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SCHOOLGIRL Taken Away In Sulky Exciting Chase Two Men Before Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 September 1926 · page 5

An extraordinary story was unfolded in Parramatta Police Court to-day when Roger George Boyle, 24, and Alfred Cox, 41, were charged with having caused May…

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Police Theory Suicide and Murder Revolver and Position of Bodies. London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 29 September 1926 · page 5

At the resumption of the inquest on the deaths of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall, whose bodies were found incinerated in a motor car, an inspector admitted that the police…

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