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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1926

1,467 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 63 of 74

Wireless Telegraph High Court Writ. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 10 November 1926 · page 5

Messrs. Minter, Simpson, and Co., solicitors, acting on behalf of Farmer and Co.,. Ltd., have issued out of the High Court a writ against Broadcasters,…

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Bathurst's Centenarians Court Action Fails. Bathurst

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 10 November 1926 · page 5

Bathurst's oldest residents, Francis Curley, 100, and his sister, Ellen Curley, 101, were sued in the Small Debts Court, for a small sum, alleged to be…

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Press Inquiry Coronet By Coroner the Brunner Tragedy Murder and Suicide. London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 10 November 1926 · page 5

Sir John Brunner, giving evidence at the inquiry of the Brunner tragedy, wherein his brother and wile were found dead, said if his…

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Wrong Date But Right Man Puts Police Right. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 10 November 1926 · page 5

When on July 9 this year Walter Martin pleaded guilty to having obtained £160 by false pretences from Elizabeth Bate, the gaol official, in,…

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Two Years Gaol Headmaster Sentenced. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 11 November 1926 · page 5

Charles Ernest Peacock, 50, headmaster of Queen's College, St. Kilda, wits sentenced to two years imprisonment, at the Criminal Court, on a charge, of gross…

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Theft From a Car

Daily Examiner · Thursday 11 November 1926 · page 4

Mr. Gordon. Lindsay, of Grafton, was in Casino recently, and left his car for a time one evening. On his return, he started off, but had not gone far when…

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Guilty Wife Husband Issues Warrant £600 Theft Alleged "Will See Her Go to Gaol." Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 11 November 1926 · page 5

At Darlinghurst Sessions to-day Rose Wallington pleaded not guilty to a charge of having stolen £660 from her husband, Henry Wallington, on…

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"Violence Begets Violence" Gaol and a Flogging. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 11 November 1926 · page 5

At the General Sessions yesterday Francis Joseph Edwards, 22, stevedore, was found guilty of robbery with violence, and sentenced to 12, months…

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Murder Charge William Mills Death. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 11 November 1926 · page 5

James Hayden, 28, laborer, appeared at the Central Court to-day on a charge of having murdered William Mills. Sergeant Caban successfully applied…

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Police Inquiring Adelaide Man's Illness. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Thursday 11 November 1926 · page 5

The police are inquiring into circumstances surrounding the illness of Stanley Evans, 28, farmer, who was stricken down rafter drinking a cup of…

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Film Display in Court of Justice

Daily Examiner · Thursday 11 November 1926 · page 7

Unprecedented scenes in a British court of justice were witnessed when Mr. Justice M'Cardie's court, was crowded to see a free film display. An aluminium…

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Dived Off Deck Police Were Watching Wanted to Stay in Sydney. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 11 November 1926 · page 5

A sensational incident occurred as the liner Sierra was leaving the wharf today on her voyage to San Francisco Hundreds of people on the wharf saw…

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Can High Court Override State Assembly? Problem for Piddington. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 11 November 1926 · page 5

Mr. Piddington, K.C., was asked to decide an important question of whether a Judge of the High Court of Australia had power to override the State Parliament…

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Police Court. Driving Without Lights

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 12 November 1926 · page 3

Wilfred Tulk pleaded guily at Coffs Harl[?] police Court in Wednesday. before M.J. E. Mc[?]ggo [?] P.M to having driven [?] [?]…

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Brutal Assault Woman's Skull Fractured Police Looking for Man. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 12 November 1926 · page 5

Margaret Fisher was found lying unconscious in University Park last night, suffering from a fractured skhll. She was conveyed to hospital in a critical…

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Wrecked Car Police Surprise Two Men. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 12 November 1926 · page 5

When the police went to the bottom of the cliffs at Maroubra to examine a stolen car which had been alloowed to run over the edge they came on two…

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Faith Healing Christian Scientist Before Court. Launceston

Daily Examiner · Friday 12 November 1926 · page 5

At the local police court Frederick Roberts, a middle-aged man; was convicted of conducting a private hospital which was not registered in accordance…

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Police at Flying Fox Shoot Shire Council's Precautions. Lismore

Daily Examiner · Friday 12 November 1926 · page 3

According to Gundurimba Shire councillors, when members of the Boatharbor branch of the Primary. Producers' Union go out for a day's flying fox shooting,…

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HUSBANDS £600 Wife Will Not Tell Judge Postpones Sentence Must Change Mind or Go to Gaol Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 12 November 1926 · page 5

Rose. Ann Wallington, who was convicted at Darlinghurst. Quarter Sessions of having stolen. £600, the property of her husband, was brought…

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Alleged Assault a Midnight Incident Injured Man in Hospital

Daily Examiner · Saturday 13 November 1926 · page 4

As the result of a happening at the Royal Hotel shortly after midnight yesterday the police were summoned. There they found a young man named Victor…

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