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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1926

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Assault on Boys School Teacher Remanded for Sentence. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 February 1926 · page 5

At Darlinghurst Sessions to-day Henry Stafford Champion, 45, a school teacher. pleaded guilty to two charges of having assaulted small Boys who were students…

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Illicit Still Seized by Police. Sidney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 February 1926 · page 5

Detectives last night proceeded to Waverley and seized an illicit still. A man was later arrested and charged with haying a still unlawfully in his possession…

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Warrant Served Police Waited Seven Years. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 February 1926 · page 5

Edwin Eames returned to Adelaide from Melbourne for a holiday, and was immediately arrested on a warrant served seven years ago…

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Brutal Affair Taxi Driver Robbed Assault After Free Ride Night Patrol's Smart Work. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 February 1926 · page 5

A taxi driver, Stanley Twigg, informed the police that at 4 o'clock this morning he picked up four young men at Darlinghurst, and at their request drove…

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BIGAMY Man Pleads Guilty Wife in England Another Here Story in Goulburn Court. Goulburn, Weduesday

Daily Examiner · Thursday 4 February 1926 · page 5

An interesting story was told, at the Goulburn Quarter Sessions to-day when George Charles Bridges pleaded guilty to a charge of bigamy…

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Former M,h,r. Plaintiff in Court Case. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 5

In the District Court to-day Francis James Foster describing himself as a gardener, who was formerly a member of the House of Representatives, made a claim…

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Redhead Disaster Inquest on Victims Pathetic Scene in Court. Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 5

Inquests into the deaths of William Riley, Joseph Lonsdale Norman Berriman, A. Butterworth and T. Adams, who died as the result of injuries received in…

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Defied Court 600 Ironworkers Strike the Queensland Way Award Treated As Scrap of Paper. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 4

Though directed by the Board of Trade and Arbitration, after a compulsory conference, to apply for a variation of their award, skilled workers at Walkers, Ltd…

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Cute Police Trap

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 1

The boarders of the Court House Hotel, Narromine, have of late been in a state of perturbation through missing money out of their rooms. They…

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Revolver and Sandbag Mayor of Auburn Held Up Two Men Sent to Gaol. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 5

George Canale, aged 21, said to be a deserter from the United States navy, and Thomas Sutton, aged 21, pleaded guilty at the Darlinghurst Sessions to…

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Court Interlude . Woman's Sobriety Questioned Sergeant's Expert Opinion. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 5

A woman who was to face a charge, of having maliciously wounded her husband, went into the dock at the Darlinghurst Session to-day in such a condition…

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Greeks in Court Conspiracy Charge Accusations Against Archbishop. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 5

Four Greeks were charged at the' Central Police Court, to-day with having conspired to accuse Christopher Knetes, Archbishop of the Greek Orthodox…

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Alleged Conspiracy Breeze in Summons Court Accused Committed for Trial. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 5

John O 'Donnell and William Nicholas, employees of "Smith's Weekly," and Harry Woods public accountant, were committed for trial at the Central…

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Police Court Maclean Sittings

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 February 1926 · page 6

Mr. J. E. McCulloch, P.M., presided over the Maclean Court on Thursday last, and dealt, with the following cases:-- DRUNKENNESS…

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Ulmarra Police Court on Licensed Premises

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 February 1926 · page 6

At Ulmarra Police Court On February 3, before Mr. j. E. McCulloch, the police proceeded against George Finlayson charging him with carrying…

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Murder Trial Complicated Case Two Germans Sentenced for Crime Committed in 1923. CAIRO

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 February 1926 · page 5

A murder trial with most remarkable complications has just ended by the sentencing to life imprisonment of two Germans, Fritz Dulich and Hermann Klausen,…

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Three Dead Wife And Two Daughters Chinese Husband Charged Triple Murder Trial Opens. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 February 1926 · page 5

A remarkable story was unfolded at the trial at Chester Assizes, of Lock Tam, a Chinese, who was charged with murdering his English wife and two daughters…

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Year's Gaol for Arson. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 February 1926 · page 4

A former employee at the State Government House, Henry Hord, was sentenced to twelve months gaol for arson. The house was occupied by a married…

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Police Chiefs to Meet. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 February 1926 · page 4

All states with the exception of west Australia will be represented at a conference of Police Commissioners, which will meet in Sydney on Tuesday…

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Police to Keep Handcuffs. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 February 1926 · page 4

The Chief Secretary, Mr. Lazzarini, states that handcuffs will be retained as part of the State police equipment…

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