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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1927

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Unrest in Solomons Reported Massacre of Police Interference with Customs Annoys Islanders. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 7 March 1927 · page 5

The Burns Philp steamer Mataram, which arrived in Sydney to-day brought reports of native unrest in the Solomon Islands. It is said that the authorities…

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District Court Claim for Motor Tyres Witness Has Rough Spin Robinson Bros. v. National Cash Register Company

Daily Examiner · Monday 7 March 1927 · page 3

At the Grafton District Court on Friday last, before his Honor Judge Mocatta, Robinson Bros., of Grafton, sought to recover from the National Cash Register…

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Alleged Assault in Police Cell. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 March 1927 · page 3

At the Central Police Court William Millwood, 63, laborer, was charged with having maliciuosly inflicted grievous bodily harm on James Neville. The…

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"Best Place for Him" Man Sentenced to Prison

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 March 1927 · page 3

At the Grafton Police Court yesterday morning, Jock McLeod (31) was charged with wilful and obscene exposure in Prince street, and sentenced to three…

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Unusual Theft Milk and Cream Stolen. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 March 1927 · page 5

An unusual theft was described at the North Sydney Police Court to-day when Albert Seymour, milk carter, was fined £10 on a charge of having stolen three…

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A Whippet Car Alleged Theft Defendant Remanded to Casino

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 March 1927 · page 8

John Robert Frederick Sutherland pleaded not guilty, before Mr. E. A. Mahony, P.M., at the Grafton Police Court yesterday morning, to a charge of…

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No District Court

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 8 March 1927 · page 1

Mr. P. J. MacNamara, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, has received a reply from the AttorneyGeneral's Department that, after…

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PARLIAMENT More Country Seats Mr. Baddeley's Trip High Court Expenses. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 March 1927 · page 5

The Parliamentary Elections and Electorates Bill which gives three additional seats to rural areas, passed through its final staged to-day, when,…

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Basic Wage. No Increase in Queensland Decision of Arbitration Court Inimical to Primary Industries Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 March 1927 · page 4

The Arbitration Court to-day refused the unions' application for an increase in the Queensland basic wage by 10. It decided that the wage should remain at…

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Burglary at Bangalow

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 March 1927 · page 4

A lockup shop, the property of Mrs. Lomas, was entered one night last week, and about £10 was abstracted from a lolly tin, where the money had been placed…

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Husband and Wife Alleged Theft Courtship in Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 10 March 1927 · page 5

At the Central Court to-day, Irene de Vig[?]ey was charged with having stolen silk, cutlery, shoes and other goods worth £152, the property of Grace Brothers,…

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Murder of Natives Grave Charges Against Police. Darwin

Daily Examiner · Thursday 10 March 1927 · page 5

Further extracts from the report of the Rev. E. Gribble concerning the alleged murder of natives by the police show that the police tied natives to stakes and…

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Mysterious Death Allegations Against Gaol Officer. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 10 March 1927 · page 5

James Love, aged 59, died under mysterious circumstances, in the Melbourne Hospital yesterday. He had been detained on a charge of indecent assault on a girl,…

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Murder Charge Against Barman. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 10 March 1927 · page 3

Robert Brown, barman of a wayside inn at South Melbourne, was committed for trial on a charge of murder, following an inquest into the death of Gilbert…

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Alleged Theft of Motor Car

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 March 1927 · page 4

After having been arrested in Grafton, James Robert Frederick Sutherland appeared in the Casino Police Court charged with having stolen a motor car valued at…

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Criminal Libel. Woman Sentenced to Four Months Adelaide

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 11 March 1927 · page 5

At the Criminal Court yesterday Hannah Talbot, a married woman, was convicted on a charge of having criminally libelled Dora Franck and…

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Charge of Theft "In It Up to Our Necks." Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 March 1927 · page 5

Lewis James Allen (28), who said he had been managing director of the Leo White-Clay Smith Company, formed in Brisbane some time ago, was sentenced to…

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Circuit Court Sits All Night

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 March 1927 · page 2

The Bundaberg Circuit Court, over [?] which Mr. Justice Brennan presided, sat[?] from 9 o'clock on Friday morning until[?] the early hours of Saturday morning, on…

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Reported Shot Three Soviet Envoys Embassy Perturbed "Act of Piracy and Murder." Shanghai

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 March 1927 · page 5

Peking reports that the news of the seizure of Madame Borodin, wife of the Soviet Adviser, was at first discredited, but that it is now greatly perturbing the…

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Question Time Undesirable Js.P. Mr. Hill Puts a Poser Value of Police Reports. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 March 1927 · page 4

In the Legislative Assembly, to-day, the Chief Secretary replied to statements by Mr. Arkins, regarding the appointment of Patrick Farley and Mrs. Philomela…

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