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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1927

1,611 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 23 of 81

£100,000 THEFT Bandits Open Vaults Five Watchmen Overpowered Bullion Taken From Elgin Works New York

Daily Examiner · Monday 11 April 1927 · page 5

Two interesting crime episodes occurred in the United States to-day. Fifteen bandits overcame five watchmen of the Illinois Watch Coy at Elgin and…

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Man Found Dead Head Buried in Mud Girl's Story to Police. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 11 April 1927 · page 5

A Strange story has been told to the Richmond police by two girls, and two men have been detained pending inquires…

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Stabbed in Back Sensational Court Scene Accused Man Attacked in Dock. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 11 April 1927 · page 5

There was a sensational scene in the South End Police Court after Edward Wilson a Canadian ex-soldier, had just been fined 40 for stealing a pair of boots…

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Lorry Driver' Charged. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 April 1927 · page 5

At Parramatta Court to-day, Mervyn Dominey,24 grocer, was charged with occasioning bodily harm to Roy Correy by wantonly driving a lorry…

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Circuit Court Divorce Proceedings

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 April 1927 · page 7

Yesterday, at the Grafton Circuit Court before Mr. Justice James, A. C. Tomlinson petitioned for a divorce from Emily Dorothy Ann Tomlinson, on the grounds…

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Brutal Attack Woman Cruelly Beaten Story of Criminal Assault. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 April 1927 · page 5

A young woman who was to Sydney Hospital late last night told a policeman a sensational story. She said she was knocking at the door…

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Sequel to Motor Accident Court Case

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 April 1927 · page 4

A sequel to a motor accident in which two Grafton ladies were knocked down by a car in Prince street on the night of March 5, was heard at the Grafton Police…

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Escaped Prisoner Police Search for Stanley. Wagga

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 April 1927 · page 5

Information has been received by Inspector Parker, of Wagga, to the effect that Herbert Stanley who escaped in sensational circumstances from the…

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Close to Police Station Attempted Bank Robbery. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 April 1927 · page 5

An attempt to open one of four safes at the southern branch of the Australian Bank of Commerce, Pitt street, during the week-end failed, the thieves evidently…

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Stolen Watches Old Man Before Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 April 1927 · page 7

At the Central Court to-day Peter Davis, 60. was sentenced to six months gaol after he had pleaded guilty to a charge off having incited a boy named John Rawlinson…

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Labor Politics Writs Totalling £2000 Settled Out of Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 April 1927 · page 5

The trouble between Mr. Ratcliffe, M.L.A. and Mr. Moleswofth, ex-M.L.A., and between. Mr. Molesworth and Mr. Keegan, M.L.C., in respect of which writs…

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Licensing Court

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 April 1927 · page 4

At the Grafton Licensing Court on Monday last the new plans for the erection of garages, etc., at the Freemasons' Hotel were approved: Mr. A. J…

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Story of Revenge Assault on Agents' Secretary. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 April 1927 · page 5

An arrest was made today following on the assault upon Mr. R. Wallace, secretary of the Business Agents' Association, in his office on Friday last by ten…

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Small Debts Court

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 April 1927 · page 4

At the Small Debts Court on Monday a verdict. was recorded for the plaintiff for the amount claimed in the case Grafton City Council v. Hannah Jane…

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Woman Attacked Police Searching for Assailant Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 April 1927 · page 5

The North Sydney police are searching for the man who attacked a woman at her home at Lane Cove yesterday. The woman opened her front door in…

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Escaped Prisoner Police Hot on Trail. Narrandera

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 April 1927 · page 5

Police are hot on the trail of Herbert Robert Stanley, who escaped from Darlinghurst Courthouse last week. He is now believed to be making for…

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Dangerous Driving Sequel to Motor Accident Court Case

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 April 1927 · page 3

A sequel to a motor accident in Which two Grafton ladies were knocked down by a car in Prince street on the night of March 5, was heard at the Grafton Police…

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In Pawnshop Police Arrest Man Diamond Rings, Pearls and Bangles. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 April 1927 · page 5

As the result of an arrest by the police last night, jewellery worth £750, alleged to be the proceeds from a Manly robbery, was recovered…

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Alleged Murder Wife Arrested Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Thursday 14 April 1927 · page 5

Agnes Ray was arrested and charged with having attempted to kill her husband who was found in his office at Hobart with a bullet wound in his…

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Three Years Gaol Man Who Shot at Constable. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 14 April 1927 · page 5

Albert Williamson, 26, motor mechanic, was sentenced to three years penal servitude at Darlinghurst Sessions to-day for having maliciously shot at Constable…

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