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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1927

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Bishop Kisses Murderer Durham Gaol Confirmation

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 April 1927 · page 2

Bishop Welldom Dean of Durham addressing a gathering of the Salvation Army in Durham Cathedral, told a remarkable story of the confirmation of a…

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Alleged Murder Newcastle Tragedy Newcastle

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 22 April 1927 · page 2

The Coroner committed George Buckley for trial for alleged murder of his wife, Mary Buckley. Sergt. Pestell deposed that Buckley…

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Telegrams. Arbitration Court R Costs. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 April 1927 · page 1

The first step towards lessening the cost of the Arbitration Court proceedings was taken yesterday when Chief Judge Dethridge stated full shorthand notes…

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'I Went Mad' Husband in Custody Charge of Wife Murder. Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 April 1927 · page 5

THe coroner to-day held an inquiry into the death of Mrs. Mary Buckley, at a house in church street, on Easter Sunday. Her husband William Buckley…

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Launch Victim Wife's Pleadings Unheeded Police Still Searching for Bodies Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 April 1927 · page 5

No further bodies from the ill-fated launch have been recovered on Lady Robinson's beach, although a squad of police and a number of civilians are keeping a…

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Mess of Things' Gibraltar Military Tragedy Accused Before the Court. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 April 1927 · page 5

A Gibraltar message states that Lieut. Duffield was charged at the Police Court with murdering Colonel Fitzgerald, commander of a regiment of East Surreys at…

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In City Street Woman Shot Dead Daughter an Eye-witness Police Arrest Man. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 April 1927 · page 5

There was a sensational occurrence in the heart of the city at 11 o'clock this morning, when a woman was shot dead in the street…

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Brisbane Shooting Man Charged with Murder. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 April 1927 · page 6

Edward Stanley Moran, 38, laborer, appeared at the police court to-day on a charge of wilfully murdering Lydia McVinsh, in Elizabeth street, Brisbane…

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Two Postal Messengers Confess to Theft of Letters First Offenders Act. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 April 1927 · page 5

Two postal, messengers, Leonard, Vickery and Joseph McCullough, who pleaded guilty to having stolen hundreds of letters from the Randwick and Coogee post…

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Conciliation Awards Chairman's Vote Full Court's Decision Dislocates Work. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 April 1927 · page 5

The decision of the State Full Court that the chairman of Conciliation Committees cannot give a casting vote when framing awards without the consent of…

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Grafton Police Court Alleged Misappropriation Charge Against Bank Cashier

Daily Examiner · Monday 25 April 1927 · page 3

At the Grafton Police Court on Saturday last Thomas Bawden, cashier at the South Grafton branch of the Bank of New South Wales, was brought up on bail…

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Thirty Years Gaol Mussolini's Assailants. Rome

Daily Examiner · Monday 25 April 1927 · page 5

Zaniboni and General Capello were sentenced to thirty years each for plotting to assassinate Mussolini…

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Police Were Waiting. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 25 April 1927 · page 2

Acting on the telephone description of a man who was thought to have broken into and entered premises at Hornsby, the police waited on Milson's Point wharf…

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Alleged Theft From Police Station

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 April 1927 · page 4

In the charge-room of the West Maitland. police station a very daring theft of 10Was committed. A young man called at the station and informed Constable Pryor,…

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CRIMINALS Courts Too Lenient? Reform of Jury System Queensland Police Conference Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 April 1927 · page 5

The fifth conference of the Queensland Police Union commenced to-day. The agenda paper covers a very wide field of matters of interest to the police…

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De Pinedo Arrival In New York Under Strong Police Guard His Flight to Australia. New York

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 April 1927 · page 5

Following the efforts to keep his arrival secret, De Pinedo detrained here from Washington at two o'clock in the morning under extraordinary…

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Sheep Stealing Charge

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 27 April 1927 · page 4

George William Gilbey, charged with stealing 21 ewes, the property of Frederick Kiehne, of "Springfield," Deep water, was committed to stand his trial…

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Police Examination

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 27 April 1927 · page 4

A departmental examination for members of the police force in the Grafton Police District was held at the Courthouse, Grafton, on Monday, and continued…

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Police Smoke Concert

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 27 April 1927 · page 4

At a meeting of the local branch of the Police Association held at Grafton on Monday it was decided to organise a smoke concert, the proceeds of which will…

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'Hard Up' Theft of War Bonds and Scrip Man Committed for Trial. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 27 April 1927 · page 5

Matthew Richards, 33, laborer was committed for trial at the Central Court to-day, on a charge of having broken and, entered the counting house of Dangar,…

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