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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1927

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Police Magistrate's Advice

Daily Examiner · Monday 16 May 1927 · page 4

Thomas Angus Mackay, aged 28, was sentenced to 12 months' hard labor by Mr. J. E. MeCulloch, P.M., at the Tenter field Court. Mackay was charged with…

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Coff's Harbor Coff 'S Harbors Police Court

Daily Examiner · Monday 16 May 1927 · page 3

Before the P.M., Mr. Mahony, Anthony O'Hare proceeded against W. Burke the detention of a harrow. Mr. Makinson appeared for O'Hare and Mr. Giiles…

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STOLE £6000 Two Railwaymen Sentenced. Auckland

Daily Examiner · Monday 16 May 1927 · page 4

At Christchurch, John Neilson and Gavin Watson formerly employees of the Railway Department, were convicted on eight counts of theft and seven of forgery of…

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Forged Cablegrams N.Z. Woman Defrauded Man Sentenced in Sydney. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 16 May 1927 · page 5

Holroyd Wynn Taylor,. 26, clerk; pleaded guilty at the Central Court to-day to two charges of having forged eablegrama for payment of money with intent to…

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Stolen Goods Police Recover £500 Worth. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 16 May 1927 · page 5

Five hundred pounds worth of stolen property was recovered when detectives raided houses at Prahran and Uriel Northcote yesterday and two men were detained…

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Found in Shop Police Arrest Intruder. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 16 May 1927 · page 4

A man who was found secreted in Winn's Emporium, Oxford street, Darlinghurst, to-night, was arrested and later charged with breaking and entering…

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On Strike Warrnambool Dairymen Police Assistance Sought Insults and Threats. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 16 May 1927 · page 4

Bitter feeling exists between two factions of the dairy farmers in the Warrnambool district and police have been asked to intervene to prevent…

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Soviet Raid Russian Minister's Protest British Documents Disappear Safes Being Drilled Police Still Occupy Building. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 16 May 1927 · page 5

THE SOVIET CHARGE D'AFFAIRES IN LONDON, ROSENGOLZ, HAS SENT A LETTER TO SIR AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN…

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Wilful Murder Coroner's Court Verdict. Perth

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 May 1927 · page 5

At the inquest on the body of Hubert Currell, who was found dead with a gunshot wound in the back, on his farm at Bowgada, the coroner's jury returned a…

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Wife Sentenced Ten Years Gaol Tried to Poison Husband Fell in Love with Brother. Paris

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 May 1927 · page 5

An astonishing trial ended in a sentence of ten years' hard labor for Madame Darchandise for attempting to murder her husband, a wealthy…

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Police and Court Arrangements at Canberra. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 May 1927 · page 5

New South Wales police now doing duty at Canberra will be replaced, it is said, next spring by Commonwealth officers. A court of summary jurisdiction,…

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Man's Death Car Driver Charged with Manslaughter. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 May 1927 · page 5

The man who was fatally injured when he was struck by a motor cycle and side car in Carlton on Friday night, has been identified as Henry Boffil. 60…

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Cafe Fatality Young Man Before Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 May 1927 · page 5

At the Central Court to-day, Vincent Young, 21, motor mechanic, was remanded on a charge of having feloniously slain Patrick Fitzpatrick at Shanghai Cafe, on…

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Marked Notes Jury Squaring Charge Police Were Informed. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 May 1927 · page 5

In the City Court Thomas McCaughay was charged with having unlawfully in cited Daniel McMichael to conspire with him to bribe a jury…

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I Love Her' Triple Shooting Tragedy Letter to Mother Murder and Suicide. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 May 1927 · page 5

The shooting affair at Ashfield on the night of April 25, when William Gordon Fuller, 22, George Walker, 22, and Thelma Hamm[?]…

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Furs and Skins Two Men Charged with Theft. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 May 1927 · page 5

At the Central Police Court to-day, George Edmond Finney, 22, artist, and John keith Dening, 26, salesman who were charged with having broken and…

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Alleged Conspiracy Four Men Charged Commonwealth Liners' Cargoes Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 May 1927 · page 5

Four men, Joseph. Bellamy, 52. manufacturer, Charles Williiam Webster, 36, carrier, James McNamara, 36, storekeeper and James Gunning, tally clerk, were…

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Police Pay Deputation To, Minister. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 May 1927 · page 4

A deputation from the Police Association waited on the Chief Secretary to-day with a request for substantial increases in pay…

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£1000 THEFTS Smart Police Work Two Men Arrested in Bed Automatic Revolver on Table. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 May 1927 · page 5

Some time ago thieves entered two premises at Darling Point and Edgecliff road respectively and secured property valued at £1000…

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Seale Faction Another Severe Rebuff Test Case in Court Conroy Section Upheld. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 May 1927 · page 5

THE DECISION OF MR., CAMPHIN, S.M., TO-DAY, THAT THE SECRETARY OF THE LEICHHARDT BRANCH OF THE A.L.P. SHOULD…

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