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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1927

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Search for Suspect the Petersham Murder. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 14 June 1927 · page 5

The police are still scouring the country for the man who is wanted in connection with the brutal murder of Martha Quin, at Petersham on Friday night…

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Three Charges Police Sergeant Assaulted Two Months Imprisonment

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 14 June 1927 · page 4

Jock McLeod (34), appeared before Mr. E. A. Mahony, P.M., at Grafton Court yesterday morning, and pleaded guilty to charges of having, on June 11, behaved…

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Smoke Social Police Association Enthusiastic Gathering Aims and Objects of the Movement

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 14 June 1927 · page 2

The desire to promote a fraternal feeling between the citizens and members of the police force was given out as the object of the smoke social…

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JEALOUSY Wagga Murder Stupid, Brutal, Callous' Death Sentence "I Don't Know Why I Did It." Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 14 June 1927 · page 5

At the Central Criminal Court Cedrie Thomas Victor Ryan, 30, telephone linesman, was charged with having murdered Elizabeth, Ann Howard, 19…

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Heavy Fines Photographs in the Nude Two Men Before Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 14 June 1927 · page 5

At Paddington Police Court to-day, Emil Pochel, 50, artist, was fined £50, in default three months hard labour, on a charge of having taken indecent…

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Alleged Spies Rumanians Sentenced to Death London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 June 1927 · page 5

A message from Odessa states that 10 Rumanians have been sentenced to death. They are alleged to have been engaged in spying on the Bessarabia border for the…

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Voikoff Murder Poland's Good Intentions. Warsaw

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 June 1927 · page 5

Warsaw newspapers unanimously consider that the Government of Poland has done everything possible to regulate the Voikoff murder situation, but the Soviet…

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Victorian Police Reinstatement of Strikers Likely. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 June 1927 · page 5

It is expected the Victorian Labor Government will order the reinstatement of all policemen who were dismissed from the force after the strike in 1923…

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False Clues Petersham Murder Man Hunt Continues Suicide Theory Discounted. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 June 1927 · page 4

The murderer of the young woman, Martha Quin, of Petersham, is still at large although the whole countryside in the metropolitical area has…

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Tax on Films Case Before High Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 June 1927 · page 5

In the High Court to-day application was made on behalf of picture showmen to the Acting-Chief Justice for an injunction to restrain the State Taxation…

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Royalist Leader Dramatic Surrender Police Chief's Appeal "One Frenchman to Another" Paris

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 June 1927 · page 5

The surrender of Leon Daudet, editor of the Royalist newspaper, "L'Action Francaise," was most dramatic. A procession of motor cars drove…

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Not Cited N.S.W. Graziers Argument in Arbitration Court Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 June 1927 · page 4

In the Federal Arbitration Court to-day, Chief Judge Dethridge said the question whether New South Wales grazies and pastoralists, who had not been cited…

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Court's Order Sugar Workers Won't Obey Farmers May Do Mill Work. Innisfail

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 June 1927 · page 5

Further developments in the South Johnstone sugar mill dispute took place today when the Queensland Sugar Workers' Union members involved in the strike de…

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Wife Murder Newcastle Tragedy Husband Sentenced to Death Tomahawk and Razor Used. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 June 1927 · page 5

At the Central Criminal Court today, George Andrew Buckley, 52, railway laborer, of Hamilton, Newcastle, was charged with wife…

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Tax on Films High Court Judgment To-day. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 June 1927 · page 8

The Acting Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Isaacs, announced in the High Court to-day that judgment would be given to-morrow in the application of the picture film…

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Grafton Police Court

Daily Examiner · Friday 17 June 1927 · page 4

William Sullivan appeared before Mr. C. F. Denton, J. P. at the Grafton Police Court yesterday morning, and was fined 10 for drunkenness…

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Coramba Police Court. Several Small Cases

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 17 June 1927 · page 3

Besides the big case from Karangi, several small cases were dealt with by the P.M. at Coramba police court on Tuesday…

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Sentenced to Death Russian Admiral London, Thursday Night

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 17 June 1927 · page 5

A message from Kronstadt states that (Admiral Kolpikoff, a former commander of the Russian Baltic Fleet, has been sentenced to death, and that…

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Position of Trust Magistrate's "Stern Duty." Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 17 June 1927 · page 5

At the Central Police Court to-day, William Henry Dorsen, 33, was convicted Of having stolen shirts and other articles, valued at £52, the property of Gownig…

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Voikoff Murder Trial of Kowerda Statement by Accused. Warsaw

Daily Examiner · Friday 17 June 1927 · page 5

The trial commenced to day of Kowerda for the murder of the Soviet Ambassador Voikoff on June 7 There are 20 prosecution witnesses, including four experts,…

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