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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1927

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Bribery Alleged S,a, Police Commissioner Reports Charges Proved. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 July 1927 · page 3

His Honor, Judge Paine, the special Commissioner, who inquired into the charges of bribery against certain members of the police force, has found these…

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Gaol for Peers Son

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 29 July 1927 · page 6

Lord Haldon's son and heir, the Hon. Lawrence Edward Broomfield Palk, 30, was sent to prison for a total of four months in the second…

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Stole Ship's Cargo Two Wharf Laborers Sentenced

Daily Examiner · Friday 29 July 1927 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday. At Darlinghurst Sessions to-day, two wharf laborers, Francis Morgan, 35, and Henry McMillan, 52, who had been found…

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Gypsies Arrested on Charge of Theft Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 29 July 1927 · page 2

A party or Afghan gypsies was arrested at Palm Beach on charges of stealing. It is believed they came recently…

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Four Years Gaol Englishman's Bad Record. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 29 July 1927 · page 5

Albert Harvey, 29, an Englishman, who at Darlinghurst Sessions yesterday, was sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment on a stealing charge,…

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Real Gaol Bird Sentences Aggregate 150 Years. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 29 July 1927 · page 5

A witness at Darlinghurst Sessions today admitted that convictions recorded against him during 35 years of his life aggregated 150 years. There were no…

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Language in Police Cell. "Not a Public Place."[?]

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 29 July 1927 · page 2

A novel point was ra[?] in a recent appeal from Graft[?] [?] was heard in Sydney this week. Mr. Justice Campbell, sittiag ta[?] [?]…

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Police Grievances Cabinet Sub-committee. Considering. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 29 July 1927 · page 4

The Chief Secretary, Mr. Gosling, informed the secretary of the Police Association, Mr. Fortescue, to-day that all matters relating to police administration…

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Two Dead South Yarra Tragedy Murder and Suicide Coroner Commends Woman's Bravery. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 29 July 1927 · page 5

The coroner to-day inquired into the South Yarra shooting tragedy, which resulted in the deaths of Mabel James, waitress, and Cecil Ronald…

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Month's Gaol Licensed Razors Soon. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 30 July 1927 · page 4

Frederick Vincent, alias George Herbert Smith, 22, laborer, was sentenced to a month's gaol by Mr. McManon, S.M., at the Central Police Court on a charge of…

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Afghan Gypsies Arrested on Charges of Stealing. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 30 July 1927 · page 5

The police yesterday arrested a party of Afghan glpsies at Palm Beach on charges of stealing. It is said that they had been wandering round the country…

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Bonati Murder Robinson's Appeal Dismissed. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 30 July 1927 · page 5

The Court of Criminal Appeal to-day dismissed John Robinson's appeal against sentence of death, passed on him in connection with the murder of Mrs. Minnie…

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New Trial Newcastle Murder Case Question of Insanity. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 30 July 1927 · page 5

The Full Court of Criminal Appeals to-day ordered a new trial in the case of George Andrew Buckley, who was convicted at the Central Criminal Court, in…

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Bribery Report Handed to Police Chief. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Saturday 30 July 1927 · page 5

The South Australian Bribery Commission report has been handed to the Commissioner of Police, who is expected to take immediate action, in view of the…

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Cupid Called Lord Terrington Married Court Still Waits. Boulogne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 30 July 1927 · page 5

Lord Terrington, whose delay in facing the Bankruptey Court has called forth strong remarks from the Registrar and Official Receiver on several occasions, was…

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Alleged Warehouse Burglary

Daily Examiner · Monday 1 August 1927 · page 2

Shortly after a fire was discovered and extinguished pa premises in a building in Grey street, South Brisbane, occupied by a firm of shirt and pyjama manufacturers…

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Irate Parent Thesis On Psychology Teacher's Predicament Sequel in Police Court. Young

Daily Examiner · Monday 1 August 1927 · page 5

Because R. Saint Smith, a schoolteacher at Bimbi School, wrote a thesis on psychology and used his pupils and their parents as subjects…

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Bottomley Free Released From Gaol Never Fitter in His Life Excitement at Dicker Village. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 1 August 1927 · page 5

The release of Horatio Bottomley, former M.P., from gaol was unexpected as his sentence of seven years imprisonment with remittances imposed…

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£1000 Donation Refused Lord Mayor to Police Fund. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 1 August 1927 · page 4

The announcement of the name of the man who donated £1000 to the Victorian Police Provident Fund caused surprise. It was not a racing man, bookmak[?] or[?]…

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De Valera Not Afraid Doesn't Want Police Protection Dublin

Daily Examiner · Monday 1 August 1927 · page 5

De Valera, who is under police protection, says according to Free State police, he is in danger of being shot. Personally he has not received any threatening…

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