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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1927

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Year's Gaol Letter Sorter Sentenced. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 August 1927 · page 5

At the Darlinghurst Sessions, Frederick Hurler, 22, a letter sorter, ay as sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment for having stolen fifteen letters within a few…

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Cars for the Police

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 August 1927 · page 4

There arrived by the s.s. Coombar at Grafton on Thursday three British Morris-Cowley touring cars, the property of the Police Department. The vehicles…

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Police Bribes Adelaide Officers Resign. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 August 1927 · page 5

Following consideration of the report by the Commissioner of Police, Detective V. E. M[?]uish, and Constables D. R. Deman, W. H. Lindsay and E. J. White…

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Condemned Men Two Italian Communists Tension in United States Extraordinary Police Precautions. New York

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 August 1927 · page 5

All of the available New York police have been mobilised. As the date for the execution of 'Sacco and Vanzetti, the Italian Communists,…

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Hospital Tennis Court

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 9 August 1927 · page 2

At a meeting last week of the Jetty Tennis Club the condition of the hospital tennis court was discussed. It was pointed out that the court was…

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Boulogne Tragedy Murder of Nurse Daniels. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 9 August 1927 · page 5

The "Daily Chronicle's" Paris correspondent states that the magistrate, M. Monmessin, has forwarded a demand for the extradition of the English friend of…

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Driver Charged Bulli Pass Smash Stopped, Then Drove on Death of Second Victim. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 9 August 1927 · page 5

Miss Victoria Hockley, who was injured in the motor car accident at Bulli Pass last night, in which John Conroy was killed, died early this…

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S. P. BETTING Sequel To Recent Raid Grafton Police Prosecution Fine of £20 IMPOSED

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 9 August 1927 · page 2

Considerable public interest was manifested in the police case against Arthur John Saul, who before Mr. E. A. Mahony, P.M., at the Grafton Police Court…

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"Cradle Snatchers" Police Report on Play. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 10 August 1927 · page 5

The Police Commander deputed a constable to see the play "Cradle Snatchers" which is now being produced and ordered him to report upon its moral tone…

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Alleged Massacre of Natives Charges Against Police Constables. Perth

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 10 August 1927 · page 5

The case in which Constables Regan and St. Jack are charged in connection with the alleged massacre of natives in the East Kimberley district was continued to-day…

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Arbitration Court Question of Withdrawal Uncertainty of Unions. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 10 August 1927 · page 5

The newly formed All Australian Trades Union Council discussed the question of with drawing from the Arbitration Court, but consideration of the matter was post-…

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In Police Cells Three Women Fight Black Eyes, Broken Nose and Jaw. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 10 August 1927 · page 5

Two of five women, who were lodged in the police cells at Fitzroy, on Saturday night, engaged in a fierce encounter, during which one sustained a broken…

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A,l,p, Banking Account Court Suit Settled by Consent. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 10 August 1927 · page 5

By consent the suit between the opposing factions of the A.L.P. was settled in the Equity, Court to-day. The plaintiffs, William Henry, Scale and…

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£10,000 Prize in Calcutta Sweep Action in Equity Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 10 August 1927 · page 5

Before Mr. Justice Harvey, in the Equity Court to-day, John Brennan and Annie Brennan, his wife, and Lyla Dillon, of Blacktown, claimed a declaration…

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Magistrate and Sun Bathing

Daily Examiner · Thursday 11 August 1927 · page 7

When Harold Vincent (44) was charged with having lain in the sun at Hyde Park (London) attired in shorts he asked the magistrate if he had ever heard of sun…

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Woman's Sad Story Told in Divorce Court Husband in Gaol. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 11 August 1927 · page 5

Mary Miles, formerly Slade, petitioned, in the Divorce Court to-day, for a dissolution of her marriage with John Henry Miles, on the grounds of her husband…

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Slashed with Razor Redfern Assault Case. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 11 August 1927 · page 5

At the Darlinghurst Sessions to-day, Harold Griffiths, 18, laborer, pleaded guilty to a charge of assault on James Brown, at Redfern. He was remanded for…

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Death of Natives Policemen Acquitted on Murder Charge. Perth

Daily Examiner · Thursday 11 August 1927 · page 5

The Magistrate, in the police court, held to-day that there was not sufficient evidence to convict Constables Dennis Hastings Regan and James Graham St…

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Picture Film Tax Application for High Court Injunction. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 11 August 1927 · page 5

In the High Court to-day representatives of the various film distributing firms asked for an injunction to prevent the collection of the New South Wales…

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Seven Ahs in Court Opium Addicts Fined £80 Some Specious Excuses

Daily Examiner · Thursday 11 August 1927 · page 7

Six Chinese wen charged in the Melbourne Court last week with having smoked opium, and another with having possessed opium in a form suitable for…

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