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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1927

1,611 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 49 of 81

Youth Recants Charge Against Clergyman Acquitted in Police Court. Molong

Daily Examiner · Friday 12 August 1927 · page 5

Pastor White, Baptist clergyman, was discharged at the police court to-day when he appeared on a charge of having committed an offence against Cecil [?]…

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Secretary in Trouble Stealing Charge at Leeton. Leeton

Daily Examiner · Friday 12 August 1927 · page 4

At the Police Court Percy Maurice Furlong, 31, secretary of Adams and Co., was charged with stealing £65. It was stated that the safe had been…

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Gloves for Magistrate Clean Sheet in Melbourne. Melbourne. Thursday

Daily Examiner · Friday 12 August 1927 · page 5

At the City Police Court yesterday there was not a solitary case of drunkenness to be dealt with this being a record for twenty years…

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District Court Case

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 12 August 1927 · page 2

A case set down for hearing in the District Court at Belliagen on Monday was one in which M.J. Duffy, of Coramba, claimed £102 from Laing…

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Milkmen in Trouble. Sases at Local Court

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 12 August 1927 · page 3

At the police court on Wednesday, before Mr. E. A. Mahoney, P.M., Cecil Gentle was charged under the Pure Foods Act with having sold…

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Picture Film Tax Question of High Court Injunction. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 12 August 1927 · page 5

In order to give the Federal Government an opportunity of considering whether it desired to intervene in the case in which the power of the State…

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

Daily Examiner · Friday 12 August 1927 · page 5

The case involving the dispute over the possession of the ticket which Avon first prize of £10,000 in a Calcutta sweep was concluded before Mr. Justice…

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Two Years Gaol Customs Agent Sentenced Misappropriated Nearly £14000. SYDNEY

Daily Examiner · Saturday 13 August 1927 · page 5

At the Darlinghurst Sessions to-day, Harold Langley Montagu, 32, Customs agent, who pleaded guilty to having misappropriated nearly £4000, which he had…

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Condon Murder Shrouded In Mystery Loans to Public Servants Police Have No Clue Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 13 August 1927 · page 5

THE MURDER OF THE MONEY LENDER, DANIEL ROBERT CONDON, AT SUTTON CHAMBERS, IN PITT STREET YESTERDAY, IS…

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Razor Slasher Youth Gets 12 Months' Gaol. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 13 August 1927 · page 5

Harold Henry Griffiths 18, was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment. at the Darlinghurst Sessions to-day for having, assaulted a man who it was…

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Chinese Cook Assaulted Two Men Sent to Gaol. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 13 August 1927 · page 5

For having assaulted a Chinese cook, Ing King, at the Tientsin Cafe, Campbell street, city, Stanley Gallagher and Lewis Baker were to-day sentenced to two…

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Three Bodies Found In Paddock Sensational Paris Murder Theory of Detectives. Paris

Daily Examiner · Saturday 13 August 1927 · page 5

A murder mystery is engaging the attention of the best detectives in France. The bodies of three young men…

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Picture Films Tax High Court Proceedings. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 13 August 1927 · page 5

The Federal Attorney-General, Mr. Latham, announced last night that he intended to intervene on behalf of the Commonwealth, in the High Court…

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The Baum Case Appeal to Full Court Dismissed Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 13 August 1927 · page 5

The Full Court to-day dismissed the appeal by Harry Waldemar Baum, solicitor, against his conviction and sentence to three years' gaol, on two charges of…

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Hunger Strike Condemned Communists Forcible Feeding Plan Appeal to Full Supreme Court Boston

Daily Examiner · Saturday 13 August 1927 · page 5

As a result of a 25 days' hunger strike there is doubt whether Sacoc will live out his respite. He collapsed when he tried to walk unaided from the death…

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Moslem Custom Strange Court Case Mosque Said to Be Defiled Washed Corpse in Bathroom. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Saturday 13 August 1927 · page 5

An extraordinary case was heard in the Adelaide Police Court yesterday, when Goolam Rasoul, who described himself as the mullah, or…

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Condon Murder Description Of Suspect Statement Secured Second Last Man to See Victim Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 15 August 1927 · page 5

The police to-day secured a statement from a man, which, it is stated, will have an important bearing on the mystery surrounding the murder of the moneylender,…

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Income Tax Raid Police Force Open Safes Eight Car Loads of Documents. Seized. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 15 August 1927 · page 5

The police carried out a number of sensational raids in the city and suburbs yesterday acting on instructions from the Income Tax…

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Little Headway Sydney Police Baffled Condon Murder Mystery. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 16 August 1927 · page 5

The police have made little headway in their search for the murderer of Daniel Condon. They were engaged during the week-end…

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Small Debts Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 16 August 1927 · page 4

At the Small Debts Court, Grafton, yesterday, before Mr. E. A. Mahony, P.M., verdicts were entered for the plaintiffs, for the amounts claimed, in the…

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