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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1927

1,611 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 58 of 81

Two' Years Gaol Failed to Obey Court's Order. 'Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 September 1927 · page 5

Clarence Clifton Splatt was sentenced to two years' imprisonment, to-day on a charge of fraudulent misappropriation. Accused was originally bound over on…

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Woman Charged with Administering Poison. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 September 1927 · page 5

Detectives arrested a young woman, who gave her name as Mrs. Alice Hollolo, 24, on a charge of administering poison to Mrs. Theresa O'Brien with intent to…

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Film Camera Theft Two Men Remanded. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 September 1927 · page 5

Wm. George Walker, 32, fruiterer, and William McLean, 32, laborer, were remanded at the Central Court to-day on a charge of having stolen a motion,…

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Started with Nothing Evidence in Bankruptcy Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 September 1927 · page 5

Examined before the Registrar in Bankruptcy James Edward Emery, who had traded, as J. E. Emery and Co., Clarence street, Sydney, stated he owed £1500, and…

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Condon Murder The Coroner's Inquiry Missing Receipt Book "It Must Be a Fight." Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 September 1927 · page 5

The inquest was opened by the Sydney coroner to-day, concerning the death of Daniel Condon, 47, who was found dead in his office in Pitt…

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Grafton Police Court

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 September 1927 · page 4

Arthur MeNally' (56) was charged with drunkenness at the Grafton Police Court on Wednesday, and was fined 10. Defendant, who was described as a stranger…

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Solicitor Charged

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 September 1927 · page 4

Ian Mouteith Valeutine, a young solicitor, was proceeded against at the Tam-worth Police Court, before Mr. D. W. Reed, relieving P.M., on three charges…

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Coffs Police Station

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 23 September 1927 · page 3

The repeated request of the Chamber of Commerce to have the police station shifted to a more workable and convenient…

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Maynard's Plain Tennis Court

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 23 September 1927 · page 6

A representative meeting of local residents assembled at the hall on Tuesday evening with the aim of forming a tennis club and to elect officers for…

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Oil Frauds Investors Lose £16,000 Father and Son Sentenced. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 September 1927 · page 5

Joseph Aspinall, 53, a Londoner, was sentenced to four years and his son James to mine months' imprisonment for obtaining by false pretences £16,000 from…

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Farmer Sent to Gaol Branded Kaffir with Hot Irons Capetown

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 September 1927 · page 5

Widespread attention has been taken here Of the case in which a white farmer, formerly a member of the Southern Rhodesian Parliament, was sentenced to…

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Train Wreckers Serbian Police Fight Bandits. Belgrade

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 September 1927 · page 5

Serbian police encountered, a strong force of Bulgarian Comitadjis, who were responsible for a train being blown up, yesterday. Guerilla warfare lasted until…

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Race Sequel Action For £1000 Damages Assistant Starter's Claim Jockeys Were Charged. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 September 1927 · page 5

A ease of unusual nature was heard before the Chief Justice and jury in the Banco Court to-day. The plain fifty Alfred Charles…

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Shire Revision Court

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 September 1927 · page 4

The court for the purpose of revising the list of electors for the Copmanhurst Shire sat yesterday morning at the Grafton Courthouse, Mr. E. A. Mahony…

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Woman Assaulted Young Man Sent to Gaol. Perth

Daily Examiner · Monday 26 September 1927 · page 5

William Jameson Dean, 25. was sentenced to two months' imprisonment, on a charge of assaulting a young woman. According to the police she was seized…

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British Secret Service Allegations in Sovitt Court. Leningrad

Daily Examiner · Monday 26 September 1927 · page 5

Further allegations in connection with the British secret service were made at the trial of nine alleged spies. The prosecutor read an alleged…

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Nearly a Riot Japanese Marines Arrested Chinese Police Station Stormed. Shanghai

Daily Examiner · Monday 26 September 1927 · page 5

Strained relations exist between the Japanese residents of the International Settlement and the Chinese municipal authorities as a result, of the arrest and…

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Afraid of a Beating Boy's Story Sets Police Force on False Search. Perth

Daily Examiner · Monday 26 September 1927 · page 5

Last week a boy aged 12 told the police he had been held up, with two other lads, who shot him through, the hand, when he refused to give them wild flowers he was…

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Grafton Police Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 September 1927 · page 4

In the Grafton Police Court yesterday morning, before Mr. E. A. Mahony, P.M.,, there was no appearance of Kenneth William Hall, to answer a charge of having…

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Pickpocket Sentenced Picked on Policeman. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 September 1927 · page 5

George Bray, 27, wharf laborer, was charged at the Redfern Court with attempting to steal £610 from a man's pocket at Victoria Park racecourse…

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