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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1927

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STRANGLED By Her Own Clothing London Murder Mystery Girl's Body Found in Park. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 7 October 1927 · page 5

Scotland Yard's second murder mystery in a week was unfolded to-day. Constance Oliver, a typist, 21, who has been missing since Sunday, was…

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Strange Story Tangle in Divorce Court. Divorced Wife's Petition. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 7 October 1927 · page 5

The remarkable divorce case in which Mary Catherine Coleman sued for a divorce from Henry Ernest Coleman on the grounds of alleged misconduct, came…

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The Madman Trick Man Charged with Stealing. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 8 October 1927 · page 5

John William Searle, 27, hairdresser, was remanded at the Central Court today, on a charge of having stolen £51, the property of Robert Bowman…

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London Murder Women Hiss At Accused Smuggled Into Court Statement to Police London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 8 October 1927 · page 5

Excited women boo-ed and hissed at Sydney Coulter, when he appeared at court this morning, on a charge of murdering Constance Oliver, 21, a London…

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Condon Murder Police Have New Clue. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 8 October 1927 · page 5

It is reported the police have obtained a new clue in regard to the condon murder. The theory that the victim was batterd to death by one of his clients is…

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Maclean Police Court Threatening Words Man Bound Over

Daily Examiner · Saturday 8 October 1927 · page 2

At the Maclean Police Court on Thursday last, before Mr. E. A. Mahony, P. M., Charles Thomas Greenaway was charged with being drunk on October 3 on…

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Robbery Theory The Ashfield Murder Police Comb Pawnshops Peculiar Aspects of Tragedy. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 10 October 1927 · page 4

Further particulars of the murder of Mrs. Downs at her home at Ashfield last night show that she probably returned from a shopping…

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Telegrams Solicitor Charged with Drunkenness. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 10 October 1927 · page 1

A fine of £2 was imposed on William Lindsay, solicitor, at the Katoomba Court on a charge of drunkenness. Defendant objected to a local Justice of the Peace,…

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Weak Intellect North Sydney Assault Case. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 10 October 1927 · page 4

Henry Middleton, 40, had an exciting experience while returning home at North Sydney last night. He was attacked by a man and struck on the head with a…

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Headin' 'Em in Court

Daily Examiner · Monday 10 October 1927 · page 4

The toss of a coin to reach a decision or settle an argument is almost a universal custom, but in no country is it more prevalent than in sporting Australia,…

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Brutal Assault Young Married Woman Attacked by Youth Sensation at Glen Innes. Glen Innes

Daily Examiner · Monday 10 October 1927 · page 4

A young married woman, Mrs. Fakes, was the victim of a brutal assault at her home at Glen Leg[?]. A youth about eighteen years of…

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CRITICAL Balkans Situation Bulgars and Jugo-slavs Frontier Murder Gangs. Belgrade

Daily Examiner · Monday 10 October 1927 · page 4

The situation between Bulgaria and Jugo-Slavia to-day is most critical. Representatives of the great Powers had lengthy interviews with the…

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Ashfield Murder Search for Wanted Man. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 October 1927 · page 5

Detectives were out all last night searching for a mail wanted in connection with the murder of Mrs. Elizabeth Downs, at Ashfield…

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Murder in Solomons Warship Going to Scene. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 October 1927 · page 5

H.M.A.S. Adelaide is under orders to proceed immediately to the British Solomon Islands to protect British residents there…

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Local and General Small Debts Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 October 1927 · page 4

In the Small Debts Court, Grafton, yesterday, before Mr. E. A. Mahony, P.M., an amount of £74 paid into court in an action between the Printing…

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Cars Stolen Police Arrest Three Men. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 October 1927 · page 5

Three motor cars were stolen from a motor garage at Randwick late on Saturday night. The cars were yesterday recovered and there arrests made…

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Boxer's Death Barmaid on Murder Charge "Cruelly Ill-treated," Says Sergeant. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 October 1927 · page 5

At the Central Police Court to-day, Florence May Masters, 24, barmaid, was charged with having murdered, Edward Anthony Waldhoer, on Saturday…

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'Only a Beast' Woman's Story In Court Charge Against Doctor Husband Was Under Bed. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 October 1927 · page 5

A remarkable story was told in the Parramatta Court to-day when Mrs. Frances Rosalind Benson, of Granville, proceeded against Dr. Mark…

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Brave Boy Gave Life For Mate When Raft Was Upset Story of Heroism in Coroner Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 October 1927 · page 4

At the Coroner's Court to-day, a boy, Edward Harry Collister, told how his pal, William George Finch, 12, was drowned while trying to save…

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Grafton Police Court

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 October 1927 · page 4

Joseph Reid, 34, a railway worker, with a number of previous convictions, pleaded guilty, at the Grafton Police Court yesterday morning, to a charge of having…

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