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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1927

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Parents Sent to Gaol Failed to Provide for Children Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 24 January 1927 · page 4

Timothy Buckley and his wife were each sentenced to three months imprisonment by the Magistrate at Carlton court, for having failed to provide for their…

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Astoria Flats Raided by Police. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 24 January 1927 · page 4

As a result of a police raid at Astoria Flats Kirribilli Point, last night, two men were arrested on a charge of sly grog selling, and a over 200 bottles of beer,…

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'Real Ruler' High Court Attacked Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 24 January 1927 · page 4

Speaking as the representative of the Government at a smoke concert given by the Reid Federal Labor Electorate Council, Mr. A. C. Willis said he believed…

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Orange Police Busy Raids on Alleged Betting Shops. Orange

Daily Examiner · Monday 24 January 1927 · page 4

Shortly after 5 o'clock yesterday a number of police raided several tobacconists shops and arrested three men and charged them with illegal betting…

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Arson Charge Four Shops Burnt Down Police Arrest Youth. Auckland

Daily Examiner · Monday 24 January 1927 · page 5

A charge of arson has been lodged against a 16 year old youth, following a fire which destroyed four shops in the township of Panmure…

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Abo's Leap Jumped 50Ft. Over Precipice Chased by Police. Darwin

Daily Examiner · Monday 24 January 1927 · page 5

Chased by police, a blackfellow jumped 50 feet over a precipice, and, although he fell on a rock, escaped injury, has fall being broken by a sapling…

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Light Sentences The Garibaldi Trial Attacks on Mussolini Dramatic Scene in Court Paris

Daily Examiner · Monday 24 January 1927 · page 5

Giving evidence in the Garibaldi trial, Detective, Lolne declared that Seivoli, who was suspected of plotting to assassinate Mussolini, first aroused doubts…

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New Police Magistrate a Cordial Welcome Mr. E. A. Mahony Congratulated

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 25 January 1927 · page 3

At the Grafton Police Court yesterday morning, Mr. E. A. Mahony, the newly appointed Police Magistrate, was accorded a civic and professional welcome, on…

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Police Court Breaches of Motor Traffic Act

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 25 January 1927 · page 2

The majority of the cases listed to be dealt with at the Grafton Police Court yesterday morning were, for various reasons, adjourned, and only a few minor…

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Oh, Peter! Picturesque Sisters Brighten Toowoomba Police Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 25 January 1927 · page 3

Two sisters, former school teachers, who have been hitting the high spots since they inherited a fortune, appeared in the Toowoomba Police Court dock recently,…

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(Published by arrangement) Legal Murder

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 25 January 1927 · page 2

Robert Carry, in a special article for the New York "Evening World," draws attention to the fact that Government poisoning of alcohol known…

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Theft of Jewellery Taxi Driver Committed. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 25 January 1927 · page 5

At the Central Police Court, Charles McMillen, 32, taxi driver, was committed for trial on a charge of having stolen jewellery a handbag and £5 in money of…

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Royal Commission Alleged Murder of Natives Perth

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 25 January 1927 · page 5

The West Australian Government has decided to appoint a Royal Commission to inquire into the alleged murder and burning of several natives in the…

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'You Hound' Scene in Coroner's Court Irene Clarke's Death Dead Girl's Mother Gives Evidence. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 25 January 1927 · page 5

A verdict of death through shock and hemorrhage, following on an operation, was the verdict returned by the coroner at an inquiry into…

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'Lot of Savages' Melbourne Push Pest Police Magistrate Over-ruled by Justices

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 26 January 1927 · page 1

On New Year's night, the Melbourne police motor patrol subdued a fierce encounter which was in progress between rival pushes in Queen's Parade, Clifton…

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Taken to Maitland Gaol Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 26 January 1927 · page 5

Neville Harris, who, with William Brauner, was sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment for the Bondi outrage, was transferred to Maitland goal to-day…

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New Era Coy. Conspiracy Alleged Fair Methods of Police. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 26 January 1927 · page 5

The case in which Edward Stinson, 43, manager, David Wallis, 30, secretary, Owen Kelly, 42, and Samuel Butler, 34, are charged with having conspired to…

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Ten Years Gaol Man Guilty of Manslaughter. Perth

Daily Examiner · Thursday 27 January 1927 · page 5

John Samuel Gill, charged with the murder of his wife, Ethel Gill, at Donnybrook, was convicted of manslaughter of the grounds of provocation…

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Family Neglected Shocking Conditions Disclosed Parents Sent to Gaol

Daily Examiner · Thursday 27 January 1927 · page 1

There were shocking revelations of the neglect of a family at Carlton (Vic.) Court when Roch Timothy Buckley, 36 years, laborer, and Margaret Josephine…

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Prisoner's Buck Eyes Police Violence Alleged

Daily Examiner · Thursday 27 January 1927 · page 1

That the police used violence in extracting evidence from a prisoner was the suggestion in the cross-examination of Mr. W. J Kennedy when defending…

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