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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1927

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Murder Charge Two Brothers Fight One Dies in Hospital Arrest of the Other. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 27 January 1927 · page 4

A tragic quarrel between two brothers to-night led to the death of one and the arrest of the other on a charge of murder…

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Murder Charge Victim's Brother in Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 28 January 1927 · page 5

At Ashfield Police Court to day, Albert Feltham, 24, laborer, was charged with felon[?]ously and maliciously murdering Sydney Feltham, his brother. Accused…

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Bigamy Ex-policeman Sentenced Arrested at Melbourne. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 28 January 1927 · page 5

A former Bradford policeman named John Henry Tyers, 28, who bigamously married Miss Rosy Bennett, following a courtship on his beat in Bermuda in…

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Murder Charge Frenchman for Trial Question of Bail. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 28 January 1927 · page 5

The City Coroner to-day committed for trial Pierre Mousset, cook, on a charge of the murder of George Francis Dunne, 15, who was shot at Darlinghurst…

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Judge to Union Must Choose One Court. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Friday 28 January 1927 · page 5

Judge Beeby, when dealing with the application of the Federated Liquor and Allied Trade Employees' Union of Australia, for a variation of the award in…

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£5 for Stealing 8d

Daily Examiner · Monday 31 January 1927 · page 4

For stealing 8d. from Richard Oswald May' at South Brisbane,on January 25, Michael Joseph Barton (22), laborer, was fined £5 by Mr. Hishon, P.M., or in…

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Verbal Duel London Libel Action Gladstone's Morals Tense Moments in Crowded Court. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 31 January 1927 · page 5

Mr. Justice Avery's court was crowded again to-day by celebrities, who listened, fascinated, to the verbal duel, hour after hour, between Mr…

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Again on Soap Box I.W.W. Who Served 10 Years' Gaol. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 February 1927 · page 5

Charles Reeve, who was released from Bathurst gaol last November, after serving 10 years' sentence in connection with the I.W.W. conspiracy in 1916, addressed,…

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Death Cheated Police Were Too Quick Determined Attempt at Suicide. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 February 1927 · page 5

A determined attempt at suicide was made by a man at Annandale to-night. He shut himself in a room, and his continued absence so abarmed his friends…

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Burglary at Lismore Gramophone Records Stolen. Lismore

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 February 1927 · page 7

A burglary occurred at W. J. Dunnet's fancy goods shop in the main street during the night. Fifty gramophone records, valued at £15, were taken…

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U. S. POLICE 'Their Ways Not Ours' Australian Detective Abroad Murder a Day in Chicago. London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 February 1927 · page 5

"Their ways are not ours," sums up the conclusion of Detective Piggott, of Melbourne, on American police methods…

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Man with Rifle Kept Police at Bay "I'll Riddle the Lot of You." Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 February 1927 · page 5

Armed with a Winchester rifle, a man kept a party of police at bay for about half an hour, in Fairfield, last night. Eventually the police divided into two…

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"Watched Girl Drown" Sequel in Police Court Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 February 1927 · page 5

Geoffrey and Leonard Musgrave, who were charged at Windsor Police Court, with having occasioned bodily harm to A. J. Mulball, were found guilty of…

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Trapped by Mimic Supposed Telephone Pest Police Court Sequel. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 February 1927 · page 5

By mimicing a woman, a telephone mechanic held a man in conversation on a public telephone at the Central Station last night, until police arrived at the…

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Darlinghurst Gaol Technical School Accommodation. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 February 1927 · page 7

The Minister for Justice, Mr. McKell, to-day informed the Minister for Education, Mr. Mutch, that his department would be willing to transfer the whole…

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Mother's Death Son on Murder Charge. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 February 1927 · page 5

At the trial at Edinburgh of John Donald Metters, 19 of New Zealand, charged with the murder of his mother a statement said to have been made by…

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Houses Raided Police Seize Silk Goods. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 February 1927 · page 5

Detectives to-day raided some houses at Waverley and seized a large quantity of silk goods. They also arrested a male employee of a well-known shop and three…

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£1000 Bail Dance Room Tragedy Coroner Returns Murder Verdict. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 February 1927 · page 5

An inquest was held at Werris Creek yesterday concerning the death of Cyril Hope Honess, who was fatally stabbed during a dance at Currabubula on…

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Evidence of Wives Incident at Burwood Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 February 1927 · page 5

When Edward Smythe was charged at the Burwood Court to-day with having caused grievous bodily harm to his wife, Elsie Smythe, counsel for the accused…

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Ex Mayor's Black Eye Two Men Before Court Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 February 1927 · page 5

Arthur James Reynolds and Harry Holmes. were each fined £1, with costs, in default, a month's imprisonment, at Hunter's Hill Police Court, on a charge…

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