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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1928

1,819 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 16 of 91

Paris Tragedy Body On Canal Bank Melbourne Native Murder and Robbery Suspected Paris

Daily Examiner · Friday 2 March 1928 · page 5

George Owens, who was recently found dead on a canal bank in Paris, was a native of Melbourne, reputedly a member of a wealthy Australian…

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Not Guilty Wife On Murder Charge Husband Shot Dead Tragedy at Inverell. Tamworth

Daily Examiner · Friday 2 March 1928 · page 5

The trial of Mrs. Ellen Hoey, of Inverell, on a charge of having murdered her husband, Norman Clifford Hoey, shearing contractor, commenced…

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Maclean Police Court a Night Intruder Sentenced to Imprisonment

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 March 1928 · page 4

Before Messrs. S. A. J. Small and L. A. Macdonald, Js.P., on Friday last, Charles Kuhn, aged 27, was charged that on March 1, 1928, he was found in the…

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The Darkan Murder Educated Englishman Charged. Perth

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 March 1928 · page 5

Ivy Lewis, aged 12, the victim of the brutal murder at Darkan, 150 miles from Perth, was buried yesterday. The business of the town was suspended and the entire…

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Marrickville Assault. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 March 1928 · page 4

George Frederick Matthews, aged 17, who was convicted of hitting girl on the head with a loaded stick, in an attempt to steal the money of her employer…

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Police Chiefs Confer

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 March 1928 · page 4

With the idea of obtaining as much uniformity as possible, and with the object of fighting crime, the annual assembly of the Commissioners of Police…

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Coatless in Court

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 March 1928 · page 8

When a young man, a defendant in a case, appeared in the Bathurst Police Court without a coat, Mr. Seobie, S.M., regarded him severely. "Haven't you…

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The Police Force Allowances in Country Areas. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 March 1928 · page 5

The president of the Police Association and the secretary will interview the Chief Secretary next Monday and request him to increase the living allowances in…

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Assault Case Postponed

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 March 1928 · page 4

The trial of Stephen Maurice Plover, who was committed at the Casino Police Court recently on a charge of allegedly inflicting grievous bodily harm on Amy…

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Police Praised

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 March 1928 · page 4

During the course of his summing up in the trial of Cyril Thompson at the sitting of the Supreme Court at Tamworth, His Honor, Mr. Justice James paid a frank…

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Asleep in Court

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 March 1928 · page 4

The atmosphere in the Courthouse, especially when the cases are dull, is conducive to sleep, and this was no exception on Friday during the sitting of the…

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Tweed Heads Robbery Three Young Men Sent to Gaol

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 March 1928 · page 3

At the Tweed Heads Police Court on Friday, three young men, Clive Cecil, Walsh (21), George Edward Walsh (18), and Albert Bruce Roberts (19) appeared…

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Robbery and Receiving Husband and Wife Charged. Hobart

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 March 1928 · page 5

At the City Court to-day Eric Sinclair Wylie was charged with housebreaking, and his wife, Olive, was charged with receiving goods valued at £200…

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Flat Tragedy Struggle and Shot Man on Murder Charge. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 March 1928 · page 5

At the reappearance of the bookmaker's clerk, Stewart, who Was arrested on a charge of the murder of the man Webb in a London flat, the prosecutor at…

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Hit Police Car Motor Cyclist Killed. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 March 1928 · page 5

James Richard Maloney, 41, was killed and Reginald Golding, 35, had his right thigh fractured when a motor cycle collided with a police wireless patrol car at…

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False Pretences. Grafton Man in Court When a "Certainty" Lost

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 March 1928 · page 3

When Pagan Chief was beaten by half a head in a race at Strathpine, Brisbane, on September 28, John Joseph Gillett, a farmer, of Grafton, who was on a holiday…

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Police Court Traffic Breaches Coldstream Farmer Fined

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 March 1928 · page 2

A traffic ease of some interest was heard before M. E. A. Mahony, P.M., yesterday at the Grafton Court, when William W. Fuller pleaded not guilty to…

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Wife's Ordeal Husband--Daughter Dead Murder and Suicide Sad Story in Coroner's Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 March 1928 · page 5

An inquest was held to-day concerning the death of Elaine Green, aged nine. The girl was reported missing. The police found her body with a deep…

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Local and General. Coffs Police Station

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 6 March 1928 · page 2

Matters appear to be moving satisfactorily towards the removal of Coffs police station to a more central and convenient position…

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Diamond Robbery Letter Puts Police on Trail. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 March 1928 · page 5

A suspect was arrested yesterday by detectives, who are engaged on the £500 diamond robbery from Louis Wilks, of St. Kilda, on February 13. The police…

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