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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1928

1,819 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 18 of 91

Youth Girl Ran Away From Home Slept on River Bank Court Case Ends in Wedding. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 March 1928 · page 5

A story of human interest was told at Bunvood court to-day, when Harold Bartlett, is, was charged with having abducted Olive Mary Rowan|…

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Ulmarra Police Court Motor Prosecutions

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 March 1928 · page 8

At the Ulmarra Court of Petty Sessions on Wednesday the following cases were heard before Mr. E. A. Mahony, P.M.:-- The police proceeded against Frank E…

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Daylight Assault Sydney Visitor Battered. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 March 1928 · page 4

In broad daylight, and in a fairly busy street, five men battered an elderly man, a visitor to the city, into insensibility. They were in the act of searching his…

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Coffs Police Station

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 9 March 1928 · page 2

We understand that the proposal to have Coffs police Station removed to a better position has reached definite…

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Darlinighurst Outrage Fifth Man Charged. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 March 1928 · page 5

Leslie James Heath, 35, broker, the fifth man arrested in connection with the alleged assault on Ada Davis Maddocks, at Darlinghurst, on Monday, appeared at…

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Murder in Victoria Man Arrested Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 9 March 1928 · page 2

Victorian detectives last night arrested a man in connection with the brutal murder of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Clements at Bulumwaal last…

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Murder Suspected Man Found Dead in Hut. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 March 1928 · page 5

Henry Dun more, 69, widower, was found shot dead last night outside his hut at Sailor Falls, where he lived alone. A single-barrelled gun with a discharged…

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Murder! Help! Woman with Razor Sensation at Darlinghurst. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 March 1928 · page 4

Screaming "Murder--help--come quick'' a woman raced along a street in Darlinghurst last night, in pursuit of a man whom she was threatening with a razor…

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Double Murder Gold Buyer and Wife Heads Battered with Hammer. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 March 1928 · page 5

The fearfully battered bodies of Richard Clements, 64, a storekeeper and gold buyer, and his wife Catherine Clements, 62, were found at their home at…

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Riots in Cairo Students and Police Many Injured London, Thursday Night

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 9 March 1928 · page 2

Serious student riots which occurred in Cairo resulted in thirty being injured, also eight police whom the striking students stoned from the…

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Prisoner on Parole Police Sergeant Shot Perth Hotel Sensation. Perth

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 March 1928 · page 4

A sensational shooting affray occurred at the Brisbane Hotel, Perth, yesterday, when Sergeant Alexander Mark was shot in the abdomen, allegedly by Edward…

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Tax Case Govt's £266,805 Claim Judgment Refused Sensation in High Court. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 March 1928 · page 5

In the High Court to-day Mr. Justice Starke refused to give judgment in the case in which the Commonwealth Government claimed £266,805…

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Attempted Suicide Greek in the River Case at Maclean Police Court

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 March 1928 · page 2

Before Mr. E. A. Mahony, P.M., at the Maclean Police Court, on Thursday last, Nickos Charalampon Chominidis, of Greek nationality, was charged that at Maclean,…

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Alleged Theft Town Clerk In Trouble South Grafton Council Money Case Part Heard

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 March 1928 · page 7

Yesterday afternoon, at the Grafton Police Court, before Mr. E. A. Manony, P.M., Alexander Jack Young, erstw[?] Town Clerk to the Municipality of South…

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Wounded' Police Sergeant Dying Depositions Taken. Perth

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 March 1928 · page 5

No hope is held out for the recovery of Sergeant Marks, who was wounded in the shooting affray at the Brisbane Hotel yesterday. His dying depositions have…

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Egyptian Unrest Serious Student Riots Police Stoned. 'Cairo

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 March 1928 · page 5

Serious student riots resulted in 30 being injured, also eight members of the police force, whom 1500 striking students stoned from a Wafd building in which…

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French Murder Case a Grim Theory Body of Unknown Man Used. Paris

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 March 1928 · page 5

A startling theory, grimly reminiscent of Edgar Allan Poe, was advanced in the Gaston Truphene murder case. It is now suggested that Truphene, who…

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Excited Stepmother Attacks Prisoner Creates Scene in Court. Auckland

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 March 1928 · page 4

There was an exciting scene in the Hamilton .Police Court, when James Corrin, who was charged with having assaulted a girl of 14,. was attacked by the…

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Sydney's Underworld Police Force Inadequate Mr. W. A. Holman Gives Evidence. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 March 1928 · page 5

Giving evidence before the Constitution Commission to-day, Mr. W. A. Holman, K.C., said the police force in the metropolitan area, was inadequate. Owing…

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Parson's Double Life The Griggs' Murder Trial Council's Address to the Jury Where Did The Poison Come From? Jury Locked Up for Night Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 March 1928 · page 5

Another large' crowd attended the Sale Circuit" Court to-day to hear counsels' addresses in the concluding stages of the trial of Ronald Greeves Griggs, on a…

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