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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1928

1,819 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 25 of 91

Liquor Ring Chicago Residents Charged. Chicago

Daily Examiner · Friday 30 March 1928 · page 5

An alderman and nine others have been indicted by the Federal Grand Jury on charges of operating in £1,000,000 alcohol ring which has been flooding Chicago…

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Clerk Sentenced Twelve Months Imprisonment Manslaughter of Wife. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 30 March 1928 · page 5

Alexander Whittaker, clerk, who was convicted at the Central Criminal Court yesterday for manslaughter of his wife was brought up for sentence to-day…

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Traffic Court Reform

Daily Examiner · Friday 30 March 1928 · page 6

With the great increase in the number of traffic court cases, says the. N.R.M.A., there is urgent need for reform of the court's procedure. This is particularly…

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Three Years Gaol Man Guilty of Manslaughter. Perth

Daily Examiner · Friday 30 March 1928 · page 5

The trial concluded at Perth Criminal Court, of Edward Minorgan, charged with the murder of John Hyland, at Murraroola Well…

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Court Martial Royal Oak Inquiry. Gibraltar

Daily Examiner · Friday 30 March 1928 · page 5

Rear Admiral Townsend will preside at the Royal Oak court martial, opening on March 31. Dewar and Daniel cancelled their rooms at the Bristol Hotel, where…

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Finger Prints Clements Murder Case Parcels of Notes Further Evidence at Inquest. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 30 March 1928 · page 4

The inquiry into the deaths of Mr. and Mrs. Clements, who were found battered to death at their home at Bulumwaal, was continued to-day…

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P,s, Conference Court of Appeal Advocated. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 30 March 1928 · page 5

When the Public Service Association Conference resumed to day a number of addresses were delivered in favour of a court of appeal for which it was declared…

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Schoolgirl Outrage Goulburn Man Detained 'Saw Girl Crying' Alleged Statement to Police. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 30 March 1928 · page 5

The police at Goulburn to day closely questioned a man in connection with the recent outrage on a girl at Chester Hill…

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Theft of £2011

Daily Examiner · Saturday 31 March 1928 · page 4

At the quarterly sessions or the Supreme Court at Cairns (Q.) Thomas Joseph Carmody, formerly shire clerk of the Douglas Shire Council, pleaded guilty to…

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Tamworth Murder Convicted Man Appeals. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 31 March 1928 · page 5

Cyril Matthews Thompson, who was convicted at the Tamworth Circuit Court of the murder of Frederick Thorley, and who was sentenced to death, appealed to…

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Royal Oak Court-martial. Gibraltar

Daily Examiner · Saturday 31 March 1928 · page 5

Owing to an alteration in the charge, of which 24 hours' notice is required, the court-martial concerning the Royal Oak has been postponed, and it will open on…

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Retired Sergeant T. J Brown Esteemed Police Officer

Daily Examiner · Saturday 31 March 1928 · page 7

The estimation in which Sergeant T. J. Brown, who has retired from the service of the police force, is held by his fellow officers was manifested yesterday…

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Mitcham Murder Kleinert Found Not Guilty Frantically Kissed by Female Relatives. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 31 March 1928 · page 6

The jury, after an hour's retirement, returned a verdict that Ernest Ambrose Kleinert, 20, was not guilty of the murder of Mrs. Iolene Sampson, at Mitcham…

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Release of Notorious Criminals. Protest by W. A. Police Union. Perth

Daily Examiner · Saturday 31 March 1928 · page 6

The Western Australian Police Union protested to the Minister for Justice against the action of the Indeterminate Sentences Board in releasing notorious…

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Sefton Park Outrage Shirtless Man Held by Police. Articles Found in Abandoned Hut. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 31 March 1928 · page 5

A message from Coolac this morning states that a man answering the description of the alleged perpetrator of the Sefton Park outrage was held by the…

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Chester Hill Assault Waiting for Victim to Recover. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 April 1928 · page 5

The man who was arrested at Gundngal in connection with the Chester Hill assault case was brought to Sydney to-day. He told the detectives that on the day…

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Sensational Story Alleged Assault on Girl Women Pursue Assailant. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 April 1928 · page 5

A fifteen-year-old. girl living at Redfern told the police a sensational story to-day. She said she was alone in the house yesterday afternoon when a man knocked at…

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Bellingen District Court Damages Claimed for Lost Use of Eye

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 April 1928 · page 4

At the Bellingen District Court last week, before Judge Mocatta, W. T. Blacker, of Grafton, laborer, took action against Leslie Leader Waters, butcher of…

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Cattle Restrictions Appeal to High Court. Breach of Constitution Alleged. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 April 1928 · page 5

Argument was concluded, in the High Court of Australia in the appeal by George Nelson, drover of Kempsey, from the judgement of Mr. Justice Gordon,…

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Court Martial Royal Oak Incident Admiral and Officers Alleged Insubordinate Letter. Gibraltar

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 April 1928 · page 5

The new charge against Commander Daniel is that he did publicly read, in the Royal Oak's wardroom, from a document certain remarks and criticisms of…

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