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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1928

1,819 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 32 of 91

Society People Charged with Indecency. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 April 1928 · page 5

At the Marlborough Street Police Court, Sir Leo Money and Irene Savage were charged with indecency. They were remanded…

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Cooks Defy Court. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 April 1928 · page 5

Though ordered back, to work by Chief Judge Dethridge the cooks declined to volunteer for employment yesterday when the Huddart Parker Company made the…

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Contempt of Court Melbourne Solicitor Fined £10. MELBOURNE

Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 April 1928 · page 5

In the Criminal Court, W. D. Manchester, solicitor, was fined £10 for contempt of court, in having left the precincts of court after a jury had retired without…

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Magistrate's Compassion Paid Fine He Imposed

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 27 April 1928 · page 2

At the Urunga police court on Easter Monday morning one of the members of the unemployed brigade, sent from Sydney by the Government…

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Sequel to Police Raid

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 April 1928 · page 4

The sequel to a police raid in Lismore was heard in the police court on Monday, when Yee Wah, a Chinese, was charged with having kept a common…

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Union Secretary Charged Alleged Breaches of Crimes Act. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 April 1928 · page 5

When the case against H. Carrigan, For breaches of the Crimes Act, was resumed to-day, several witnesses for the prosecution were called to give evidence of…

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Murder Charge Shooting Fatality Near Wyalong Quarrel in Railway Camp. West Wyalong

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 April 1928 · page 4

Norman Cook, 35, died in hospital yesterday, as a result of gunshot wounds in the stomach, arms and legs, received, it is alleged, during an altercation in a…

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Essex Murder Two Men On Trial Who Fired Fatal Shot? Revolver Expert in Box. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 April 1928 · page 5

The trial of Browne and Kennedy, charged with the murder of Constable Gutteridge, was continued to-day. Mrs. Browne followed Browne, in the…

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Public Protest Priest in Court Mr. Justice Jambs' Remarks. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 April 1928 · page 4

Rev. Father O'Gorman publicly protested at Maitland Circuit Court against the remarks made by Mr. Justice James, on the subject of legalising abortion…

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'BECKETT'S' Sale Of 240 Shares Lismore Newsagent's Claim Case in Equity Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 April 1928 · page 5

In the Equity Court to-day before Mr. Justice Long Innes, William James Dunnet made application for removal of his name from the share…

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A Magistrate's Compassion

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 April 1928 · page 4

At the Urunga Police Court on Easter Monday morning one of the members of the unemployed brigade, sent from Sydney by the Government to work in the State…

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Alleged Theft of Dinner Ale

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 April 1928 · page 4

Three young men, Leonard Carter (23), William Leslie Darcy (26) and Charles Henry Jansen, were charged before Mr. J. Doughan, J.P., at the Grafton Police…

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No New Trial Tamworth Murder Case. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 April 1928 · page 5

The High Court to-day refused the application of Cyril Mathew Thompson, horse trainer, who was sentenced to death at Tamworth for the murder of Frederick…

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CLIMAX London Murder Case Kennedy Accuses Browne His Story of Shooting. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 April 1928 · page 5

The climax of the case in which Browne and Kennedy are being tried for the murder of Constable Gutteridge, who was shot through the…

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Drug Parties at Surry Hills House Allegations in Court Case. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 April 1928 · page 5

The case in which Raymond Neil, 24, Ernest Thomas, 28, and Alfred Messenger, 27, are charged with having assaulted and robbed Josephine Naughton on the night…

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Wife Charged Murder Husband. Darwin

Daily Examiner · Monday 30 April 1928 · page 1

Mrs. Harry Hill was charged to-day with having murdered her husband, and was remanded until Wednesday. The charge is only a formal one…

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Boy Admits Theft Novel Court Judgment. Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Monday 30 April 1928 · page 5

A boy who pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing, was ordered into the custody of his father for 12'months. The court ordered that he should go…

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Murder of Police Sergeant Death Sentence Commuted. Perth

Daily Examiner · Monday 30 April 1928 · page 3

Cabinet to-day commuted to imprisonment for life the sentence of death passed on Edward Nicholas Kelly, 52 for the wilful murder of Police Sergeant…

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'GUILTY' Browne And Kennedy Murder of Constable Both Sentenced to Death Sensational Trial Ends. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 30 April 1928 · page 5

BROWNE AND KENNEDY WERE FOUND GUILTY OF THE MURDER OF CONSTABLE GUTTERIDGE AND BOTH WERE SENTENCED…

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Police Transfers

Daily Examiner · Monday 30 April 1928 · page 4

The following transfers are reported at the office of the District Superintendent of Police (Grafton Police Distrirt):--Sergeant J. J. B. McGrath, from Bingara to…

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