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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1928

1,819 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 36 of 91

After the Party Man Fined for Assault Inmates of House Held Up. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 May 1928 · page 4

There was a sequel to a sensational hold up of inmates of a house at, Peakhurst yesterday when at the Central Court to-day James Quinn, 42,…

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£2000 Murder Reward 'False Evidence Invited' Bernard Shaw's Letter. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 May 1928 · page 5

Mr. Goodman Roberts, in the House of Commons, drew attention to a letter in the press by Bernard Shaw, dealing with the Browne and Kennedy murder case…

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Performing Rights Reference to High Court Mr. Latham's Promise

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 May 1928 · page 7

Shire and municipal councils of the State are indebted to Mr. Y. C. Thompson, M.H.R, for drawing the attention of the Federal Attorney-General to the recent…

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Stealing From Telephone Box. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 May 1928 · page 5

Constable Field, while walking along the Parramatta road at Petersham last night, noticed one of two men emptying the contents of a telephone coin…

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Alleged Assault Charge Dismissed Suggestion of Perjury

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 May 1928 · page 3

Before Mr. E. A. Mahony, P.M., in the Grafton Police Court yesterday morning, Raymond Bevan proceeded against Thomas Nott on a charge of unlawful assault on…

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£1600 Involved Alleged Theft of Commonwealth Bonds. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 May 1928 · page 5

At the Central Police Court to-day, Sydney Edmund Smith Anson, aged 28. a clerk, was remanded on a charge of having stolen Commomwealth Treasury…

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Charge of Car Stealing Constable Fires Four Shots. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 May 1928 · page 5

At the Central Police Court to-day Elwyn Cox, aged 19, was charged with having, on April 23, stolen a motor car valued at £325, the property of Henry…

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V.C. Man in Trouble Assault on Publican. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 May 1928 · page 5

At the Liverpool Police Court, William Jackson, salesman, who won the Victoria Cross at Armentieres and the distinguished conduct medal at Gallipoli,…

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Police Eluded Wanted Man's Escape. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 May 1928 · page 5

A house at Petersham, where it was believed the man named Ernest Coffey, who disappeared while bathing at Bondi, was in hiding, Avas surrounded, by a…

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Lighting Hyde Park Forty-five Police on Doty Place for "Innocent Flirtations." London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 May 1928 · page 5

In the House of Commons, Sir W. Joynson Hicks said the average number of police on duty in Hyde Park was 45, and their approximate cost £25,000 a year…

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Police Search Supposed Assault on Child. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 May 1928 · page 2

The police are searching for little girl who is reported to have been the victim of an attempted assault at North Sydney on May 7. A man and woman saw the…

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Naval Men Sentenced Communism in French Navy. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 May 1928 · page 5

One petty officer arid six seamen of the French Navy were sentenced by court martial to terms ranging from 13 months to five years, for attempting to form…

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Prince Carol Strong Police Guard. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 May 1928 · page 5

Pince Carol is improving, though he will be in bed for a few days. There is a strong police guard outside his mansion, and callers are closely questioned…

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Seized by Police Unemployed Demonstrators Banner. Perth

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 May 1928 · page 5

A Demonstration of about 100 unemployed enrried a banner bearing the words, "Collier keeps his home Area burning while the unemployed are out in the cold."…

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S.P. Betting Sydney Police Campaign Arrests in Shops and Streets. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 May 1928 · page 2

The police campaign against alleged S.P. shops commenced in earnest to-day, when a series of raids were made in various suburbs…

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Arbitrator Court Summons Fremantle Lumpers and the Clan Murray. Fremantle

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 May 1928 · page 5

A summons was served to-day on the secretary of the Waterside Workers Federation to appears in the Commonwealth Arbitration Court, Melbourne, on May…

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Theft From Steamer

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 May 1928 · page 4

William Glover, on remand, appeared in the Tweed Heads Police Court, before Mr. W. H. D. Sutherland, P.M., on a charge of having stolen goods and…

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'You'll Carry Me' Woman Suspect To Police Cattle Stealing Charge Handcuffed and Chained to Fence. Rylstone

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 May 1928 · page 5

An extraordinary story was told at Rylstone court to-day, when Elizabeth Hickman, a married woman, was charged with having stolen five head…

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Maclean Police Court Breach of Licensing Law "Tired of Corned Beef and Damper."

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 May 1928 · page 6

The adjourned case against Henry Edward Foster, of Yamba Hotel, Yamba, on a charge of being a licensee of premises on which a person was found during…

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Habitual Criminal Horse Stealing Case Accused Remanded for Sentence

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 May 1928 · page 7

Donald Fraser McPherson, alias Donald Henty, described by the police as a habitual criminal, released on license, was charged before Mr. E. A. Mahony, P.M.,…

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