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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1928

1,819 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 39 of 91

Clerk for Trial Alleged Theft of Bonds. Money

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 May 1928 · page 7

At the Central Court, Sydney Edmund Anson, 28. clerk, was committed for trial on a charge at having stolen 16 Commonwealth Treasury bonds, valued at £1600,…

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Woman Fined £7 Indecent Language and Assault Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 May 1928 · page 5

At the Central Court, Carmen De Vere, 20, was fined £7, on charges of having used indecent language and having assaulted Constable Brennam. She was…

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Small Debts Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 May 1928 · page 4

At the Small Debts Court, yesterday morning, the secretary of the Grafton and South Grafton Water Board, Mr. W. C. Sheather, proceeded against Archibald…

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Doves in Divorce Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 May 1928 · page 4

During the hearing of a matrimonial trial at the Brisbane Supreme Court last Tuesday, whilst suffering humanity was declaiming upon the woes of. domestic…

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Three Months Gaol Stole From Shipping Co. Storeman's £1100 Bank Balance. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 May 1928 · page 5

At the Central Court to-day a sentence of three months imprisonment was imposed on Frank Watts, 57, storeman, on a charge of having stolen a quantity of…

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Mudgee Couple Divorce Court Proceedings. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 May 1928 · page 5

In the Divorce Court to-day, Francis Kirk asked for a dissolution of his marriage with his wife, Alice Kirk (formerly Fittler), to whom he was married at…

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Missed Train Accepted Lift In Car Nurse Driven Into Bush Story of Brutal Assault. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 May 1928 · page 5

A nursing sister of Wheatley Private Hospital, Crow's Nest, North Sydney, reported to the police that she had been brutally assaulted…

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Youth Hanged Murder of Little Girl Sent Letter to His Mother. Fremantle

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 May 1928 · page 5

John Milner, convicted of the murder of Ivy Lewis, aged 10, was hanged in Fremantle gaol at 8 a.m. to-day. Milner sent a letter to his mother in…

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£1799 in Cash Box Man Charged with Stealing. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 May 1928 · page 5

William Sullivan, 48, laborer, was charged at the Central Court to-day with having stolen a cash box containing £1799 the property of the Railway…

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Theft of Rings Man Committed for Trial. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 May 1928 · page 5

At the Central Court Frank Allen, 28 was committed for trial on a charge of having stolen four diamond rings valued at £60 the property of W. C. Taylor and…

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Betting at Epping Man Charged on 16 Counts. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 May 1928 · page 1

At the Glebe Police Court Sylvester O'Brien, 21, weaver, was charged, on 16 separate counts with theft.' It was alleged by the police prosecuton…

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Serbian Criminals 180 Years Imprisonment Sentenced to Death 58 Times. Vienna

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 May 1928 · page 5

Baja Omerovic and Ivan Makstimovie, two notorious Serbian criminals, were sentenced at Belgrade to be hanged 58 times and to imprisonment for 180 years…

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Woman's Death Man on Murder Charge. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 May 1928 · page 5

At the Glebe Court to-day, Charles Edward Bradney was charged with the murder of Clara Fox. Bradney, who was also charged with…

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Double Murder Man Arrested at Innisfail. Innisfail

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 May 1928 · page 5

Thomas Bulling, 38, woodcutter, a native of South Australia, has been arrested and charged with the wilful murder of the Chinese storekeeper, Chun Houng, who…

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Acute Cruelty Echo of Nero's Time Gaol Without the Option. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 May 1928 · page 4

At the Redfern Police Court, Arthur Sands was sentenced to three months imprisonment, without the option of a line, for cruelty to a eat…

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Nine Dead Madman with a Gun Wholesale Murder in Spain. Barcelona

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 May 1928 · page 5

An astounding case of wholesale murder has occurred in the province of Tarragona, Spain. Jose Marimon 26 enticed eight, children…

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Man in Bushes Seen Running Away Murder of Mrs. Wilson. Paris

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 May 1928 · page 5

As the outcome of an important statement obtained from a resident who says he saw a man running into the bushes near the scene of Mrs. Wilson's murder, the…

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Girl Missing Police Are Mystified Aeroplane Helps in Search. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 May 1928 · page 4

The police are mystified by the disappearance of a young woman, Stella Hulm, from her home at Double Bay…

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Railmen's Claim Federal Arbitration Court. No Jurisdiction Application Refused. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 May 1928 · page 7

In the Federal Arbitration Court Sir John Quick, Deputy President, expressed great, surprise which Mr. J. Cariolan, representatives of the Victorian Railway…

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Dangerous Cargo Trawlers Fish Up Bombs Arbitration Court Evidence. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 May 1928 · page 7

During the hearing of the claim of the Merchant. Service Guild for a new award in the Federal Arbitration Court, to-day, Captain C. R, Steward, Admiral of the…

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