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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1928

1,819 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 64 of 91

District Court Nugent V. Betteridge New Trial Refused

Daily Examiner · Saturday 25 August 1928 · page 6

At the sitting of the Grafton District Court yesterday, before his Honor Judge Mocatta, Mr. R. J. Browning applied for a new trial in connection with the…

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Roth Divorce Case Counsel Addressing Court Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 25 August 1928 · page 5

Counsel's addresses were entered upon when the Roth divorce suit was continued to-day, and they had not been completed when the court adjourned until Monday…

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Country Police Increased Allowances Sought Chief Secretary Interviewed. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 25 August 1928 · page 5

The Chief Secretary, Mr. Bruntnell, had a conversation to-day with the President of the Police Association, Mr. Chinner, and the secretary, Mr. Fortescue, on the…

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Castigated Private Detective Rebuked Evidence in Divorce Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 25 August 1928 · page 5

William Michael Ryan, private inquiry agent, was severely castigated by Judge Halse Rogers after he had given evidence in which Hazel Winifred Carpenter asked…

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Riotous Behaviour Harwood Incident 'Trying to Break Up Dance' Maclean Court Cases

Daily Examiner · Saturday 25 August 1928 · page 8

At the Maclean Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, before Mr. E. A. Mahony, P. M., James Gillespie, who did not appear, was charged with riotous behaviour…

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Chong Gow's Death Accused Before the Court. Application for Bail Refused. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 25 August 1928 · page 5

At the Central Court to-day, Ernest Percival Trapman, 20, and Amelia Frances Trapman, 27, were charged with the murder of Percy Chong Gow, at Marrickville,…

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News of the World Woman Spy Sentenced. Berlin

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 August 1928 · page 5

Matilde Siebeneek, 50, was sentenced to two and a half years' imprisonment for espionage on behalf of France during the last four years. Sie[?]eneek was a German…

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Gaol Breakers Ten Prisoners Shot Dead. Havana

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 August 1928 · page 5

When 14 prisoners attempted to break out of gaol at the Federal prison on the Isle of Pines, 10 were shot dead…

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Surprised by Police Supposed Burglars Thwarted. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 August 1928 · page 4

The police who had received information that an attempt was to be made to break into the home of Norman Falkin[?]r, a well-known pastoralist, at South…

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'Had a Row' Queensland Tragedy Man on Murder Charge. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 August 1928 · page 5

The hearing was continued at St. George Police Court to-day of the charge of wilful murder of George Littler preferred against William E. Stuart…

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Murder Charge Two Sisters Shot Dead Youth Arrested Marrickville Shop Crime Accused Denies Guilt. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 August 1928 · page 5

AN 18-YEAR-OLD YOUTH, JOHN PATRICK REYNOLDS, LABORER, RESIDING AT EARLWOOD, WAS CHARGED AT MARRICKVILLE…

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Grafton Police Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 August 1928 · page 4

Before Mr. E. A. Mahony, P.M., in the Grafton Police Court yesterday morning Eric James Ferguson, a young man, pleaded guilty to a charge of having…

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"Lack of Courtesy" Magistrate to Crown. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 August 1928 · page 5

When the case against James Wilson, who is charged under the Secret Commissions Act with having corruptly received money in connection with the supply of…

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Five Wounds Head and Throat St. George Murder Case. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 August 1928 · page 5

Further evidence was heard in the St. George Police Court to-day in the case against. Edwin Stuart for the wilful murder of George Little…

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Double Murder Accused Youth Remanded No Application for Bail. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 August 1928 · page 5

At the Central Police Court to-day John. Patrick Reynolds, laborer, 18, was remanded until September 3 on a charge of having feloniously and maliciously slain…

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"Police" Raid Bogus Policemen Take Bottle of Whisky. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 August 1928 · page 5

Two men who claimed to be policemen raided Penny's restaurant, Darlinghurst, last night. They told the proprietress hey had been sent by the department…

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ARBITRATION The Federal Court EXTRA 3 Allowance Judge Lukin Disapproves Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 August 1928 · page 5

In the Federal Arbitration Court, during the hearing of the plaint of the Saddlery, Skin and Tanning Employees' .Trades Federation, Mr. W. Alcock, for certain…

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Assaulting Police Watersiders Convicted Gaol Without Option Magistrate's Warning

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 29 August 1928 · page 7

"I intend taking the same attitude bore as I did when I was at Innisfail. Any man who assaults the police iii the execution of their duty will never get a fine…

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Police Concert

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 29 August 1928 · page 4

Tickets for the police concert, which is to be held at the Saraton Theatre to-morrow night, are in considerable demand, a fact which indicates that the public is…

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Shoplifting Man Sent to Gaol. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 29 August 1928 · page 4

At the Central Court to-day, the Magistrate, in sentencing John Lee Thomas, 32, laborer, to two months' imprisonment, with hard labor, for having stolen…

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