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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1929

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Police Court Maclean Sitting a Hotel Riot

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 1

Yesterday morning, at Maclean Police Court, Mr. E. A. Mahony, P.M., dealt with several cases arising out of a disturbance at the Commercial Hotel, Maclean, on the…

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'I Will Get You' Violent Prisoner Vile Language in Court Fierce Struggle with Police. Inverell

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 5

When Maurice Gill, 20, was charged at Inverell Police Court with having shot at Stanley Hallam, at Bonshaw, with intent to murder, he used vile…

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JOHN B. Parker Escapee From Sydney Gaol Coming Back From Bordeaux. Bordeaux

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 5

The Australian, John Brendon Parker, who was arrested on October 26, on the arrival of the Mosella, in accordance with a request from the British…

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Gaol---no Bail Motorists In Spain Dictator Issues Decree Effect Has Been Magical. Madrid

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 5

A stroke of De Rivera's pen made Spain a pedestrians' paradise, a decrees enforcing the immediate arrest of any motorist knocking down a…

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RETIRING Supt. W. R. Walker Police Force Valedictory an Honorable Record

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 4

Last evening a striking tribute was paid to the honor and esteem in which Police-Superintendent W. R. Walker is held by the members of the force, when…

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Perth Bank Clerk Charged with Theft of £595 PERTH

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 January 1929 · page 5

Aubrey Carl Holt, 30, was committed for trial on a charge of having stolen £595 from the William street branch of the Bank of New South Wales, Perth, where…

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Ulmarra Police Court Claim for Damages

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 January 1929 · page 6

At the courthouse, Ulmarra, on Wednesday last, the following small debts cases were heard, before Mr. E. A. Mahony; P.M…

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Rappville Police Station

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 January 1929 · page 4

Mr. A. J. Pollack, M.L.A., has received the following letters from the Police Department, Sydney:—"With reference to representations made by you on the 7th…

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Prisoner's Insolence Offensive Remark to Magistrate Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 January 1929 · page 5

When Eric [?]ton was sentenced to two years' imprisonment at Camperdown, on a charge of housebreaking, he remarked: "You might as well get a rope…

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Dramatic Trial London Hyde Park Murder References to Film Acting. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 January 1929 · page 5

There was a dramatic trial at the Old Bailey to-day. Robert Williams, aged 28, carpenter, was tried in December for cutting the throat of a housemaid in…

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Sunbury Court S.A. High Council Supreme Leadership General's Retirement Suggested. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 January 1929 · page 5

The third meeting at Sunbury Court commenced with strict secrecy. Though General's Booth's letter to which yesterday's communique…

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Faithful Service a Unique Record Father and Son on Pension Police Superintendents W. R. AND A. B. WALKER

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 January 1929 · page 8

The retirement of Superintendent W. R. Walker, who for over two years has been in charge of the North Coast police district, with headquarters at Grafton,…

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Workers' Bookstall Visited by Police Officer. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 January 1929 · page 5

A police officer visited the recently established Workers' Co-operative Bookstall in Sussex street. He questioned the manager regarding his relations with the…

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Missing Man Body In Locked Garage Mystery Murder Scotland Yard Investigating. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 January 1929 · page 5

Scotland Yard is investigating a mystery murder. Vivian Messiter, 55, of Southampton, manager of an American oil…

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Murder Alleged Shooting Of Chinese Gulargambone Tragedy Har Ching for Trial. Gulargambone

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 January 1929 · page 5

Remarkable evidence was given at the inquest concerning the death of Charlie Lee Len, who was found in a Chinese garden at Gulargambone, on…

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Straying Stock Safeguarding Street Plots Police Court Prosecutions

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 January 1929 · page 3

Several prosecutions were conducted in the Grafton Police Court yesterday morning, before Mr. E. A. Mahony, P.M., by the City Council inspector, Mr. J. Duncan,…

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London Murder Police Can't Find Bullet Murderer Covers Up Tracks. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 January 1929 · page 5

Scotland Yard is now satisfied that Vivian Messiter was murdered in the garage, while bending over his ear. An extraordinary feature is the…

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Cheque for £50 Charge of Stealing. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 January 1929 · page 5

At the Central Court to-day, George Cunningham, 33, clerk, was charged with having stolen a cheque drawn on the Commonwealth Bank for £50, the property of…

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Rule of the Road Motor Driver Charged

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 January 1929 · page 3

Charged with having driven a motor car in victoria street, Grafton, on December 4 without keeping as near as practicable to the footpath on the left side,…

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Nine Months Gaol for Carrying Unregistered Pistol. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 January 1929 · page 4

When Richard Free, 34, who was with two other men, noticed the police coming in his direction in a street in Malvern, he took a loaded pistol from his pocket…

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