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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1929

1,576 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 58 of 79

Five Years Gaol Griffith Bank Robbery Young Man Sentenced. Goulburn

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 September 1929 · page 5

At the Quarter Sessions Graham Rice, a young man, was sentenced to five years penal servitude for having broken into and entered the Commercial Bank of Australia…

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Concert at the Gaol

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 September 1929 · page 4

A very enjoyable and much appreciated concert, organised by Mrs. C. W. Sabine, was tendered the prisoners at the Grafton Gaol on Saturday afternoon last. The…

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Stealing of Clothes Remanded for Sentence

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 September 1929 · page 3

Roy Lands, alias Norman Brady, and Bart James, alias Ernest McDonald, came before the Police Magistrate, Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, P.M., at the Grafton Court of…

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Assault on Chinese Cabinetmaker. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 September 1929 · page 4

William Henry Phillips and Harold Tarleton each 20 years of age, were convicted at the Darlinghurst Sessions to- day, on charges of assaulting and…

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Annual Police Social

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 September 1929 · page 4

The annual social of the Grafton branch of the Police Association of New South Wales has been postponed from Saturday, October 12, to Saturday, October 19. It…

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'Do Your Duty' Father To French Jury Son Guilty of Murder Remarkable Case in France. Paris

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 September 1929 · page 5

"Gentlemen of the jury, perform your duty. I demand the death penalty for my boy," said a rugged woodcutter, at the trial of two lads,…

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Butcher Sentenced Twelve Months for Importing Opium. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 September 1929 · page 5

Ronald Nicholson, 44, butcher, was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment at the Central Court to-day for having imported into Australia nine tins, of…

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Dorrigo Police Court FRIDAY, 13th SEPTEMBER (Before Mr. Carr-Boyd, P.m.) Traffic Cases

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 20 September 1929 · page 3

The police proceeded against Emanuel R. Epps, of Sydney, charging him with failing to leave his motor car close to and parallel with the…

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Herbalist Ordered to Refund Money "Charlatan,'' Sats Magistrate. Forbes

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 September 1929 · page 4

Joseph Mazar, Indian herbalist, was ordered by the local magistrate to-day to return to a woman sums of £5 and £77, which she paid him to cure her crippled…

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Manly Assault Case Wounded Man in Critical Condition. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 September 1929 · page 7

Reginald Wallace, 34, renovator, and Frederick Gordon, 20, clerk, were remanded at the Manly police court today, on charges of having maliciously…

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Tittering Women Sordid Case in Goulburn Court Goulburn

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 September 1929 · page 7

When a number of women in the gallery at the Quarter Sessions commenced to titter at certain evidence in a sordid case before the court to-day, Judge Goyle…

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Don't Butt in Knife Victim to Police Fight at Woolloomooloo. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 September 1929 · page 7

John McPherson, 29, laborer, was found staggering about the footpath, in Cathedral street, Woolloomooloo, last night, with blood streaming from a severe gash…

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Gang Member Sentenced. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 September 1929 · page 4

William Henry Phillips and Harold Tarleton, each 20 years of age, were sentenced to 18 months' and three years' imprisonment, respectively, for having…

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Alleged Assault Upon Aged Man So-called "Grey Shadow" Committed. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 September 1929 · page 5

Joseph Ryan. 29, motor driver, was committed for trial at the Central Police Court to-day, on a charge of having assaulted and robbed James Stewart, aged…

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'Silence Is Golden' ­Alleged Breaking And Entering Six Young Men Charged Case for Trial at Quarter Sessions

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 September 1929 · page 4

Murray Sanderson (21), Eric Connelly (23), Roy Lovett (23), John Viney (19), Patrick Stewart (18), and Frederick John Morton (19), appeared on remand, at the…

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Grafton Police Court

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 September 1929 · page 4

In the Grafton Police Court on Saturday morning, before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, P.M., James Wright, 39, was sentenced 14 days' imprisonment, with hard labor…

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Gaol and the Lash W.A. Criminal Assault Case. Perth

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 September 1929 · page 5

The Court of Criminal Appeal unanimously dismissed the appeals of Reginald Thompson, 21, and Charles Baker, 21, who had been sentenced to ten and five years'…

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Police Action Defended

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 September 1929 · page 4

At a crowded public meeting at Guyra motions were carried defending the efficiency of the local police, consequent upon charges made in a recent alleged…

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Witness Carried Into Court

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 September 1929 · page 4

There was a sensational turn in the Mungindi alleged cattle stealing case on Wednesday morning when the com plainant, James Barney, was brought from the…

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Woman in Shop Held Up by Armed Man Police Arrest Man. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 September 1929 · page 1

An armed man entered a shop, kept by MRS. Emma Watt, at East Hills, last night, and ordered her to hand over all the money. The woman called for assistance,…

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