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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1873

134 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 7 of 7

Grafton Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 25 November 1873 · page 2

BEFORE the Police Magistrate. DETAINING A HOUSE. Lawremce M'Kenna appeared before the Court upon summons, issued at the instance of Benjamin Bell,…

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Grafton Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 2 December 1873 · page 2

BEFORE the Police Magistrate. ABSCONDING. John Stilsby was brought before the Court, in custody, churged with absconding from the hired…

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Grafton Police Court. Monday, November 24Th

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 2 December 1873 · page 4

BEFORE the Police Magistrate and Mr. E. M. Ryan, J.P. STEALING A SADDLE. Michael Day was brought before the Court, in…

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Lawrence Police Court. Saturday, 8Th November

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 2 December 1873 · page 2

BEFORE Mr. S. G. Davison, J.P. ABSCONDING. Michael Murphy was brought before the Court, in custody, having been arrested by senior-constable…

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Small Debts Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 2 December 1873 · page 2

BEFORE the Police Magistrate, Messrs Joseph Page F. W. Chapman, J. F. Wilcox, E. M. Ryan, and T. Fisher, J.P.'s. JAMES DEVLIN V. L. H. [?]OTTISNGEN…

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Central Criminal Court, Sydney

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 2 December 1873 · page 6

BEFORE his Honor Sir James Martin, Knight, C.J. THE ORANGE-ROAD MURDER. The trial of Henry Vincent Jarvis, for the murder of James Moggeridge on the Orange-road, on the…

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Lawrence Small Debts Court. Tuesday, November 26Th

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 2 December 1873 · page 2

Before Captain Sinclair, P.M. and Mr. S. G. Davison, J P. ANN DAVISON V J. G. SMITH. A claim of £2 1s. for store goods supplied to…

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Sale of Crown Lands. at This Court House Grafton

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 2 December 1873 · page 6

A SALE of Crown lands will be held at the Court House, Grafton, on Friday, the 19th day of Decembar, 1873, when the following lots will be offered:—COUNTRY Lors—Portions 48 to 52 inclusive,…

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Grafton Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 9 December 1873 · page 4

BEFORE the Police Magistrate. OBSCENE LANGUAGE. Thomas M'Grath, was brought before the Court, charged with milking use af obscene language, and…

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Grafton Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 9 December 1873 · page 2

BEFORE the Police Magistrate, and Mr. E. M. Ryan, J.P. LARCENY AS A BAILER. Professor Simoon Abrohnms, was broughbefore…

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Grafton Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 16 December 1873 · page 2

BEFORE the Police Magistrate, Messrs. E. M. Ryan, F. W. Chapman, and J. F. Wilcox, J.P.'s. PUBLICAN'S LICENSE. William Charles Matthews applied for a license for the British…

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Horrible Murder

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 16 December 1873 · page 6

A DRE[?]FUL MURDER was committed at Bolaro, near Cooma, on Friday night last. A man named William Piety, while asleep, had his skull split open with an axe and head nearly severed from his body. His body…

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Maitland Quarter Session Thursday. (From the Maitland Mercury.) BEFORE Mr. District Court Judge Simpson. RIOT, &c

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 16 December 1873 · page 4

Andrew Loder, Thomas Dowe, and Benjamin Barber appeared before the Court, on bail, charged with having, at Colley Creek, on the seventh day of October, 1873, together with divers other evil…

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Grafton Police Court. Thursday. Before the Police Magistrate. DRUNKENNESS

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 23 December 1873 · page 4

John Byrus, alias Dublin Jack, was brought before the Court, charged with drunkenness, and having pleaded guilty, was ordered to pay a line of 10s, or in default, three days' imprisonment in Grafton gaol…

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Terrible Occurrence at Panama— Two Persons Shot Dy the Police

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 23 December 1873 · page 6

GREAT political excitement had arisen at Panama. The Grand Hotel was on the afternoon of the 28th August the scene of the most revolting acts of bloodshed that has occurred in this city for many a day,…

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