Grafton Police Court
BEFORE His Worship Capt. SINCLAIR, P.M., Messrs. E. M. Ryan and J. M. Purves, J.P.'s. Rosina Ilg appeared before the Court, on summons, issued at the instancy of Rosina…
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Courts & crime, 1874
188 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 9 of 10
Dreadful Murder Near the Paterson
A SHOCKING murder appears to have been committed at Tocal, near the Paterson township, recently. On Saturday afternoon, about four o'clock, a man named Edwin Wil&s, in the employ of Mr. F. Reynolds, of Tocal, discovered the headless trunk of a…
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BEFORE the Police Magistrate. UNSOUND MIND. William Dawson was brought before the Court, having been given into the change of the gaoler, by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Water Police Court, Sydney Thursday, November 19Th. Assaulting a Vernon Boy
Before the "Water Police Magistrate and Mr Senior, J.P. Stephen Buchan was, on Wednesday, charged with having, on or about the 22nd…
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BEFORE His Worship Capt. SINCLAIR, P.M. One man, charged with drunkenness, pleaded guilty; it being his first offence, he was admonished and discharged…
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A man paid a fine of 5s. for being drunk, in preference to going to gaol for forty-eight hours. A certificate for an Auctioneer's District License was granted to Mr. Edmund Potts, of…
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BEFORE His Worship Capt. SINCLAIR, P.M. John Carter was brought before the Court, on remand, on the charge of bigamy, and further remanded till Friday next, for the attendance of…
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The Maitland Mercury of Thursday states that, in collocation with the dreadful murder brought to light last Saturday, at Tocal, near Paterson, certain circumstances have come to the knowledge of the…
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UP to the present time no clue whatever has been obtained as to who the murdered man is, though the police are making every exertion in their power. A number of blackfellows have…
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BEFORE Their Worships Capt. SINCLAIR, P.M., and Messrs. E. M. Ryan, and F. W. Chapman. TRANSFER OF LICENSE. The license formerly held by James Rogers,…
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A "disciple of Bacchus" was admonished and discharged, it being his first offence…
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BEFORE His Worship Captain Sinclair, P.M., Messrs. E. M. Ryan and F. W. Chapman, J.P.'s. JAMES DEVLIN V. WILLIAM CRAIG. There being no appearance of the plaintiff…
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THE mystery' which has enveloped this tragic deed, from its first discovery, still remains ; and, although every exertion has been made by the police to discover who the murdered man is, up…
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BEFORE, the Police Magistrate. DRUNKENNESS. Mathew Egan was brought before the Court, to answer a charge of drunkenness, and having pleaded…
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BEFORE the Police Magistrate, Messrs. E. M. Ryan, and P. W. Chapman, J.P.'s TRANSFER OF LICENSE. The license formerly held by James Hogers, for the…
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THE Government having offered a reward of £50 for information that will lead to the identification of the body of the aim lately found in Webber's Creek, Paterson, the…
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BEFORE the Police Magistrate, Messrs E. M. Ryan, and F. W. Chapman, J.P.'s. HENDERSON AND MANSFIELD V. J.L. VESPER. This was an action on dishonoured promissory…
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John Garter, on a charge of bigamy, was further remanded for the attendance of witnesses, till Friday next. Leopold Girard appeared before the Court,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Grafton Police Court. Tuesday. Before His Worship Captain Sinclair, P.M.
Arthur Devlin (an aboriginal), appeared before the Court, in custody, on suspicion of having assaulted and robbed James Appleby, of the Coldstream. After hearing the evidence of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Grafton Police Court. Friday. Before Messrs. T. Fisher, J. F. Wilcox, and A. Johnson, J.P.'s
John Carter appeared before the Court, on remand, charged with bigamy, and was further remanded till Monday, the 28th instant, bail allowed on his own recognizance in the sum of £20. Arthur Devlin appealed before the Court, on remand, charged…
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