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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1883

165 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 9 of 9

Friday, December 14. (Before the Police Magiatrate, and E. M. Ryan, J.P.)

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 15 December 1883 · page 8

Two men, Thomas Pinkerty and William Davis, two stow-aways by the steamers City of Grafton and Australian, were fined 40s each, or 14 days in goal. John Jones, on remand, charged with having a…

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Grafton Police Court. Wednesday, December 19. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 22 December 1883 · page 8

Frank Ramsay, who had been admonished and discharged the previous day for drunkenness, was again brought before the Court, and was fined 20s, of in default of payment, 7 days in goal…

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Grafton Police Court. Tuesday, December 18

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 22 December 1883 · page 3

(Before Messrs. P. W. [?] E. M. Ryan, B. Lodge, and S. [?] J.'sP.) James Howard, charged with offending agaisnt decency, was ordered to pay a fine of 20s, or in…

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Colonial and Intercolonial News. Threatening a Magistrate

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 22 December 1883 · page 6

Mr BARRY, solicitor, applied last week, to Mr Justice Windeyer, in Chambers, to admit to bail William Hicks, medical [?], now a confine in the Port Macquarie Gaol, awaiting his trial on the charge of…

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Graf[?]n Police Court. Monday, December 24. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 29 December 1883 · page 4

Joseph Preston, charged with being drunk and disorderly, was fined £2, or in default 7 days in gaol. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27. (Before Mr M. Maurice, J.P.)…

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