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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1889

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Grafton District Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 19 November 1889 · page 2
Also in Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser

THIS Court was opened,yesterday morning, before His Honor Judge Murray. The members of the legal profession present were—Messrs. Browning and J. O'Ryan, barristers; and the local solicitors…

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Grafton Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 23 November 1889 · page 2

ON TUESDAY, before the P.M. and Mr. E. M. Ryan. John Morris and George Smith, stowaways on the City of Grafton on her last trip from Sydney, were each fined 20s, or 7 days' imprisonment…

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Maclean Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 23 November 1889 · page 5
Also in Clarence and Richmond Examiner

ON Thursday, before the P.M., and Mr. A. Ross. Patrick Ryan, for supplying liquor to Patrick Hinchey, while under a prohibition order, was fined £5 and 7s 4d costs, or one month in Grafton…

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Grafton Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 23 November 1889 · page 5
Also in Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser, Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser

YESTERDAY, before the P.M. Bungary, an aboriginal on remand, charged with unlawfully assaulting another aboriginal, was further remanded for eight days for the recovery…

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Retrogression in Animal Life. Open Court (U.s.a.)

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 23 November 1889 · page 9

WHEN we speak of the development of the animal and vegetable kingdom we are apt to think in the main, of an unbroken and continuous development which proceeds from lower to higher types. But…

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Retrogression in Animal Life. Open Court (U.s.a[?]

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 23 November 1889 · page 9

WHEN we speak of the development of the animal and vegetable kingdom we are apt to think in the main, of an unbroken and continuous development which proceeds from lower to higher types. But…

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Grafton District Court. Second Day—tuesday. John O'keeffe V. H. E. BYAN (continued.)

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 23 November 1889 · page 2

Claim of £144 12s 5d. A case of disputed accounts, each party disputing a number of items in the other's statement. Defendant pleaded that instead of his owing plaintiff anything, the latter…

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Grafton District Court. Second Daty—tuesday. John O'keeffe V. H. E. RYAN (continued.)

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 23 November 1889 · page 2

Claim of £144 12s 3d. A case of disputed accounts, each party disputing a number of items in the other's statement. Defendant pleaded that instead of his owing plaintiff anything, the latter…

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The Cleveland-street Murder

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 26 November 1889 · page 4
Also in Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser

Two men have been arrested for the murder perpetrated a few days ago in Cleveland-street. Whether they are the guilty parties it is not for me to say, but I may mention that they were…

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Woolgoolga Land Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 26 November 1889 · page 4
Also in Clarence and Richmond Examiner

AT a Land Board sitting held at Woolgoolga on Saturday, before Messrs. F. Trollope, J.P. (chairman), and T. Page, J.P., the following cases were dealt with—…

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Grafton Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 30 November 1889 · page 3

ON Tuesday, before the P.M. and Mr. E. M. Ryan. Council of Education v. G. Davies, claim of 17s 6d, school fees. Verdict for amount claimed without costs, to be paid within seven days, in default,…

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Grafton Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 30 November 1889 · page 5
Also in Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser, Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser

ON THURDAY, before Messrs. Clarke and S. Behan, J's.P. Jeremiah Buckley, for being drunk and isorderly, was fined 5S or 24 hours' imprisonment…

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