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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1890

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Grafton Land Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 8 March 1890 · page 4

A SITTING of the Land Board was held on Wednesday. The following cases were disposed of by Messrs. F. Trollope (chairman) and T. Page. John Brennan, c.l., 200 acres, Sherwood…

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Grafton Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 15 March 1890 · page 5

ON TUESDAY, before Mr. W. Clarke. A first offender, for drunkenness, was cautioned and discharged. James Reed, for riotous behaviour, was fined 5s…

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THE Clarence and Richmond Examiner. [ESTABLISHED 1859] Saturday Morning, March 15Th, 1890. The Land Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 15 March 1890 · page 8

THE Land Court constituted under the Land Act of 1889 duly inaugurated its proceedings on Monday week last. Of the members of the Court nothing but commendation of their fitness for the position…

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Lawrence Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 18 March 1890 · page 2

ON 13th March, before Mr. Shields, J.P. Francis Leary, for indecent exposure, was lined 20s. For using obsceno language, 50s; also ordered to pay 10s for damage to Government property…

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Grafton Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 18 March 1890 · page 2

TO-DAY, before Messrs. Clarke and Laycock. A first offender for drunkenness was cautioned and discharged. Before the P.M…

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Grafton Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 22 March 1890 · page 8

ON WEDNESDAY, before Messrs. Clarke and O'Keeffe A first offender for drunkenness was cautioned and discharged. George Thomas Cramp was charged with stealing…

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Maclean Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 22 March 1890 · page 8

ON THURSDAY, before the P.M. C. Thue Von Bentzen was again brought before the court by James Anderson, for the value of the gun alleged to have been bought for the sum of £2…

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Bankruptcy Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 22 March 1890 · page 8

ON WEDNESDAY, before the District Registrar. In the estate of James Filewood, tinsmith, Ramornie, a single meeting. Bankrupt accounted for his failure through want of employment at his…

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Grafton Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 25 March 1890 · page 2

YESTERDAY, before Mr. W. Charke. Ah Been was charged with cruelly and malicicusly wounding a horse, the property of James M'Namarra…

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Grafton Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 29 March 1890 · page 4

YESTERDAY, before the P.M. Frank Stanford, a constable of the police force, was charged with having on the 14th February been guilty of neglect of duty by allowing a…

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Grafton Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 29 March 1890 · page 3

ON TUESDAY, before Mr. Clarke, J.P. Tommy, an aboriginal, for being drank, was cautioned and discharged. William Parker v. Kate Devoy, insulting language…

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Maclean Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 29 March 1890 · page 4

ON Monday, before Mr. D. See, J.P. Patrick Grant was remanded to Grafton Gaol for eight days to undergo medical treatment, on the ground of being deemed insane…

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Bankruptcy Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 29 March 1890 · page 3

ON WEDNESDAY, before the District Registrar. In the estate of Hormann Pade, of Beanambee Creek, sugar manufacturer, a single meeting. He accounted for bankruptcy through the…

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Grafton Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 1 April 1890 · page 2

YESTERDAY, before the P.M. A first offender (a woman) for drunkenness was cautioned and discharged. Patrick Grant, on remand from the Maclean…

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Grafton Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 5 April 1890 · page 3

ON TUESDAY, before the P.M. and Mr. E. P. Samson, J.P. The case against Frank Stanford, a constable of the police force, charged with permitting Tommy…

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Grafton Police Court. The Tommy Ryan Escape

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 5 April 1890 · page 4

ON THURSDAY, before Messrs. Clarke and Ryan. Frank Stanford, one of the police force, was charged with permitting Tommy Ryan to escape from custody while under escort from Coombadjha…

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Bankruptcy Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 5 April 1890 · page 3

IN the Bankruptcy Court Sydney, on Wednesday week, before his Honor Mr. Justice Manning. CERTIFICATE APPLICATION. Re Robert Henry Hewitt. This was an adjourned…

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Bankruptcy Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 5 April 1890 · page 3

ON WEDNESDAY, before the District Registrar. In the estate of Thomas S. Swindells, of Grafton, a single meeting. Bankrupt accounted for failure through depression in business, want of…

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Grafton Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 8 April 1890 · page 3

ON SATURDAY, before Messrs. Clarke and Jacobs. An individual on remand supposed to be of unsound mind, was after hearing the evidence of Senior Constable Cowie remanded to gaol for eight…

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Maclean Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 8 April 1890 · page 3

ON Thursday, before the P.M., and Mr. A. H. Garven. The following persons were fined under the Public Instruction Act:—M. Landrigan, 2s 6d;…

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