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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1891

234 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 8 of 12

Grafton Small Debts Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 4 August 1891 · page 4

YESTERDAY, before the P.M. John Bale v. E. W. Graham and wife, claim of £5 18s 11d for goods sold. Verdict for amount, together with 8s 6d costs of court, and other…

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Maclean Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 8 August 1891 · page 8

ON THURSDAY, before the Police Magistrate, and Messrs. A. Rose and D. Shearer, J's. P. Jack Falconer and William Walsh were fined 1s each, and 7s 4d costs of court, for assaulting each…

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Grafton Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 8 August 1891 · page 3

ON TUESDAY, before the P.M. Robert Muirhead, on bail, charged with stealing a watch and chain, the proporty of one Gould. Sonior-sergeant M'Cormack stated that there was…

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The Grafton Gaol Competition

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 8 August 1891 · page 8

THE Builder (a Sydney trades journal) is partioularly severe on the designs sent in for the Grafton gaol. Regarding the stipulation that the designs should be executed in pencil only, it says—"We…

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Grafton Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 15 August 1891 · page 3

ON TUESDAY, before the P.M. John Leonard was summoned by his wife, Honora Leonard, who applied to have defendant bound over to keep the peace. Mr. M'Guren appeared for defendant…

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Ulmarra Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 15 August 1891 · page 8

ON Wednesday before Mr. M'Dougall, P.M. Ulmarra Municipal Council v. Edmund Napper, to recover £1 16s for arrears of rates. It appeared that at the time the rates were struck,…

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Grafton Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 15 August 1891 · page 5

ON Thursday, before Mr. W. Clarke, J.P. An individual, on remand from Maclean, deemed to be insane, was on the recommendation of Dr. Houison further remanded for eight days for medical…

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Warden's Court at Dalmorton

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 15 August 1891 · page 8

ON Tuesday, the District Warden, Mr. W. Clarke, J.P., held a court at Dalmorton, when the following business was transacted— A disputed right to a business site between Joseph…

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Grafton Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 22 August 1891 · page 5

ON THURSDAY, before Messrs. W. Clarke, J. O'Keeffe, and E. Hockey, J's.P. Angus Mackay, on remand, deemed to be insane was, after hearing the evidence of Drs. Houison and Campbell, ordered…

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Grafton Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 22 August 1891 · page 3

OM TUESDAY, before the P.M. and Mr. E. M. Ryan, J.P. A first offender for drunkenness was fined 5s. John J, Hough, licensee of the Exchange hotel Ulmarra, was summoned for permitting an unlawful game to be…

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Macleam Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 22 August 1891 · page 5

ON WEDNESDAY, before Mr. S. Macnaughtan, J.P. A first offender for drunkeuness was admonished and discharged. On Thursday, before the P.M., and Mr. A. Ross, J. P…

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Warden's Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 22 August 1891 · page 8

ON WEDNESDAY, before the District Warden. Samuel Kerry v. J. J. Driscoll, claim for wages at Little Dora, Mann River. This case was postponed from the last court at Dalmorton. There…

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Grafton Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 25 August 1891 · page 3

YESTERDAY, before the P.M. A first offender, for drunkenness was fined 5s. William Bain, for drunkenness, was fined 5s, and for wilfully damaging a pane of glass, the…

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Grafton Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 29 August 1891 · page 3

ON TUESDAY, before the P.M. and Mr. E. M.Ryan, J.P. William Thomas Hooker and John Thomas Tuck, captain and lieutenant of the Salvation Army, were…

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Grafton Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 29 August 1891 · page 5

YESTERDAY, before the P.M. A case for maintenance, previously postponed, was again, by the consent of both sides, further postponed for a month…

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Ulmarra Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 29 August 1891 · page 5

ON WEDNESDAY, before the P.M. School Attendance Officer v. Jeremiah Donohue, neglecting to send his son to school for the required number of days…

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Warden's Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 29 August 1891 · page 3

O[?] WEDNESDAY, before the District Warden, A. W. M'Donald, through his agent William Peter, mine manager, applied, on behalf of the Excelsior Goldmining syndicate, Dalmorton, for…

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Maclean Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 5 September 1891 · page 8

ON THURSDAY, before the P.M., and Mosers. A. Ross sud A. H. Garron, J's.P. George Payne, for neglooting to sond his child to school, was fined 5s…

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Grafton Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 5 September 1891 · page 3

ON Tuesday, before the P.M. An Indian was charged with assaulting Annie Williams, an Indian woman, at Grafton, on Saturday lost…

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Warden's Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 5 September 1891 · page 8

ON WEDNESDAY, before the District Warden. In the adjourned case re application for suspension of work by Thomas Thomas and party for four months, on gold leases 149 and 139, C. and R.,…

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