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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1893

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Northumberland Building Society. Re-arrangement Approved by the Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 23 May 1893 · page 8

MR. JUSTICE MANNING, in the Equity Court, sanctioned a compromise arrived at between depositors, creditors and shareholders in the Society, whose head-quarters are at…

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Grafton Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 27 May 1893 · page 5

ON TUESDAY, before the P.M. and Mr. E. P. Samson, J.P. The license of the Royal hotel was transferred from John Giese to Julius M'Ken…

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Remarkable Murder

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 30 May 1893 · page 8

ACCORDING to a Nashville (Tenn.) correspondent. Dr. Francois Fonteney—a wealthy medical practitioner who died recently—confessed that he had been guilty of the murder…

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Grafton Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 3 June 1893 · page 8

YESTERDAY before the P.M. Richard Thompson and H[?] De[?] stowaways on the City of Graf[?] were [?]£2[?] fourteen days imprisonment. Accused stated that they were unable…

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Grafton Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 3 June 1893 · page 3

ON TUESDAY, before Mr. W. Clarke, J.P. Richard Gillett was charged with stealing from the dwelling of Thomas Smith, of Swan Creek, 11b. packet Billy tea, 12[?]bs. flour, 20[?]bs…

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Macl[?]an Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 3 June 1893 · page 8

ON Thursday, before the P.M. William Rowles was charged by Mary Wallace with [?]ly removing the whole of his furniture, to [?]ade the payment of [?] from a house in Ma[?]an…

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Bankruptcy Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 3 June 1893 · page 3

On Wednesday, before Mr. W. Clarke, J.P. In the estate of George R. Powell, of Tynedale, butcher, a single meeting. Mr. M'Guren appeared for bankrupt, who stated that he…

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Grafton Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 6 June 1893 · page 4

YESTERDAY before the P.M. Edmund Hattersley and Charley, a South Sen Islander, on remand deemed to be insane, were, on the recommendation of Drs. Houison…

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Grafton Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 10 June 1893 · page 3

ON Tuesday, before the P.M. and Mr. L. Jacobs, J.P. Edward Manning, John Manning, Stephen Manning, Richard Coulter, Henry Coulter,…

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Grafton Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 10 June 1893 · page 4

AN individual from South Grafton, deemed to be insane, was remanded for eight days for medical treatment. The patient, according to his own statement, came from Byron…

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The Police Force

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 13 June 1893 · page 8

A CORRESPONDENT writes:—"I see by your last issue that one of the constables has been injured while engaged with four others— constables also[?] I pres[?] — in cutting…

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Supreme Court and Trust Accounts

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 13 June 1893 · page 5

AN interesting point occupied the brief attention of Mr. Justice Owen in Equity last week. Mr. Edmunds appeared in the matter of the United Gold-mining Company and the…

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Maclean Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 17 June 1893 · page 4

ON Thursday, before the P.M., William Rowles, was summoned by Mrs. Wallace's agent with removing furniture from a house in Maclean clandestinely, in order to evade…

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Grafton Police Court. I

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 20 June 1893 · page 5

YESTERDAY, before the P.M. Patrick Beglecy was charged with cruelly illtreating a horse, and was cautioned and discharged…

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Marriage in a Scotch Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 20 June 1893 · page 3

A STRIKING and curious instance of the simplicity of the Scottish laws relating to marriage is reported to have been given in Glasgow Southern…

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Grafton Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 24 June 1893 · page 3

ON Tuesday, before the P.M. John Hem[?]ingway v. David Meldrum, insulting language, which defendant denied, and the case was dismissed, complainant…

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Grafton Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 24 June 1893 · page 4

ON Thursday, before the the P.M. An individual deemed to he insane was, on the evidence of Dr. Houison, remanded for eight days…

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Warden's Court at Dalmorton

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 24 June 1893 · page 8

Mr. WARDEN CLARKE held a court at Dalmorton on Tuesday, when the following cases were dealt with. N. Cleary v. L. Biddulph, £21 15s for work…

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Grafton Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 27 June 1893 · page 4

ON Friday, before Mr. L. Jacobs. Peter Dokkedel, for hawking jewellery without a license, was fined £2. Yesterday, before the P.M…

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Grafton Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 1 July 1893 · page 4

YESTERDAY, before the P.M. Frank Nelson, on remand, was charged with while in the capacity of letter-carrier at the South Golfton Post-office, stealing two letters, the property of the…

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