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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1895

166 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 1 of 9

Maclean Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 5 January 1895 · page 4

ON Thursday. before the.P.M. and Mr. A. H. Garven, J.P. Charles Brdgeham, for being drunk and disorderly at Yamba on the 22nd December,…

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Grafton Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 5 January 1895 · page 4

YESTERDAY before the P.M. and Mr. Jacobs, Hawkers licenses were granted to Shack Solomon, J. Wingfield and L. F. Durrington. Richard Everingharu was summoned for…

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Grafton Small Debts Court. YESTERDAY, before the P.M.

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 8 January 1895 · page 4

F. Hughes v. P. Collins, claim of £5 for goods sold. Plaintiff nonsuited. F. Norrie v. Janies Williams, £9 6s Od dishonored p.n. Postponed till next court…

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Grafton Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 12 January 1895 · page 5

ON Thursday before Mr. L. Jacobs, J.P…

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Grafton Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 12 January 1895 · page 3

ON Tuesday, before the P.M. and Mr. L. Jacobs, J.P…

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The New York Police. Astounding Revelations

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 12 January 1895 · page 2

As already stated in the Daily Telegraph, Mr. Byrnes, the chief of the New York police, has resigned his position in consequence of the…

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Grafton Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 19 January 1895 · page 3

ON Tuesday before the P.M. Alfred Foreman was charged with stealing a quantity of maize the property of J. J. Duggan. Mr. Readett appeared for…

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Grafton Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 19 January 1895 · page 5

ON THURSDAY before Mr. L. Jacobs, J.P. An individual, on remand, deemed to be insane was, on the medical recommendation, discharged…

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Bankruptcy Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 19 January 1895 · page 8

ON Wednesday, before the District. Registrar In the estate of Wm. Bailey, of the Coldstream, timber-getter, a single meeting Bankrupt stated that he filed a true…

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Grafton Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 22 January 1895 · page 5

YESTERDAY, before the P.M., An aboriginal named Davy Cowling and his gin were each fined 10s or 7 days imprisonment for being drunk and disorderly…

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Grafton Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 26 January 1895 · page 3

ON Tuesday, before the P.M. Charles Kent pleaded guilty to using indecent language at Grafton on 18th instant, and was fined 10s with 4s 10d costs of court,…

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Grafton Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 2 February 1895 · page 4

ON Thursday, before Mr. L. Jacobs, J.P., an individual deemed to be insane was remanded for eight days for treatment. Yesterday, before, the P.M…

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Grafton Police Court. on Tuesday, before Mr. L. Jacobs. J.P.

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 2 February 1895 · page 3

William Roach, for drunkenness, was fined 5s. Patrick Manning was charged with behaving in a riotous manner in Pound-street…

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Bankruptcy Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 2 February 1895 · page 8

THE adjourned examination in the estate of D. Coyle, late of Yamba, was held before the District Registrar at Maclean on Wednesday. Mr. M'Guren appeared on behalf…

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Grafton Police Court. Yesterday, before the P.M.

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 5 February 1895 · page 5

James Hamborough, allas Ward, was charged with disobeying a summons and discharged, having been locked up since Saturday…

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The Cootamundra Murder

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 5 February 1895 · page 5

THE local paper gives details of this horrible occurrence. The victim's body was found in the town reservoir, weighted with huge stones 961b. in weight, but this precaution did…

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Grafton Police Court. on Tuesday, before the P.M.

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 9 February 1895 · page 3

Thomas Gaffan, sen., was summoned for trespassing on the enclosed lands of W. A. B. Greaves, at Newbold. Defendant admitted the trespass, but stated that he had used a…

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Maclean Small Debts Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 9 February 1895 · page 5

THURSDAY, before the Police Magistrate. John Read v. John Murphy (Alumny Creek),[claim of £5 16s 8d for goods supplied. Verdict for amount, with 7s costs…

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Grafton Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 16 February 1895 · page 5

YESTERDAY, before the P.M. and Mr. L. Jacobs, J.P. Donald Stewart Cameron was summoned by E. C. Alexander, of the Court-house…

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Grafton Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 16 February 1895 · page 3

ON Tuesday, before the P.M. John Burns v. Frederick Barnier, claim of £14 12s 6d for wages. Mr. Everingham appeared for defendant. Complainant…

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