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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1900

405 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 16 of 21

Police Courts

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 9 October 1900 · page 4

At Grafton yesterday, before the P.M. Patrick M'Namarra, jun., for using obscene language in Wharf-street, was fined 40s or one month. The P.M. warned defendant…

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Warden's Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 9 October 1900 · page 4

Yesterday, before Mr. Warden Fitzhardinge. Charles B. Roden applied for a gold dredging lease of 50 acres in parishes Grange and Pucka, above Jane Laycock's portion 61, to…

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Maclean Police Court

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 12 October 1900 · page 4

YESTERDAY, the P.M. and Messrs. D. See, D. Shearer and F. Schwonberg, Js.P. Justin Doyle (aboriginal) was charged with indecent languago on the 6th instant. Mr…

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Grafton Police Court

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 12 October 1900 · page 4

ON Monday, before the P.M. Patrick M'Namara, jun., pleaded guilty to using obscene language in Wharf-street, South Grafton, on…

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Alleged Assault with Intent

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 12 October 1900 · page 4

Thomas Goorgo Goode was charged with having, on the 3th October, at Maclean, unlawfully assault, Stella Goode, a girl over 10 and under 14 years of age, to wit, 13 years and 8 months,…

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Warden's Court

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 12 October 1900 · page 4

ON Monday last the District Warden, Mr. M. H. Fitzhardinge, held an inquiry into Charles Benjamin Roden's application for measured portion g.l. of…

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Licensing Court

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 12 October 1900 · page 4

The quarterly Licensing Court was held before the P.M. and Messrs. D. See and D. Shearer, L.Ms. A booth licence was granted to L. Daniels for a hotel booth for the Maclean Spring Show…

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Small Debts Court

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 12 October 1900 · page 4

Charles Davis v. Samuel North, claim of 5s for a pig. It appeared from the evidence that the pig was sold for 5s on the understanding that it was a good one. Defendant did not see the pig till three…

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Maclean Land Court

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 12 October 1900 · page 4

A Land Court was held at Maclean on Wednesday, before Messrs. A. J. Park (chairman), and W. J. Hawthorne. The following applications were dealt with :—…

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Grafton Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 13 October 1900 · page 2

On Tuesday, before the P.M. Robert Cardwell, deemed to be insane was, on certificates by Drs. Smith and Kearney, ordered to be forwarded to the Hospital for the Insane at…

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Police Courts

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 13 October 1900 · page 8

At Grafton yesterday before the P.M. and Mr. L. Jacobs, J.P. John Selman, for alleged larceny as a bailee, was, on the application of the police,…

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Grafton Police Court

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 15 October 1900 · page 2

ON Friday, before the P.M. and Mr. L. Jacobe J.P. John Selman was charged with larceny as a bailee of a horse, saddle and bridle, the…

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Grafton Circuit Court

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 15 October 1900 · page 3

THE Circuit Court opens at Grafton to-morrow, before his Honor Mr Acting-Justice Barton, with Mr Moriarty as Crown Prosecutor. The following criminal cases are set…

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The Breelong Blacks. Encounter with the Police a Constable and Jimmy Governor Wounded. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 15 October 1900 · page 3

A TELEGRAM from the Hastings this afternoon gives particulars of an encounter between the police and the fugitive Breelong blacks this morning. The…

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Police Courts

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 16 October 1900 · page 5

At Grafton, on Saturday, before Mr. L. Jacobs, A first offender for drunkenness at South Grafton the night previous was cautioned…

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The Aboriginal Murderers. Encounter with the Police

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 16 October 1900 · page 2

CONSTABLE Harris, of Ashfield, was watching in Barney Doherty's hut, near Yatras, on Friday, from 10.30 with a black tracker, for the Breelong blacks. About 3 o'clock the lessee of the farm…

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Alleged Stealing

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 19 October 1900 · page 4

Alexander Henderson, on bail, was charged with that he did, at Buccarumbi, on the 26th June last, steal two sow pigs, the property of Sydney Adams. Jury—C. Reeves, G. Collett, W. A. Harvey, J…

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Licensing Court

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 19 October 1900 · page 4

ON Monday, before the P.M. and Mr W. J. Hawthorne. The license of the Miners' Arms Hotel, Lower Bucca, was transferred from Thomas…

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Crick in Court

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 19 October 1900 · page 5

"WORKER" says : For some time the WORKER has felt inclined to turn up its sleeves in order to deal with some of the very extraordinary doings of the Hon. W. P. Crick in the law courts of…

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Circuit Court. First Day--tuesday

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 19 October 1900 · page 4

THE Circuit Court opened at Grafton on Tuesday morning last before his Honor, Mr. Acting-Justice Barton. Mr. J. Moriarty acted as Crown Prosecutor, and was…

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