The Murder Inquiry. Murphy's Confession. Verdict of Wilful Murder
ON Wednesday the accused, James Murphy, was brought before the Police Court and formally remanded to the Coroner's Court. CORONER'S INQUIRY…
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Courts & crime, 1900
405 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 3 of 21
Grafton Police Court
On Tuesday, before Messrs. L. Jacobs and T. Page, J'sP. Thomas Mawhinney was summoned by Charles' Walker with illegally detaining a…
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WINTON, FRIDAY.—A mysterious affair ooourred on Flinder's River, near Hughenden, on Monday night or during Tuesday morning. On Tuesday, a man named Fred. Wilson was found in bed with…
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The inquiry into the murder of the lad Cyrus M'Farlane was resumed on Wednesday, before Mr. J. A. Creagh (coroner) and a jury of 12. The lad…
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A mysterious affair occurred on the Flinders River, near Hughendon, on Monday night or during Tuesday morning. On Tuesday, a man named Wilson was found in bed with his brains…
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AT the Court on Wednesday, before the P.M. and Messrs. Jas. Chisholm and Jas. Northcott, Js.P., W. B. Browne obtained a verdict for £8 and 5s costs against Samuel M'Phee…
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YESTERDAY, the reserved decision of the Bench in the application by Frank Kempnich for an order for the restoration of timber seized by the Forester, heard before Messrs. D. See and G…
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T. Woods v. M. O'Connor.—Mr. Richards, on behalf of the plaintiff, who was not present, asked for the case to be continued till next court. This was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bellingen Police Court. Monday, February 26. Before the P.M. (Mr. Smith) and Mr. P. T. Matthews, J.P.
JOHN CONNELL was charged by Johanna Donohoe with having cruelly ill-treated certain cattle by setting two dogs to drive them, &c…
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At Grafton on Tuesday, before the P.M. Carn See v. Ram Sing and Bissan Sing, charges of assault. Mr. Lobban for complainant; Mr. M'Guren and Mr. Everingham…
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At the Grafton Police Court yesterday, before the P.M., Thomas Burton, for drunkenness, was fined 5s or 24 hours…
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THE days of holding the Police and Small Debts Court at Maclean have been altered from tho 1st and 3rd Thursdays of each month to the 2nd and lth Thursdays. The first court under the new…
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"Shaddo," or Thomas Patrick Dessaix, and Stephen Hampden May were found guilty at the Criminal Court yesterday on a charge of conspiracy, and the former sentenced to three…
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On Saturday, before the District Registrar. William Rowles, of Maclean, sued Phillip Bale, of South Woodburn, for the sum of £15 18s 2d, alleged to be due for wages in connection with…
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Yesterday, before the P.M., Samuel See v. Thos. M'Inerney, claim of £3 for rent. Verdict for amount and 3s costs. Edward O'Reilley v. Patrick O'Shea; claim of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bellingen Police Court. Monday, March 5. Before Messrs. H. A. Evans, E. Raymond, and R. Page, J.'s.P
JOHN McGEARY was charged with having assaulted Michael Rigney by pushing him into the river at North Beach, Raleigh, on January 7 last…
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As I fareshadowed in my last letter, Mr. Houston has been appointed a member of the Land Appeal Court, in the place of Mr. Freeman, who has retired in consequence of ill-health. His place on…
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On Tuesday, before the P.M., R. H. White v. C. V. Bauer, claim of £6s 15s for commission. Mr. Lobban for plaintiff, Mr. Bawden for defendant. The…
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ON Tuesday, before the P.M., James Anderson, on remand, charged with shooting at Robert Slone, was again remanded for eight days. Bail was refused…
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