Grafton Supreme Court. First Day—wednesday
THIS Court opened at 4.30 p.m., after the conclusion of the criminal business, Mr. Acting Justice Pring presiding. A COMMISSION CASE…
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Courts & crime, 1901
303 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 13 of 16
An Ingenious Theft
A firm of eigarette manufactures in Sydney were astonished a little while ago to find some of their manufactures being retailed in one or two shops in the city, although they had put none of the…
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At Grafton, on Wednesday, before Messrs. L. Jacobs and H. Maxted, J's.P. Patrick M'Kenna was charged with absconding from the indentured apprenticeship of William…
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This court opened on Tuesday, before Mr. Acting-Judge Pring. Mr. Lyons acted as Crown Prosecutor, and Mr, Gaden as associate…
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Bfore his Honor Acting-Justice Pring. CIVIL CAUSES. HINDMARSH AND DUNN V. JOHN HAMILTON. This was an action to recover commission on the…
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To say that the sudden death yesterday morning of Mr. John F. Kenyon, police magistrate for the Clarence district, came as a great shock to the community but…
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MR. JOHN F. KENYON, Police Magistrate of the Clarence district, died on Sunday morning at Grafton. Although looking well and strong, the deceased gentleman had not been well of late…
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IN passing sentence upon Blanch and M'Gregor for assaulting an old man named Fielding at Cowper, Mr. Acting Justice Pring said:—"The jury have given careful consideration to your…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Police Cell Incident
THE sharp detonation of a pistol shot emanating from a cell, and reverberating through the silent corridors of the Central Police Station, was responsible…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Grafton Police Court. ON Tuesday, before Messrs. L. Jacobs and J. J. Trent, Js.P
Two young fellows pleaded guilty to drunkenness. They were not creating any disturbance, so the police said. Both were strangers and first offenders, and were fined…
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IN the Assembly, Mr. Briner asked the Colonial Secretary- As Bowraville, the chief town of the Nambucca River and the centre of a large and growing district, is entitled to…
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At Grafton, on Tuesday, before Messrs. L. Jacobs and J. J. Trent, J's.P. Two first offenders, for drunkenness, were fined 5s each, or 24 hours incarceration…
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THE official papers in connection with a speech which Mr. N. C. O'Neill," P.M., is reported to have made at Bathurst on September 16 were laid on…
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ON Saturday, before Messrs. L. Jacobs, T. Page, and J. Trent, Js.P., Charles Ilg was charged, with stealing a cheque, the property of Thomas Martin…
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On Saturday, before Messrs. T. Page, Jacobs and Trent, J's.P. Two first offenders, for drunkenness, were each fined 5s or 24 hours…
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Yesterday, before Messrs. L. Jacobs and J. J. Trent, Js.P., Verdicts for plaintiffs were given in the following cases:—J. E. O'Keeffe v. Wm…
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Certain remarks made by Mr. N. C. O'Neill, P.M., at a Roman Catholic gathering at Bathurst recently, were brought under the notice of the Department of Justice…
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SOME days ago the police were informed that Kate Laffey, 14, had been missing from her mother's farm near Currabubula, a township 30 miles from Tamworth. On Sunday the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Tamworth Sensation. Mysterious Disappearance of a Girl. Body Found Three Feet Under Ground. the Girl's Mother Charged with Murder
QUITE a sensation was caused in Tamworth on Monday morning when the news was bruited abroad that the dead body of a girl had been discovered the previous day, buried…
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WITH all their anthropometrical, photographical, and categorical methods of identifying prisoners, the Parisian police (writes the DAILY TELEGRAPH'S London correspondent) have been…
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