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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1902

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Maclean Courts. Police Court

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 9 May 1902 · page 5

ON Wednesday, before Mr. S. Macnaughtan, J.P. William J. Egan was fined 5s or 24 hours for drunkenness and 10s pr three days for using profane language…

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Revision Court

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 9 May 1902 · page 5

YESTERDAY, before the P.M., the quarterly electoral list was revised and two names added…

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Bellingen District Court

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 9 May 1902 · page 5

THE regular sitting of this Court was held on Monday last, before Judge Heydon, The legal profession present comprised—Messrs. R. Browning…

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Grafton Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 10 May 1902 · page 6

On Tuesday, before the P.M. and Mr. P. Clarence, J.P. An elderly woman, on remand, deemed to bc insane, was further…

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Police Courts

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 10 May 1902 · page 4

At Grafton, yesterday, before Messrs. C. Sanders and H. C. T. Maxted, J's P., Walter Kinsley and John Halliday were each fined 5s and 4s 10d costs for riotous…

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Alleged Serious, Assault. Sydney, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 12 May 1902 · page 1

It is reported that a serious asssult was attempted in a railway carriage between Dapto and Wollongong on Thursday night, the victim being an…

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Sentenced to Eighteen Months. Sydney, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 12 May 1902 · page 1

William Crealey, who violently assaulted three members of. the police force at the butchers' picnic at Chowder, was sentenced to six months' hard…

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Ulmarra Police Court

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 16 May 1902 · page 4

ON Wednesday before the P.M., Messrs. G.Briley and J. Northoott, Js.P., the postponed cases of O'Keeffe v. Constable Allen and the police v. O' Keeffe, came on for…

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Grafton Police Court

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 16 May 1902 · page 4

ON Tuesday before the P.M. and Mr. C, Sanders, J.P., a first offender for drunkenness was fined Is. P. Deady and J. Kane for riotous behaviour were each fines 10s…

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Grafton Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 17 May 1902 · page 2

An Tuesday, before the P.M. and Mr. C. Sanders, J.P. A first offender, for drunkenness, was fined 1s or the rising…

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Police Courts

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 17 May 1902 · page 5

At Grafton yesterday, before the P.M. Elizabeth M. Berkenshaw summoned Henry Gordon Layton for the maintenance of an illegitimate child. Mr. M'Guren for…

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Grafton Police Court

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 19 May 1902 · page 1

On Friday before the P.M. Elizabeth Burkenshaw sued Henry Layton, not of North Grafton, for the support of her illegitimate child, Mr. M'Guren for complainant,…

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Grafton Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 20 May 1902 · page 5

On Saturday, before the P.M. and Mr. C. Sanders, J.P., James Murphy, a labourer, of South Grafton, was fined 20s or seven days for being…

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

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 23 May 1902 · page 5

J. Y. Cooper proceeded against Madge Board for refusing to perform work aa a hired servant. Mr. Clarke for prosecutor. Accused did not appear. From the evidence of prosecutor, It…

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Small Debts Court

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 23 May 1902 · page 5

The executive of the Maclean Lodge of M.U. Oddfellows obtained verdicts against four members for arrears of fees amounting to L3 15s 3d, L4 5s 2½d, L3 3s 9d, and L1 17s 8d, with 5s…

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Animals Tried by Court-martial

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 23 May 1902 · page 2

The records of a fow centurion ago are full of reports of trials and executions of animals, often under the most ludicrous conditions…

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Police Courts

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 24 May 1902 · page 4

On Tuesday, before the P.M. A decision was given in the case of Christopher Smith v. James Tully, claim of £19 8s 8d, for money alleged to be owing…

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Second Charge of Murder

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 24 May 1902 · page 8

The Solicitor-General has been looking into the case of Charles Cornelius Pera, the Hindoo, who was tried at the Circuit Court at Grafton and acquitted on a…

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Grafton Police Court

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 26 May 1902 · page 2

ON Friday, before Mr C. Sanders, J.P., John Gayne pleaded guilty to drunkenness, disorderly conduct, and making use of indecent language. He had had…

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The Recent Murder of a Russian Minister. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 26 May 1902 · page 1

Balschanett, the student who was recently hanged for murdering a Russian Minister, stated that his accomplices were Ministers and other high…

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