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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1903

506 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 11 of 26

Grafton District Court

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 2 June 1903 · page 3

This Court was opened on Thursday before his Honor Judge Armstong. Commissioners of Taxation v. C. G. Phemister, claim of £1. The Crown Solicitor wrote applying…

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Police Court

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 5 June 1903 · page 2

AT the Bellingon police court, on Monday last, W. Hicks, who had been locked up for indulging "not wisely, but too well," was brought up before Mr. R. Page, J. P., and…

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Bankruptcy Court

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 5 June 1903 · page 4

AN examination in the bankrupt estate of Howard Horsley was held at the Court House, Maclean, yesterday, before Mr. E. G. Hattersley, District Registrar. Mr. Clarke appeared for bankrupt, and…

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Maclean Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 9 June 1903 · page 8

On Friday before the P.M. and Messrs. D. Shearer, B. Eglington, and F. Schwonberg, J's.P. M. Black, on a charge of indecent…

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Small Debts Court

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 9 June 1903 · page 2

Before the P.M. and Messrs B. Eglington and F. Schwonberg. C. J. Clarke v. H. L. Whitton, claim of £1 10s for professional services. Plaintiff, for…

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Bankruptcy Court

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 12 June 1903 · page 5

Yesterday, before Mr. E. G. Hattersley, District Registrar, the meeting in the bankrupt estate of Howard Horsley was continued. Christina Horsley, wife of bankrupt, gave…

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Bankruptcy Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 13 June 1903 · page 5

On Wednesday of last week a single meeting was called in the estate of Fredk. Ferguson, grocer's assistant, of Grafton. Both bankrupt and his solicitor. Mr. Everingham,…

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Indian Doctor in Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 13 June 1903 · page 2

D[?]lph Singh, who practiced as an Indian doctor in Grafton for some years, figured in the Murwillumbah Police Court last week. He was sued by A. [?] for £4…

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Horrible Murder. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 15 June 1903 · page 3

A terrible tragedy occurred at Blairgowrie Desert Station, near Jericho, Queensland. A pastoralist named L. E. Tuckerman murdered…

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Remarkable Murder Trial Revived

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 16 June 1903 · page 5

The woman [?] who was convicted in 1890, with Michael Eyra[?], of the murder of a lawyer's employee named Toussaint Gou[?], at Parls, in 1889, and…

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Grafton licensing Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 16 June 1903 · page 4

Yesterday, before the P.M. and Mr. W. J. Hawthorne, J.P. Renewals of hotel licenses were granted as under:—…

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Grafton Small Debts Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 16 June 1903 · page 4

Yesterday before the P.M. and Mr. W. J. Hawthorne, J.P. W. J. M'[?] D. W. Popkin, claim of £4 and costs 5s. Verdict for pla[?]…

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Grafton Police Court

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 18 June 1903 · page 4

ON Tuesday, before Mr. Fitzhardinge, P.M. Sabina H. Short v. Arthur Short.--In this case the complaint asked that her…

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Small Debts Court

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 18 June 1903 · page 2

ON Monday, before Mr. Fitzhardinge, P.M., and Mr. W. J. Hawthorne, J.P. W. J. M'Ivor v. D. W. Popkin--…

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Federal High Court

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 18 June 1903 · page 2

NEITHER public nor Parliament have much sympathy with the expressed desire of the Federal Government for the immediate…

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The Courts. Bankruptcy Court

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 18 June 1903 · page 4

A PUBLIC examination of the bankrupt estate of Cornelius Duggan, jun., tailor, of Grafton, was conducted by the District Registrar in Bankruptcy (Mr…

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Grafton Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 20 June 1903 · page 2

On Tuesday, before the P.M. Arthur Short was summoned by his wife, Sabina Elizabeth Short, who desired that defendant be bound over to keep the peace…

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A Gaol in a Rock

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 20 June 1903 · page 6

The oddest gaol in the world is found at Clifton, Antona. It has four apartments, which are [?] out of a bill of quartz rock. The entrance to the prison is through a…

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Police Courts

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 20 June 1903 · page 4

At GRAFTON, yesterday, before Mr. W. Marsh, J.P. Isaac Lec Roberts, an Indian, was fined 20s or seven days for being drunk and…

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Murder of Mrs. Tuckerman

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 20 June 1903 · page 6

It has transpired that the murder of Mrs. Tuckerman, by her husband at Barcaldine was the result of a religious mania. Tuckerman became…

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