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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1905

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Gur Grafton Letter. Court

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 17 February 1905 · page 4

ON Tuesday, before the P.M., Charles Richards was fined 5[?] for drunkenness, and for C.McKenmo, for riding bicycles on a footpath,…

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Grafton Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 18 February 1905 · page 4

Yesterday, before Messrs. L. Jacobs and C. Sanders, J.'sP. Leslie Duff was charged with assaulting David Springe[?], of Nana Glen, at South…

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Maclean Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 18 February 1905 · page 4

At Maclenn on Friday, before the P.M. Elisicus Clarke. [?]5, for throwing stones on the public road at Harwood and annoying the residents, wns fined 20s, 4s 10d…

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Grafton Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 18 February 1905 · page 2

On Tuesday, before the P.M. William Hall,, charged with drunkenness, was remanded.till next morning, as he had not sulilciently recovered to be dealt with,…

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Bankruptcy Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 18 February 1905 · page 2

On Wednesday a special meeting was held in the estate of James.Lynch, of South Crafton. Mrs..Lynch, wife of bankrupt, examined…

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Bellingen District Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 18 February 1905 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday.—Mr. Briner waited upon the Attorney-General yesterday to protest against the abolition of the District Court at Bellingen. Mr. Wade made it clear…

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Murder on the Scaffold. Assassin Saves His Life

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 18 February 1905 · page 6

Murderers in most countries shorten their lives by their crimes, but Stanislas Leikin, a notorious Siberian criminal, managed to save his neck by committing a…

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Quarter Sessions and District Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 18 February 1905 · page 4

The Grafton Quarter Sessions will open on Monday next, before his Honor Judge Heydon. Mr. Browning will prosecute for the Crown, mid the other barristers in…

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Maclean Police Court

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 20 February 1905 · page 2

On Friday, before the P.M. Elisicus Clarke, a lad of 15 years, was summoned for throwing stones on the public road at Harwood and…

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Grafton Police Court. On Wednesday, before the P.M.

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 20 February 1905 · page 2

William Hall, who was remanded from the previous day, was fined is or "the rising" for drunkenness. On Thursday, before the P.M…

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Bankruptcy Court

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 20 February 1905 · page 2

A special meeting in the estate of James Lynch, of South Grafton was held on Wednesday. Mrs. Lynch, bankrupt's wife, examined by Mr…

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Charged with Murder

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 21 February 1905 · page 5

BRISBANE, Sunday.—James Ryan, who purchased a station from Walter Benton, was charged with wilful murder on Saturday…

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Police Courts

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 21 February 1905 · page 4

At Grafton, on Saturday, before the P.M. A first ottender, for drunkenness, was Uned 1s or the rising. James Newbury was fined 4Os or one…

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Judge's Confession of Murder

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 21 February 1905 · page 2

A sensational arrest was made by the Berlin police authorities on the last, day of the old year. Dr. Hasse,president of the provincial court of law ol' Bresian, being…

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District Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 21 February 1905 · page 4

When the Court opened yesterday morning the civil list was gone through. It contained six "only, and of these five were struck out "or continued. There is one…

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At the Russian Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 21 February 1905 · page 3

The favored girls who are chosen to become maids of honour to the Czarina are usually the daughters of high officials and officals at the Court. They are educated at…

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Parliament and the Supreme Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 21 February 1905 · page 4

The cases are innumerable in which the intentions of the Legislature have been defeated by the Supreme Court. And the case of the coal-trimmers at Newcastle is…

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Grafton: February 21st, 1905. Examiner's Sydney Budget. Full Court and the Arbitration Act

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 21 February 1905 · page 4

A judgment, given by the Full Court on Friday, practically reduces the Arbitration Act to a nullity so far as it relates to the compelling discontented employees to…

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Lawrence Police Court

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 23 February 1905 · page 1

On Thursday, before the P.M. Police v. James Anderson, indecent language. Defendant wrote saying he was too ill to attend, but wished…

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Maclean Police Court

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 23 February 1905 · page 1

On Monday, Thomas M'Millan was fined 10s or seven days for drunkenness, 20s or fourteen days for obscene language…

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