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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1906

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Grafton Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 13 January 1906 · page 9

On Friday, before Mr. L. Jacobs and D. J. Lobban, J. sP.. George Frederick May was granted a stage coach license…

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Maclean Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 13 January 1906 · page 9

On Tuesday, before the Licensing Bench. Edward Blanch, licensee of the Woolli hotel, was fined 10s for allowing the W.C. to be in an unsatisfactory condition…

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Coramba Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 13 January 1906 · page 2

At the Coramba Police Court on Monday before Messrs. Geddes, Small, and Lee, J's.P. Peter Campbell, on remand, was charged…

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Grafton Police Court. Alleged False Pretences

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 13 January 1906 · page 2

On Tuesday, before the P.M., John. Howard was charged, on remand from Maclean, With obtaining [?] 10s from George Franklin by means of false pretences…

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Licensing Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 13 January 1906 · page 2

Before th P.M. and Mr. Sam Sam, J.P. Thomas Martin applied for a renewal nnd reassessiment of the license of the Lord Hampden hotel, Coramba. Witness, who…

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Coramba Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 16 January 1906 · page 4

On Saturday, before Messrs. G. Geddes, D. Small, and J. Lee, J.'sP. Police [?] H. Best, riotous behaviour. Fined 1s and costs, in default 24 hours…

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Grafton Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 16 January 1906 · page 4

Yesterday, before Mr. L. Jacobs and Mr. H. Maxted. J.'sP. A first offender was fined 5s, in default 24 hours' imprisonment, for drunkenness…

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Police Court. Before Mrs. Charlotte Square

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 16 January 1906 · page 3

Edward Knuttal, a lad about sixteen, was charged by Mr. Dugald Stewart with destroying his master's property and neglecting his business. It appeared that the…

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District Court Act and Commercial Causes Act

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 16 January 1906 · page 4

In a volume of handy size, Mr. James Moriarty, of the Middle Temple, has dealt compendiously with the District Court (Amendment) Act, 1905, and the…

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Grafton Police Court

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 18 January 1906 · page 4

On Monday, before Messrs. L. Jacobs and H. C. T. Maxted, J'sP. A first offender, charged with drunkenness on Saturday, 13th inst., was…

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Attempted Assault

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 19 January 1906 · page 2

COFF'S HARBOR on Saturday and Sunday week last was in a great state of excitement. Five police constables were scouring the district for a miscreant who on the previous…

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Fooling the Police

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 19 January 1906 · page 3

THE Wyalong Advocate is responsible for this smart bit:—"A very old resident of the Lach an was on a visit to Wyalong the other day, and, in…

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Maclean Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 20 January 1906 · page 4

At Maclean., on Friday, before the P.M. and Mr. F. Schwonberg, J.P. E. Blanche was granted a renewal of the license of the Woolli hotel at Yamba…

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Lawrence Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 20 January 1906 · page 4

On Thursday, before the P.M. James Butcher proceeded against Thomas Bulcher for unlawfully charging damages on four head of horses impounded by…

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Redfern Burglary

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 20 January 1906 · page 9

The police have arrested two men in, connection with the robbery of £250 worth of tweed from the shop of Winn and Company, Regent-street, Redfern, Sydney, and a…

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Grafton Police Court. Drunkenness, Etc

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 20 January 1906 · page 2

On Tuesday, before the P.M. John Fisher, for being drunk in Princest., was fined 1s or detention until the rising of the Court…

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Romance in a Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 20 January 1906 · page 6

A romantic story of a youthful secret marriage was unfolded at the South Melbourne Court on Friday during the hearing of a claim for maintenance by a…

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Maclean Police Court

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 22 January 1906 · page 2

On Friday, before the P.M. and Mr. F. Schwonberg, J.P. E. Blanche was granted a renewal of the license of the Woolli hotel at…

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Lawrence Police Court. On Thursday, before the P.M.

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 22 January 1906 · page 2

James Butcher proceeded against Thomas Butcher for unlawfully charging damages on four head of horses impounded by defendant. Mr. Lobban…

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Attempted Murder and Suicide

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 23 January 1906 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—At Ryde on Saturday a young man named Hylton Wicks seriously wounded Arthur Hawksford and then committed suicide. Wicks' parents and…

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