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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1906

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Grafton Police Court

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 1 October 1906 · page 2

On Friday, before Messrs. Jacobs and Phillips, J'sP. An individual, deemed to be insane, was discharged, on the…

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

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 2 October 1906 · page 4

John Ash. an aborigi[?]al, was charged with [?]iotous behaviour at South Grafton, and also with soliciting alms on the b[?]ulevard on the south side on Saturday last…

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Grafton Police Court

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 4 October 1906 · page 8

On Monday, before the P.M. William Ash, an aboriginal, pleaded guilty to a charge of riotous behavior at South Grafton on Saturday last,…

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Licensing Court

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 4 October 1906 · page 8

On Tuesday, before the P.M. and Mr, W. J. Hawthorne, J P. Renewals of publicans' licenses were granted to:--John Trainor, Seaview…

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Small Debts Court

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 4 October 1906 · page 8

J. T. M'Kittrick v. John Donnelly, claim of £6 12s 11d for goods sold, of which £6 had been paid. The Bench gave a verdict for the balance and 6s…

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Maclean Police Court. On Friday, before the P.M.

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 6 October 1906 · page 9

P. Murphy was fined 10s and 8s costs for indecent language, and 5s witness' expenses. James Holt v. R. J. Brown, claim of £1…

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

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 6 October 1906 · page 2

Leslie Fischer was fined 10s and 6s costs for driving a vehicle without lights within the borough of Grafton between sunset and sunrise…

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Licensing Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 6 October 1906 · page 2

On Tuesday, before the P.M. and Mr. W. J. Hawthorne, J.P. The following renewals of publican's licenses were granted:—…

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Lismore Circuit Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 6 October 1906 · page 9

This court opened before His Honor Mr. Justice G. B. Simpson on Wednesday. Mr. A. W. Watts acted as Crown Prosecutor. The whole of the day was devoted…

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German Police Ignorance. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 8 October 1906 · page 3

The jury at the trial of Herr Eisner, late editor of the Berlin Socialist journal, " Vorwaerts," on a charge of "Lese Majeste," refused to convict…

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Maclean Court

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 9 October 1906 · page 2

On Friday, before the P.M. James Holt sued R. J. Brown for £1 11s 6d wages. Mr. Lobban for defendant. Plaintiff's case was that he had been engaged by defendant…

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Lismore Circuit Court

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 9 October 1906 · page 2

The Court opened on Wednesday, before His Honor Mr. Justice Q. B. Simpson. Charles K'ngsley, charged with stealing £2 at Bangalow, and on a second count with receiving,…

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Grafton Police Court

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 11 October 1906 · page 4

On Monday, before the P.M. George Comino, for keeping his shop in Prince Street open after 11 p.m. on Sept. 21, was fined 20s…

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Sentenced to Death

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 11 October 1906 · page 4

At the Lismore Circuit Court on Friday, before His Honor Mr. Justice Simpson. John Raymond Brown was arraigned on an indictment…

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A Fruitless Burglary. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 11 October 1906 · page 5

The office of the Zig Zag Colliery, at Lithgow, was broken into by means of dynamite taken from the magazine and the front of the safe…

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The German Creek Tragedy. Brown Sentenced to Death. (Continued from page 1.)

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 12 October 1906 · page 4

The hearing of the case of Brown, charged with the murder of Mrs. O'Keefe at German Creek, was continued on Tuesday, when the case for the defence was entered…

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Grafton Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 13 October 1906 · page 4

At the Police Court yesterday William Hall (not of Victoria-street) was fined 5s for drunkenness. Charles W. Harper has been arrested at…

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Grafton Police Court

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

On Tuesday, before the P.M. Willlam B. Wilcox, for drunkenness, was fined 20s or seven days. John Alfred Johnson v. George Firth,…

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The German Creek Murder. Brown Sentenced to Death

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 13 October 1906 · page 3

The hearing of the German Creek murder case was concluded in the Lismore Circuit Court on Tuesday. The accused, John Raymond Brown, was charged with, on…

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New High Court Judges

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

MELBOURNE, Friday.—Considerable speculation has been occcasioned during the last few weeks as to who would be appointed to the position of High Court…

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