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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 12 November 1906 · page 3

On Thursday, before Mr. H. F. W. Fleicher, J.P. Charles James and George Shakespeare Simmonds were charged with…

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Attempted Murder and Arson

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 12 November 1906 · page 2

A case of attempted murder and arson has been reported from Cudgen 12 miles from Murwillumbah, Messrs. Jay and Haas, of Murwillumbah, were…

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[?]Rafton Police Force

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 12 November 1906 · page 2

In response to the G.B. Council's application for increased police protection a reply has been received from the Inspector-General, stating that…

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Grafton Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 13 November 1906 · page 4

On Saturday, before the P.M. Richard Laffan was charged with assaulting T. W.. Hanmer, at the Experimental Farm, the day previous. There was a…

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Coramba Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 13 November 1906 · page 4

On Friday, before the P.M. and Mr. G. Geddes, J.P. A certificate for a district auctioneer's license was granted to Frederick Henry…

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Grafton Police Court

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 15 November 1906 · page 8

On Tuesday, before the P.M. Leslie Duff, alias Arthur Sinclair, was fined 20s, or 7 days, for being drunk and disorderly in Prince-street…

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Wilful Murder. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 15 November 1906 · page 5

At the inquest respecting the Albert Park (Melbourne) tra[?]edy, wherein Mrs. Patterson was beaten to death with an iron bar, a verdict of wilful…

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Grafton District Court

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 15 November 1906 · page 5

The District Court opened in the Court House on Tuesday morning, His Honer Judge Docker presiding. The list of cases was called and…

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Grafton Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 17 November 1906 · page 10

On Tuesday, before the P.M. Leslie Duff, for being drunk and disorderly, was fined 20s or seven days. The cases against Charles James and…

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Grafton Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 17 November 1906 · page 4

Yesterday, before Mr. Fletcher, J.P. Michael Joseph, an Assyrian hawker, on remand, was charged with breaking and entering the warehouse of Simon Koori,…

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Maclean Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 17 November 1906 · page 4

At. Maclean yesterday, before the P.M., Michael Ryan. John Fitzgerald, Samuel Carter, and William Filewood were each fined 20s and 6s costs for being on licensed…

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Attempted Murder and Arson

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 17 November 1906 · page 6

A case of alleged attempted murder and arson has boon reported from Cugden, 12 miles from Murwillumbah. Messrs. Jay and Haas, of Murwillumbah, were sleeping…

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At Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 17 November 1906 · page 4

The calendar for the Quarter Sessions this Week was not a long one. Two of the four accused pleaded guilty, and the two who did not were acquitted. The Bahgungary…

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Grafton Police Court

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 19 November 1906 · page 4

On Friday, before Mr. H. F. W Fletcher, J.P. Michael Joseph was charged with breaking and entering a warehouse at…

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Latest Telegrams. Gaol Governor Stabbed. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 19 November 1906 · page 3

The Deputy-Governor of Parramatta Gaol, Mr. Quaine, was [?]bbed by a prisoner yesterday afternoon. The doctors say he is in a serious…

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Grafton Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 20 November 1906 · page 4

Yesterday, before Messrs. L. Jacobs and F. Doberer, J.'sP. James Crawford, an aboriginal, was fined 1s or the rising for riotous behaviour in…

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Maclean Court

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 20 November 1906 · page 2

On Friday, before the P.M. An offender on a charge of drunkenness at Maclean was fined £1. Four men pleaded guilty to charges of…

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Murder of a Bride. Girl-nurse Killed by Lunatic

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 20 November 1906 · page 6

Another of the tragedies of insanity has occurred at the Mattawan Asylum, New York, where Mrs. Lizzie Halliday, a gipsy woman and a criminal patient, murdered…

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Grafton Police Court

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 22 November 1906 · page 5

On Monday, before Messrs. L. Jacobs and F. Doberer, J.'sp. James Crawford, an aboriginal, was fined 1s, or the rising, for being drunk…

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The Millionaire Murder Case. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 22 November 1906 · page 5

Henry Thaw, then New York millionaire who shot Stanford white, another millionaire, at Madison Square…

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