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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1907

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Grafton Licensing Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 29 June 1907 · page 2

On Tuesday the following renewals were granted at the assessments and fees mentioned, the P.M. and Mr. S. See on the Bench…

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Stricken Dumb in Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 29 June 1907 · page 2

Without warning Ernost Gregory, a young fawyer, while in the Norwalk town court recently to make un appeal for a client (says the Now York "Tribune"), found…

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Grafton Police Court

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 1 July 1907 · page 4

On Thursday, before Messrs. A. Lipman and J. Parsons, J.'sP. John Flynn was fined 2s 6d for having been drunk in the street…

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Supposed Murder and Robbery. Sydney, Sunday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 1 July 1907 · page 3

The examination of the body of a woman which was found near Hobart with every particle of flesh off the skull, arms and legs, disclosed the…

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Supposed Murder

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 2 July 1907 · page 2

The examination of the body of a woman which was found near Hobart with every particle of flesh off the skull, arms and legs, disclosed the fact that her jaw had…

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Grafton Small Debts Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 2 July 1907 · page 5

Yesterday, before the P.M. Gerard & Co. v. Mrs. L. H. Carter, claim ot £16 14s 4d. Verdict for plaintills and 5s costs…

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Grafton Police Court

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 4 July 1907 · page 8

On Tuesday, before the P.M. CASE UNDER THE LIQUOR ACT. Ernest Edward Prince Sanville and George Prentice were charged with…

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Melbourne Murder Mystery. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 4 July 1907 · page 5

The Victorian Government has decided to increase from £500 to £1000 the reward offered for effective information in the Bauer…

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Alleged Wilful Murder. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 4 July 1907 · page 5

A young man named William Cole has been arrested at Narrandera and charged with the wilful murder of George Bennet, aged 53…

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Special Licensing Court

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 4 July 1907 · page 4

A special licensing court was to have been held at Grafton on Tuesday to deal with the application for the renewal of a license, by W. J. Brown, of the…

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Small Debts Court

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 4 July 1907 · page 8

On Monday, before the P.M. Gerard and Co. v. L. H. Carter, claim for £18 14s 9d. Verdict for the plaintiffs, with 5s costs…

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Bowra Police Court

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 5 July 1907 · page 6

Last week before the P.M. and Mr. F. W. Lane, J.P., John By rues was fined 2s 6d and 6s costs for riotous conduct; and Patrick…

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Grafton Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 6 July 1907 · page 4

Yesterday, before Mr. H. W. Fletcher, J.P. Alexander Davison, for drunkenness in Prince-st., was fined 10s or three days. Defendant was before the Court on…

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Copmanhurst Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 6 July 1907 · page 4

On Monday, before Messrs. J. Marchant and D. J. Roche, J. sP. A stage coach liense was granted to James George, to ply between Cangai and…

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Maclean Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 6 July 1907 · page 4

On Friday, before the P.M. and Mr. F. Schwonberg, J.P. John M'Lachlan was fined £1 and 6s costs for language…

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Grafton Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 6 July 1907 · page 2

On Tuesday, before the P.M. Jeremiah Shea was summoned for not reporting to the Inspector that tuberculosis had broken out in his herd…

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The Bauer Murder

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 6 July 1907 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Friday.—The State Government has decided to double the reward offered for information leading to the conviction of the murderer of Bernard Bauer…

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Federal Arbitration Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 6 July 1907 · page 9

SYDNEY, Friday.—Yesterday the Federal Arbitration Court heard the last of the evidence taken in the dispute between the Australian Workers' Union and the…

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Grafton Police Court

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 8 July 1907 · page 2

On Thursday, before the P.M. A first offender, Alexander Davison, was fined is, in default imprisonment till the rising of the Court, for…

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Maclean Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 9 July 1907 · page 4

On Friday, at the Quarterly Licensing Court, before the P.M., Messrs. D. Shearer and F. H. Schwonberg, J.'sp., billiard licenses were granted to Walter Hardie and…

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