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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1907

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Irish Police Strike

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 6 August 1907 · page 3

LONDON, SATURDAY.—A large force of police from Wexford, who have been drafted into Belfast, are threatening to lay down their arms if the Government…

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Maclean Court

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 6 August 1907 · page 3

On Friday, before the P.M. and Mr. F. Schwonberg, J.P. Edward Coombes pleaded guilty to a charge of making use of indecent…

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Divorce Court

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 6 August 1907 · page 4

Two men who were courting two sisters some fifteen years ago were last week parties to a divorce suit in Sydney. One is Thomas Powell,…

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Grafton Police Court

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 8 August 1907 · page 5

On Tuesday, before the P.M. Francis Sereston was charged with collecting old wares at Grafton without having a license, as provided…

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A Gaol Romance

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 8 August 1907 · page 7

A strange romance at Ypres, Brussels, culminated there recently in the marriage of a convict, who is undergoing life imprisonment in…

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Houserobber Sentenced

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 9 August 1907 · page 5

Before Judge Murray at Sydney Quarter Sessions on Saturday WIlliam Collins, 22, described as a laborer, who has pleaded guilty to 15 charges of housebreaking in…

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Murder near. Woy Woy

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 9 August 1907 · page 5

A tragedy occurred at Blackwall, near Woy Woy, Mr. Walter Henry Fox, of Sydney, being shot dead by Joseph Wilson, a…

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Maclean Court

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 9 August 1907 · page 4

On Tuesday, before Mr. F. Schwonberg, Chas. A, Plewman, on remand, on a charge of stealing a coast and other articles from a companion at Grafton, was…

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Grafton Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 10 August 1907 · page 2

On Tuesday, before the P.M. Francis Sereston was summoned for collecting material in contravention of the Second-Hand Dealers' Act. Mr. Lobban,…

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Maclean Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 10 August 1907 · page 4

On 29th July, before Mr. J. M. Kelly J.P. Jemes Quinn (25), for drunkenness at Charsworth, was fined 5s or 24 hours; for profane language, fined 10s or 24 hours…

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Brutal Murder

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 10 August 1907 · page 13

LONDON, Wednesday.—An Englishman named Goold and his wife, a French woman, who formerly resided in Waterloo, Liverpool, have been arrested, in…

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Quirindi Murder. Sensational Evidence

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 10 August 1907 · page 15

Sensational evidence was given at the inqyest on the body of Eliza Maud Fletcher, the victim of the Quirindi murder. Her mother said the deceased went to Arthur…

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Belfast Police Strikes

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 10 August 1907 · page 13

LONDON, Wednesday.—The military have occupied the chief squares and thoroughfares in Belfast. Employers object to negotiate with the trade unions, contending…

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District Court. P.J. MacNAMARA V. A. ERICKSON

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 10 August 1907 · page 4

Claim of £19 for brunch of contract in not supplying plaintiff with a certain quantity of paspalum seed at 5d per lb. Mr. M'Kay, of Coff's Harbour, appeared for…

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Grafton Quarter Sessions. Thursday, August 8th. (Before His Honor Judge Fitzhardinge) Alleged Cattle Stealing

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 12 August 1907 · page 2

In the case of Albert Arthur Mowle and Frederick Vincent Brown, changed with stealing a heifer, the property of N. J. M'Donald, of Broadmeadows,…

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Grafton District Court. Alleged Breach of Agreement. Thursday, August 8. (Before His Honor Judge Fitzhardinge)

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 12 August 1907 · page 4

Patrick Joseph MacNamara, auction[?]ner of Colt's Harbor, sued A. Erickson, for £19 for breach of agreement, in that he had failed to carry out his…

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Murder Near [?] Woy

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 13 August 1907 · page 2

A tragedy occurred at Blackwall, near Woy Woy, Mr [?]alter Henry Fox, of Sydney, bei[?] shot dead by Joseph Wilson, a [?]oardinghouse…

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Murder Near Woy Woy

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 13 August 1907 · page 2

A tragedy occurred at Black wall, near Woy Woy, Mr. Walter Henry Fox, of Sydney, beirg shot dead by Joseph Wilson, a boardinghouse…

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Sensational Murder. Body in Trunks

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 13 August 1907 · page 3

An Englishman named Goold, and his French wife, formerly of Waterloo, Liverpool, have been arrested at Marseilles in connection with a sensational…

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District Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 13 August 1907 · page 4

The District Court was continued on Saturday, when the hearing of the action in which J.J. Trent sued T.G. Campbell for alleged slander was concluded…

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