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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1908

620 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 11 of 31

Serious Assault

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 5

On Saturday night William Welbourn, in company with John Lennon, went into the Great Northern Hotel at Tamworth, and wore accosted by Harry Brown, aged 43, who expressed the…

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Allandale Murder

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 9

SYDNEY, Friday.—The inquest in connection with the denth of Lilian Bridge, who was found dead in a paddock near Allandale, in the Maitland district, on Friday…

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Paris Murder Mystery

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 5

What appeared at first to be merely a crime of a nature not infrequent in Paris has rdeveloped into a mystery which is taxing the powers of the most able detectives…

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Police Courts

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 4

At Maclean, on Wednesday, before Mr. G. Davis, J.P. William Garde and William Marshall were each fined 2s 6d for drunkenness…

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The Allandale Murder. Evidence at the Inquest. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 27 April 1908 · page 3

The inquest concerning the death of Lilian Bridge, who was murdered at Allandale, was resumed at West Maitland yesterday…

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Allandale Murder

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 28 April 1908 · page 2

[?] [?] [?] [?] with the defence of [?]an Bridge was resumed on Thursday last when the following evidence…

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Magistrate Commits Himself to Prison

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 28 April 1908 · page 3

The record prison reformer in America is Mr. James Austin, the senor police-court magistrate at Toledo, Ohio, who has just undergone voluntary imprisonment in the…

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German-Murder Drama

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 28 April 1908 · page 3

Captain van Goben, who committed suicide recently in his cell at Allenstein (says the Berlin correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" on March 10) by cutting his…

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Police Courts

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 28 April 1908 · page 4

At Coff's Harbour William M'Guire appeared before Mr. John Moorhead. J.P., on a charge of assaulting Robert Ritchie Armstrong, thereby occasioning grievous…

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Special Mining Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 28 April 1908 · page 5

SYDENY, Monday.—It is reported that Judge Heydon has intimated that he will not now be able to again take his seat as President of the Special Mining Tribunal…

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Grafton Police Court

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 30 April 1908 · page 8

On Tuesday, before the P.M. Wm. Hall, for drunkenness, was fined 5s, or, in default, 5 minutes' imprisonment…

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Death in Gaol. Sydney, Wednesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 30 April 1908 · page 5

Matthew Birch, who had received 14 days for drunkness, died in Darlinghurst Gaol this morning. The medical evidence stated that…

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The Allandale Murder. Sydney, Wednesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 30 April 1908 · page 5

The inquest on the body of Lilian Bridge, who was murdered recently at Allandale, was continued at West Maitland to-day…

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Bowra Police Court

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 1 May 1908 · page 5

On Tuesday before Hon. E. A. T. Pery, P.M., and Mr. P. [?]amph, J.P. Frank Elias was charged with broach of the Early Closing Act by…

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Bellingen Police Court

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 1 May 1908 · page 5

(On Monday before Hon. E. A. Pery, P.M., and Mr. H. Boultwood, J.P.) Police v. Osmond Day, drunkenness and indecent language. Case struck out…

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The Bendigo Murder

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 1 May 1908 · page 6

A petition praying for the reprieve of John Chas. Manning, who was sentenced to death recently for the murder of his wife, is being circulated in…

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Licensing Court

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 1 May 1908 · page 5

Samuel Gilkison was granted a renewal of his publican's license for Royal Hotel, Bowraville, license fee £20 on assessed annual rental of £98,…

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Pensioners Court

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 1 May 1908 · page 5

The Old Age Pensions Court, recommended the granting of a pension to John Spicket…

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Maitland Murder. Evidence at the Inquest

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 1 May 1908 · page 2

The inquest concerning the death of Lilian Bridge who was murdered at Allandale, was resumed last week. Frederick Davies Green, aged 28…

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Small Debts Court

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 1 May 1908 · page 5

In the Small Debts Court, William Botts, Upper Pine Creck, sued Thomas Passlow, for the recovery of the sum of £5, alleged to be owing as four…

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