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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1908

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The Americans and the Police

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 29 August 1908 · page 2

"The American sailors could hardly have behaved themselves better during the time they have been in Sydney," said InspectorGeneral Garvin. "The conduct of the…

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Horse Stealing

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 31 August 1908 · page 2

On Friday night, 14th inst., Mr. Stephen McGuire and his father, together with other residents of Shark Creek and Tyndale, had the…

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A Fruitless Burglary. Sydney, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 31 August 1908 · page 3

The large grocery establishment of Mr. J. F. Ashwood, in George-street, opposite the Central Railway Station, was broken, into on Friday night, the…

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Police Courts

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 1 September 1908 · page 4

At Grafton yesterday, before the P.M. Morris Murphy, for drunkenness, was fined 5s, and for indecent behaviour was fined 20s…

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Municipal Appeal Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 1 September 1908 · page 5

The adjorned Appeal Court for dealing with appeals against assessments in the municipality of Grafton was held yesterday, the P.M. presiding. The following…

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Grafton Police Court

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 3 September 1908 · page 4

On Monday, before the P.M. Morris Murphy, for drunkenness, was fined 5s, or, in default, 24 hours, and for indecent behavior 20s. or in…

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Murder and Suicide. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 3 September 1908 · page 5

At Kalgoorlie (W. A.), Walter Douglas, a native of Adelaide, and a young woman named Ella Wayth, daughter of a fisherman, of Queenscliff,…

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Charge of Stealing

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 4 September 1908 · page 4

At Bellingen on Thursday of last week before Messrs. H. Boultwood and S. J. Piggott, J's.P., Thomas Alaban was charged with stealing a pot, valued at 10s, the…

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Maclean Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 5 September 1908 · page 4

At Maclean, yesterday, before the P.M. Norman Wamage was fined 5s for drunkennesn and 40s for language. M. J. Garrity and A. Smith were each…

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Police Courts

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 5 September 1908 · page 2

At Grafton, on Tuesday, before the P.M. Rebecca Cotton v. Wm. H. Cotton, claim for maintenance. Defendant did not appear…

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Licensing Court at Maclean

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 5 September 1908 · page 4

The Special Court constituted under [?] Liquor Act to deal with the question [?] the reduction of hotels in the Raleigh [?] torato was opened at Maclean on…

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A Brutal Murder. Sydney, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 7 September 1908 · page 3

Mail advices received at Auckland from Fiji show that the murder of Ben Hall, a plantation overseer, at Lautoka last week, was a peculiarly…

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Special Licensing Court

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 7 September 1908 · page 4

The Special Licensing Court to give effect to the result of the Local Option vote in September last, so far as Raleigh Electorate is concerned, was…

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Brutal Wife Murder

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 8 September 1908 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—Chester Jackson, a vaudeville actor, murdered his wife at Somerville, a suburb of Boston, Massachusetts, burnt part of her body, and hid the…

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Police Courts

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 8 September 1908 · page 4

At Grafton yesterday, before Messrs. J. G. Phillips and H. Maxted, J.s.P.' A first offender for drunkenness was fined 5s or 24 hours…

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Local Option Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 8 September 1908 · page 5

BELLINGEN, Monday.—The Local Option Court resumed its sittings here to-day. The [?]eensing inspectors for the Macleay, Nambucca and Bellinger reported that the…

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Grafton Police Court

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 10 September 1908 · page 8

On Monday, before Messrs. J. G. Phillips and H. C. T. Maxted, J'sP. A first offender, for drunkenness, was fined 1s, or the rising of the Court…

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The Recent Horse Stealing

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 10 September 1908 · page 4

The Grafton police received a wire last night, stating that a man named Lee. who is alleged to be one of the party who stole the horses from Shark…

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Municipal Appeal Court

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 10 September 1908 · page 4

The court for the hearing of appeals against the assessments of the South Grafton Municipal Council sat at the Court House, Grafton, on Tuesday…

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Small Debts Court

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 10 September 1908 · page 8

On Monday, before Messrs. J. G. Phillips and H. C. T. Maxted, J'sP. Trustees of the Estate of Iolanthe Muirhead v. Mrs. E. Moorhead. A…

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