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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1909

836 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 12 of 42

Police Courts

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 22 April 1909 · page 2

At Grafton, before the P.M., on Tuesday. Christian Ludwig Quist was brought forward, having. been arrested on warrants from Sydney, charging him with child…

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Circuit Court

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 22 April 1909 · page 4

The Grafton Circuit Court will be opened to-day with Mr. 'Acting Justice Rodgers on the Bench and Mr. J. Moriarty as Crown. Prosecutor. Two…

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Grafton Police Court. 'Monday, April 19. 1909. (Before Mr. A. J. Piesley, P.M.)

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 22 April 1909 · page 3

Frank Manning was charged with stealing from the dwelling of George Charles Smith 1 pair of silver sleeve links, 1. pair boots, 1 bulldog…

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Small Debt's Court

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 22 April 1909 · page 3

Thomas Hanley v. William McGregor. for alleged damage to a bike was (on the application of Mr. Pollack, for plaintiff, and with the concerrence of…

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The High Court Appeal. Sydney, Wednesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 22 April 1909 · page 4

Argument was concluded in the High Court to-day in the case arising out of the Arbitration Court award in the Broken Hill, mining dispute. The…

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Children's Court. Tuesday, April 20, 1909. (Before Mr. A. J. Peisley, P.M.)

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 22 April 1909 · page 3

Three children, aged respectively 6 years, 10 years -and 12 years, were charged with breaking and entering the honse of William Thorley,…

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Stealing Mutton

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 23 April 1909 · page 5

The trial is now proceeding of Jas McDonald, Thos. Granney, and Francis Leonard, charged with stealing a carcase of mutton from…

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Transvaal Murder

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 23 April 1909 · page 4

At the Brisbane Police Court on Saturday morning a middle aged man named Jack McLaughlin, who had been arrested on a provisional warrant issued under the…

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Judicial Change. Divorce Court President

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 23 April 1909 · page 4

It was announced on Wednesday (February 3), that Sir John Gorell Barnes, on retiring from the presidency of the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty…

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Grafton Circuit Court. Alleged Assault

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 24 April 1909 · page 4

The Circuit Court was continued before Mr. Acting-Justice Rogers yesterday. William John Cupitt pleaded not guilty to a charge of maliciously inflicting…

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Police Courts

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 24 April 1909 · page 4

At Ulmarra, on Monday, before Messrs. F. Turnbull and J. M'Callum, J.S.P. John Hegarty, on a charge of using obscene language, was fined 20s…

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German Court Scandals

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 24 April 1909 · page 9

LONDON, Thursday.—The retrial of Herr Maximilian Harden editor of the "Zukunft," for alleged slander on Count Kuno von Moltke in connection with the…

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Grafton Circuit Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 24 April 1909 · page 2

The Circuit Court was opened in the Court House, Grafton, on Thursday, before Mr. Acting Justice Rogers. Mr. Moriarty acted as Crown Prosecutor, and there were…

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Marine Court Decision

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 24 April 1909 · page 9

SYDNEY, Friday.—A Marine Court inquiry was held to-day into the grounding of the steamer Electra on Stockton Beach on 31st March…

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Broken Hill Award. Upheld by the High Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 24 April 1909 · page 9

SYDNEY, Friday.—The High Court to-day gave judgment in the appeal of the Broken Hill Proprietary Company against Justice Higgins' award…

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Alleged Breaking Entering and Stealing

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 26 April 1909 · page 6

James McDonald, Thomas Cranney, and Francis Leonard were charged with breaking and entering the shop of one M. W. Carlill, of Casino, on…

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Saturday, April, 24, 1909. Alleged Assault Case

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 26 April 1909 · page 6

At 7.50 a.m. the jury returned to Court and announced that there was no possible hope of agreeing on a verdict. His Honor thanked them for…

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Friday, April 23, 1909. Alleged Assault Case

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 26 April 1909 · page 6

William John Cupitt pleaded not guilty to having, on December 2nd., 1908, at Woodburn, inflicted grievous bodily harm on one, Mark Gee (a…

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Grafton Police Court. Friday, April 23, 1909. (Before Mr. A. J. Piesley, P.M.)

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 26 April 1909 · page 2

Thomas Cranney, one of the three men acquitted at the Circuit Court on Thursday on the charge of breaking, entering, and stealing, was…

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Murder and Piracy. Sydney. Sunday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 26 April 1909 · page 5

The trial of Joseph Mortleman and Fred Skerrett, charged with piracy and murder in connection with the seizure of the American schooner…

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