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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1909

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Grafton Police Court Friday, June 18, 1909. (Before Mr. H. F. W. Fletcher, J.P.)

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 18 June 1909 · page 4

A first offender pleaded guilty to being drunk on the previous evening and begged hard for leniency as he would lose a chance of work if…

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Latest Wires. Attempted Murder and Suicide. SYDNEY

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 18 June 1909 · page 5

A sensational shooting affray took place in Hyde Park, at about eleven o'clock last night. Robert Macey, who is said to be an employee in…

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Indian Bomb Outrages. Were the Police to Blame? London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 18 June 1909 · page 5

Sensational charges have been made against the police in Bombay (India) at the inquiry now in progress at Midrapur. It was alleged that the…

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Ulmarra Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 19 June 1909 · page 4

On Thursday, before the P.M. Edmund Rogers, drunkenness at Brushgrove, was fined 5s or 24 hours. Fine paid…

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Police Courts

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 19 June 1909 · page 2

At Grafton, on Friday, before Mr. H. F. W. Fletcher, J.P. A first offender was fined 5s, in default imprisonment till the rising of the Court,…

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Attempted Murder and Suicide

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 19 June 1909 · page 2

A sensational, tragedy occurred in Hyde Park, Sydney, on Thursday. Robert Macey (24), a bootmaker, shot Agnes Brookbank, same age, in the head, and then turned the…

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Grafton Police Court. Saturday, June 19, 1909. (Before Mr. H. F. W. Fletcher, J.P.)

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 21 June 1909 · page 2

A first offender, aged 52, described as a miner, was charged, with being drunk and disorderly in Skinner-street South Grafton, on the 18th inst at…

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Grafton Licensing Court. Monday, June 21, 1909. (Before Messrs A. J. Piesley, P.M. and W. J. Hawthorne. J.P.)

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 21 June 1909 · page 2

The following renewals of licenses were granted. Margaret Roche, Roche's Family hotel Mr. A. J. Pollack for applicant…

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Police Courts

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 22 June 1909 · page 4

At Grafton on Saturday, before Mr. Fletcher, J.P. Wm. morton, arrested at South Grafto, was fined 5s for being drunk and…

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Maclean Mems. Appeal Court

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 23 June 1909 · page 3

On Friday, before the P.M., the following appeals against the assessments of Harwood Shire were dealt with:--…

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Grafton Police Court. Wednesday, June 23, 1909. (Before Messrs A. Thompson and W. C. Fulton. J's.P.)

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 23 June 1909 · page 2

Patrick Chamberlain, who had been twice remanded since the 8th instant as one deemed to be insane, was again presented. Dr. Diethelrn…

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Police Leaving the Barrier. SYDNEY

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 23 June 1909 · page 3

Another detachment of 35 metropolitan police, who went there for strike duty, left Broken Hill last night on their return to Sydney…

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Ulmarra Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 24 June 1909 · page 4

At Ulmarra yesterday, before the P.M. William Sinclair, for drunkenness, was fined 5s. A. D. Spickett, charged with failing to…

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Grafton Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 24 June 1909 · page 2

On Wednesday, before Messrs. A. Thompson and W. C. Fulton, J's.P. Patrick Chamberlain, who was charged with being deemed to be a lunatic, was…

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Ernest Stevens Death. Alleged Murder

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 24 June 1909 · page 5

The adjourned inquiry into the cause of the death of Ernest Stevens, a fettler on the railway line, who died suddenly at Rappville on May 23, was resumed by Mr…

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Maclean Police Court Pars

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 25 June 1909 · page 2

Maclean Police Court was occupied nearly all Friday with cases of one kind and another. Proceedings commenced at 10 and finished somerwhere…

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Licensing Court

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 25 June 1909 · page 4

The Quarterly Licensing Court was held yesterday before Messrs. Evans and Dowle. The following renewals were granted:—Christopher Francis, Raleigh Hotel; Mr…

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Arrested for Murder. a Rappville Sensation

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 25 June 1909 · page 4

On May 23rd last a man named Ernest Stevens, employed on the Grafton-Murwillumbah railway line as a fettler, died suddenly at Rappville. The…

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Ulmarra Police Court. Wednesday, June 23,1909. (Before Mr. A. J. Piesley, P.M.)

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 25 June 1909 · page 4

The Ulmarra Municipal Council proceeded under its ordinances against a farmer named A. D. Spickett for failing to destroy noxious weeds. Mr…

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Grafton Police Court. Thursday, June 24, 1909. (Before Messrs. J. G. Phillips and F. W. C. Schaeffer, J's.P.). a Serious Charge

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 25 June 1909 · page 8

Robert White, phrenologist, was charged, on the information of James Holmes, of South Grafton, with being, in December, 1907, the bailee of a…

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