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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1909

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Grafton Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 26 June 1909 · page 2

At Grafton, before Messrs. J. G. Phillips and F. Schaeffer, J's.P. Robert White was charged with having, in December, 1907, at South Grafton,…

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Ulmarra Police Court. Monday, June 28. (Before Mr. J. Retallick, J.P.)

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 28 June 1909 · page 2

A man named Harry Daley was presented on two charges of breaking and entering the premises of Oscar Green, The Avenue, near Ulmarra, on Friday,…

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Grafton Police Court. Monday, June 28, 1909. (Before Mr. A. J. Piesley, P.M.)

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 28 June 1909 · page 2

Albert Arthur Moule pleaded guilty to being drunk in Prince-street on 26th inst., and was fined 5s or in default 24 hours. Fine paid…

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Police Courts

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 29 June 1909 · page 4

At Grafton, on Monday, before the P.M. Albert Mowle pleaded guilty to a charge of being drunk and disorderly on Saturday night. He was fined 5s and costs…

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Alleged Brutal Assault

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 30 June 1909 · page 2

A young man named Arthur Birch, who described himself as an able seaman, employed on the barquentine Rio, now lying at a Grafton wharf,…

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Ulmarra Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 1 July 1909 · page 4

At Ulmarra, yesterday, before the P.M. Henry Daley, on remand, was charged with breaking and entering the dwelling house of Oscar Green, Avenue, near…

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Breeding Police Remounts

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 1 July 1909 · page 8

The Queensland Government has established a breeding station for police remounts, 78,OOO acres being reserved for the purpose. The Commissioner of Police is…

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Arrested for Murder. a Rappville Sensation

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 2 July 1909 · page 2

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

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A Charge of Murder. SYDNEY

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 2 July 1909 · page 5

Ernest Carmody has been arrested at Katamatite (Vic.) on a charge of murdering John Robinson, an old-age pensioner…

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Small Debts Court

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 2 July 1909 · page 4

At the Small Debts Court on Wednesday, before, the Hon. E. A. T. Pery, P.M., and Mr. H. Boultwood, J.P., the following cases were heard:—J. Bull v. Jas. Maloney;…

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Burglary in Coff's. at Hill Bros' Store. a Daring Robbery. Tracking the Thieves

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 2 July 1909 · page 2

Coff's Harbor has up till lately been free from the attentions of crib-cracksmen, but on Monday night its Unsullied reputation in this…

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Grafton Police Court. Thursday, July 1, 1909. (Before Messrs. J. G. Phillips and W. J. Puddicombe, J's.P.)

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 2 July 1909 · page 4

Archibald McLennan was charged on the information of Arthur Alfred Birch, that he did on the 30th day of June, unlawfully assault…

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Bellingen Police Court Wednesday, June 30, 1909. (Before Hon. E. A. T. Pery, P.M., and Mr. H. Boultwood, J.P.)

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 2 July 1909 · page 4

James Tattersall, charged with negligent driving, pleaded not guilty. Mr. Edgely (for Mr. Blackmore) for defendant…

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Remarkable Murder Trial. Why the Foreman Insisted. Pledge Between Judge and Juryman

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 2 July 1909 · page 3

The following extraordinary Case occurred in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, and while through it was revealed a singular secret of the…

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Grafton Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 3 July 1909 · page 2

At Grafton on Thursday, before Messrs. J. G. Phillips and W. J. puddicombe, J'sP. Archibald M'Lellan, chief mate of the…

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A Co-respondent in Gaol

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 3 July 1909 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday.—James L. Walter, the co-respondent in the M'Bean divorce suit, who was ordered to pay costs amounting to £244, failed to do so, and…

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Grafton Police Court. Saturday, July 3. 1909. (Before Mr. H. W. Fletcher, J.P)

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 5 July 1909 · page 2

A first offender was fined 5s or the rising of the Court for being drunk in Prince-street on Friday. He took "the rising" -- and the Court rose…

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Police Sergeant's Suicide. SYDNEY

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 5 July 1909 · page 3

Patrick O' Sullivan, an ex-sergeant of police, committed suicide at Bellerive (a suburb of Hobart). He fired three shots at his head, and subsequently…

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Maclean Mems. Small Debts Court

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 5 July 1909 · page 3

On Friday, before Mr. A. J. Piesley. P.M., Harwood Shire gained a verdict for 3s. sanitary fees with 7S 10d costs against a defaulting ratepayer…

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Sequel to a Collision. the Police Court Proceedings. Fine Imposed

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 6 July 1909 · page 4

Charles Shore, as master of the launch Daisy, was brought before the Police Court yesterday and charged with a wilful breach of the Navigation Act, the…

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