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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1909

836 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 27 of 42

Grafton Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 7 September 1909 · page 4

Yesterday, before the P.M. A first offender, for drunkenness, was fined 5s. Alfred Fleming, on remand, was charged…

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Maclean Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 7 September 1909 · page 4

Yesterday, before Mr. G. Davis. J.P. Thomas Brown, drunk and disorderly on The Harwood road on 4th instant. Fined 5s or 24 hours…

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Grafton Police Court. Monday, September 6. (Before Mr. A. J. Piesley, P.m.) Alleged Illegal Detention

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 8 September 1909 · page 4

Thomas Long was charged with the illegal detention of certain harness, the property of Joseph Paine. Mr. D. J. Lobban appeared for the defence…

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Small Debts Court. Monday, September 6. (Before Mr. A. J. Piesley, P.M.)

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 8 September 1909 · page 4

George Ellis v. Richard Cartmill, a claim for £6, balance due on an alleged debt of £36. Mr. R. D. Bawden for plaintiff, Mr. J. A. Pollack for…

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Police Courts

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 9 September 1909 · page 8

At Grafton, on Tuesday, before the P.M. Duncan Stewart, for being drunk and disorderly in Prince-street, was fined los or 48 hours…

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The Pay of the Police

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 9 September 1909 · page 6

Inspector-General Garvin has furnished some information regarding the salaries of the force in New South Wales and those in London. In London the pay of…

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Mother Lassoed. Daughter's Attempt at Murder

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 10 September 1909 · page 3

An astonishing tale of attempted matricide was told at Devonshire Assizes on June 5 a smart - looking young woman of nineteen, named Winifred…

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Prisoner in Court

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 10 September 1909 · page 3

A crowd of neighbors who had known the poor little victim were gathered in the neighborhood Of the Hendon Council officers on Saturday. June 26, when…

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Maclean Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 11 September 1909 · page 4

Before Mr. (G. Davis, J.P., Charles Mathews, alias Matheson, was charged with being drunk and disorderly in Riverstreet. Fined 2s 6d. or 24 hours. The…

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Police Courts

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 11 September 1909 · page 2

At Ulmarra, on Wednesday, before the P.M. John Forsythe. charged with, a breachof the Liquor Act. in being upon licensed…

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Five Years Without a Police Case

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 11 September 1909 · page 5

The little village of Stisted. near Braintree. Essex, was the scene of great rejoicing to mark the opening by the Lord Lieutenant of Essex, the Earl of Warwick, of…

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A Moree Murder. SYDNEY

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 13 September 1909 · page 3

A white woman named May Phillips was found murdered in the residence of Ah Duck, a Chinese, with whom she lived at Moree. Her skull…

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Grafton Police Court Monday, September 13, 1909. (Before Mr. A. J. Piesley, P.M.)

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 13 September 1909 · page 2

A first offender pleaded guilty to a charge of drunkenness and was fined 5s or 24 hours. The fine was paid. Kenneth Chaseling (represented by…

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Children's Court. (To-day, before the P.M.)

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 13 September 1909 · page 2

A youth named Warwick Alexander charged another boy, Roy Pratt, with assault. Messrs. A. J. Pollack and R. D. Bawden appeared respectively for…

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Attempted Murder

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 14 September 1909 · page 5

While temporarily insane, a well-to-do business man, William Keep, 49, living in Central-street, just off George-street, Sydney, on Saturday morning battered…

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Police Courts

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 14 September 1909 · page 4

At Grafton, yesterday, before the P.M. William Bragg, for being drunk and disorderly, was fined 5s or 24-hours. Kenneth Chaseling was fined 5s and…

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Woman Sentenced to Death. SYDNEY

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 15 September 1909 · page 3

The trial of Martha Rendall and Thos. Nicholls Morris, for the wilful murder of Arthur Joseph Morris, a son of the male accused, came to a…

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Police Changes

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 15 September 1909 · page 2

The promotion of Mounted Constable Garland, of Murwillumbah, to the charge of the newly-established police station at Cangai has necessitated a…

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Murder Rewarded. Woman Sentenced to Death

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 16 September 1909 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The trial of Martha Rendall and Thomas Morris, for the murder of Arthur Morris, a son of the male accused, was concluded at…

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Alleged Criminal Assault

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 16 September 1909 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—At the Central Criminal Court to-day Francis Byrnes, 54, was charged with criminally assaulting a girl 12 years of age. The case for the…

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