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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1910

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A Police Raid. 24 Arrests. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 30 May 1910 · page 3

The police raided a house off Dixon Street, Darling Harbor, last night and arrested twenty-two Chinese and two white men who were alleged to have…

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Maclean Small Debts Court On Friday, May 27, before Mr. A. J Piesley, P.M. JONES v. FORRESTER

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 30 May 1910 · page 2

Nicholas J. Jones v. H. E. Forrester. Claim of £5 4s 6d for damage done by a fire to a fence. Mr. Dowling appeared for the plaintiff and Mr…

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Murder and Suicide

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 31 May 1910 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday. A working man at Genoa, Italy, named Moretti, suspecting his wife of an intrigue with a married man, went to the latter's house and shot…

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A New Zealand Murder

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 31 May 1910 · page 2

The trial was commenced at Palmerston of Joseph Powelka, charged with the murder of Police-sergeant McGuire on April 10th. Powelka, while awaiting trial on charges…

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Police Courts. Grafton

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 31 May 1910 · page 4

At Grafton on Saturday, before Mr. J. M. Bonthorne, J.P. Billy Blueshirt, an aboriginal, was fined 10s or 48 hours' cells for the excessive use…

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Grafton Police Court. Monday, May 30, 1910

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 1 June 1910 · page 4

Ernest Lawrence Levy and Ernest Arthur Connor appeared, on bail, charged with, having no visible lawful means of support…

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A Ghastly tragedy. Murder and Suicide. Sydney, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 1 June 1910 · page 3

The Sir Walter Scott Hotel, Melbourne, was the scene of a ghastly double tragedy to-day. Shortly after noon, Amelia Dean,…

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Attempted Murder and Suicide

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 2 June 1910 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—What appears to have been a deliberate attempt to commit murder, followed by suicide occurred at the Sir Walter Scott Hotel, Melbourne,…

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Grafton Police Court. Friday, June 3, 1910

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 3 June 1910 · page 4

Before Messrs. D. McFarlane and H. C. T. Maxtea, J's.P.). George Webb, aged 27, was enarged with being deemed insane and not…

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Industrial Court Congested. SYDNEY, Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 3 June 1910 · page 5

The congestion of business in the industrial Court is becoming more acute every day, and as a result the members of many of the unions who have…

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Police Courts. Grafton

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 4 June 1910 · page 2

On Thursday, before Messrs. D. McFarlane and H. C. T. Maxted, J's.P. George Webb, 27 years of age, was charged with being a person deemed to be…

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Russian Count Arrested. Charged With Murdering Relatives

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 4 June 1910 · page 13

LONDON, Thursday.—Count Bonturlin an officer in the Russian Imperial Guards, and heir to £700,000 recently suddnely at st. Petersburing…

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Maclean Police Court

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 6 June 1910 · page 4

On Friday, before Mr. A. J. Picsley, P.M. Thomas Hutchings was charged with being drunk and disorderly on…

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Assault Cases

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 6 June 1910 · page 4

John T. Ward proceeded against Samuel Dhu and Lionel Dhu for assault. Mr. S. Dowling appeared for the…

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Unrest in China. Incitement to Murder. London, Friday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 6 June 1910 · page 3

The Washington State Department learns that placards have been posted at Nanking, China, inciting to the destruction of the lives and property of…

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Grafton Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 7 June 1910 · page 4

Yesterday, before the P.M. Frank Manning, on remand, charged with assaulting Mrs. Woodward, was remanded for a month, owing to prosecutor being too…

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Assault on Mrs. Woodward. a Strange Sequel

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 8 June 1910 · page 2

The Town Clerk, Mr. J. G. Phillips, has received the following letter from a writer signing himself (or herself) T. Coghian, and giving an address at…

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Grafton Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 9 June 1910 · page 4

At Grafton on Tuesday, before the P.M. Ernest George Shore, of South Grafton, was granted a hawker's cart license. On Wednesday, before the P.M…

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Police Dog's Capture

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 10 June 1910 · page 3

One of the police dogs now on doty in the outlying quarters of the city (says the Paris correspondent of. the "Dally Telegraph"), has shown his value as a…

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Land Appeal Court

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 10 June 1910 · page 7

In the Land Appeal Court, Sydney, last, week the following cases wore dealt, with:— J. Smythe appealed against the…

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