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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1910

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More High Court Judges. No Bill Intended. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 12 October 1910 · page 3

The Minister for External Affairs (Mr. E. L. Batchelor) says it is not intended to introduce a bill to appoint two additional High Court Judges…

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The Gripped Murder. Prisoners Indicted, London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 14 October 1910 · page 5

Crippen and Le Neve have been indicted by a Grand Jury, the latter as an accessory. The Crown will be ready for the…

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Ulmarra Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 15 October 1910 · page 4

On Wednesday, before the P.M. Alfred Jones was fined 20s and 7s costs for supplying cream to the Ulmarra factory without having registered his…

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Grafton Police Court. Monday, October 17. (Before Mr. A. J. Piesley, P.M.)

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 17 October 1910 · page 2

Michael Sands, on bail, pleaded guilty to a charge of drunkenness, and was fined 5s, in defanlt 24 hours…

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Charged with Child Murder

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 18 October 1910 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—The constables interceptcd at Kerang railway station a young woman passenger. She accompanied them to the police station…

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Grafton Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 18 October 1910 · page 4

On Monday before the P.M. Michael Sands, on bail, on a charge of drunk and disorderly in Prince-street, on October 8. Fined 5s, or 24 hours…

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Murder at Jondaryan

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 18 October 1910 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—The Commissioner of Police at Brisbane received a message from Jondaryan stating that a man named Kelly, working in a railway…

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The High Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 18 October 1910 · page 3

There is good reason to suppose that the bill to amend the Judiciary Act, which will probably be throught before the Federal Parliament during the week,…

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Lismore Circuit Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 18 October 1910 · page 4

The Circuit Court held its seventh day's sittings on Saturday at Lismore Court. John Howard was arraigned on an indietment charging him with making a…

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Grafton Police Court. Monday, October 17. Before Mr. A. J. Presley, P.M. Committed for Trial for Alleged Stealing

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 19 October 1910 · page 2

James Egan was charged with stealing about 4s in silver from Kelly's butcher shop, in Skinner-street South Grafton, on the 7th inst…

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The Ketchell Murder. Hurtz's Dead Body Wanted. Vancouver

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 19 October 1910 · page 3

Further details of the cowardly murder of Stanley Ketchell, the world's champion middle-weight boxer, at Springfields, Illinois (U.S.A.), show…

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Latest Wires The Perth Mystery. What the Police Found. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 19 October 1910 · page 3

In connection with the disappearance of Ethel Harris, at Perth (W.A.), the police, in digging up the yard of a house at West Perth,…

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Big Forgery Scheme. Commonwealth Notes in Danger. Supposed Counterfeiters in Melbourne. a Timely Police Report

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 19 October 1910 · page 3

The Federal Government are not the only people who contemplate issuing bank notes (says Monday's "Daily Telegraph"). It is stated that at the…

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Grafton Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 20 October 1910 · page 4

On Wednesday, before Messrs. F. W. C. Schaeffer and J. G. Phillips, J's.P. Charles Russell was charged with stealing, on Oct. 17, at South Grafton, half a…

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Charge of Murder

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 20 October 1910 · page 2

In the Supreme Court at Hamilton, Mary Jane Watson, a domestic servant, was charged with the wilful murder of her infant child at Warrnambool on or about…

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Stanley Ketchell's Murder

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 20 October 1910 · page 8

LONDON, Tuesday.—The part played by Fannie Hurtz in the murder of Stanley Ketchell is indefinite. From a statement made to the officers…

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The Police Stoned

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 20 October 1910 · page 5

At Bremen to-day a large crowd as sembled at the tramway depot and as saild the police with bottles and stones. The police repeatedly charged with drawn…

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Charged with Child Murder

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 21 October 1910 · page 4

On Monday the constables intercepted at Kerang railway station a young woman passenger. She accompanied them to the police station…

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The Moree Murder Case Accused Discharged

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 21 October 1910 · page 4

At the Tamworth Circuit Court on Monday, before the Chief Justice Dr. Cullen. William James Edwards was…

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Crippen Murder Trial. Interesting Evidence. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 21 October 1910 · page 5

The Crippen trial was opened yesterday at Old Bailey, before the Lord Chief Justice. The court was crowded. The prisoner, who pleaded not guilty,…

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