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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1911

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Charged With Murder

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 3 January 1911 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—At the inquest held into the death of the newly born child of Jessie Campbell[?] the mother was charged with murder…

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Grafton Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 3 January 1911 · page 4

Yesterday, before Mr. M. Cleeve, J.P Josephine Margaret Smith, charged with stealing from the person, was remanded until Tuesday (to-day)…

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District Court Rules

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 3 January 1911 · page 4

A new set of rules for District Court procedure has been issued. It is now provided that, where any firm or person required to be registered as provided in…

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Committed on Charge of Stealing

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 2

Denis Long, on remand, appeared to answer a charge of stealing three horses, the property of Edward Leach of the value of about £35…

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Attempted Burglary. Daring But Unsuccessful. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 3

A daring attempt was made by burglars to force open a safe at the Union Steamship Co's. office. Hobart, by exploding dynamite in the…

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Criminal Assault. Two Men Arrested. Sydney, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 3

Two men, both well known locally, have been arrested in connection with the criminal assault committed on a young woman in Parramatta Park on…

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Grafton Police Court Tuesday, January 3, (Before Mr. A. J, Piesley, P.m.). Milk Prosecutions

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 2

Alban Armitage v. Mary Sands. This was a charge, under the pure Foods Act, of not supplying milk of the nature and quality demanded…

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Police v. Anarchists. Battle in London. London, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 3

Seven hundred police and sixty Scots Guards surrounded the buildings behind the Anarchist Club in Jubilee-street, and the Commercial…

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Grafton Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 5 January 1911 · page 2

On Tuesday, before the P.M., Bernard [?] Moss was charged, with behaving indecently in South Grafton, and was fined [?] [?] default 24 hours. To be paid…

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Moving Pictures in Gaol

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 5 January 1911 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—In the Goulburn Gaol the prisoners were allowed to witness a cinematograph exhibition, which was greatly enjoyed. Some of them had…

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Licensing Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 5 January 1911 · page 2

On Tuesday, before the L.M., and Messrs. A. Thompson and J. G. Phillips, J's, P., the following licenses were granted:— Philip Shea, James John Shea, William…

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Small Debts Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 5 January 1911 · page 2

On Tuesday, before the P.M. J. Reid v. E. Wolstenhohne (Mr. Pollack) claim 19s [?]d. The defence was that the amount had been paid. After…

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The Melbourne Sensation. Finch Charged with Murder

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 6 January 1911 · page 4

In Melbourne on Wednesday, Percy Finch, charged with the wilful murder of Archibald Steane at Edinburgh Gardens, was remanded for a week and…

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Self-inflicted Assault

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 6 January 1911 · page 4

Late on Christmas Eve, Ernest Knight, a bottle-washer, was walking across the reserve opposite East Brunswick (Vic.) police station, when…

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Several Police Wounded

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 6 January 1911 · page 5

Piles of straw were stacked about, the building and fired to smoke the outlaws out, and the firemen also endeavored to flood them out…

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Grafton Police Court. Friday, Jan. 6, 1911. (Before Mr. M. Cleeve, J.P.)

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 6 January 1911 · page 5

John McDonald was charged with stealing a pair of boots, valued at 5s, property of John Carson. On the application of Sergeant Swan…

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Police Hotly Criticised. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 6 January 1911 · page 5

There is a storm of criticism directed at the inefficiency of the Police Department. The newspapers describe the failure of hundreds of police to…

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New Inspector-General of Police

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 6 January 1911 · page 6

Superintendent Ernest C. Day, who has been appointed to succeed Mr. Thomas Garvin as Inspector-General of the Police Forces of New…

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Tragedy at Manly. Attempted Murder and Suicide Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 6 January 1911 · page 5

A tragedy occurred at Manly last night, Matthew James Dunning, aged 32, shooting his wife, Ellen Dunning, aged 23, and subsequently taking…

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Schoolboy Quarrel. Ends in Murder After 26 YEARS. (Per Mail.) PARIS, November 11

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 6 January 1911 · page 2

A crime that surpasses anything in the history of Italian fueds was perpetrated recently at St. Enogat. It was the culmination of a simple…

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