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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1912

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Grafton Police Court. Tuesday, January 2, 1912. (Before Mr. H. Malone, P.M.)

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 3 January 1912 · page 3

Thomas Smith, for being drunk in Victoria Street the previous night, was fined 5s or 24 hours' hard labor. The two proprietors of the Triangle…

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Police Court

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 4

At the local court on December 22, D. Caldwell sued W. Nash for an amount due for wages. Plaintiff used to run a gas engine for a picture…

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Grafton Police Court. Thursday, January 4

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 2

Before Mr. M. Cleeve. J.P. George Gear, steward aboard the barque Manurewa, lying at Frazer s wharf, was arraigned on a charge of…

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Coff's Police Court. [Before Mr. W. C. Rush, J.P.]

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 2

John Freeman, drunk, fined 10s or 7 days indecent language, fined 40s or 1 month residting police, fined 10s or 7 days; being a…

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Coff[?] Court. Before [?] Rush, J.P.

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 6

[?] Br[?] alias Patr[?] Coffs Harbour, on 23rd [?] a rolled gold watch, [?] and £5, the…

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Police Courts. Grafton

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 9 January 1912 · page 2

Yesterday, before the P.M. The following Hawker's licenses were granted:—E. W. Kimpton, Geo. A. Withers. Alfred Withers, E. G. Shore, Michael…

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Death of Judge Cohen. Eulogistic Comments. First President of Arbitration Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 9 January 1912 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—A private cable states that Mr. Justice H. E. Cohen, of Sydney, died on board the German mail steamer, Frederich der Grosse, while on…

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Maclean Mems. Police Court

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 10 January 1912 · page 2

On Friday, before the P.M. The police proceeded against Eric Erickson for removing oysters from Crown lands. Fined 20s and 6s…

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Grafton Police Court. Monday, January 8. Before Mr. H. Malone, P.M.

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 10 January 1912 · page 2

Hawkers' licenses were granted to E. G. Shore, G. H. Withers, Alfred Withers, Geo. Roberts, and M. Sweeten…

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Tuesday, January 9. (Before Mr. M. Cleeve, J.p.) Alleged Stealing

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 10 January 1912 · page 2

Robert Arthur Resdun, 33, on bail, remanded from Orange Police Court, was charged with stealing a horse, value £11, and sulky value £12, the…

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Grafton Licensing Court Monday, January 8, 1912

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 10 January 1912 · page 4

Before Messrs. H. Malone, P.M. (Chairman), and W. J. Hawthorne L.M Renewals of licenses were granted…

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Attempted Burglary

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 11 January 1912 · page 2

Between the hours of 11.30 p.m. on Sunday and 5 a.m. on Monday the railway station at Byron Bay was burglariously entered by forcing the front window…

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Police Courts. Grafton

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 11 January 1912 · page 2

On Tuesday, before the P.M. Thomas Arthur Resdun, on remand, charged with stealing one horse and sulky, the property of Samuel Edwards, Orange…

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Land Appeal Court Case

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 3

The regular monthly meeting of the Executive Committee of the Stockowner's Association of N.S.W. was held on the 28th Dec., at which the presidnet, Mr. J. M…

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[?] Slaughtered Innocent. a Cold-blooded Murder. Sydney, Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 5

At the inquest as to the death of a newly-born baby, which was found at Balmain on January 5, a verdict of wilful murder against some…

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Grafton Police Court. Saturday, January 13

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 15 January 1912 · page 2

Before Messrs. A. Thompson and J. G. Phillips, J.s.P. William Walsh, 60. was charged with using threatening language…

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Police Courts. Grafton

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 16 January 1912 · page 2

Yesterday before the P.M. Patrick King, on bail, charged with stealing one half sovereign, three shillings, and sixpence, the property of David Kain,…

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Alleged Stealing

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 17 January 1912 · page 2

Patrick King, or Keogh, 28, a seaman, on remand, was charged with stealing a pair of sleeve-links and 13s 6d in money from David Kain, at…

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The Paris Scandals. the Accused Sentenced

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 17 January 1912 · page 2

Bourgeois Flachon, Raymond Poincaire, Millerand, Driand, and nineteen other prominent Parisians in the "white slave" scandals…

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Grafton Police Court. Monday, January 15. (Before Mr. H. Malone' P.M.)

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 17 January 1912 · page 2

William Dunn, 42, and Arthur Richardson, 21, for being drunk, were fined 1s, or the rising. William McDermid pleaded guilty to…

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