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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1912

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Ships' Officers' Pay. The Arbitration Court Award

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 18 April 1912 · page 7

The President of the Federal Arbitration [?]ourt gave judgment in the case of the Merchant Service Gui[?] of Australia against the Commonwealth Steamship…

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Crafton Police Court

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 19 April 1912 · page 2

At the Police Court on Monday Robert Pearce, James Bartlett and Lionel Kelly, were lined 5s and 20s respectively for drunkenness…

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Grafton Police Court. Wednesday, April 17

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 19 April 1912 · page 2

The individual who had been remanded for eight days' medical treatment was again remanded. THURSDAY, APRIL 87…

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Coff's Harbor Police Court. Friday, April 12. Before Mr. H. Malone, P.M.

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 19 April 1912 · page 6

David Watt, cruelly to a horse by working it whilst suffering from sores. Fined 10s and 6s costs or 7 day?…

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A Court Martial Dissolved. LONDON

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 19 April 1912 · page 3

The Sultan of Turkey has issued a decree is solving a court martial which was investigating the cause of the recent massacre it [?] before a sentence had been…

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Strong Arm Squad. American Ruffianism. How the Police Meet It

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 19 April 1912 · page 8

Give him a strong dose of his own medicine--that is Police Commissioner Waldo's prescription for ridding New York of ruffians. Acting upon…

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Police Courts. Grafton

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 20 April 1912 · page 2

On Thursday, before Mr. J. M. Bonthorne, J.P. Christopher Smith (49)[?] was fined 10s or three days impriso[?]ent for being…

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Circuit Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 20 April 1912 · page 4

The Circuit Court opens at Grafton on Tuesday next, and Mr. Justice Pring will occupy the bench. The Crown Prosecutor is Mr. H. S. Nicholas, barrister, of…

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Court of Appeal Minus One

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 20 April 1912 · page 9

SYDNEY, Friday.—There is some curiosity as to how the Commissioners who drafted the redistribution scheme will settle differences which may arise. Mr…

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Daring Burglary. Adding Insult to Injury. SYDNEY

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 22 April 1912 · page 3

A butcher's shop at Perth was burglarised and a safe containing £60 removed to the butcher's own yard, a horse being taken from the…

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Grafton Police Court. Saturday, April 20. Before Mr. J. M. Bonthorne, J.P.

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 22 April 1912 · page 3

A first offender was imprisoned till the rising of the Court for being drunk. By paying 5s he could have left the dock three minutes earlier…

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Grafton Circuit Court. List of Cases

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 22 April 1912 · page 2

Grafton Circuit Court will open to-morrow at 10 a.m., when Justice Pring will preside. The following criminal cases are set down…

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Police Courts. Grafton

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 23 April 1912 · page 2

Before Mr. J. M. Bonthorne, J.P., on Saturday. William Davis and John Byan were each fined 5s or the "rising," on charges of…

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Grafton Circuit Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 23 April 1912 · page 2

Grafton Circuit Court opens this morning at 10 a.m., when Justice Pring will preside. The following criminal cases are set down for hearing:—…

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Alleged Horse Stealing

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 24 April 1912 · page 2

Harry Combo, a 'quarter- caste aboriginal, about twenty- seven years of age, pleaded guilty to stealing a filly at Bungawalhyn, on March 16…

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Alleged Murder

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 24 April 1912 · page 2

William Thompson, thirty- nine, a laborer at Palmer's brickworks, on bail, was arraigned on a charge of having, on November 30, 1911, at…

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The Bingara Tragedy. Ball Sentenced to Death. SYDNEY

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 24 April 1912 · page 3

William F. Ball was found guilty at Armidale Circuit Court yesterday of having murdered his wife at Bingara recently, and was…

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The Titanic Disaster. the Callous Board of Trade. a Survivor's Story. Not Drownings but Murder. LONDON

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 24 April 1912 · page 3

The pride of the nation for the deeds of those who perished in the Titanic is now mixed with surprise and alarm at the…

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Grafton Circuit Court Tuesday, April 23. (Before His Honor Mr Justice Pring.)

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 24 April 1912 · page 2

The Grafton Circuit Court opened at ten o'clock yesterday morning, and a moment or two after that hour, His Honor, in the ermine and…

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Alleged Stealing

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 25 April 1912 · page 2

Junga Singh a Hindeo, was charged with stealing 77[?] of grass seed, the property of Jou Chundah, on April 10th, at Tintenbar…

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