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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1913

815 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 15 of 41

Police Courts. Grafton

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 29 April 1913 · page 4

Yesterday before the P.M. George Capen, Thomas R. Youn[?] Robert Bale and Albert Jacobson, four individuals, were arrested on Sunday for…

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Grafton Police Court. Tuesday, April 29

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 30 April 1913 · page 3

Before Hr. H. Malone P.M. Michael Waters pleaded guilty to drunkenness on the previous night in Skinner-street, South Grafton, and…

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Burglary Boom. Mr. Flowers Satisfied. Sydney, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 30 April 1913 · page 2

Mr. F. W. Flowers M.L.C., Chief Secretary, denies that crimes have increased in Sydney. He says the prominence now given by the…

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Too Ill for Gaol. London, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 30 April 1913 · page 3

The medical authorities have examined Mrs. Pankhurst and find she is too ill re-enter prison…

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A Jealous Husband. Attempted Murder and Suicide. Sydney, Monday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 30 April 1913 · page 2

William Littlewood, a carpenter, suddenly driven mad by jealousy at Balclutha. New Zealand, entered his wife's bedroom, and after savagely…

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Grafton Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 1 May 1913 · page 8

On Saturday before the P.M., George Lacey, for drunkenness, was fined 10s or 48 hours. On Tuesday before the P.M…

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Grafton Police Court. Thursday May 1

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 2 May 1913 · page 4

Before Mr. H. Maione, P.M. William Scriven and James Seymour pleaded guilty to drunkenness at South Grafton the previous night…

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The Copmanhurst Murder

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 2 May 1913 · page 2

Leslie Lindsay, was sentenced to death on Wednesday, of last week, by Mr. Justice Grafton sittings of the Supreme Court for the…

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The Banktown Murder. a Baker in Custody

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 2 May 1913 · page 4

The Coroner resumed the inquest on Friday lost into the circumstances surrounding the death of the girl Esther Porter, whose mutilated body…

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Police Sergeant Murdered Notorious Litigant in Serious Trouble. Sydney. Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 2 May 1913 · page 5

A shocking tragedy was enacted at St. Ives, on the North Shore railway line this morning. Sergeant Edwin Hickey, in charge…

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Chia Goes to Gaol

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 3 May 1913 · page 10

Thomas Jones Chia, the Chinese who had pleaded guilty to having wounded the Consul-General for China, Mr. Yung Liang Hwang, with intent to do grievous bodily harm, was…

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Soft-hearted Juries, Murder Penalties

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 3 May 1913 · page 3

The increase in the number of murders due to jealousy and passion in France has attracted the attention of French legislators, and a Bill has been…

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Police Courts. Grafton

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 3 May 1913 · page 4

On Thursday before the P.M., William Scriv[?]n was fined 5s or 24 hours for drunkenness. James Seymour for drunkenness was fined 20s…

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Grafton Police Court. Saturday, May 3

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 5 May 1913 · page 2

Before Mr. H. Malone, P.M. Herbert Williams pleaded guilty to being drunk and disorderly in Prince-street the previous night and was…

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The St. Ives Murder. Sergeant Hickey's Murder. Sydney, Friday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 5 May 1913 · page 3

The funeral took place to-day of Sergeant Hickey, who was shot at St. Ives yesterday Representatives of police and public bodies were…

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Police at Work. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 5 May 1913 · page 2

The black-trackers and police are busy in connection with the Bullfinch robbery. A search as made of the camp occupied by the two men…

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The Punchbowl Murder

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 6 May 1913 · page 8

The manner in which Esther Porter met her death was further inquired into at Burwood by the District Coroner. The body of a girl was found at Punchbowl on…

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Police Courts. Grafton

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 6 May 1913 · page 2

On Saturday, before the P.M. Herbert Williams, for being drunk and disorderly in Prince-street, was fined 10s or 48 hours…

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Small Debts Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 6 May 1913 · page 2

Yesterday before the P.M., G. H. Varley sued Hough and Co., Maclean, for advertising amounting to £16 1s 6d. Verdict for amount claimed with…

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Three Hundred Police on Duty

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 6 May 1913 · page 5

Close on 300 uniformed police were on special duty in connection with the march. They lined the streets and saw that the people behaved themselves but there were…

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