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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1913

815 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 25 of 41

Grafton Police Court. Tuesday, July 29. Before Mr. E. A. May. J. P.

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

John Hyams, 59. was ordered to pay 2s 6d or take 3 hours, (an hour allowed in which to pay.) for being drunk at South Grafton at 3…

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Panama Exhibition. Grant for Australian Court. Sydney

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

The Federal Government has decided to contribute £(20,000 towards the expense of an Australian Court at the Panama Pacific Exhibition, to…

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Alleged Cattle Stealing

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 31 July 1913 · page 4

At the Commanhurst Police Court on Tuesday, before the P.M., Messrs. D. Baillie, J.P., and D. Roche, J.P., John Moorhead was charged with…

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Police Courts Grafton

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 31 July 1913 · page 4

On Tuesday, before Mr. E. M. May, J.P., John Hyams, for drunkenness at South Grafton, was fined 2s 6d or three hours' detention…

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Grafton Police Court. Friday, August 1. Before Mr. J. G. Phillips. J. P. Alleged Stealing

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 1 August 1913 · page 4

John Davis (38) a steward aboard the Pulganbar, was charged with stealing a hand-bag containing purse, £12, a pair of gloves and…

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The Burglary Boom. Painstaking Burglars. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 1 August 1913 · page 5

A robbery, occurred at a jeweller's shop in Nice. To get at the safe, the thieves made a large hole through a brick wall, against which the safe…

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Two Months' Gaol. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 1 August 1913 · page 5

One of the suffragettes who participated in the attack on Holloway Gaol was sentenced to two months. The woman informed the bench that…

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St. Ives Tragedy. Brown Sentenced to Death. Sydney, Wednesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 1 August 1913 · page 5

At the Criminal Court to-day Brown, the orchardist, of St. Ives, who had been placed on trial for the shooting of Sergeant Hickey was…

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Late Cables. The Suffragettes. Attack on Holloway Gaol. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 1 August 1913 · page 5

Suffragettes gathered, outside Holloway Gaol at 12 o'clock last night and demanded the release of Miss Annie Kenny. They were armed…

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Panama Exhibition. Huge Australian Court

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 1 August 1913 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday Night. The Australian building at the San Francisco Exhibition will be an enormous structure if Mr. Glvnn's plans…

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Police Courts Grafton

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 2 August 1913 · page 2

Yesterday, before Mr. J. G. Phillips, J.P. John Davis, steward on the s.s. Pulgan[?]ar, was charged with stealing £12 (a cheque for £6 and five pounds in notes),…

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The Proposed "[?]ent Court."

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 2 August 1913 · page 4

At Annandale, discussing the proposal of the Government to establish a "rent court," Mr. Grif[?]ith argued that "if a court was competent to decide the…

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Grafton Police Court. Saturday, August 2. Before Mr. H. Malone, P.M. Alleged Stealing

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 4 August 1913 · page 3

John Davis (38) late steward on the Pulganbar, was brought up on remand, for stealing a hand-bag containing a purse, a cheque for £6…

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Late Wires. Asylum Sensation Warder Charged with Murder. Sydney, Friday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 4 August 1913 · page 3

The hearing of a charge of murder against Joseph Chapman, a warder at Sunnyside Asylum, N.Z., in connection with the death of Thomas…

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District News. Maclean Mems. Maclean Police Court

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 4 August 1913 · page 3

On Friday, before Mr. H. Malone, P.M. and Mr. F. H. Schwonberg, J.P. Permission was granted J. T…

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Late Wires. Smallpox Epidemic Case in Darlinghurst Gaol. Sydney, Friday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 4 August 1913 · page 2

Seven cases of smallpox were reported this morning. The cases came from Newtown, where a man and his wife were stric[?]n, North…

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Late Wires. Murder by Blacks. Another North-west Tragedy. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 4 August 1913 · page 3

Settlers in the far north-west of Western Australia are having an unusually troublesome time with the blacks. Some time ago the body of…

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Grafton Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 5 August 1913 · page 2

On Saturday before the P.M. John Davis, on remand, was charged with stealing the sum of £12, two handkerchiefs, and a pair of gloves, the…

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Coffs Harbour Police Court

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 6 August 1913 · page 3

Last week before Mr. P. J. MacKamara, J.P., Thomas Joseph Ryan, drunk, fined 10s or 24 hours. Denis Shea, drunk, fined 20s or 4S…

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Alleged Indecent Assault

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 6 August 1913 · page 2

Sydney Arthur Weir was charged with indecently assaulting Margaret Colvin, a girl under the age of 16 years, to wit, 15 years, at Coff's…

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