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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1913

815 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 27 of 41

Grafton Police Court. Friday, August 15. Before Mr. E. A. May, J.P.

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 15 August 1913 · page 4

Frederick Gardiner. 42, pleaded not guilty to being drunk the previous afternoon. F.C. Constable Seifert and Constable…

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Late Wires. a Barman's Death the Police Not Satisfied. Sydney, Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 15 August 1913 · page 5

George Pegrum, 25, a barman at the Albert Hotel, Walker-street, North Sydney, was found by a housemaid this morning, dead, in…

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Local and General News. Police Court

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 16 August 1913 · page 2

BEFORE Messrs. H. Hollibone and, John Noble, Js.'P. : — Joseph Godwin, who was arrested at Bellingen and remanded to Dorrigo on a…

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Police Officers

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 16 August 1913 · page 9

SYDNEY, Friday.—The Public Service Board has declined to recommend the proposal to create a number of new police officers by the appointment to…

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Tennis Court

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 16 August 1913 · page 2

THE finishing touches are flow being put on the local tennis court. The laying of the court has been considerably delayed owing to the…

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Police Courts. G[?]fton

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 16 August 1913 · page 2

Yesterday before Mr. E. A. May, J.P. Frederick Gardner was fined 10s or 3 days for being drunk in Pound-street. Lawrence…

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Triple Murder in New Zealand. Wellington

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 16 August 1913 · page 2

A terrible fragedy took place at Kaimata, when a man named Julian, his daughter and a driver of a waggon, were cruelly…

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Grafton Police Court. Saturday, August 16. Before Mr. H. Malone, P.M.

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 18 August 1913 · page 2

A first offender was ordered to pay is or take "the rising" for being, drunk. William Robert Andrews (42)…

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Kaimati Murder. the Bodies Identified. Sydney, Friday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 18 August 1913 · page 2

The bodies recovered from the ruins of the fire at Kaimati, New Zealand, have been identified as those of Mr. Julian, Miss Julian, and Smith, the…

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The Police Force. Sydney, Friday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 18 August 1913 · page 2

The Public Service Board has finally declined to recommend the proposal to create a number of new police officers by the appointment to…

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Grafton Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 19 August 1913 · page 6

On Saturday before the P.M. A first offender for drunkenness was fined 2a 6d or three days, and another, for his first appearance as an inebriate was fined…

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Police Appeal B[?]ill

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 19 August 1913 · page 3

Introducing the Police Appeal Hill into the Assembly on Wednesday Mr. Holman, stated that the Covet liment imposed to establish a board that would in a measure…

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Stealing Wine

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 20 August 1913 · page 3

Percy Brown, 28, Was further charged with having, on July 4th last, stolen a bottle of sherry, valued at 3s 6d, the property of Mrs…

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Grafton Police Court. Monday, August 18

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 20 August 1913 · page 3

Before Mr. II. Malone, P. M. James Bartlett, for being drunk, was fined 20s or 7 days' hard labour…

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Glenreagh Police Station

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 20 August 1913 · page 4

From the chief Secretary's office, Adverting to the letters presented by you from Mr. W. Blackely, secretary to the Tallwadjah Creek…

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Attempted Murder. Verdict of Not Guilty. Sydney, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 20 August 1913 · page 3

John Hitchcock, who attempted to murder his sister at Akaroa, N. Z., last April by slashing her with a razor, was found not guilty, on the…

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Late Wires. Young Man's Death. Murder or Accident. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 20 August 1913 · page 3

The death of the young man, Thomas Mawer, whose body was found in the bush near La Perouse yesterday, is surrounded in mystery…

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Small Debts Court. Monday, August 18. Before Mr. H. Malone, P. M.

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 20 August 1913 · page 2

John Murphy v. Samuel Barnier, claim for £4 8s, service of a stallion. Mr. Lobban for defendant, who paid £3 3s into Court and 5s costs…

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Grafton Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 21 August 1913 · page 2

On Tuesduy, before the P.M., Walter Malcolm Scott was charged with obtaining goods by means of a valueless cheque…

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Police Appeal Bill

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 21 August 1913 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—In the House of Assembly in moving the second reading of the Police Appeal Bill, Mr. Holman pointed out that the Bill provided for…

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