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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1914

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Grafton Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 28 May 1914 · page 4

On Tuesday, before the P.M., Bernard Luks, drunkenness at South Grafton, was fined 10s or 48 hours; seven days allowed to pay…

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Congestion in Industrial Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 28 May 1914 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Mr. Estell told representatives of the Progressive Society of Carpenters and Joiners that he would do all in his power to relieve the congestion in…

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Court of Petty Sessions. Bellingen, Friday, May 22. (Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, P.M.)

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 29 May 1914 · page 6

Police v. W. Sweeney—drunkenness in Bellingen. Fined £1 and 6s costs, or 7 days in Bellingen lockup. Police v. W. Cordy—drunkenness…

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Two Constables Sentenced

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 30 May 1914 · page 9

SYDNEY, Friday.—The two constables convicted of assaulting a man in custody in Erskine-street lockup, were sentenced at the Sessions to-day to nine months' hard…

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Assessment Court Appeals

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 30 May 1914 · page 9

SYDNEY, Friday.—In the Assessment Court, presided over by Judge Murray, during the past fortnight, 400 appeals were made against the new assessment. In one…

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A Barrackers' Riot. Police Badly Treated. Sydney. Sunday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 1 June 1914 · page 2

At the conclusion of the Glebe-Balmain Rugby League football match at Wentworth Park, Glebe yesterday, a fight occurred between two partisans,…

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A French Militant. Causes Trouble in a Court. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 1 June 1914 · page 3

A French militant who was arrested for smashing three windows at the National Gallery, created a scene at Bow street. She continually…

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Police Courts Grafton

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 2 June 1914 · page 8

Yesterday, before the P.M., William Yates was fined 5s, or 24 hours, for drunkenness, and for using obscene language was fined 5s, or 24 hours, sentences…

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Coff's Police Court

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 3 June 1914 · page 2

On Friday, 22nd instant, before Messrs. B. C. Boberts and L. J. Monaban, J's.P., sitting as & Children's Court, four children aged…

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Grafton Police Court. Monday, June 1

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 3 June 1914 · page 2

Before Mr. H. Malone, P.M. William Yates was fined 5 on each charge of being drunk and of using bad language, sentences concurrent…

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Counterfeit Bank Notes. a Foreigner Arrested. Smart Police Work. Sydney, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 3 June 1914 · page 3

Detectives descended on a boarding house at Redfern yesterday at teatime and arrested one of the diners. In the man's room they found a large…

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Small Debts Court. Monday, June 1. Before Mr. H. Malone, P.M.

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 3 June 1914 · page 2

G. Walsham v. A. Wells--Claim for £479, goods supplied. Verdict for amount, with 5 costs. C Imeson v. James Scate.--Claim for…

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Charged with Espionage

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 4 June 1914 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—Samuel Maddock, an electrical fitter at Portsmouth, has been charged with espionage. The detective who arrested him stated that accused admitted…

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Gaol Doctor Flogged. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 5 June 1914 · page 3

Suffragettes waylaid Dr. Forward, of the Holloway jail, and horsewhipped him. This is supposed to be by way of reprisal for the…

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Lighting the Court House

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 5 June 1914 · page 4

Mr. G. S. Briner, M.L.A., has received the following communication from the Department of Justice :— Sydney, 27th May, 1914. Sir,—…

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Countess Acquitted. on Murder Charge. Cheers From the Crowd. Rome

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 5 June 1914 · page 3

Countess Tiepolo was acquitted on the charge of fatally shooting her husband's orderly, on the ground that it was in legitimate self-defence…

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Nambucca and Its Surroundings. Its Pioneers—its Representative Men—its Representative Graziers, Farmers, Dairymen, Chardists—its Picturesque Spots, and Its Industries and Trades. Samuel John Raymond, J.P., Hampton Court, etc

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 5 June 1914 · page 2

"Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear; And full many a flower is born to blush unseen,…

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Startling Incident at Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 6 June 1914 · page 9

LONDON, Thursday.—A startling incident occurred at Buckingham Palace whilst the Court was in progress. A woman, who had been provided with a proper card of…

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Grafton Police Court. Monday, June 9. Before Mr. H. Malone, P.M.

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 8 June 1914 · page 2

Alexander Wallace was fined 1- or "the rising" for being drunk in Skinner-street, South Grafton, on Saturday night…

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P.p. Board. Police Refuse Assistance

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 8 June 1914 · page 4

The periodical meeting of the above on Friday was attended by Directors P. J. Mulquiney (Chairman), W. McLeod, W. Ellis, P Morrissey, C. K…

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