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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1914

628 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 19 of 32

Grafton Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 27 June 1914 · page 4

On Thursday, before the P.M. William O'Connor, for drunkenness, was fined 1s, or the rising. Yesterday, before the P.M.,…

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Murder of an Infant. Sydney

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 27 June 1914 · page 2

The body of a child two-months old was found floating in the harbor last night. It was wrapped in paper and [?] in a bag containing…

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Inebriates at Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 27 June 1914 · page 4

Four drunks who faced the local Bench yesterday were presented for the second time each this week. On Tuesday two who were frequent offenders pleaded hard to be dealt…

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Police and a Royal Commission

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 30 June 1914 · page 4

The fact that two police constables are now in gaol serving a sentence of nine months' hard labour for assault, that two others have just been committed for trial on a charge of…

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Grafton Police Court. Friday June 26. Before Mr. H. Malone. P.M.

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 1 July 1914 · page 2

William Wilson, 35, who had been before the Court on Wednesday for drunkenness at Grafton, was fined 10s or three days for offending…

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Grafton Polige Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 2 July 1914 · page 4

On Tuesday, before the P.M. Alexander Isbister v. James Tully, charge of using insulting words. Mr. McGuren for complainant, Mr. Kemp for defendant. The…

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Russian Police Stop "Women's Day."

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 2 July 1914 · page 3

Plans for the observance of a "Women's Day" by the workwomen of St. Petersburg were broken up by the police. The day was to have been observed chiefly by lectures in…

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Sunday Police Court

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 3 July 1914 · page 8

On Sunday, at Yass Police Court, a young man named Thomas Hearne, who had been arrested on Saturday on a warrant and charged with having…

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Grafton Police Court. Thursday, July 2

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 3 July 1914 · page 4

(Before Mr. .A. Thompson, J. P.) Timothy Toomey, 62, was fined 5- or 24 hours imprisonment for being drunk at South Grafton the previous…

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The Tennessee Murder. Verdict of Murder Against Father. Fremantle

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

At an inquest at Albany on Frederick E. Smith, who was shot dead at Tennessee, a verdict of wilful murder against his father, Frederick James…

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Brutal Assault

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 4 July 1914 · page 2

Two young men named Sydney Drummond and George Semb were attacked by a gang of roughs at Rockdale on Saturday night. It appears that the…

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[?] Murder. [?]tes

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 4 July 1914 · page 2

The [?] Smith, [?] by his [?] has been [?] A [?] di[?] of wi[?] the…

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Police Courts. Grafton

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 4 July 1914 · page 4

On Thursday, before Mr. A. Thompson, J.P., Timothy Toomey was fined 5s, or 24 hours, for drunkenness. Yesterday, before Mr. W. Perry, P.M.,…

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The Suffragettes. Wild Scene in Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 4 July 1914 · page 9

LONDON, Thursday—There was a wild scene at the Carnarvonshire Sessions, when Georgiene Lloyd and Phyllis North, suffragettes, each received three months'…

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Grafton Police Court. Saturday, July 4. (Before Mr. H. Malone, P. M.) Alleged Assault

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 6 July 1914 · page 2

William Evans; 26, a bookmaker's clerk, from Sydney, was charged with unlawfully assaulting Thomas Willan at the Freemason's Hotel on the…

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Police Courts. Grafton

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 7 July 1914 · page 4

On Saturday, before the P.M. William Evans was charged with assaulting Thomas Willan. He pleaded not guilty. Constable Seiffert stated that on receiving…

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Constable Sentenced to Imprisonment

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 9 July 1914 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Constable Louis, charged with assaulting John Peck at Ultimo, under circumstances already related, was before the Court to-day. It was stated…

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Grafton Police Court. Thursday, July 9. Before Mr. H. Malone, P.M.

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 10 July 1914 · page 4

Two patients, deemed to be insane, and who bad been under treatment for eight days, were discharged…

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Grafton Police Court. Monday, July 6. Before Mr. H. Malone, P.M.

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 10 July 1914 · page 3

A first offender was fined 1s or "the rising." Annie Carter, 25, an aborigine, was admonished and discharged, and William Elder, 42, was…

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Four Viragoes in Court. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 10 July 1914 · page 5

Four suffragettes, who were before the Old Bailey Police Court, charged with having conspired to damage property, indulged in violent outbursts…

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