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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1914

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Lismore Police Court

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

LISMORE, Monday.—At the Police Court to-day ll persons were each fined 5s with 3s costs for failing to enrol for the Commonwealth electoral subdivision of Lismore…

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Welcoming a Magistrate

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

At the opening of the Licensing Court yesterday, Mr. W. A. Zuill, J.P., on taking his seat for the first time, was welcomed by Mr. Law, on behalf of the legal profession;…

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Grafton Police Court. Monday, December 7. Before Mr. H. Malcne, P.M. Alleged Larceny

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 9 December 1914 · page 2

Patrick Joseph Leonard, on remand from Friday, on two charges of alleged larceny (a hurricane lantern valued at 3s 3d, the property of…

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New Chief of Police. Inspector-general Day Retires. Sydney, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 9 December 1914 · page 2

Mr. Day, who has been Inspector-General Of Police in this State for nearly four years, has been compelled to retire owing to ill-health…

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Revision Court. Wednesday, December 9. Before Mr. H. Malone, P.M.

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 9 December 1914 · page 2

A Revision Court, to deal with the ratepayers' rolls in connection with the Local Government bodies at this end of the river, was held at the…

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Police Courts. Lawrence

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 10 December 1914 · page 2

Before Messrs. J. Parsons, J. McPhee and D. Archer, J.P.'s. Hawkers' licenses were granted for the ensuing year to Ernest Pullen, V. Henderson…

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Sentenced to Death. the Lismore Murder

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 11 December 1914 · page 2

A special sitting of the Supreme Court was opened at Lismore on Wednesday, when George Mulvena, aged 19, was sentenced to death for…

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Sentenced to Death. German Consul's Treachery. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 11 December 1914 · page 5

The German ex-Consul at Sunderland, Hermann Ahlers, has been sentenced to death for high treason. The charge against him is that he afforded…

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Small Debts Court

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 11 December 1914 · page 4

At Bellingen Small Debts Court yesterday, before Mr J. L. Shropshire, P.M., a local medical officer sued the trustees of the G.U.O. Oddfellows…

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Federal Arbitration Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 12 December 1914 · page 9

SYDNEY, Friday—In the application of the Waterside Workers' Federation for a mandamus compelling the North Coast Co. to pay overtime at certain ports, His Honor said he…

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Trading with the Enemy. Adelaide Business Man Charged. Adelaide

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 14 December 1914 · page 3

F. H. Snow, a well-known and successful business man of many years' standing, was charged at the Police Court yesterday with having traded…

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Concert at H.M. Gaol

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 15 December 1914 · page 8

In accordance with custom, and under the auspices of the Prisoners' Aid Society, a concert was held at the gaol on Saturday. Owing to the difficulty of obtaining talent on…

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Police Courts. Grafton

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 15 December 1914 · page 2

Yesterday, before the P.M., David John Richards was summoned for stealing fruit from the orchard of C. J. Sanders, and was fined 15s and 6s cost, in default…

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Grafton Police Court. Monday, December 14. Before Mr. H. Malone, P.M.

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 16 December 1914 · page 2

Two first offenders were fined 1s or "the rising" for being drunk on Saturday night. David John Richards, a lad of 18…

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No Guard in Court. Sydney, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 16 December 1914 · page 3

The Zambesi case was contined in the Prize Court to-day. Two German witnesses were brought into court under a military guard. The officer in…

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Small Debts Court. Monday, December 14. Before Mr. H. Malone, P.M.

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 16 December 1914 · page 2

Langan and Co. v. J. T. Baker. Claim for £5 3s 11d, goods sold and delivered. Verdict for amount, with 5s costs…

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Court of Petty Sessions. Bellingen, December 10, 1914. (Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, P.M.)

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 18 December 1914 · page 2

Police v. E. McCarthy—Drunkenness. Fined 5s with 6s costs, or 3 days in the lock-up. Police v.J. Renwick—Drunkenness…

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Police Courts. Maclean

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 19 December 1914 · page 2

Yesterday, before the P.M., and Messrs. A. H. Garven and F. H. Schwonberg, J's.P. An aboriginal on remand, charged with a criminal offence, was remanded until the…

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Lecture at the Gaol

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 21 December 1914 · page 2

On Saturday afternoon, at the Grafton Gaol, a lecture was delivered to the prisoners by the Ven. Archdeacon Seymour, C. of E. chaplain, his subject…

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Grafton Police Court. Saturday, December 19. Before Mr. H. Malone, P.M.

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 21 December 1914 · page 3

A first offender was ordered to pay 1s or "take "the rising" for being drunk the previous night…

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