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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1915

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Grafton Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 16 March 1915 · page 4

Yesterday, before the P.M. A married woman from Coaldale, deemed to be insane, was, after taking the evidence of Constable Seiffert and the husband, remanded…

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Petty Sessions Court at South Grafton

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 16 March 1915 · page 4

Mr. G. S. Briner, M.L.A., has been notified by the Justice Department referring to letter from the South Grafton Progress Association, in which a further request for the…

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Coffs Harbor Police Court

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 17 March 1915 · page 2

On Friday, before H. Malone, Esq., P.M., a local resident, for using indecent language, was fined 20s and 6s costs, of seven days…

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Grafton Police Court. Monday March 15. Before Mr. H. Malone, P.M.

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 17 March 1915 · page 2

A married lady from Coaldale was remanded for eight days for medical treatment and observation. Her husband was present in court…

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German Shirkers. to Be Court Martialled. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 17 March 1915 · page 3

It is stated that parties of Germans have arrived at Ghent and Brussels for court martial for failing to respond to orders to make counter attacks…

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Grafton Police Court. Wednesday, March 17. Before Mr. H. Malone, P.M.

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 19 March 1915 · page 2

A first offender was ordered to pay 5- or take 24 hours' cells for being drunk the previous night…

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War Comments. Murder From the Air

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 19 March 1915 · page 2

One is apt to wonder at times whether the Germans are the blood- thirsty pirates and murderers which their actions represent them to be or…

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Bombs on Merchantmen. Germany's Latest Murder Method. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 19 March 1915 · page 5

German aeroplanes attacked a steamer three miles off the English coast in the vicinity of the Forelands. Another dropped bombs close to a passing ship…

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Joke told Against Doctor and Chemist. R.S.V.P. Letter Charged Up As a Prescription

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 19 March 1915 · page 3

Paris is talking the following story with great gusto against one of its medical specialists and a prominent chemist…

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Court of Petty Sessions. (Before Mr J. L. Shropshire, P.M.)

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 19 March 1915 · page 2

At the last sitting of the Court at Bellingen the following cases were heard :— M. O'Connor v. W. H. Clerke.—…

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Dorrigo Police Court

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 20 March 1915 · page 5

COURT was held in the local Temple of Justice on Tuesday morning last. Mr. Stennet, and Dr. Gatenby, J's.P. occupied the bench…

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Grafton Police Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 20 March 1915 · page 2

Yesterday, before Messrs. T. T. Bawden and D. McFarlane, J's.P. Mrs. J. G. Smith, of Dilkoon, on remand, deemed to be insane, was, after taking the…

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Warden's Court at Grafton

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 20 March 1915 · page 4

On Thursday the District Warden held an inquiry respecting applications for two gold dredging leases in parish Scope, on the seaboard, nenr Digger's Headland. They were…

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Murder From the Air. Woman and Children Killed. London, Friday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 22 March 1915 · page 3

A German aeroplane dropped bombs at Poperinghi, Flanders, killing eight persons, including a woman and two children…

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Police Courts. Grafton

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 23 March 1915 · page 8

On'Saturday, before the P.M. Sidney "W. Wall was charged with stealing a portmanteau valued at 27s, the property of Thomas Pambleton at South Grafton, on…

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Bellingen District Court

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 23 March 1915 · page 8

On Thursday the following cases were disposed of before his Honor Judge Hamilton:— A. St. P. Croudace v. Dorrige Pine Milling co. Claim, £400, damages by breach of…

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Grafton Police Court. Monday, March 22

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 24 March 1915 · page 2

Before Mr. H. Malone, P.M. James Bartlett, for being drunk, was fined 20-, with the alternative of 14 days. The Municipal Council of Grafton…

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[?]Late Wires. Earle Hermann Sentenced. Judge Docker's Biting Criticism. Sydney, Monday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 24 March 1915 · page 3

Joseph Earle Hermann was brought up for sentence to-day. The other charges preferred against him, to which he pleaded not guily,…

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The Imperial Criminal. Kaiser Indicted by Court Favorite. a Remarkable Book

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 24 March 1915 · page 3

One of the most remarkable books of recent times has just been published by Cassell and Co. It purports to have been written by a nobleman who…

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Wheat Grab Appeal High Court Says Act Is Valid. the Bench Divided. Sydney, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 24 March 1915 · page 3

The High Court to-day delivered its reserved Judgment in the wheat case. The Court held that the Wheat Acquisition Act was valid…

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