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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1916

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Grafton Police Court. Monday, September 18

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 20 September 1916 · page 2

Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, P.M. Arthur Morgan, for drunkenness, was fined 5- or 24 hours. Arthur S. McLachlan, for driving…

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Grafton Police Court. (Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, P.m.) Tuesday, September 19

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 20 September 1916 · page 4

Michael Bourke proceeded against Frederick Sanders, jun., charging him with using threatening language on the public wharf on September 9. Mr. Pollack appeared for…

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Grafton Police Court

Daily Examiner · Thursday 21 September 1916 · page 4

In the Grafton Police Court yesterday, before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, P.M., Michael Ryan, John Kemp, John Ward, Roy Eather, and Roy Robbins made application for bail…

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Grafton Police Court

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 September 1916 · page 2

Yesterday before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, P.M., Wm. Hudson, for drunkenness at South Grafton, was fined 5s, or 24 hours' hard labor. Applications for hawkers' licenses…

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Brutal Assault

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 22 September 1916 · page 2

The Coff's Harbour "Advocate" says:—From what we can gather, it appears that several men of the "spieler" variety started a game of…

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Grafton Police Court. Thursday, September 21. Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, P.M.

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 22 September 1916 · page 2

William Johnson, a stranger, was charged with drunkenness at South Grafton the previous day, and was fined 5s or 24 hours; he was further…

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Maclean Police Court. Yesterday, before the P.M. Minor Charges

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 September 1916 · page 4

L. C. Funnell was charged with being drunk in River-street on the 15th inst. He pleaded guilty and was fined 10s. E. M. Shields, charged with having…

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False Pretences. Town Clerk Sentenced Two Years. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 September 1916 · page 5

William Charles Danne, formerly Town Clerk at New Lambton, was convicted at the Quarter Sessions on a charge of false pretences and sentenced to two years' hard…

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Strike in America. Mob Held by the Police. New York

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 September 1916 · page 5

New York carmen are rioting in thousands, and the police are trying to hold the mob, Monday has been appointed for a general strike. Seven hundred thousand men are…

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A Common Gaming House. Police Raid at Casino. Big Batch Fined £60

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 25 September 1916 · page 3

As the result of a police raid made on the premises of C. H. Anderson, auctioneer, Casino, on Wednesday evening, by Sergt. Strachan, Constables…

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TELEGRAMS. I.W.W. Raid by Police in Sydney. Four Men Held on Serious Charge. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 25 September 1916 · page 4

The police raided the headquarters of the Industrial Workers of the World, Sydney, and arrested four men, who were charged with treason. A large quantity of literature was…

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Alleged Letter Stealing. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 September 1916 · page 5

George Bivett, thirty-four years of age, was committed for trial on a charge of stealing nineteen letters, the property of the Postmaster-General…

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Grafton Police Court. Monday, September 25th. (Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, P.M.)

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 September 1916 · page 4

A person was charged with being insane and not under proper control, and was remanded for eight days for medical observation…

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News of the World. America. the Preparerness Parade Episode Bomb-thrower Sentenced. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 September 1916 · page 5

Warren Billings was found guilty at San Francisco of murder by bomb-throwing, on the occasion of the preparedness parade. The jury recommended life imprisonment…

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Lecture at the Gaol

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 27 September 1916 · page 2

On Saturday afternoon last, Mr. G. S. Marks, manager of the Grafton Experiment Farm, delivered a lecture-to the inmates of the local gaol on "The…

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Maclean Court

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 27 September 1916 · page 4

At Maclean Police Court on Friday last, before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, P.M., the following cases were dealt with:--For allowing stock to depasture on…

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Grafton Police Court. Monday, September 25th. Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, P.M.

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 27 September 1916 · page 2

An individual deemed to be insane was remanded for eight days for medical treatment. George James Lollback was fined…

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Rioters at Broken Hill. Four Men Sentenced. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 27 September 1916 · page 2

Two rioters at Broken Hill was fined £5 each, or one month's imprisonment, and was bound over to be of good behaviour…

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Small Debts Court. Tuesday, September 26. Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, P.M.

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 27 September 1916 · page 2

Michael Sherry, a wharf-laborer, residing in Turf-street, sued G. Saul, a laborer working at the gas works, for £2, money lent. There was no…

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News of the World. Widow and Daughters. Condemned by Court Martial. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 September 1916 · page 3

A court martial at Kiel condemned a widow and her daughter each to 15 years, and her fourteen -year -old daughter to one year in a fortress for high treason…

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