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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1916

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Grafton Police Court. Monday, October 16

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 16 October 1916 · page 2

Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, P.M. Caspar Giese was fined 5s, and 6s costs, or 24 hours', for allowing a horse to stray in Powell-street…

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Grafton Police Court. Monday, October 16, before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, P. M.

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 October 1916 · page 5

Caspar Giese for allowing a horse to stray within the Municipality, was fined 5s, 6s costs, or 24 hours. Ernest Bollard was charged with having…

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The High Court

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 October 1916 · page 2

The Chief Justice of the High Court has expressed concern at the go-slow methods of the very honorable and very expensive institution over which he…

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The Horton Case. Husband Charged with Cutting His Wife's Throat Sordid Story of an Unhappy Home Accused Before the Court. Mrs. Norton in the Witness Box. (Before Mr. J. h. Shropshire, P.M.) (Continued from last issue.)

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 18 October 1916 · page 2

Eliza Mary Horton, continuing her evidence, said: I fell down in the road, and my husband stood over me. I kept getting up and…

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The Tottenham Murder. Trial Commences. Crown Case. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 October 1916 · page 5

At Bathurst Circuit Court to-day, before the Chief Justice and a jury, Roland Nicholas Kennedy and Frank Franz were charged with the murder of Constable…

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Court Officials at Palace. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 October 1916 · page 5

Reuter's correspondent says there was an immense traffic during the night between Athens and Tatoi. All court officials were summoned to the Palace…

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Military Exemption Court. Cases at Limore

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 October 1916 · page 4

Considrable interest was taken on Tuesday in the opening of the Lismore Courthouse of the local Military Eremption Court before Mr. A. J. Peisley, P.M…

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The Tottenham Murder. Two Accused Found Guilty. Sentenced to Death. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 20 October 1916 · page 2

At Bathurst Circuit Court yesterday, before the Chief Justice and a jury, Roland Nicholas Kennedy and Frank Franz were charged with the…

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A Murder Charge. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 October 1916 · page 1

At the Sydney Police Court to-day, William Graham Eyles was charged with feloniously and maliciously murdering Ellen Eyles at Five Dock on the 13th inst. He…

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Late Wires Chauffeur Injured. Supposed Savage Assault. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 20 October 1916 · page 2

George Isles, chaffeur to Sir Herbert Maitland, the well-known Sydney medico, was found unconscious in his room over the garage. He has a…

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The Lidcombe Murder. Death Sentence Commuted. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 20 October 1916 · page 2

The sentence of death passed on Edward Gustave Stainer for the murder of a Chinaman at Lidcombe has been commuted to imprisonment for life…

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Court at Lismore. Lismore

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 October 1916 · page 4

Thirty-one further applications for exemption from military service were heard to-day at Lismore Exemption Court. Ten were totally exempted, ten temporarily,…

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The Tottenham Murder. Accused Found Guilty. the Death Sentence. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 October 1916 · page 5

The trial of Roland Kennedy and Frank Franz for the murder of Constable Duncan at Tottenham was concluded at Bathurst. Both accused were convicted…

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Police Court

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 October 1916 · page 8

Robert Robertson was charged with drunkenness. There was no appearance of defendant, who was fined 5s and 6s costs…

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The Lidcombe Murder. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 October 1916 · page 5

The death sentence passed on Edward Stainer for the murder of a Chinese at Lidcombe has been commuted to penal servitude for life…

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Exemption Courts. Magistrate Relieved From Duty. Sydney, Frday

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 October 1916 · page 4

Mr. Smithers, stipendiary magistrate, has been temporarily relieved from any further duty in connection with Exemption Courts…

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Outrages in Belgium Work or Go to Gaol. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 October 1916 · page 5

Reuter's Amsterdam correspondent states the "Telegraaf" reports that the Germans continue to outrage in Belgium similarly as in North France. Two…

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Maclean Courts. Quarterly Licensing Court. (Before Mr. Shropshire, chairman, and Messrs. J. E. Arnold and F. H. Sehwonberg, members.)

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 October 1916 · page 8

The inspector's quarterly licensing report was read, and considered satisfactory. An application by A. J. Stone for a…

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Grafton Police Court

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 October 1916 · page 2

In the Grafton Police Court on Saturday, Samuel Bond was fined 5s, or 24 hours, for drunkenness. Frederick West, William Quinn, and William Goff were…

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Grafton Police Court. Saturday, October 21. Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, P.M.

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 23 October 1916 · page 2

Sanuel Bond, for drunkenness was fined 5s or 24 hours. MONDAY, OCTOBER 23. Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, P.M…

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