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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1916

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Maclean Police Court

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 February 1916 · page 3

On Friday, before the P.M., J. McConnell was charged with riotous behaviour at Palmer's Island on the 30th December. He pleaded not guilty. and was…

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Grafton Police Court. Monday, 21st. FEBRUARY. Before Mr. H. A. Macdougal, P.M.

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 21 February 1916 · page 2

The following were, fined for not having their names on the Commonwealth Electoral Roll:--Florence Mary Fairweather. fined 1- and 3- costs:…

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Grafton Police Court

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 February 1916 · page 2

Yesterday, before Mr. H. C. T. Maxted, J.P. Martin Dunstan, for drunkenness, the third offence in ten days, was fined 20s or seven days…

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Ulmarra Police Court

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 February 1916 · page 2

Yesterday, before the P.M., Mr. McDougall. Clarence Gillett, for failing to enrol on the electoral roll for Cowper was fined 1s and 3s costs…

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Grafton Police Court. Tuesday 22nd., FEBRUARY

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 23 February 1916 · page 2

Before Mr. H. C. T. Maxted, J. P., Martin Dunstan, for being drunk in Prince- street, was fined £1 or seven days imprisonment. This was…

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Grafton Police Court

Daily Examiner · Thursday 24 February 1916 · page 4

Yesterday, before Messrs. D. McFarlane and G. N. Small, Js. P., McPherson Starling, deemed to be of unsound mind, was, on certificates by Drs…

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Grafton Police Court. Friday, 25th FEBRUARY

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 25 February 1916 · page 2

Before Messrs. D. McFarlane and G. N. Small, Js.P. A young man, a resident of Hoof-street, Grafton, was charged with…

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Charged with Robbery. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 25 February 1916 · page 2

Horbert Elbourne was committed for trial at Bathurst on a charge of robbing the railway station of £525. Elbourne was booking clerk, and it is stated he was knocked…

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Mayor Charged with Deception. "You Have Misled Us."

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 25 February 1916 · page 5

Ald. McDonald: Before closing, Mr. Mayor, I direct your attention to one matter which I would like made clear. At the last meeting, when the…

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Nurse Cavell's Murder. a New Version

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 25 February 1916 · page 4

An entirely new and circumstantial story of the execution of the British nurse, Miss Edith Cavell as a spy by the Germans in Belgium was…

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Murder in Fiji. Factory Manager Stabbed. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 25 February 1916 · page 5

Peter Kemp, manager of the Sugar Co.'s works at Tavna has been murdered by an Indian laborer, with whom he had a disagreement. He was…

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The Recent Riots. Court-martial Next Week. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 25 February 1916 · page 5

The Court Martial of such accused persons as are brought before it in connection with the recent riot, will be opened at Sydney next Wednesday…

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Alleged "Wholesale Stealing

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 29 February 1916 · page 5

The police court at Muswellbrook was crowded last week to hear a charge against three persons of robbing their masters of sundry goods. Seven others were charged with…

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Murder and Attempted Suicide. a Victorian Tragedy. SYDNEY,Monday

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 29 February 1916 · page 5

Having made a ferocious attack upon his wife, which ended in her death, Martin Pas- mar, a German resident of Goulburn Weir (Vie.) attempted to commit suicide by…

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War Lectures at the Gaol

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 1 March 1916 · page 2

With the approval of the Comptroller-General of H.M. Prisons, arrangements have been made to deliver a course of lectures on the war to the…

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Grafton Police Court. Wednesday March 1. Before Messrs. T. T. Bawden and D. McFarlane, Js.P

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 1 March 1916 · page 2

Martin Dunstan, for being drunk in Skinner-street, South Grafton, was fined 20- or one week in Grafton Gaol, this being his fourth offence in three…

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Shop Wrecked by Bomb. the Police Theory. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 1 March 1916 · page 3

The police believe that the destruction of the shop wrecked at Mosman on Monday night by an explosion was undoubtedly the work of a bomb. A…

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Grafton Police Court

Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 March 1916 · page 4

Yesterday, before Messrs. T. T. Bawden and D. McFarlane, J.P.. Martin Dunstan, for drunkenness, the fourth appearance in three weeks, was fined 20s or…

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Alleged Assault by Soldiers. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 March 1916 · page 6

While a girl named Muriel Russell was sitting on a seat near Wirth's Park, Melbourne, she was accosted by three soldiers, who she alleges carried her to a lane and…

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Supposed Case of Murder. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 March 1916 · page 5

The examination of the body of the chauffeur, William Haines, found in an abandoned motor-car at H[?]idelberg (Vic.), disclosed the presence of four bullet wounds…

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