Cattle Stealing
A sufferer writes to the "R.R. Herald": -- 'It is surely a rotten state of affairs that the unfortunate man on the land, after contending against the blows from drought…
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Courts & crime, 1917
936 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 1 of 47
Children's Court
Two children appeared before the Police Court yesterday morning charged with being beyond control. The P.M. ordered them to be sent to an institution in…
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At the Police Court yesterday morning, Josiah Ainsworth Wainwright was charged with being drunk and disorderly in Pound-street. He was fined 20s, or in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Case of Toombs. Son Charged Father Exonerates. Sydney
In connection with the case of the elderly man, Alfred Toombs, who was found shot in the abdomen at his residence, Paddington, last night, his son Frank, aged…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Contemptible Theft. Robbery of Soldiers' Letters. Sydney
Investigation's have established the fact that the letters found at the Gap, Watson's Bay, on New Year's Eve, were all delivered to the Kiama military camp by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Serious Affray. Man Arrested by Police. Sydney
As the result of an altercation at Beaconsfield last night. Nicholas Green, aged 60, now lies in the Sydney Hospital in a serious condition. Benliamin Tattersall…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →William Eyles Case. Matter Before the High Court. Sydney
In the High Court to-day the case of William Grahame Eyles was revived. Mr. Knox, for the Crown, urged that the conviction had not been quashed, or if it…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Near Cangai. Trouble Over Leases. Mr. Greenberg's Little Mistake. Grafton Warden's Court
The P.M., Mr. J. L. Shropshire, yesterday sat at Grafton as warden to report on the application of Henry Greenberg to have a couple of mining leases cancelled…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Labor Quarrel. President Cahill Charged. Sydney
At the Labor Council to-night, Mr. Judd, Municipal Employees' delegate, charged President Cahill with having accused the P.L.L. Executive of carrying…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Spanish Position. Germans Murder Tangier Native. London
A Tangier native, employed at the British Consulate, at Tituan, was enticed into the German Consulate and murdered The attitude of the Spanish authorities…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Russia. Plot to Murder Duma President. Paris
A Paris journal reveals a plot to assassinate Miliukoff, president of the Duma. The man entrusted by the Black Hundred to carry out the murder disclosed the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Queensland. Police Promotions. Brisbane
T. W. McCawley, Under-Secretary for Justice and Crown Solicitor, has been appointed President of the Arbitration Court. District Court Judge MacNaughton has…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Force. Many Promotions Announced. Sydney
The Inspector-General of Police announced a large number of promotions in the force after the written examination of candidates under the new regulations…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Grafton Police Court Saturday, December 6. (Before Messrs. J. L. Shropshire, P.M., and F. Vaughan, J.P.)
John Jenkins, for drunkenness, was fined 5s or 24 hours. On a further charge of having in his possession a clothes brush reasonably supposed to have been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Grafton Police Court. Saturday, January 6. Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, P.M. and Mr. F. Vaughan, J.P. a Sentence of Three Months
John Jenkins, for drunkenness in Prince-st., was fined 5- or 24 hours. Defendant was further charged with having in his possession a clothes…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Assault and Ro[?]ery. Sydney
John Schofield was proceeding home ward at Arncliffe late on Saturday night, when he was waylaid by two Russians, who dragged him into a lane and kicked…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Germans in France. Burglary and High-toned Robbery. London
The "Daily Mail" Paris correspondent reports that a trader from Lille says the Germans burglariously opened the municipal safes and removed the bullion, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Grafton Police Court Monday, January 8. (Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, P.M.)
Patrick Maher, on bail, charged with drunkenness, appeared in court in an in toxicated condition, and was remanded till to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Local and General. Grafton Police Court
At the Grafton Police Court yesterday, before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, P.M., Patrick Maher, charged with indecent language, was fined [?]3 and 6s costs of court, or one…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Grafton Police Court. Monday, January 8. Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, P.M. Drunk in Court
Patrick Maher, on bail, charged with using indecent language, came into Court intoxicated, and was ordered to be locked up till next morning, so that…
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