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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1917

936 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 13 of 47

District Court and Quarter Sessions

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 April 1917 · page 4

The following is a list of the eases set down for the next District Court and Court of Quarter Sessions, to commence in Grafton to-morrow morning:…

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Coramba Police Court. April 11, 1917. Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, P.M.

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 April 1917 · page 4

Reginald Rooney, charged on warrant, with that he did at Jacky Jum[?]up, near Glenreagh, on February 19 last, assault one William Kane, and did then beat…

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Warden's Court Coramba. Before the Warden, Mr. J. L. Shropshire

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 April 1917 · page 4

Donald P. O'Keefe, application for authority to outer on portion 132, parish of Coff, county Fitzroy, to seek for copper. Abandoned by applicant…

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District Court

Daily Examiner · Saturday 14 April 1917 · page 7

The sittings of the District Court commenced in Grafton yesterday, his Honor, Judge Hamilton, on the bench. The case of Thompson v. Smith, claim…

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Zinc. Supreme Court Matter. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 14 April 1917 · page 4

Claims for over £80,000 against one German metal firm by the Zinc Corporation Limited, came on for hearing at the Victorian Supreme Court…

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Criminal Appeals. Dismissed by Full Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 14 April 1917 · page 5

The Full Court of Criminal Appeals dismissed the appeal of Herbert O'Brien, who now lies under sentence of death on a capital charge. Justice Pring…

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Alleged Assault and Robbery

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 16 April 1917 · page 4

Leonard Francis and Patrick Morrison were charged on two counts with having, at Coff's Harbor on March 9, 1917, assaulted Henry…

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Alleged Assault and Robbery

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 16 April 1917 · page 4

Fredrick West and Wm. Quinn, on bail, were called. West did not answer and a successful application was made to have his recognisance…

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District Court

Daily Examiner · Monday 16 April 1917 · page 2

The District Court was continued on Saturday before his Honor Judge Hamilton. A COMMISSION CASE…

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District Court. Ca Sa Applications

Daily Examiner · Monday 16 April 1917 · page 3

Thos. Albert against Joseph E. Austin. Mr. R. J. Browning (instructed by Mr. D. W. Dowling, Maclean), appeared for plaintiff. Order made for £2 per…

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A Popular Police Officer. Superintendent Atkinson's Promotion

Daily Examiner · Monday 16 April 1917 · page 2

When the business of the Court of Quarter Sessions concluded at Grafton on Saturday afternoon, his Honor Judge Hamilton said he should have much…

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Grafton District Court. Friday, April 13. Before His Honor Judge Hamilton. A. F. WALSHAM v. North Coast Bread Co

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 16 April 1917 · page 2

This was a claim for £53 12s 11d, for work done and money paid, etc. Mr. D. J. Lobban, for defendant, consented to a verdict for £21 5s 5d…

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Grafton Police Court. Monday, April 16, 1917

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 April 1917 · page 6

Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, P.M. Joseph Bernard Rowles was charged with having on March 20 at South Grafton cruelly ill-treated a horse…

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Why It Was Not in the Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 April 1917 · page 4

A witness in a Police Court case yesterday was being examined. The P.M. wanted to have it on record how it was that an article in the case--a…

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Federal Elections. Cowardly Conduct at a Meeting. Police Save the Situation. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 April 1917 · page 5

Mr. Austin Chapman, Nationalist candidate for Eden-Monaro, had an exciting experience at Major's Creek on Saturday night. Organised interruption…

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Alleged Theft

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 18 April 1917 · page 2

Hampden Morris, Roland Richardson and Geo. Layton were charged conjointly with having stolen an Andalusian rooster, valued at £1 1s, the…

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Alleged Assault

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 18 April 1917 · page 2

W E. Livingstone v. Cammilie Carroll Hawthorne. Mr. Law for plaintiff; Mr. Pollack for defendant. This was an allegation of assault at South…

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Grafton Police Court. Monday, April 16. (Before Mr. J L. Shropshire, P.m.) Cruelty to a Horse

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 18 April 1917 · page 2

Joseph Bernard Rowles was charged with having cruelly illtreated a horse at South Grafton by tying it by the neck to a fence with a piece of fencing…

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The Katoomba Murder. the Inquest. Keith Shaw's Confession. the Attraction of a Diamond. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 April 1917 · page 3

The inquest into the Katoomba murder was continued at the Katoomba Courthouse to-day. The proprietor of the California Boardinghouse said Herbert Keith…

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Grafton District Court. Saturday, April 14. Before Judge Hamilton. Share-farming Dispute

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 18 April 1917 · page 1

J. Cooper v. R. S. Barnier, a claim for £11 19s 11d for goods sold and delivered, and work done. Mr. A. J. Pollack for plaintiff; Mr. R. C. Law…

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