Licensing Court. Tuesday, April 17. Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, L.M.
The application of Chas. James Beaton, licensee of the Great Northern Hotel, South Grafton, for abatement of rent under the Liquor Amendment Act,…
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Courts & crime, 1917
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Licensing Court. Tuesday, April 17. Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, P.M.
Chas. James Beaton, Great Northern Hotel, South Grafton, represented by Mr. Pollack, made application for abatement of rent. Mr. Pollack…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alleged Embezzlement. Bank Manager Charged. Lismore
At Lismore Police Court to-day a charge of embezzling £781 was preferred against Francome Halden Richardson, manager of the Byron Bay branch of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Grafton Police Court. Friday, April 20
Before Mr. E. T. Oram, J.P. Wm. Elder, for having been drunk in Through-street, South Grafton, on 19th instant, was fined 5- or 24 hours,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fur Stealing. Two Years' Imprisonment. Sydney
Judge Docker, in sentencing Henry Jones, a wharf laborer, who had been found guilty of receiving two stolen fur coats, to two years' imprisonment, said:…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Maclean Licensing Court
Yesterday, befor Mr. J. L. Shropshire, L.M., and Messrs. F. Sehwonberg and J. C. Arnold, members. The inspector's quarterly report was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Maclean Police Court. Yesterday, before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, P.M., and J. E. Arnold, J.P.
G. Schipp, charged with having been drunk and disorderly on the 5th inst., was fined 2s and 6s costs of court. W. Gard, for drunkenness on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Enginedrivers' Grievance. Arbitration Court Delays. Sydney
The general secretary of the Enginedrivers and Firemen's Association complains of the delay that enginedrivers and others employed in the southern collieries…
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Travers Ellem v. Reuben Forbes. This was a case of alleged assault Mr. Pollack for plaintiff. Defendant pleaded guilty, under provocation…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Grafton Police Court. Saturday, April 21. Before Mr J. L. Shropshire, P.M. Alleged Cattle Stealing
J. P. McCristal, who was charged with having on April 17, at South Grafton, stolen two bullocks, the property of John Shea, was remanded, on…
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Ernest Wm. Watkins was charged with having on April 17, at South Grafton, in company with John Patrick McCristal, stolen 7 head of cattle, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alleged Theft by Trickery
Samuel Norman was charged with having stolen, on April 20, at Grafton, the sum of £1, the property of Miles Want. He was represented by Mr. A…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lecture at H.m. Gaol
By the kind permission of the Comptroller-General, Mr R. H. W. Bligh, who is on a lecturing tour chiefly to the cadets of New South Wales, in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Grafton Police Court. Saturday, April 21. Before J. L. Shropshire, P.M.
Joseph Green pleaded guilty to a charge of drunkenness, and was fined 5s, or 24 hours' imprisonment. ALLEGED CATTLE STEALING…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Hotel Murder. Landlord Stabbed. Melbourne
A number of men were in a hotel at Richmond, Victoria, until a late hour on Friday night. The landlord, named…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Alleged Cattle Stealing
Ernest Wm. Watkins was charged with having on April 17, in company with John Patrick McCrystal, stolen seven heal of cattle the property of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Grafton Police Court. Monday, April 23, 1917
Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, P.M. Chas. Matthews pleaded guilty to drunkenness. He was fined £2 or 14 days hard labor, the sentence not to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Local and General. Circuit Court
A wire was received in Grafton yesterday, stating that the Circuit Court had been cancelled and that Mr. Justice Pring would not require the rooms engaged for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Broken Hill. the Case of Mrs. Egan. Union's Appeal to Supreme Court. Sydney
The defendants in the recent action in which Frances Egan, a married woman, secured damages from the Barrier Branch of the Amalgamated…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"It Is Murder." "Sydney
The secretary of the United Laborers' Association, when asked how the cessation of work at Coff's Harbor would affect the members of his union,…
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