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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1917

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Coramba Police Court. Wednesday, May 16. Alleged Riotous Behaviour. (Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, P.M.)

Daily Examiner · Friday 18 May 1917 · page 2

George Allen, an Indian, was charged with riotous behaviour on 19th April at Glenreagh. He pleaded not guilty, and was defended by Mr. D. W. Macpherson…

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Alleged Attempted Murder. a Glenreagh Case. Accused Committed for Trial

Daily Examiner · Friday 18 May 1917 · page 4

At the Coramba Police Court, on Wednesday, May 16, before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, P.M., David Pont was charged with having on May 1, at Glenreagh,…

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Alleged Attempted Murder. a Glenreagh Case. Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, P.M., at

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 18 May 1917 · page 5

Coramb Police Court, on Wednesday, David Pont was charged with having attempted to murder his wife, Charlotte Eliz. Pont, with a revolver, at…

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A Girl's Prank. Police and Civilian Hoaxed. a Most Extraordinary Story. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 18 May 1917 · page 2

A nine year old girl led the police a fine dance yesterday. She related, at considerable detail, that she found the bodies of two children lying…

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Dorrigo Police Court

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 19 May 1917 · page 4

On Tuesday at the Dorrigo Police Court, before Messrs. F. T. Stennett, G. Blackwell and Elijah Johnson, Js. P., Thomas Bryant was charged with…

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Some Court Impressions

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 19 May 1917 · page 2

Once upon a time, as the fairy stories start off, when I was younger and more innocent, I used to read the police court jokes in the…

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Alleged Murder. Father Found to Be Insane. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 19 May 1917 · page 5

Edward Warren, charged at Melbourne with the alleged murder of his son, was found not guilty on the ground of insanity. He was ordered to be detained…

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Coramba Police Court. Ex-parte Cases

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 May 1917 · page 4

Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, P.M., on Wednesday, the following cases were heard ex parte:-- Jack Driscoll, for drunk and…

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Grafton Police Court. Saturday, May 19

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 21 May 1917 · page 3

Before Mr. H. C. T. Maxted J.P. Daniel McNamara pleaded guilty to drunkenness but was discharged with a caution, having taken steps to…

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Local and General. Grafton Police Court

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 May 1917 · page 2

On Saturday, before Mr. H. C. Maxted, J.P., Daniel Macnamara, charged with drunkenness, was discharged with a caution. John Jones, on a similar…

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Murderous Assault. on Prominent Parramatta Man. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 May 1917 · page 3

While Alfred Jago and H. C. Watson, two well-known Parramatta business men, were crossing Parramatta Park last night, they were assaulted by four men…

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Industrial Court. Sugar Industry Award

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 May 1917 · page 3

In the Industrial Court on Friday, before Mr. Justice Heydon, Mr. Armstrong, instructed by Mr. Roberts, appeared to apply for a variation of the award of the…

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Grafton Police Court. Tuesday, May 22. Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, P.M. Alleged Grievous Assault

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 23 May 1917 · page 2

Dugald Cameron, Rocky Laurie and Sailor Morris, three aboriginals, were charged with having at Ashby, near Maclean, inflicted grievous bodily harm…

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Hun Plotters. Three Sentenced. New York

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 23 May 1917 · page 3

Von Rientelen, Lanor and Martin have been found guilty of conspiracy to prevent munition shipments going to the Allies. The convicted men have…

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Strike Fomenters. Sentenced to a Year's Imprisonment. New York

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 May 1917 · page 3

A New York message states that Captain Von Rintlen and David Lamar, known as the Wolf of Wall-street, were sentenced to a year's imprisonment for…

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Industrial Wharf Laborers' Trouble. Strikers Before the Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 May 1917 · page 2

Cases in which a number of wharf laborers were alleged to have taken part in a, strike in March last, were before the Industrial Court to-day, when it was…

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Licensing Court. Tuesday, May 22. Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, P.M.

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 23 May 1917 · page 2

In the application of Joseph Henry Newbold for abatement of rent of H G. Small's hotel, Copmanhurst, Mr. Pollack, for the parties, stated that a…

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Parliamentarian Sentenced Seditious Language. Wellington

Daily Examiner · Friday 25 May 1917 · page 3

Mr. Webb, a member of the New Zealand. House of Representatives, has been sentenced to three months' imprisonment for having used seditious language…

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Grafton Police Court. Thursday, May 24. (Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, P.M.)

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 25 May 1917 · page 2

Thos Dowling pleaded guilty to drunkenness and disorderly conduct in Prince street and was fined £2 or 1 month, with 7 days to pay on security…

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Hindenburg Outwitted. Assault That Was Forestalled. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 25 May 1917 · page 5

Telegraphing from the Champagne front, Warner Allen, the British press correspondent, states:-- "Violent German counter-attacks…

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