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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1917

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Sporting. a Great Gallop. Court Jester in Form. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 21 September 1917 · page 1

On account of the grass, tracks being closed at Randwick some well-engaged horses galloped at Victoria Park this morning. Wedge, on the outside of the course…

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The Port Kembla. Ship's Agent's Opinion. Crew Under Police Supervision. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 22 September 1917 · page 5

The managing agent for the Oceanic Steamship Company expressed the hope that a big reward would be offered by the Federal Government for the…

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Local and General. Lawrence Police Court

Daily Examiner · Monday 24 September 1917 · page 2

John Alexander McFarlane, charged with being drunk and disorderly, fined 20; for using indecent language, fined £3; and charged with resisting the police,…

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Police Raid. on Chinese Dens. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 24 September 1917 · page 3

The police raided four houses in Foster street, city, last night, and arrested about 60 Chinese, who will be charged under the Gaming Act…

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Hun Court Painter Interned. Sensation in Society. London. Sunday."

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 24 September 1917 · page 3

The internment of Lawzlod Edelombo, the Court painter, who has had a lengthy residence in England, has caused a sensation in society…

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Grafton Police Court. Monday, September 24. (Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, P.m.) Motor Prosecution

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 25 September 1917 · page 6

Frank White pleaded guilty to a charge of having ridden a motor cycle in Princetrcet on the 13th inst. without having his person and was fined 10…

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Application for Deregistration Disallowed by Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 25 September 1917 · page 4

Judgment was given by Mr. justice Higgins in the application for the deregistration of the Waterside Workers' Federation. His Honor. said that cancellation,…

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Divorce Court. a Kempsey Case. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 25 September 1917 · page 5

In the suit by Allan Hughes against Nellie Vera Hughes, formerly Whitfield, Thomas Sheridan co-respondent, misconduct, Mr. Boyce (instructed by Mr. J. W…

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"No Journalists in Gaol."

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 26 September 1917 · page 2

Mr. Hall (Attorney-General) made some witty remarks on a recent afternoon when speaking at Vancluse Park, when the Institute…

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Grafton Police Court. Monday, September 24. Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, P.M.

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 26 September 1917 · page 2

Edward Bell, a furniture hawker, pleaded not guilty to having stolen a chair valued at 5-, the property of James McNally. Mr. R. D. Bawden…

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Police and Pi[?]ns. Earty Morning Epissde at [?]

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 26 September 1917 · page 2

If the pigeon-boniers who [?] out for Boambee on Sunday morning bod known what was in stere for them, they wouldn't have…

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In the Supreme Court of New South Wales. Probate Jurisdiction

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 26 September 1917 · page 2

In the Will of PETER JOHN REARDON, late of Yamba. Clarence River in the State of New South Wales, Farmer, deceased…

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Ex-minister's Trial. His Wife Also Charged. Petrograd

Daily Examiner · Thursday 27 September 1917 · page 5

Sukhomlinoff's trial concluded with passionate addresses by the ex-Minister and his wife, both bursting into tears, and declaring they were not incriminated…

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Brutal Assault. Woman's Serious Condition. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 28 September 1917 · page 2

Mrs. Christina Hale, aged 40, was found unconscious at the back door of her house at Glebe this morning with her throat cut, and the left side of her…

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Licensing Court

Daily Examiner · Friday 28 September 1917 · page 1

A special Licensing Court was held in Grafton yesterday, before Messrs. J. L. Shropshire, L.M., and D. McFarlane. M.L.B. The following renewals of…

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The Final Gallops. Wedge and Court Jester Beaten. New Zealanders Gallop Well. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 28 September 1917 · page 2

The final Epsom gallops took place at Randwick this morning on the middle grass track. The going was good. Pah King beat Court Jester by four lengths…

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Grafton Licensing Court. Thursday, September 27. Before Messrs. J. L. Shropshire and D. McFarlane, L.Ms

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 28 September 1917 · page 2

The following renewals were granted:-- Paul Berry, Junction Hotel, Grafton (subject to erection of ladies' [?]athroom and running water…

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Guilty of Murder. a Launceston Case. Hobart

Daily Examiner · Saturday 29 September 1917 · page 5

At the Lunceston Criminal Court Edmund Carey, a middle-aged man, pleaded not guilty to the murder of his father-in-law, Francis Thow, at Sassafras in…

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American Patriots. Anti-conscriptionist Sentenced. San Francisco

Daily Examiner · Monday 1 October 1917 · page 3

Attorney Daniel O'Council was sentenced to seven years' imprisonment for conspiring to 'obstruct the selective draft law. The judge unsparingly…

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Sinn Feiners. in Conflict with the Police. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 1 October 1917 · page 3

Sinn Feiners parade at Cork on Thursday night in connection with the Keath 'Ashe affair,. The police charged the crowd with rifles arid bayonets and…

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