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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1918

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Harris Will Case. Statement in Court. Executors Make an Offer. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 10 May 1918 · page 5

When the Harris will case, was resumed in the Equity Court this morning, My Loxton, K.C., intimated that the executors of the estate were prepared to allow…

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Alleged Murder. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 11 May 1918 · page 5

Nellie Corbett was remanded at the Police Court to-day charged with being an accessory after the fact, to the murder of Catherine Simpson, who was shot…

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Telegrams. Militarypolice Convicted. a Charge of Theft

Daily Examiner · Saturday 11 May 1918 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday. Three of garrison military police, Roderick Dewar, Arthur Pasch, and Marcus Wakeley, were convicted at the…

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A Queensland Tragedy. Man Charged with Murder. Brisbane

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 13 May 1918 · page 2

A man named Wall has been arrested at Maryborough (Queensland) and charged with having shot his wife and child dead at Maryborough and with…

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Bolsheviks Murder Russian General. Copenhagen

Daily Examiner · Monday 13 May 1918 · page 3

A message from Vienna states that the Bolsheviks have murdered the famous Russian general Rennenkampf…

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Inciting Socialists. Gaol for British Bolshevik. London, Friday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 13 May 1918 · page 3

The trial of John Maclean, formerly a schoolmaster at Glasgow, and afterwards a Bolshevik Consul, who was charged with inciting Socialists, has…

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Grafton Police Court. Monday, 13th MAY, 1918. Before Mr J. L. Shropshire, P.M. Deemed Insane

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 13 May 1918 · page 2

Blanch Arabella Maud Ducrot was, on the evidence of Drs. Henry and McArthur, deemed to be insane and was committed to the Rydalmere…

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Alleged Murder. Wife and Child Killed. Maryborough

Daily Examiner · Monday 13 May 1918 · page 1

At the Police Court to-day, Joseph Wall was charged with the murder of his wife Hannah, and their child, Matthew. Evidence of arrest was given, and the…

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Maclean Courts. Friday, May 10. (Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, P.m.) Small Debts Court

Daily Examiner · Monday 13 May 1918 · page 1

W. N. R Waugh (through Mr T. McL. Lobban), moved for leave to file, a defence to a default summons which had been issued against him by John Welsh, the time…

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Stealing Books. a Farmer Sentenced. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 14 May 1918 · page 4

Percy Fielder, giving his occupation as a farmer, was sentenced to throe months' hard labor on a charge of stealing a number of books from Dymock's Book…

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Theft of Spirits. Accused Before the Court. Lismore

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 14 May 1918 · page 5

During March and April wholesale robberies of spirits took place in the district, cases and casks disappearing from trucks in the railway yards at Lismore…

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Seditious Utterances. a Minister Charged. Christchurch

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 14 May 1918 · page 4

The Rev. James Chappie, of Christchurch, has been charged with seditious utterances at Greymouth. The defence urged that the context of the speech…

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Shooting with Intent. Ex-publican Charged. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 14 May 1918 · page 4

James William Reid, formerly licensee of the Beach Hotel at Merewether, near Newcastle, was committed for trial on a charge of shooting with intent to murder…

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Grafton Police Court. Monday, May, 13. (Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, P.m.) Deemed Insane

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 14 May 1918 · page 6

A person who was taken in charge by the police a week ago, and has been under medical observation, was, on the evidence of Drs. Henry and McArthur,…

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Alleged Murder. Young Woman's Death. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 14 May 1918 · page 4

Annie Belinda Turnbull, 52, was remanded at the Police Court on a charge of the alleged murder of Mildrid Aylmer; and Burman Pettit, described as a boat…

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Municipal Appeal Court Council's Valuations Upheld

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 14 May 1918 · page 8

An appeal by H. A. Crouch, who wa[?] represented by Mr. A. J. Pollack, against the amount of the valuations on his property fronting Prince street, Grafton, wa[?]…

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The Deregistered Unions. Applications Before the Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 14 May 1918 · page 5

The hearing was resumed of the application made by the Minister for Labor and Industry for the re-registration of 15 unions, who were deregistered for…

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Premiers' Conference. Taxation Returns. Uniform Schedule Suggested. the Commonwealth Police. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 14 May 1918 · page 5

When the Premiers' Conference resumed Mr. Watt, Acting Prime Minister, and Mr. Groom, the Federal Minister for Works and Railways, were in…

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The Opium Cases. Accused Before the Court. Verdict of Not Guilty. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 14 May 1918 · page 4

The story of the opium smuggling enterprise, when shots were fired at a motor car at Balmain last month, were re-told at the Quarter Sesisons to-day, when James…

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Alleged Conspiracy. Two Soldiers Charged. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 May 1918 · page 2

Algernon Reginald Cross, a soldier and Robert William Wedd, both in military uniform, were charged at the Police Court with conspiring to cheat R. W. Cameron…

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