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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1918

921 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 30 of 47

Local and General District Court

Daily Examiner · Thursday 1 August 1918 · page 4

The following cases will come on for hearing at the District Couht this morning:--Jolly v. Reid (part heard); Grafton Municipal Council v. Orara Shire…

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Grafton District Court. Wednesday, July 31. (Before his Honor Judge Hamilton.) C. H. SHANNON v J. SULLIVAN

Daily Examiner · Thursday 1 August 1918 · page 6

This case was adjourned to next court upon defendant, for whom a doctor's certificate of ill-health was tendered, undertaking to pay £30 into court,…

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Union Funds. Anti-Conscription Campaign. Two Trustees Charged. Appeal to the Full Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 2 August 1918 · page 3

Recently the two trustees of the New South Wales branch of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners, G. W. McDonald and H. Leighton, were…

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Copies of Secret Documents. Wireless Operator Sentenced, Melboure

Daily Examiner · Friday 2 August 1918 · page 3

At the Criminal Court, Sidney Morris, an ex-wireless operator, was sentenced to three months' imprisonment on each of eight counts of a charge of having made…

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Late Wires. a Savage Assault. Constable Injured. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 2 August 1918 · page 2

Constable Hannaford was savagely assaulted last night in Harris-street, Ultimo, City. After arresting a man he was knocked down, kicked about…

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Breaking and Entering. Constable and Inspector Charged. Townsville

Daily Examiner · Friday 2 August 1918 · page 3

Following an incident which occurred at 2 o'clock last Saturday morning in a shop at Home Hill, forming part of a building owned by three Greeks, and…

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Solomon Island Murder. Eric Glasson Acquitted. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 2 August 1918 · page 3

A cable message was received in Sydney to-day stating that Eric Hylton Glasson, charged with the murder of a Solomon Islander, was acquitted of the…

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Dobie Street Ferry. Councils in Court. Grafton Council v. Orara Shire

Daily Examiner · Friday 2 August 1918 · page 1

In the District Court yesterday afternoon the Grafton City Council proceeded against the Orara Shire Council to recover the sum of £2644, alleged to be…

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Grafton District Court. Thursday, August 1. (Before his Honor, Judge Hamilton.) JOLLY v. REID

Daily Examiner · Friday 2 August 1918 · page 1

The sittings of the District Court were resumed yesterday morning, when the hearing of the case of Thomas Henry Jolly v. Mary Jane Reid, part heard on…

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Grafton District Court. Wednesday, July 30. Before His Honor Judge Hamilton. JOLLY v. REID

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 2 August 1918 · page 2

Thomas Henry Jolly, of South Grafton, sued Mary Jane Reid and Mary Jane Reid and Joseph Reid, also of South Grafton, for illegally…

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Breaking, Entering and Stealing. Alexander Willis Sentenced Twelve Months' Imprisonment Police Exonerated

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 3 August 1918 · page 2

After having been found guilty of breaking and entering and Mealing at Coffs Harbor, Alexander Bernie Willie was sentenced to…

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An Episode of Mudgee Gaol

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 3 August 1918 · page 4

Yes, it is some five and twenty years ago that I was a passenger by the early morning train from Sydney to Mudgee it was a cold, raw winter's…

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District Court Friday, August 2.(Before his Honor Judge Hamilton)

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 August 1918 · page 4

In the District Court yesterday morning Richard Saunders Perring proceeded against the Lindeman estate. for which R. A. Lindman was the nominal…

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Queensland. Body Recovered. Alleged Child Murder Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 August 1918 · page 5

The body of a young women, Eth[?] Carey, who has been missing since July 29, was recovered from Breakfast Cre[?] to-day. . .,…

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Ulmarra Police Court

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 August 1918 · page 1

Yesterday before Messrs. G. W. Fitzgerald, C. Napper and R. N: Shaw, J' s.P. A Sunday trading license was granted to William P. Payne…

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Improvements at Police Stations

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 7 August 1918 · page 2

Mr. Briner had a long personal interview with the Chief Secretary's Department and the Police Department in Sydney last week,…

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Strandinc of the Makambo. Marine Court Inquiry. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 August 1918 · page 3

The Marine Court commenced an inquiry into the stranding of the steamer Makambo at Lord Howe Island. Mr. H. B. Curtis said the circumstances…

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Mr. J. L. Shropshire, P.m. Farewelled in Court

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 7 August 1918 · page 3

At the Grafton Police, Court yesterday morning, advantage was taken of the opportunity to bid farewell to Mr. J. L. Shropshire, P.M., who was…

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Improvements. Etc., at Police Stations

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 August 1918 · page 4

Mr. G. S. Briner, M.L.A., had a long personal interview with the Chief Secretary's Department, and the Police Department in Sydney last week,…

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A Trooper Sentenced. Penal Servitude for Life. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 August 1918 · page 2

The latest district orders of the New South Wales military district state that Trooper P. J. Humphries, of the Sixth Light Horse, has been found guilty in…

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