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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1918

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Grafton Licensing Court. Monday, September 23, 1918. (Before Major' Grane, L.M., and Mr. W. J. Hawthorne, M.L.B.)

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 September 1918 · page 8

The following were granted renewals of their publicans' licenses:-- Jessie E. Smith, Commercial Hotel, Grafton, assessed annual value £194,…

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Attempted Murder and Suicide

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 25 September 1918 · page 3

An altercation occurred at a house in Annandale-street. Annandale, Sydney, at seven o'clock on Monday, when Mrs. Isabel Ellis, widow, was visited…

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I.W.W. Inquiry. Ministers Present in Court. Detective's Evidence. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 25 September 1918 · page 3

At the I.W.W. inquiry to-day the Premier and the Minister for Lands were in court during the proceedings. Detective Ferguson continued his…

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The Court. Tuesday, September 24. (Before Major Crane, P.M.) Trouble at Upper Orara

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 25 September 1918 · page 3

Alfred O'Neill and Gloucester Wood were charged with riotous behaviour at Upper Orara on August 21…

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Kempsey Police Court. Monday, September 22. (Before Mr. H. F. W. Fletcher, P.m.) Straying Cattle

Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 September 1918 · page 7

R. C. White was proceeded against by Macleay Shire Council for allowing stock to stray on the road between Kempsey and Gladstone…

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Small Debts Court. Sequel to Kempsey Races

Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 September 1918 · page 7

This was a case in which James Holland proceeded against the owner of Eastern Chimes, Wm. Easton, to recover a balance of £8, alleged to be owing for…

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Coff's Harbor Court. Tuesday, September 24. (Before Major Crane, P.M.)

Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 September 1918 · page 2

The adjourned hearing of the charge of dynamiting fish preferred against Cecil Walsh at the last court was resumed. Defendant Mended not guilty…

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Alleged Murder. Woman Before the Court. Evidence by Stepdaughter. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 September 1918 · page 5

At the Goulburn Police Court Mary Denny was charged with having murdered Ebenezer Denny, her husband, at Middle Arm in January last…

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Grafton Police Court Thursday September 26th 1918. (Before E. A. May, J.P.)

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 September 1918 · page 2

James Norman Foster was charged with attempted suicide on September 19th, and pleaded guilty. Sergeant Swan stated that at 5.20 p.m…

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Grafton Police Court. Thursday, September 26, 1918. Before Mr. E.A. May, J.P.

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 27 September 1918 · page 3

James Norman Foster, who was found at the Imperial Hotel, Grafton, with his throat cut, on September 19, was charged with attempted suicide,…

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Ex-war Ministers. Sentenced to Death by Revolutionaries. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 September 1918 · page 5

Reuter's Amsterdam correspondent states that the "Rheinische Westfaclische Zeitung," in a report from Moscow, announces that a revolutionary tribunal…

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Russia. Bolshevist Orgy of Murder. Violations at the Embassies. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 September 1918 · page 5

Reuter's Copenhagen correspondent states that a report from Petrograd estimates that the Bolsheviks murdered a total of 10,000 persons in one day. They…

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Police Trouble in South Australia. Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 28 September 1918 · page 2

Owing to the police trouble in South Australia the Government intends to call upon all municipal districts and councils to appoint vigilance…

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Death of an Infant. Girl Charged with Murder. Bathurst

Daily Examiner · Monday 30 September 1918 · page 2

The Coroner held an inquiry into the- death of a newly-born, child. Evidence was given by Dr. Ramsden that Mary Duggan, aged 19, told him that she had…

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Grafton Police Court. Monday, September 30, 1918. Before Major F. W. C. Crane, P.M.

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 30 September 1918 · page 2

Thos. Gwydir Henry was proceeded against by Sergt. Craddock for driving his motor car 21,112 along. Prince-street on Monday last at 7.35 p.m…

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Sensation in Gaol. Aboriginal Murderer Attempts to Escape. Perth

Daily Examiner · Monday 30 September 1918 · page 2

Albert Jackson, an aborigine, who was recently sentenced at Perth to life imprisonment for the murder of another prisoner, attempted to escape for the…

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Adelaide Police Strike Ended. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 30 September 1918 · page 1

It was stated in Adelaide yesterday that the police strike had ended, and that the resignations. would be withdrawn, probably on Monday…

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Federal Awards High Court Decision. Legal and Labor Views. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 30 September 1918 · page 2

The decision yesterday of the High Court of Australia relative to the absence of judicial power in the Federal Arbitration Court to enforce awards was…

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Licensing Court. Monday, 30th SEPTEMBER, 1918. Before Major F. W. C. Crane (chairman) and W. J. Hawthorne, L.M.

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 30 September 1918 · page 2

Paul Berry was granted a renewal of the Junction Hotel license; assessed annual value £91, license fee £20. W. Stone was granted a renewal of…

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Grafton Police Court Monday, September 30. (Before Major Crane, P.M.)

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 October 1918 · page 6

Four applicants were granted a renewal of their Sunday trading licenses. Thos. Gwydir Henry was summoned on a charge of having driven a motor-car in…

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