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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1918

921 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 40 of 47

Alleged Embezzlement. Bank Clerk Charged. Shortages at Repton. £101 Involved

Daily Examiner · Saturday 19 October 1918 · page 3

At the Urunga Police Court on Wednesday before Major Crane, P.M., George Stanley Collins. 22, on bail, was charged that between July 1 and September 24,…

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Grafton Police Court Saturday, October 19, 1918. (Before Major Crane, P.M.)

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 October 1918 · page 2

The cases preferred under the Liquor Act against A. E. Durrington, license of the South Grafton Post Office Hotel, Herbert C. McLeod and Arthur B. Rhodes,…

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Grafton Police Court. Saturday, October 19. Before Major F.W.C. Crane, P.M.

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 21 October 1918 · page 2

South Grafton Liquor Cases. The adjourned charges against H.C. McLeod and A.B. Rhodes, of being on the premises of the P.O. Hotel, South…

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An Altered Charge. Common Assault. to Actual Bodily Harm

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 October 1918 · page 3

An unusual procedure, as far as local courts are concerned, was adopted by Major Crane, P.M., at Coramba on Friday, when, at the conclusion of the…

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Aldermen Charged. Alleged Breach of L.G. Act. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 October 1918 · page 5

Seven aldermen of the Manly Council were before the Manly Police Court to-day upon information alleging a breach of the Local Government Act. The…

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The German Butchers. Cold-blooded Murder at Roulers. What the Huns Are Now Denying. Vancouver, Monday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 23 October 1918 · page 3

Mr. Chas. Duranty, the New York "Times" correspondent on the French front, says: "The Germans at Roulers perpetrated a tragedy almost unique…

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Ulmarra Police Court. (Yesterday, before the P.M., Major Crane.)

Daily Examiner · Thursday 24 October 1918 · page 4

Police v. William Russell, on a charge of having used indecent language at Brushgrove on the 9th inst. Mr. Pollack appeared for the defendant, who…

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Grafton Police Court Wednesday, October 23. (Before Mr. E. A. May, J.P.)

Daily Examiner · Thursday 24 October 1918 · page 7

Fred. Cameron was charged with having stolen £212, the property of Agnes Patterson, at Grafton, and was remanded to October 28th. Bail was…

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I.W.W. Inquiry. Address by Counsel. the Case Against the Police. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 24 October 1918 · page 5

Addresses by counsel were commenced in the I.W.W. cases to-day. Mr. Windeyer said the Commission had been effected primarily to consider the…

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District News. Copmanhurst. Police Court

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 25 October 1918 · page 2

At the Copmanhurst Police Court on Tuesday before Major F. W. C. Crane, P.M., Charles Alex was fined £3 and 6…

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Maclean Court. (Before Major Crane, P.M.)

Daily Examiner · Saturday 26 October 1918 · page 2

A number of cases were rapidly dealt with at the Court of Petty Sessions, Maclean, on Friday morning by the Police Magistrate. Major Crane, the defendants…

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Grafton Police Court. Monday, 28th OCTOBER, 1918. Before Major F. W. C. Crane, P.M. Alleged Stealing

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 28 October 1918 · page 3

Fred Cameron (an aboriginal) was charged with, on 22nd October, at Grafton, stealing the sum of £2 12s, the property of Agnes Patterson. He…

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Murder at Cape Town. a Bank Clerk's Death. Further Evidence. Cape Town

Daily Examiner · Monday 28 October 1918 · page 3

The inquiry into the circums[?]tances surrounding the death of Denis Gordon Glanville, formerly a junior clerk in the Standard British Bank, Cape Town, was…

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German Socialists' Demands. Republic and Abdication. Hun Police Armed with Poison Gas Bombs. Amsterdam, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 28 October 1918 · page 2

The Social Democrats are holding mass meetings in all parts of Germany, which are crowded and at which they demand a Republican Government and…

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Burglary at Kempsey. Kempsey

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 29 October 1918 · page 4

Between Saturday night after the business closed and Monday a burglary was committed at the premises of Mr. J. H. Barsby, draper, of Central Kempsey. The…

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Theft of Jewellery. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 29 October 1918 · page 4

Early on Saturday morning thieves smashed the plate-glass Window in a shop of Mark Grace, pawnbroker, Surry Hills, and stole jewellery worth £179 from the…

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Grafton Police Court. Monday, October 28, 1918. (Before Major Crane, P.m.). Insulting Words

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 29 October 1918 · page 2

Charles James Benton proceeded against William J. Wall Woolgoolga, charging him with having used insulting words. Mr. Pollack appeared for complainant,…

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A Major Court-martialled. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 29 October 1918 · page 4

Major Algernon Reginald, Pegus Cross of the Royal Australian Garrison Artillery, appeared before a general court-martial at Victoria Barracks to-day to…

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The Living Wage. Industrial Court Judgement. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 29 October 1918 · page 4

The Full Industrial Court delivered judgment in the matter of a declaration by the Board of Trade of the living wage for male adults in the metropolitan area…

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I.W.W. Inquiry. Counsels Addresses. Case on Behalf of Police. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 29 October 1918 · page 5

Mr. Windeyer concluded his address in the I.W.W. case. He spoke for over 14 hours, which occupied four days of the inquiry…

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