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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1918

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Grafton Police Court. Monday, November 25, 1918. Before Major F. W. C. Crane, P.M. Insulting Words

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 25 November 1918 · page 2

Arthur Reginald Kempshall was sued by Sergt. F. Swan for insulting language, but Kempshall explained that it occurred during the peace…

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

Daily Examiner · Monday 25 November 1918 · page 2

The Court of Petty Sessions was opened at Maclean on Friday morning. Phillip Shannon, charged with being drunk and disorderly in Maclean, and with…

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Grafton Police Court. Monday, November 25th, 1918. (Before Major Crane, P.m.) Insulting Words

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 November 1918 · page 2

Arthur Reginald Kempshall, a returned soldier, was charged with haying used insulting words to Sergeant Swan on 9th inst. Mr. D. J. Lobban for…

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Alleged Murder. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 27 November 1918 · page 3

Charles Langlois was placed on trial at the Criminal Court tor alleged murder of William Brabazon. The deceased died in a cell at the police station in…

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Ulmarra Licensing Court

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 27 November 1918 · page 2

The annual Licensing Court, for the purpose of dealing with applications for auctioneers' licenses, was held at the courthouse, Ulmarra, yesterday, the…

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Alleged Murder. a Husband Charged. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 November 1918 · page 4

The Commissioner of Police to-day received information of a tragedy at Kynuna station in the Winton district. Sub-Inspector Harlan wired that a woman…

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Coff's Harbor Police Court

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 November 1918 · page 2

George England v. Goodsell, an employee, for the return of an axe. Mr. Macpherson, of McGuren and Pollack, appeared for the claimant. The…

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Kaiser Charged with Theft. National Wealth Taken. Amsterdam

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 29 November 1918 · page 3

The "Volks Zeitung" accuses the Kaiser of taking gold and silver securities belonging to the nation and demands the restitution of national…

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Alleged Murder Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 29 November 1918 · page 3

At the Central Criminal Court Mary Agnes Denney was placed. On trial for the alleged murder of her husband, Ebenezer Denney, at Goulburn. Accused…

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Kamerading in Police Court

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 30 November 1918 · page 2

Plashes of humor lit up the proceedings in Bundaberg Police Court on Friday, when Bill Smith, a local character, was charged with drunkenness…

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Alleged Murder. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 30 November 1918 · page 4

Arthur Allwright, an assistant chemist, has been committed for trial at Melbourne on a charge of murder in collection with the death of George Simpson,…

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Alleged Murder. the Goulburn Case. a Husband's Death. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 30 November 1918 · page 4

During the hearing of evidence in which Mary Denney was charged with the murder of her husband, Elizabeth Yeadon deposed to accused telling her she…

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Wheat Frauds. Further Persons Charged. £3000 Involved. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 December 1918 · page 2

Still another man, John Gray, described as an electrician, was before the Police Court to-day charged with alleged complicity in the wheat frauds. He was…

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Grafton Police Court. Monday, December 2, 1918. Before Major F. W. C. Crane, P.M. Income Tax Returns

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 2 December 1918 · page 3

Charles Andrew Armstrong (for the Income Tax Commissioners) sued Athol Young for failing to send in an income return for 1917…

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Prize Court Cases. Agreement with Sweden. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 2 December 1918 · page 3

In the Prize court wool case (cabled on Nov. 26,) Sir John Simon, representing the Swedish Government, announced that the Anglo-Swedish…

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Theft of Tobacco. Three Men Charged. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 December 1918 · page 5

Three men Leslie Logue, William Chester and Roy Keane were charged at the Central Criminal Court with having conspired with Arthur William Fry to cheat…

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Grafton Police Court Monday, December 2, 1918. (Before Major Crane, P.m.) Income Tax Prosecutions

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 December 1918 · page 6

Charles Andrew Armstrong, an officer representing the Commissioners for Taxation, proceeded against a number of persons, charging them with having…

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German Plot. To Restore the Kaiser. Engineered by Military. Sympathy of Prussian Court. Vancouver

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 December 1918 · page 3

A London message states that a plot to restore imperialism and secure the return of the Emperor William has been discovered in Berlin, according to a despatch…

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

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 December 1918 · page 2

Several cross eases of assault, Thorley v. McGregor, Mc-Gregor v. Thorley, and Thorley v. Sagar, were adjourned until the 18th inst., owing to the illness of one…

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Schooner on Fire. Seamen Charged with Arson. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 6 December 1918 · page 2

Four seamen belonging to the schooner Edward West, which was afire in Sydney Harbour on Wednesday night, have been arrested and…

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