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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1919

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Maclean Police Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 21 January 1919 · page 4

At the Maclean Police Court, before Messrs. E. T. Oram and Stuart Maurice, Js.P., Norman Whitton (18), an aboriginal, was lined 40, or 14 days' gaol, for…

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Melbourne Assault Case. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 21 January 1919 · page 5

After a heated argument on a tramcar in Melbourne this morning, Frank Tate, Director of Education in Victoria, and William Sinclair, formerly a teacher in…

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Grafton Police Court Monday, January 20. (Before Major Crane, P.M.)

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 21 January 1919 · page 6

Cyril Page, for whom a declaration of guilt was teridered, was fined 26 and 3 costs, for non-Observance of the Electoral Act in regard to registration…

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Alleged Manslaughter. Two Women Charged. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 21 January 1919 · page 6

Lily Pritchard, a domestic, was remanded at the Police Court on a charge of having feloniously slain. Kate Bosworth; while Alice Bailey, also a domestic, was…

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An Inflammatory Speech. Agitator Sentenced to Six Months. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 21 January 1919 · page 6

John Garson was charged at the Central Police. Court with urging that means should be taken to destroy the eyesight of members of the Government of New…

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Warden's Court. Friday, January 17, 1919. (Before the Warden.)

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 21 January 1919 · page 2

Application by Edwin Utley for an authority to enter on portion 33 parish of Gundar, county Fitzroy, to seek for gold; three acres required. Authority granted…

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Coramba Court. Friday, January 17, 1919. (Before Major Crane, P.M.)

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 21 January 1919 · page 2

Gilbert Currie, Cornelius O'Connell, John Gallagher, and George, Warren, for drunkenness, were each fined 5', and 6, costs of court, in default three days'…

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Divorce Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 22 January 1919 · page 5

There are 450 eases listed for trial in the divorce jurisdiction, the sittings of which commence in March…

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Grafton Police Court. Monday, January 20. Before Major F. W. C. Crane, P.M. On Licensed Premises

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 22 January 1919 · page 2

Jas. Evans, Adolph Hawthorne, Reginald Bradfield, and John D. Parkinson pleaded guilty to being on the licensed premises of the Family Hotel,…

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Death of an Infant. a Charge of Murder. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 22 January 1919 · page 5

At an inquest at Wallerawang, concerning the death of a newly-born infant, Emma May Herbert, domestic servant, was committed for trial on a charge of…

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Sardinia Inquiry a Bad Element on Board. the Police and Bribes. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 22 January 1919 · page 5

At the Sardinia inquiry, Private McMiles, recalled, said he did not see any civil or military offence that would call for severe rebuke while he was on the…

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Seeking a Hotel License. Coff's Jetty Application. Again Before the Bellingen Court. Interesting District Information. First Day

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 22 January 1919 · page 6

The quarterly sitting, of the Licensing Court was held at Bellingen on Monday morning, when Alfred Lloyd Walsh, shipping agent, of Coff's Harbor, applied…

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Seton Murder Inquest. Colonel Rutherford Absent

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 24 January 1919 · page 4

The inquest into the death of Major Miles Charles Seton, of the Australian Army Medical Corps, was opened at Kensington. Lieutenant-Colonel N. C…

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Police Union's Demand. Enforced at All Costs. London, Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 24 January 1919 · page 2

The Police union Officials assert that they will insist on the fullest recognition, at all costs. They are formally submitting their demand to the…

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A Bogus Baronet. Adelaidean Arrested. Curious Court Evidence. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 24 January 1919 · page 2

Norman Ramsay Murray, an Adelaidean, was charged with unlawfully wearing a lieutenant's uniform. He declared that he had received a…

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Bellingen Licensing Court Coff's Harbor Application. Further Evidence. Third Day. (Before Messrs. H. A. Evans, S. J. Piggott and R. H. Jordan, L.Ms.)

Daily Examiner · Friday 24 January 1919 · page 1

The further hearing of the application by Mr. A. L. Walsh for absolute license for a hotel for premises situated a[?] Coff's Jetty, occupied the attention of…

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Court Business

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 25 January 1919 · page 2

The following is the return of the business transacted by the Clerk of Petty Sessions, etc., at Dorrigo (exclusive of land agency business), and…

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Maclean Police Court. Friday, January 24, 1919. (Before Major Crane P.m.). a Day of Postponements

Daily Examiner · Saturday 25 January 1919 · page 2

There was a fairly heavy list, involving, as it turned put, some knotty points of law, at the Maclean Police Court yesterday, and for various reasons in…

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Two Policemen Shot. Sinn Fein Demonstration in Gaol. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 25 January 1919 · page 9

"The Times" Dublin correspondent reports that twelve masked men attacked and shot dead two policemen near Tipper-ary, who were guarding. the conveyance…

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Major Seton's Murder. a Further Remand. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 25 January 1919 · page 9

The police will ask for a further remand of Lieut.-Col. Rutherford when he appears at the London Police Court on January 29…

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