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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1919

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Fought His Shadow. and Smashed His Wrist. Divorce Court Story

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 17 November 1919 · page 1

The story of an unhappy married life was told to Mr. Justice Harvey in the Divorce Court, Sydney, last week, by May Alois Fuller (formerly Williams),…

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Father O'donnell. Court-martial Delay. Difficulty Re Personnel. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 17 November 1919 · page 3

Some delay is likely to occur in arranging the Father O'Donnell court-martial. The difficulty is the securing of an Australian personnel, inasmuch…

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Grafton Police Court Monday, November 17. 1919. (Before Major Crane, P.M.)

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 November 1919 · page 2

A first offender was fined 10 or three days for drunkenness. Percy Clarence George, for allowing stock to stray in the Copmanhurst shire…

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Telegrams. Assault and Battery. Attack on a Chinaman. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 November 1919 · page 5

It was reported to the police shortly after 6 o'clock last night that two men had entered a small grocery business carried on by Willie Gow, a Chinese, in…

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Alleged Stealing

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 19 November 1919 · page 2

Albert Thompson was charged with stealing a 58ft. chain and one shackle, the property of R. S. Perring, at Nana Glen on 29th January last. A second…

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Court Siftings

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 19 November 1919 · page 2

His Honor Acting Judge White is the possessor of a fine resonant voice, which leaves his hearers in no doubt of what is said when his Honor has…

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Paris Sensation. Deputy Charged with Treason. Inspectors Locked In. Sydney

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 19 November 1919 · page 2

A Paris message statep that Deputy Paul Menuier was arrested on leaving an election meeting on a charge of conducting treasonable…

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The Irish Rebels. Another Outrage. Police Barracks Destroyed. London, Sunday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 19 November 1919 · page 3

Sinn Feiners twice attacked the police barracks at Cooraclare. After the police had abandoned the barracks a hostile crowd bombed and…

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A "Wet" Court

Daily Examiner · Thursday 20 November 1919 · page 4

The conditions obtaining in the Courthouse during the progress of the Grafton Quarter Sessions and District Court proceedings on Tuesday and during…

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Commonwealth Police. Acting As Nationalist Organisers. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 20 November 1919 · page 4

In the course of an interview, Mr. T. J. Ryan said the public would be as[?]ished to learn that quite a considerable number of what are known as the…

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Court-martial. Charge of Maliciously Wounding. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 20 November 1919 · page 5

At Victoria Barracks, Melbourne, this morning, the court-martial was resumed in which Lance-Corporal James Richmond was charged with having maliciously…

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A Demented Man. Holds the Police at Bay. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 20 November 1919 · page 5

There was considerable excitement at Pyrmont this morning, owing to the actions of a man who climbed, to the top of Gillespie's new flourmills and kept a…

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District Court. Wednesday, November 19, 1919. APPS v. KELLY

Daily Examiner · Thursday 20 November 1919 · page 3

In the Grafton District Court yesterday before his Honor Judge White, James W. G. Apps sought to recover from Thomas Kelly various amounts, totalling in all…

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Boys Charged with Murder. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 21 November 1919 · page 3

At the inquest at Melbourne concerning the death of Ernest, Worseldine, aged 13[?], the coroner found that the deceased died, from bullet wounds inflicted by Harold…

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Court Siftings

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 21 November 1919 · page 2

Mr. Pollack, when getting replies from witnesses under cross-examination, has a habit of saying "I see." On Tuesday he was carefully ticked off,…

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Melbourne Court Martial. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 21 November 1919 · page 2

The court martial of Lance-Corporal Richmond was continued in Melbourne to-day. Richmond said the first thing he knew…

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Late Wires the Hillgrove Murder. Deceased's Daughter Discharged. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 21 November 1919 · page 3

At the inquest on Mrs. Willmott, the victim of the midnight murder at Cooney Creek, near Hillgrove, an open verdict was returned…

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District Court. Thursday, November 20, 1919. APPS v. KELLY

Daily Examiner · Friday 21 November 1919 · page 1

At the Grafton District Court yesterday, before his Honor, Judge White, and a jury, the hearing of the Apps v. Kelly ease, which stood part heard, was…

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Names and Addresses of Union Members. Case Before the Full Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 21 November 1919 · page 3

In the Full Court to-day the Australian Bookbinders and Paper Rulers' Federated Association applied for a rule nisi for prohibition against the Minister for…

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District Court. Wednesday, November 19. Before His Honor Acting Judge White JABOUR v. JOLLY

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 21 November 1919 · page 2

Verdict by consent for the plaintiff, the amount and terms of settlement not being announced. Mr. Pollack for plaintful and Mr. Law for defendant…

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