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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1921

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A New Zealand Mystery. Case of Suspected Murder. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 6 April 1921 · page 3

A platelayer named Elliott, who mysteriously disappeared after going shooting with a Maori, in New Zealand, is still missing. Bloodstains have…

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Police Delegates' Visit. Endorsed by Association. Sydney, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 6 April 1921 · page 3

At a meeting of the Police Association, the matter of Sergeants Pauling and Garven appearing at the A.L.P. Conference and asking for action to…

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Lull Before the Storm. a Quiet Week-End. Republican Army Active. Police Pursue Party of Rebels. London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 April 1921 · page 5

Last week end was the quietest in Dublin for months, but it is regarded as a full before a storm. Disquieting reports comes from Belfast. It is announced from…

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Stealing Charges

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 April 1921 · page 2

Roy James Clarke and Richard Albert Close were charged with stealing the sum of £28 and one purse, the property of Charles Siram Anderson, at South…

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Alleged Stealing

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 7 April 1921 · page 4

Roy James Clarke and Richard Albert Close were charged with that, on October 26, 1920, at South Grafton, they did steal certain money, to wit, £28…

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A District Court Case

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 April 1921 · page 2

A settlement was reached in the District Court in which May Jane Fisher, laundress, Grafton, was the plaintiff, and Alfred Arnold Cooper, slaughterman, South…

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Grafton District Court. Fisher v. Cooper. Settlement Arrived At

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 7 April 1921 · page 2

The case of Mary Jane Fisher (Mr. J. F. Sheridan, instructed by Messrs. McGuren and Macpherson) v. Alfred Arnold Cooper, was mentioned in the…

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Bank Officers' Claims. Case Before Full Court. Sydney, Wednesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 7 April 1921 · page 2

The nearing was continued to-day, by the Full Industrial Court, of the application by the United Bank Officers' Association to have the claims of that…

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The Courts. Murder of Norman Kable, Lambkin Proves an Alibi. Verdict of Not Guilty. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 April 1921 · page 5

Richard Lambkin was charged at the Central Criminal Court with the alleged murder of Norman Kabie at Redfern in January, 1920…

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Georgia Slave Horrors. Williams' Trial Commenced. Outbreaks in Court Feared. New York

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 7 April 1921 · page 3

A message from Covington, Georgia, states that the Williams trial has opened. A heavily-armed guard is searching all persons entering the…

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Police Court

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 8 April 1921 · page 2

At the Maclean Police Court yesterday, before Mr. A. H. Parkes, P.M, two offenders, J. Flood and Charles Grainger, were each fined 10, with 8…

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Maclean Police Court

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 April 1921 · page 1

At the Maclean Police Court yesterday several cases of drunkenness, arising out of conviviality at the regatta on Easter Monday, were disposed of, and fines…

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Alleged Stealing

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 8 April 1921 · page 4

Roy James Clarke and Richard Albert Close were charged with that, on October 26, 1920, at South Grafton, they did stead certain money, to wit,…

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Telegrams Theft of Silk Goods. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 April 1921 · page 4

Thieves entered the mercery establishment of Richard Hunt, of George street, last night, and got away with a large assortment of expensive silk goods valued at…

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Licensing Court

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 8 April 1921 · page 2

In the Licensing Court, yesterday, before Messrs. A. H. Parkes, P.M., and J. E. Arnold, L.M., the application for a transfer of the license of the…

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District Court

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 April 1921 · page 4

A sitting of the District Court will be held at Grafton this morning. There is only one case to be disposed of…

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Her Mistake. Took Wrong Bag. Lady Doctor Charged

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 April 1921 · page 1

How a lady doctor and her mother were arrested on a charge, of theft was told at Bow street Police Court, when Dr. Stella Messenger Pearson and her mother, Mrs…

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District Court Case Settled

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 April 1921 · page 2

Mention was made of the District Court case, Agnes Emma Jerrett, Blaxland's Creek, against Vincent Hetherington, Maclean. The action was for three claims—…

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News and Notes. District Court

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 8 April 1921 · page 2

The Grafton District Court proceedings will be opened at the Court House, Grafton, at 10 a.m. to-day…

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Grafton Quarter Sessions Thursday, April 7. (Continued from page 4.) Alleged Stealing. Both Found Guilty

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 8 April 1921 · page 2

When the Court resumed sitting after tea, the hearing of the charge against Clarke and Close was continued…

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