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Mid North Coast · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1885

4 stories in Mid North Coast's papers

The Coff's Harbor Murder

Macleay Argus · Saturday 24 October 1885 · page 3

THE Grafton Circuit Court was opened on Friday, October 9, when Mr Justice Faucett presided. Matthew Fiske, a Russian Finn, about 70 years of age, was arraigned for the…

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Opening of the New Court House at Gladstone

Macleay Argus · Saturday 7 November 1885 · page 3

A LARGER attendance than usual of the inhabitants of Belmore River present at the Court House, Gladstone, on Friday the 6th instant, indicated that some event beyond the…

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District Court

Macleay Argus · Saturday 28 November 1885 · page 2

THE above court was opened by his Honor Judge Murray, on November 19. The following is a resume of the proceedings…

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Insolvent Court. Monday, December 7. (Before Mr. G, Stevenson, District Commissioner,)

Macleay Argus · Saturday 12 December 1885 · page 3

A SINGLE meeting was held in the estate of Michael Flemming, of West Kempsey, laborer, whose schedule showed liabilities amounting to £118…

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