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Courts & crime, 1888

82 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 5 of 5

"STORYETTES." Jack in Court

Macleay Argus · Saturday 29 December 1888 · page 2

Amongst other peculiarities of seamen it is well known that they have an inveterate tendency to describe everything in the language of the sea. This peculiarity was strikingly…

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Kempsey Police Court. Dec. 27.--Before Capt. Davies, P.M. and F. G. Panton, jun., J.P.

Macleay Argus · Saturday 29 December 1888 · page 3

A. Lancaster, for drunkenness, was fined 10s., or 24 hours; and £1, or 7 days for obscene language. For assaulting Sergeant Bennett and smashing his watch, he was…

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