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Mid North Coast · Courts & crime
338 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 8 of 17
GENTLEMEN,—With reference to my letter of the 24th February last, in which you were informed that tenders for the motion of a Court House and Police Station at Coopernook would probably be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →G. T. Boyes v. F. Stanford—Claim £4 9s 9d, for timber supplied. Plaintiff did not appear. Verdict for defendant. John Witchard v. Jas Jones—In this case…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An old woman named Weather has been murdered near Brisbane. An attempt was made to hide the crime and burn the body by setting fire to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →G. T. BOYES v. F. STANFORD. Claim £4 9s Oil. Mr. Marrack appeared for plaintiff. Verdict for amount and costs. E. Witchard v. James Jones. This was a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →There was quite a field day in Kew on Saturday last, the majority of the residents must have been present. Great interest was taken in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This was a charge of selling liquor, to wit whisky, on the 21st of May last, at Laurieton, without a license. Mr. B. Lipscomb appeared for the police, and Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE following renewals of publican's licenses were granted:—Elizabeth Mallinson; Windsor Castle Hotel, Taree; Wm. Fotheringham, Australian Hotel, Wingham; Geo. Fotheringham, Commercial…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This was a claim for £1O, balance of account on sale of house. Mr. B. Lipscomb appeared for plaintiff, and Mr. L. O. Martin for defendants…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →June 12—Before Mr. W. Burton-Smith, P.M. A youthful offender charged with drunkeness was admonished and discharged. Another first offender in thin respect was…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Accused was charged with stealing £6 in silver at different periods from the till of Wm. Knauer, hotelkeeper, Gladstone. From the evidence it was shown that…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →ON Monday, before Mr. Jas. Buller, J.P., Marting O'Grady was [?]ed 5s or 48 hours, for being dr[?]nk and disorderly in Horton Street on the 11th instant, and for using…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At the Kempsey Police Court yestesday, Elizabeth Delaney proceeded against William Ferguson for the support of an illegitimate child, of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →At the Kempsey Police Court on Monday last, before the P.M., two voting men named Hugh Sheridan and William Riley were charged with depositing filthy matter…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Thomas Wilson, a lad not yet out of his teens, pleaded guilty to being drunk in Smith-street on Saturday. Defendant stated he had only one whiskey. The…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →William Bindley, a groom at Knauer's Hotel, was charged with stealing the sum of £6 from the till of the Gladstone Hotel, the property of William Knauer…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Henry Bush, charged with drunkenness, was fined 2/6, or 24 hours in, Taree Gaol. The fine was paid…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At the Went Kempsey Police Court on Thursday last, before the P.M., a number of appeals were heard in connection with the rating of property within the Municipality…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bailey, an aboriginal, was charged with being drunk in Victoria street, and being an old offender was fined £1, or seven days in gaol. The fine was not paid…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →NICHOLAS BORGER pleaded guilty to using obscene language on Federation night in Knauer's bar and was fined 5s or 24 hours. Fine paid…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Charged with being drunk on the 24th May. Fined 2s 6d, and 4s lOd costs. Paid. POLICE V. ALBERT CLARKE. Charged with being drunk on the 24th May…
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