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Northern Rivers · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1907

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Special Licensing Court. BEFORE the P.M., and Messrs. Carlton and Campbell, J's.P

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 26 February 1907 · page 6

J.W. O'Connor applied for a booth license available for Coraki Show on 6th March, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Mr. L.E. Cope for applicant. No…

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Lismore District Court. Friday, February 22nd. Before Acting Judge Hamilton. a Question of Commission

Northern Star · Wednesday 27 February 1907 · page 4

Steel Gay v. Virtue Noble and Co., claim for £64 4s, for money due. the question being how much commission they were entitled to…

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Extraordinary Theft. Gates Stolen From a Cemetery

Mullumbimby Star · Thursday 28 February 1907 · page 4

How thieves managed to get a pair of gun-metal gates, weighing between 2cwt. and 3cwt., over a 9ft. wall at Kensal Rise Cemetery is a mystery…

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Devon Love Tragedy. Murder and Suicide

Mullumbimby Star · Thursday 28 February 1907 · page 5

A terrible crime was committed on 12th December at Barnstaple, wh[?] single young woman, named [?] Brown, under 30 years of age, was…

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Marriage Advertisements. the Sequel in Court

Mullumbimby Star · Thursday 28 February 1907 · page 4

At the Surrey Assizes, Guildford, John Purely, 38 a dairyman, of Croydon, was indicted (says "Lloyd's Weekly") for stealing L93, belonging to his wife, Lucy…

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Swan Turns Savage. the Bird Runs Amok. Captured by a Posse of Police

Mullumbimby Star · Thursday 28 February 1907 · page 4

An immense swan named Le Marquis, which lives in the Jardin des Plantes, Paris, escaped on 4th December, and ran amok through the streets,…

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"On the Knee." Order to a Naval Stoker. Lieutenant Collard's Defence Decision of the Court

Mullumbimby Star · Thursday 28 February 1907 · page 5

A court-martial opened on the Victory, at Portsmouth, on 10th December, in the case of Lieutenant Bernard St. George Collard, whose name was…

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Lismore Police Court. Wednesday, February 27

Northern Star · Saturday 2 March 1907 · page 2

Before Mr. F.G. Adrian, P.M. John Morrison Bridge was charged with on February 13, in the hall of the Commercial Hotel, using profane language. A…

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Lismore Small Debts Court Wednesday, February [?]

Northern Star · Saturday 2 March 1907 · page 2

Before Mr. F.G. Adrain, P.M. D. Medwell v. Tillburn.— Claim for £2 8s 9d for goods suplied. Verdict for plaintiff…

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Merit Rewarded by Court of Justice

Northern Star · Saturday 2 March 1907 · page 6

The acknowledged good qualities and success of SANDER AND SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT have brought out many imitations, and one case was just tried in…

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Court Notes

Northern Star · Monday 4 March 1907 · page 2

Of the various judges on the Northern circuit probably Acting Judge Hamilton is the one who would be regarded, as the most "friendly." for he neither bounces nor…

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Lismors Police Court. Monday, March 4th

Northern Star · Wednesday 6 March 1907 · page 5

Before Mr. W. M. Fincham, J.P. Edward Fay, for drunkenness in Woodlark-street on Saturday, was fined 10s or in default three days' imprisomment…

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Court-house Repairs

Northern Star · Wednesday 6 March 1907 · page 5

Monday's Police Court had to be held in the innner office of the C.P.S., owing to the fact of the Court proper undergoing alterations and being in a condition unfit for…

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Coraki Police Court

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 8 March 1907 · page 10

ON Tuesday before Mr. F. G. Adrian, P.M. Water Peterson was summoned for fin. infringement of the Early Closing Act by…

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Murderous Assault

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 8 March 1907 · page 4

EDWARD COMPTON, a tailor, was seriously assaulted on Saturday evening, his skull being so badly fractured that a fatal result might follow, and his dying depositions were…

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Died After Boxing. Judge, Referee, and Seconds Charged. the Coroner's Inquiry

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 8 March 1907 · page 12

'At the South Western Police Court, on the 28th December, Joseph Cohen, 46, fruiterer, Blackfriars road; William C. Lovett, 33, coach painter, Cabul road,…

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Goldsmith's Shop Rifled. Under the Eyes of the Police

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 8 March 1907 · page 12

By an extraordinarily daring burglary on the 21st December, under the very eyes of the police, the Oxford street premises of the London Goldsmiths'…

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Lismore Police Court

Northern Star · Saturday 9 March 1907 · page 4

At the Lismore Polices Court yesterday two first offenders charged with drunkenness were fined 2s 6d each, or nominal imprisonment. Ningah, a Cingalce for…

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Lismore Police Court. Wednesday, March 6

Northern Star · Saturday 9 March 1907 · page 2

Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, P.M. Messrs. Johnston, Walker, and King, Js.P. also occupied seats during the morning…

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Lismore, [?] Debts Court. Wednesday, March 6Th

Northern Star · Saturday 9 March 1907 · page 2

Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, P.M. Julia F. Dargue v. S. Crawford, claim for £1 1s 6d, for work done, verdict for plaintiff…

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