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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Nov 18, 1913
Page
1
Estate action involving Spence Street in Cairns surfaces with notices to potential heirs and creditors. Legal filings list Avetranca and GFneral Agest as parties. proceedings outline claims, deadlines, and involved authorities.
The garbled notes describe a court sitting with a defendant claiming a fault was accidental, while a prosecutor notes drunkenness and agitation. Details about persons and events are severely obscured, leaving the main action and outcome difficult to determine.
Jurors convict a group of men led by Charles Wotheringham and Derby Ivan for stealing at Malinda on October 28. The court hears testimonies of complainants, noting prior offenses from 1900 to 1913. The defendant receives a harsh punishment, and further cases are discussed, including a separate assault charge and a remark about reform.
A trial ends with a guilty verdict in a case involving a Black man and a sexual assault on a woman. The judge delivers an admonitory sentencing speech stressing protection for women and deterring other men, with references to exemplary punishment and a potential one year described confinement.
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