Cooktown Bench

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Cooktown Bench has 35 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 10 references, with 3 live disagreements.

35 facts·32 predicates·10 sources·3 in dispute

Mostly:fined(2), credited no evil intent to(2), heard evidence(2)

Inbound mentions (16)

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`broughtBeforeCourt`Brought Before Court(2)

12 Chinamen Gamblersex:12-chinamen-gamblers
Two Seamen Tmganiniex:two-seamen-tmganini

`committedBy`Committed by(2)

Malays Groupex:malays-group
Thirty Three Malaysex:thirty-three-malays

`furtherRemandedBy`Further Remanded by(2)

Harry Aboriginalex:harry-aboriginal
Harry Aboriginal Maytownex:harry-aboriginal-maytown

`broughtBefore`Brought Before(1)

Two Seamen Truganiniex:two-seamen-truganini

`broughtBeforeBench`Brought Before Bench(1)

Two Frenchmenex:two-frenchmen

`committedByAuthority`Committed by Authority(1)

Thirty Three Malaysex:thirty-three-malays

`courtAppearance`Court Appearance(1)

Chinese Leper Caseex:chinese-leper-case

`enforcesLaborCompliance`Enforces Labor Compliance(1)

Colonial Authoritiesex:colonial-authorities

`hasBench`Has Bench(1)

Cooktownex:cooktown

`involvesTerms`Involves Terms(1)

Combined Query Familyex:combined-query-family

`negativeStance`Negative Stance(1)

Two Seamen Truganiniex:two-seamen-truganini

`presupposesBenchAuthority`Presupposes Bench Authority(1)

Trove Article 285404052ex:trove-article-285404052

`searchesForCooccurrenceOf`Searches for Cooccurrence of(1)

Query Reynolds Cooktown Bench Aboriginalex:query-reynolds-cooktown-bench-aboriginal

Other facts (35)

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35 facts

Predicate	Value	Ref
Fined	Peter Alroe	[3]
Fined	Dr Doyle	[4]
Credited No Evil Intent to	Frederick J Murray	[4]
Credited No Evil Intent to	Wm a Uhr	[4]
Heard Evidence	Dr Doyle Case	[4]
Heard Evidence	Dr Moyle Case	[4]
Exercises Judicial Power Over	Thirty Three Malays	[1]
Located in	Cooktown	[1]
Asserts Jurisdiction Over	Bloomfield Plantation	[1]
Location	Cooktown	[2]
Reason for Not Higher Penalty	Post Office Will Deal With Misuse of Position	[3]
Clearly Proved Case of	Dr Doyle	[4]
Considered	case clearly proved	[4]
Believes	officers had no desire to evade	[4]
Believed	neither officer desired to evade payment	[4]
Blames Primarily	Mr Alroe	[4]
Imposed Heavier Penalty Due to	Abuse of Official Position	[4]
Inflicted Heavier Fine on	Mr Alroe	[4]
Blamed	Mr Alroe	[4]
Emphasizes Blame on Alroe	Mr Alroe	[4]
Believed Offenders No Desire to Evade	Offenders	[4]
Believes No Evade Intention	Offenders	[4]
Blamed Person	Mr Alroe	[4]
Considered Case Clearly Proved	Dr Moyle Case	[4]
Criticized Alroe	Mr Alroe	[4]
Evaluated Case As Proved	Dr Moyle Case	[4]
Inflicted Heavier Fine on Alroe Account	Mr Alroe	[4]
Refused Application	Mr Barnetts Application	[5]
Rejects Mitigation	Counsel for Defendants	[6]
Criticizes Counsel Argument	null	[6]
Overruled Plea	Chinese Gambling Privilege Claim	[6]
Sentenced Prisoners to	Brisbane Gaol	[7]
Blames	Mr Alroe	[8]
Associated With	Aboriginal	[9]
Imposed Light Fines for Liquor Supply	£3, £4, £3	[10]

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exercisesJudicialPowerOvertrove-cooktown/malay-cooktown

ex:thirty-three-malays

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locatedIntrove-cooktown/malay-cooktown

ex:cooktown

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assertsJurisdictionOvertrove-cooktown/malay-cooktown

ex:bloomfield-plantation

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locationtrove-cooktown/john-davis

ex:cooktown

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reasonForNotHigherPenaltytrove-cooktown/coloured-persons

ex:post-office-will-deal-with-misuse-of-position

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finedtrove-cooktown/coloured-persons

ex:peter-alroe

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clearlyProvedCaseOftrove-cooktown/north-shore-cooktown

ex:dr-doyle

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consideredtrove-cooktown/north-shore-cooktown

case clearly proved

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believestrove-cooktown/north-shore-cooktown

officers had no desire to evade

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creditedNoEvilIntentTotrove-cooktown/north-shore-cooktown

ex:frederick-j-murray

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creditedNoEvilIntentTotrove-cooktown/north-shore-cooktown

ex:wm-a-uhr

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believedtrove-cooktown/north-shore-cooktown

neither officer desired to evade payment

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blamesPrimarilytrove-cooktown/north-shore-cooktown

ex:mr-alroe

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finedtrove-cooktown/north-shore-cooktown

ex:dr-doyle

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heardEvidencetrove-cooktown/north-shore-cooktown

ex:dr-doyle-case

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imposedHeavierPenaltyDueTotrove-cooktown/north-shore-cooktown

ex:abuse-of-official-position

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inflictedHeavierFineOntrove-cooktown/north-shore-cooktown

ex:mr-alroe

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blamedtrove-cooktown/north-shore-cooktown

ex:mr-alroe

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emphasizesBlameOnAlroetrove-cooktown/north-shore-cooktown

ex:mr-alroe

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believedOffendersNoDesireToEvadetrove-cooktown/north-shore-cooktown

ex:offenders

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believesNoEvadeIntentiontrove-cooktown/north-shore-cooktown

ex:offenders

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blamedPersontrove-cooktown/north-shore-cooktown

ex:mr-alroe

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consideredCaseClearlyProvedtrove-cooktown/north-shore-cooktown

ex:dr-moyle-case

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criticizedAlroetrove-cooktown/north-shore-cooktown

ex:mr-alroe

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evaluatedCaseAsProvedtrove-cooktown/north-shore-cooktown

ex:dr-moyle-case

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heardEvidencetrove-cooktown/north-shore-cooktown

ex:dr-moyle-case

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inflictedHeavierFineOnAlroeAccounttrove-cooktown/north-shore-cooktown

ex:mr-alroe

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refusedApplicationtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

ex:mr-barnetts-application

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rejectsMitigationtrove-cooktown/cingalese

ex:counsel-for-defendants

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criticizesCounselArgumenttrove-cooktown/cingalese

null

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overruledPleatrove-cooktown/cingalese

ex:chinese-gambling-privilege-claim

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sentencedPrisonersTotrove-cooktown/prostitution

ex:brisbane-gaol

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blamestrove-cooktown/north-shore-full

ex:mr-alroe

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associatedWithrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/reynolds-thornborough-labour-control-search-negative-2026-05-07-04d467223d

ex:aboriginal

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imposedLightFinesForLiquorSupplyrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/aiatsis-annual-report-northern-protector-aboriginals-1899

£3, £4, £3

References (10)

10 references

[1]Malay Cooktown3 facts
ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/malay-cooktown
[2]John Davis1 fact
ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/john-davis
[3]Coloured Persons2 facts
ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/coloured-persons
[4]North Shore Cooktown21 facts
ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/north-shore-cooktown
[5]Beche De Mer1 fact
ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
[6]Cingalese3 facts
ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/cingalese
[7]Prostitution1 fact
ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/prostitution
[8]North Shore Full1 fact
ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/north-shore-full
[9]Reynolds Thornborough Labour Control Search Negative 2026 05 07 04d467223d1 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/reynolds-thornborough-labour-control-search-negative-2026-05-07-04d467223d
[10]Aiatsis Annual Report Northern Protector Aboriginals 18991 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/aiatsis-annual-report-northern-protector-aboriginals-1899

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Cooktown Bench

Inbound mentions (16)

broughtBeforeCourtBrought Before Court(2)

committedByCommitted by(2)

furtherRemandedByFurther Remanded by(2)

broughtBeforeBrought Before(1)

broughtBeforeBenchBrought Before Bench(1)

committedByAuthorityCommitted by Authority(1)

courtAppearanceCourt Appearance(1)

enforcesLaborComplianceEnforces Labor Compliance(1)

hasBenchHas Bench(1)

involvesTermsInvolves Terms(1)

negativeStanceNegative Stance(1)

presupposesBenchAuthorityPresupposes Bench Authority(1)

searchesForCooccurrenceOfSearches for Cooccurrence of(1)

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`broughtBeforeCourt`Brought Before Court(2)

`committedBy`Committed by(2)

`furtherRemandedBy`Further Remanded by(2)

`broughtBefore`Brought Before(1)

`broughtBeforeBench`Brought Before Bench(1)

`committedByAuthority`Committed by Authority(1)

`courtAppearance`Court Appearance(1)

`enforcesLaborCompliance`Enforces Labor Compliance(1)

`hasBench`Has Bench(1)

`involvesTerms`Involves Terms(1)

`negativeStance`Negative Stance(1)

`presupposesBenchAuthority`Presupposes Bench Authority(1)

`searchesForCooccurrenceOf`Searches for Cooccurrence of(1)