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Cooktown Police has 100 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 41 references, with 13 live disagreements.
Mostly:found body of(5), accompanied by(4), has letterbook(3)
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| Predicate | Value | Ref |
|---|---|---|
| Investigates | Malay Cook Death | [10] |
| Investigates | Malay Cook Death Event | [10] |
| Dispersed Camps | Fielbergs Sable Relatives Camps | [26] |
| Going After | Aboriginal Marauders | [34] |
| Acted on Suspicion | null | [7] |
| Arrested on Suspicion | Two Blackfellows and Blackgin | [7] |
| Deemed Inadequate | Horse Cattle Stealing | [24] |
| Despatched Trooper and Boys | Oakey Creek | [25] |
| Acted for | Glissan | [6] |
| Assisted in | Returning Escaped Children | [15] |
| Had Children in Charge | Underwood Children | [35] |
| Brought Onto | Steamer 1887 | [16] |
| Has Criminal Offences Register | Cooktown Police Criminal Offences Register 1906 1908 | [36] |
| Has Offenders Probation Act Register | Cooktown Police Offenders Probation Act 1886 1922 | [36] |
| Has Pay Register for Contingent Account | Cooktown Police Pay Register Contingent 1885 1904 | [36] |
| Has Multiple Records | Cooktown Police Letterbook 1886 1891 | [38] |
| Is Queensland Police Station | Queensland Police | [41] |
| Has Multiple Records Listed | 6 | [39] |
| Event Occurred This Morning | Finding Body Event | [28] |
| Found Body | Guretzke Widow | [28] |
| Are Searching for | Aboriginal Spearer | [11] |
| Continues Search | null | [11] |
| Communicated With | Aborigines North Shore | [18] |
| Acted at Request of | Cooktown Public | [5] |
| Active in | Cooktown | [8] |
| Adjourned for Dinner | in a body | [9] |
| Conducted Discovery | null | [19] |
| Found Body Location | Front Boatmans Arms Hotel | [19] |
| Found Body on | this morning | [8] |
| Informed About Death | John Woods | [40] |
| Failed to Establish | Prima Facie Case | [30] |
| Facilitated Transfer to | Rocklands Station | [29] |
| Conducted Inspection | John Bourke Body | [2] |
| Arrived Promptly | Spearing Incident | [2] |
| Arrested Quantity | 3 | [1] |
| Arrested Persons | 12 Chinamen Gamblers | [14] |
| Chained Arrestees Together | null | [14] |
| Exists As Entity | null | [10] |
| Despatched Boat With | Pilot Boat With Three Men and Constable | [4] |
| Captured at | Cape Tribulation | [17] |
| Has No News From | Investigating Police | [1] |
| Has Yet | no news | [1] |
| Burned Humpy | subsequently | [14] |
| Adjourns for Dinner in a Body | true | [10] |
| Affiliated With | Cooktown | [1] |
| Conveyed Body to | Hospital Morgue | [21] |
| Arrested Aboriginals | Two Aboriginals | [13] |
| Arrived on Scene | Friday | [1] |
| Conducted Search on | Saturday | [13] |
| Achieved Success in Raid | Fantan Tables Raid | [4] |
| Conducted Raid | Fantan Tables Raid | [4] |
| Conducted Raid on | Fan Tan Tables | [4] |
| Conducted Inquiry | Magisterial Inquiry Goretzke | [20] |
| Acts on Information From | Aboriginal Informer | [3] |
| Investigating | Reported Murder | [3] |
| Criticized for Inaction | Sunday Morning Aboriginal Battle | [22] |
| Discovered Morning After | Widow Guretzke Fall | [8] |
| Evidence From | Guretzke Body Condition | [8] |
| Has Jurisdiction | Cooktown | [2] |
| Lacks Capability to | detect suppliers | [1] |
| Investigated | Mrs Liddy Case | [10] |
| Is Witness in | Mrs Liddy Murder Trial | [10] |
| In Pursuit Related to | Chinaman Speared | [1] |
| Handles Corpse Recovery | null | [21] |
| Has Authority to Raid | Gambling Operations | [4] |
| Decoded Name | Cooktown police | [23] |
| Effective Under Lawrence | true | [27] |
| Failed to Capture Immediately | null | [11] |
| Contrast With Revenue Officers | null | [14] |
| Jurisdiction | Cooktown | [23] |
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