Police Court

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Police Court has 143 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 57 references, with 13 live disagreements.

143 facts·107 predicates·57 sources·13 in dispute

Mostly:presided by(8), presided over by(7), held before(6)

Inbound mentions (160)

Other subjects in dontopedia point AT this entity as a value. These are inverse relationships — e.g. "X motherOf this subject" — and answer questions the forward facts can't. Grouped by predicate.

`broughtUpAt`Brought Up at(12)

Coloured Man Hallex:coloured-man-hall
Constable Rocheex:constable-roche
Constable Rocheex:constable-roche
Dr Lambex:dr-lamb
Hadjiex:hadji
Henry Boltonex:henry-bolton
Herberton Burglarsex:herberton-burglars
Jimmy Aboriginalex:jimmy-aboriginal
John Goldfinchex:john-goldfinch
Samuel Hillex:samuel-hill
Three Menex:three-men
Two Police Constablesex:two-police-constables

`heldAt`Held at(6)

Appeal Courtex:appeal-court
Licensing Board Monthly Meetingex:licensing-board-monthly-meeting
Nichols Trialex:nichols-trial
Police Court Case Wrightex:police-court-case-wright
Police Court Hearingex:police-court-hearing
Revision Court North Brisbaneex:revision-court-north-brisbane

`broughtBefore`Brought Before(4)

Arson Caseex:arson-case
Arson Suspectex:arson-suspect
David Hallex:david-hall
Two Blackfellows and Blackginex:two-blackfellows-and-blackgin

`chargedAt`Charged at(4)

Bismarckex:bismarck
Darkieex:darkie
Henry Boltonex:henry-bolton
John Couzinsex:john-couzins

`occurredAt`Occurred at(4)

Lunkoy Caseex:lunkoy-case
Police Court Case Kate Walkerex:police-court-case-kate-walker
Police Court Incidentex:police-court-incident
Sergeant Northcott Hearingex:sergeant-northcott-hearing

`presidedOver`Presided Over(4)

C a J Woodcock Esq Jpex:c-a-j-woodcock-esq-jp
Police Magistrateex:police-magistrate
Police Magistrateex:police-magistrate
Police Magistrateex:police-magistrate

`remandedAt`Remanded at(4)

Benjamin Hallex:benjamin-hall
Ned Alexanderex:ned-alexander
Stephen Dunwellex:stephen-dunwell
Two Chinamenex:two-chinamen

`appearedAt`Appeared at(3)

Christopher Murtaghex:christopher-murtagh
Henry P Saukeyex:henry-p-saukey
William O Donnellex:william-o-donnell

`functionsAs`Functions As(3)

Yarrabah Governing Bodyex:yarrabah-governing-body
Yarrabah Governmentex:yarrabah-government
Yarrabah Governmentex:yarrabah-government

`occurredIn`Occurred in(3)

Police Magistrate Anecdoteex:police-magistrate-anecdote
Ralph Ohagen Sentencingex:ralph-ohagen-sentencing
Ralph Ohagen Sentencingex:ralph-ohagen-sentencing

`presupposesExistenceOf`Presupposes Existence of(3)

Nmp Event 49384ex:nmp-event-49384
Textex:text
Textex:text

`admonishedAndDischarged`Admonished and Discharged(2)

Several Drunksex:several-drunks
Several Drunksex:several-drunks

`beenRemandedAt`Been Remanded at(2)

Benjamin Hallex:benjamin-hall
Ned Alexanderex:ned-alexander

`broughtTo`Brought to(2)

Desertersex:deserters
Polynesian Riotersex:polynesian-rioters

`broughtToCourt`Brought to Court(2)

Man Robinsonex:man-robinson
Two Desertersex:two-deserters

`heardIn`Heard in(2)

George Brown Caseex:george-brown-case
Wages Cases Big Reefex:wages-cases-big-reef

`providedEvidence`Provided Evidence(2)

Chas Woodeex:chas-woode
Robt Hendersonex:robt-henderson

`satOnBench`Sat on Bench(2)

Mr C a M Morris Pmex:mr-c-a-m-morris-pm
Mr E Philipson Jpex:mr-e-philipson-jp

`wasRemandedAt`Was Remanded at(2)

Benjamin Hallex:benjamin-hall
Ned Alexanderex:ned-alexander

`willAppearIn`Will Appear in(2)

Ah Chinex:ah-chin
Gee Chongex:gee-chong

`accountsForFallingOffInArrests`Accounts for Falling Off in Arrests(1)

Weatherex:weather

`alwaysCongregate`Always Congregate(1)

Police Court Idlersex:police-court-idlers

`appearedIn`Appeared in(1)

Herman Forbesex:herman-forbes

`appearedInCourt`Appeared in Court(1)

John Mcleanex:john-mclean

`appearedInCourtOnNextDay`Appeared in Court on Next Day(1)

John Mcleanex:john-mclean

`applyToCase`Apply to Case(1)

Evidence Rulesex:evidence-rules

`arguedIn`Argued in(1)

Mr Morganex:mr-morgan

`at`At(1)

Middle Aged Married Manex:middle-aged-married-man

`atCourt`At Court(1)

Ralph Ohagen Sentencingex:ralph-ohagen-sentencing

`attemptedEscapeInCourt`Attempted Escape in Court(1)

Blackfellow Charleyex:blackfellow-charley

`attendedAt`Attended at(1)

Public Vaccination Serviceex:public-vaccination-service

`attributesToCourt`Attributes to Court(1)

Police Reportsex:police-reports

`beforeCourt`Before Court(1)

Weelamurra Casesex:weelamurra-cases

`beingTakenIn`Being Taken in(1)

Horsewhipping Proceedingsex:horsewhipping-proceedings

`broughtUpIn`Brought Up in(1)

New Caledonian Escapeesex:new-caledonian-escapees

`cameBefore`Came Before(1)

Assault Chargeex:assault-charge

`caseHeardIn`Case Heard in(1)

Mary Nowmanex:mary-nowman

`challengesJurisdictionStrongly`Challenges Jurisdiction Strongly(1)

Mr Kinnaird Roseex:mr-kinnaird-rose

`chargedDrunkDisorderlySaturdayPoliceCourt`Charged Drunk Disorderly Saturday Police Court(1)

Charles M Carnleyex:charles-m-carnley

`chargedWithBigamy`Charged With Bigamy(1)

Thomas Jacksonex:thomas-jackson

`chargedWithCarryingGunOnSunday`Charged With Carrying Gun on Sunday(1)

Cooktown Residentex:cooktown-resident

`chargedWithNeglect`Charged With Neglect(1)

Richard Kingex:richard-king

`closedAt`Closed at(1)

Chinamen Casesex:chinamen-cases

`committedForTrial`Committed for Trial(1)

Ebenezor Pigneex:ebenezor-pigne

`complainedOfDelay`Complained of Delay(1)

Mr Drakeex:mr-drake

`concludedAt`Concluded at(1)

Oswald and Matilda Gaston Caseex:oswald-and-matilda-gaston-case

`constitute`Constitute(1)

Yarrabah Government Sittingsex:yarrabah-government-sittings

`continuesArgument`Continues Argument(1)

Mr Kinnaird Roseex:mr-kinnaird-rose

`courtAppearance`Court Appearance(1)

Mary Baker Murder Caseex:mary-baker-murder-case

`courtAppearanceAgain`Court Appearance Again(1)

Mary Baker Murder Case June26ex:mary-baker-murder-case-june26

`coversCourts`Covers Courts(1)

Tontineex:tontine

`deposedInCourt`Deposed in Court(1)

Charles Leslieex:charles-leslie

`didNotAppear`Did Not Appear(1)

Eugene Brennanex:eugene-brennan

`discharged`Discharged(1)

Jackey Aboriginalex:jackey-aboriginal

`dischargedBy`Discharged by(1)

Richard Henry Keeganex:richard-henry-keegan

`disclosedAt`Disclosed at(1)

Evidenceex:evidence

`finedBy`Fined by(1)

Tattersalls Hotel Landlordex:tattersalls-hotel-landlord

`grantedAt`Granted at(1)

Temporary Licenseex:temporary-license

`grantedSlaughteringLicencesOnMonday`Granted Slaughtering Licences on Monday(1)

Licensing Benchex:licensing-bench

`hearingConcluded`Hearing Concluded(1)

Bunya Murder Caseex:bunya-murder-case

`hearingConcludedAt`Hearing Concluded at(1)

Bunya Murder Caseex:bunya-murder-case

`heldForHearingAppealsAgainstAssessments`Held for Hearing Appeals Against Assessments(1)

Indooroopilly Division Courtex:indooroopilly-division-court

`heldIn`Held in(1)

Sorrensens Caseex:sorrensens-case

`heldUsualMonthlyMeeting`Held Usual Monthly Meeting(1)

Licensing Boardex:licensing-board

`in`In(1)

Assault Caseex:assault-case

`interposesObjection`Interposes Objection(1)

Mr Kinnaird Roseex:mr-kinnaird-rose

`interruptedProceedings`Interrupted Proceedings(1)

M Mahonex:m-mahon

`isA`Is a(1)

Police Court St Georgeex:police-court-st-george

`isLocationOf`Is Location of(1)

St George Queenslandex:st-george-queensland

`jokerBroughtUpIn`Joker Brought Up in(1)

Cooktown News Sep 8ex:cooktown-news-sep-8

`jpAtPoliceCourtWithPoliceMagistrate`Jp at Police Court With Police Magistrate(1)

Mr F a Morganex:mr-f-a-morgan

`locationDuringIllness`Location During Illness(1)

Jbex:jb

`mattersForHigherCourt`Matters for Higher Court(1)

Mr Lewis Questionsex:mr-lewis-questions

`occurredDuringHearingAt`Occurred During Hearing at(1)

Assault Case Customs V Wayneex:assault-case-customs-v-wayne

`occurredInCourt`Occurred in Court(1)

Vagrancy Charge Police Courtex:vagrancy-charge-police-court

`onlyMagistratePresent`Only Magistrate Present(1)

Mr Kirkbrideex:mr-kirkbride

`ontologicalJurisdiction`Ontological Jurisdiction(1)

High Seas Assaultex:high-seas-assault

`pleadedGuiltyAt`Pleaded Guilty at(1)

Patrick M J Mkoneex:patrick-m-j-mkone

`postmortemScheduled`Postmortem Scheduled(1)

Unknown Drunken Man Deathex:unknown-drunken-man-death

`preliminaryExamination`Preliminary Examination(1)

M Neil Williams Caseex:m-neil-williams-case

`presentedAt`Presented at(1)

Evidenceex:evidence

`presidedAt`Presided at(1)

Police Magistrateex:police-magistrate

`presidesOver`Presides Over(1)

Pmex:pm

`presupposesCourtAuthority`Presupposes Court Authority(1)

Articleex:article

`presupposesHighSeasJurisdiction`Presupposes High Seas Jurisdiction(1)

Assault High Seasex:assault-high-seas

`presupposesPriorMagistratesHearing`Presupposes Prior Magistrates Hearing(1)

Trialex:trial

`previouslyBroughtUp`Previously Brought Up(1)

Frenchmen New Caledoniaex:frenchmen-new-caledonia

`proceededWithAt`Proceeded With at(1)

Two Larceny Casesex:two-larceny-cases

`recoveredAndReturnedToCourt`Recovered and Returned to Court(1)

Dr Leighton Kestevenex:dr-leighton-kesteven

`recursWeekly`Recurs Weekly(1)

Public Vaccination Serviceex:public-vaccination-service

`remanded`Remanded(1)

James Fleetex:james-fleet

`remandedTo`Remanded to(1)

William Hillex:william-hill

`removedFrom`Removed From(1)

Vardyex:vardy

`reportedAsCharged`Reported As Charged(1)

Geo Frederick Howardex:geo-frederick-howard

`reportsFacts`Reports Facts(1)

Article Authorex:article-author

`searchedAt`Searched at(1)

Fat Minerneyex:fat-minerney

`seemToShun`Seem to Shun(1)

Justices of the Peaceex:justices-of-the-peace

`sentencedAt`Sentenced at(1)

Joseph Amosex:joseph-amos

`sentencedBy`Sentenced by(1)

Ralph O Haganex:ralph-o-hagan

`siteOfPoliceCourt`Site of Police Court(1)

Cooktownex:cooktown

`stillProceedingIn`Still Proceeding in(1)

Captain Steuart Caseex:captain-steuart-case

`structuresAsResumption`Structures As Resumption(1)

Articleex:article

`summonedFromDistance`Summoned From Distance(1)

Charters Towers Witnessesex:charters-towers-witnesses

`summonedTo`Summoned to(1)

E Draperex:e-draper

`swornAt`Sworn at(1)

Cingalese Pedroex:cingalese-pedro

`temporalAfter`Temporal After(1)

City of Melbourneex:city-of-melbourne

`testimonyAct`Testimony Act(1)

Charles Leslieex:charles-leslie

`threatOfLegalAction`Threat of Legal Action(1)

Jane Miner Streetex:jane-miner-street

`wasWithdrawn`Was Withdrawn(1)

Woman Stamp Caseex:woman-stamp-case

`wellKnownAt`Well Known at(1)

Patrick Osullivanex:patrick-osullivan

`willAnswerToCourt`Will Answer to Court(1)

Girl Kidnappersex:girl-kidnappers

`willBeBroughtBefore`Will Be Brought Before(1)

August Blackex:august-black

Other facts (143)

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143 facts

Predicate	Value	Ref
Presided by	Police Magistrate	[1]
Presided by	Mr R M Hunter	[8]
Presided by	Police Magistrate	[8]
Presided by	Mr Pinnock	[12]
Presided by	Police Magistrate	[13]
Presided by	["ex:mr-moran","ex:mr-rich-jjp"]	[16]
Presided by	[{"iri":"ex:mr-moran-jjp"},{"iri":"ex:mr-rich-jjp"}]	[19]
Presided by	P M	[46]
Presided Over by	R a Kingsford	[9]
Presided Over by	G Adams	[9]
Presided Over by	D Patience	[9]
Presided Over by	R T Hartley	[9]
Presided Over by	R J Gorton	[9]
Presided Over by	Mr J Farrelly Jp	[11]
Presided Over by	H R Buttaushaw	[37]
Held Before	Messrs E F Hanley and H Bonarius Jp	[3]
Held Before	H R Buttaushaw	[3]
Held Before	H Bonarius	[3]
Held Before	W Southerden	[3]
Held Before	Mr Ryan Jp	[43]
Held Before	Pm	[45]
Occurred on	13th	[4]
Occurred on	1886-06-23	[7]
Occurred on	yesterday	[9]
Occurred on	Yesterday	[21]
Occurred on	Tuesday morning	[4]
Occurred on	Monday morning	[54]
Located in	Brisbane	[22]
Located in	Maryborough	[38]
Located in	Maytown	[49]
Located in	Townsville	[55]
Held on	yesterday morning	[3]
Held on	Thursday-last	[2]
Held on	Saturday morning	[31]
Charged	Henry Green	[6]
Charged	Michael Garvey	[6]
Before	Pm	[1]
Before	Police Magistrate	[3]
Presupposes Legal Authority	Mr G M Morris Pm	[2]
Presupposes Legal Authority	Mr Pinnock	[13]
Part of	Courts Section	[9]
Part of	Judicial System 1890 Qld	[39]
Local to	Cooktown	[15]
Local to	Cooktown	[17]
Had No Business	Yesterday	[20]
Had No Business	1890-09-15 morning	[33]
Handled Case of	One Drunk	[21]
Handled Case of	Robert Ohesterman	[30]
Location	Rockhampton	[24]
Location	Cooktown	[30]
Sarcastic Tone in Reporting	null	[1]
Presupposes Idlers Congregate	true	[2]
Had Laughter	true	[2]
Had Laughter Subside	True	[2]
Assumes Kanaka Status	Prohibited Class	[1]
Presupposes Existence of	Cooktown Legal System	[1]
Hears Appeal Case on	Thursday morning	[3]
Held Yesterday Before	Police Magistrate	[3]
Date	yesterday	[3]
Charged John Flynn and	J Farrelly	[1]
Focuses on	Police Court Case Regina V T Darcy James Lucas	[5]
Occupied All Day With	Police Court Case Regina V T Darcy James Lucas	[5]
Temporal Overlap	Racecourse Privileges Sale	[5]
Committed for Trial	Mary Newman	[6]
Has Jurisdiction Debated	null	[1]
Resumed After	lunch	[1]
Court of Inquiry	Inspector Lewis	[1]
Adjourned for	lunch	[1]
Handled Drunkenness Case	null	[7]
Deontic Lower Court	remands to higher	[3]
Adjudicated Drunk Cases	Gill Street	[3]
Occupied All Day Monday and Yesterday	nearly	[1]
Had No Jurisdiction	Blameri Vs Blake Case	[2]
Embodies Deontic Authority	null	[4]
Exists in Rockhampton	true	[2]
Had Hiatus	due to absence of P.M.	[3]
Presupposes Interpreter Exists	Unnamed Interpreter	[1]
Adjourned Until Afternoon	Monday morning	[2]
Date of Hearing2	April 25	[1]
Date of Hearing	April 22	[1]
Hears Cases on	22 April, 25 April	[1]
Occurred Yesterday Morning	True	[2]
Charges Laid Against	Young Men	[1]
Exist in	Cooktown	[1]
Enforces Sunday Laws	Qld	[8]
Had Cases	Flanagan V Remilton	[8]
Had Drunkenness Case	Tucke	[8]
Had Disorderly Case	Robertson	[8]
Handles Varied Cases	Drunk, Burglary, Desertion	[8]
Had No Cases Yesterday	{}	[10]
Yesterday No Hearings	{}	[10]
Place Where Presence Imperatively Needed	null	[10]
Had Only One Jp Appear	null	[10]
Presupposes Prior Business	null	[10]
Occurs Sequentially Before	Cannibal Creek Report	[9]
Yesterday Before	Police Magistrate	[11]
Hearing Date	1886-03-12	[13]
Imposed Fine	Captain Buckingham	[14]
Imposed Professional Costs	£2 2s.	[14]
Imposed Witness Expenses	5s.	[14]

Timeline axis is valid_time — when each source says the fact was true in the world, not when Dontopedia learned about it. Retracted rows are kept for provenance; coloured stripes indicate the context kind.

143 undated

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sarcasticToneInReportingtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

null

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presidedBytrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

ex:police-magistrate

—

presupposesIdlersCongregatetrove-cooktown/coloured-persons

true

—

hadLaughtertrove-cooktown/coloured-persons

true

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hadLaughterSubsidetrove-cooktown/coloured-persons

ex:true

—

assumesKanakaStatustrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

ex:prohibited-class

—

presupposesExistenceOftrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

ex:cooktown-legal-system

—

hearsAppealCaseOntrove-cooktown/cingalese

Thursday morning

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heldYesterdayBeforetrove-cooktown/cingalese

ex:police-magistrate

—

datetrove-cooktown/cingalese

yesterday

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heldBeforetrove-cooktown/cingalese

ex:messrs-e-f-hanley-and-h-bonarius-jp

—

occurredOntrove-cooktown/north-shore-cooktown

13th

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chargedJohnFlynnAndtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

ex:j-farrelly

—

heldBeforetrove-cooktown/cingalese

ex:h-r-buttaushaw

—

heldBeforetrove-cooktown/cingalese

ex:h-bonarius

—

heldBeforetrove-cooktown/cingalese

ex:w-southerden

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focusesOntrove-cooktown/malay-cooktown

ex:police-court-case-regina-v-t-darcy-james-lucas

—

occupiedAllDayWithtrove-cooktown/malay-cooktown

ex:police-court-case-regina-v-t-darcy-james-lucas

—

temporalOverlaptrove-cooktown/malay-cooktown

ex:racecourse-privileges-sale

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chargedtrove-cooktown/john-davis

ex:henry-green

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committedForTrialtrove-cooktown/john-davis

ex:mary-newman

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hasJurisdictionDebatedtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

null

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resumedAftertrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

lunch

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courtOfInquirytrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

ex:inspector-lewis

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adjournedFortrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

lunch

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handledDrunkennessCasetrove-cooktown/mauritius-queensland

null

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occurredOntrove-cooktown/mauritius-queensland

1886-06-23

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deonticLowerCourttrove-cooktown/cingalese

remands to higher

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heldOntrove-cooktown/cingalese

yesterday morning

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adjudicatedDrunkCasestrove-cooktown/cingalese

ex:gill-street

—

occupiedAllDayMondayAndYesterdaytrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

nearly

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hadNoJurisdictiontrove-cooktown/coloured-persons

ex:blameri-vs-blake-case

—

heldOntrove-cooktown/coloured-persons

Thursday-last

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embodiesDeonticAuthoritytrove-cooktown/north-shore-cooktown

null

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existsInRockhamptontrove-cooktown/coloured-persons

true

—

hadHiatustrove-cooktown/cingalese

due to absence of P.M.

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presupposesInterpreterExiststrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

ex:unnamed-interpreter

—

adjournedUntilAfternoontrove-cooktown/coloured-persons

Monday morning

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beforetrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

ex:pm

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dateOfHearing2trove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

April 25

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dateOfHearingtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

April 22

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hearsCasesOntrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

22 April, 25 April

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presupposesLegalAuthoritytrove-cooktown/coloured-persons

ex:mr-g-m-morris-pm

—

occurredYesterdayMorningtrove-cooktown/coloured-persons

ex:true

—

chargesLaidAgainsttrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

ex:young-men

—

existIntrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

ex:cooktown

—

beforetrove-cooktown/cingalese

ex:police-magistrate

—

chargedtrove-cooktown/john-davis

ex:michael-garvey

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presidedBytrove-cooktown/prostitution

ex:mr-r-m-hunter

—

presidedBytrove-cooktown/prostitution

ex:police-magistrate

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enforcesSundayLawstrove-cooktown/prostitution

ex:qld

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hadCasestrove-cooktown/prostitution

ex:flanagan-v-remilton

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hadDrunkennessCasetrove-cooktown/prostitution

ex:tucke

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hadDisorderlyCasetrove-cooktown/prostitution

ex:robertson

—

handlesVariedCasestrove-cooktown/prostitution

ex:drunk, burglary, desertion

—

occurredOntrove-cooktown/reynolds

yesterday

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hadNoCasesYesterdaytrove-cooktown/nunn

{}

—

yesterdayNoHearingstrove-cooktown/nunn

{}

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placeWherePresenceImperativelyNeededtrove-cooktown/nunn

null

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hadOnlyOneJpAppeartrove-cooktown/nunn

null

—

presupposesPriorBusinesstrove-cooktown/nunn

null

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