Melbourne Murder. Sentenced to Death. Sydney
In the Melbourne Criminal Court yesterday, Wm. Thos. Smith was found guilty of having wilfully murdered his child, aged 4 12 years. on…
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Courts & crime, 1911
798 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 18 of 40
Alleged Criminal Assault
A girl, 18 years old, informed the police that she was brutally assaulted at Liverpool on Wednesday night by a young man, who suddenly…
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Mr. J. V. Tillett, the Crown Solicitor, last week addressed an inquiry to the German Consulate in Sydney, to ascertain the result of the trial in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Native Outrage. Sentenced to Death. London, Thursday Night
A native charged with assaulting a policeman's wife at Salisbury, South Africa, was sentenced to death…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—At the Victorian Criminal Court before Mr. Justice Hodges, William Smith was found guilty of having wilfully murdered his…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Police Courts. Graftes
On Thursday, before Mr. M. Cleeve, J.P. Francis James Hollingworth was fined 1s or the rising of the Court for being drunk in Prince-street…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Grafton Police Court. Saturday, May 20, 1911. Before Mr. M. H. Cleeve, J.P.
A first offender, an elderly man, pleaded guilty to a charge of drunkenness and was fined 1s or the ring. The South Wales coal conference…
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Before Mr. Mining. Warden Piesley. Two applications for authority to enter parish Yulgilbar, county Drake, by C. A. G. Lillingston were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest Wires Murder and Double Suicide : a Family Wiped Out. Sydney, Sunday Night
A shocking discovery was made last night in a cottage in Alexander-street, North Sydney. The bodies of Segar Stafford…
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Yesterday before the P.M. Samuel Forrest was charged with (1) using obscene language: (2) resisting the police in the execution of their duty: (3)…
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At the Criminal Sittings at Hobart. Roland William Theodore Westbrook, a solicitor, of Hobart, was indicted for having in April, 1908, whilst entrusted with…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—In the course of next year four Superintendents of various classes will be retired under the provisions of the Superannuation Act, which…
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This Court concluded its sittings yesterday for hearing appeals against the Grafton Municipal Council assessments for rateable properties in the Municipality…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Royal Commission. The Death in the Bathurst Gaol. False Charges by Constable
SYDNEY, Monday.—The report of Mr. H. M. Hamilton, of the Royal Commission, to inquire into the charges prelered by Police Constables Mitchell…
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The third and final sitting of the above, to hear appeals against the assessments struck for the current year by the Grafton Municipal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Perth Murder Smithson Arrested. Sydney
A search for seven days through the scrub and forest for David Horatio Smithson, who is charged with the murder of Frances Compton at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Victorian Murder Case Jury Disagree. Sydney
The trial of an elderly man named John Cable Polley, who is charged with having wilfully murdered a Hindu named Said Ahmed Shah at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Savage Assault. Young Woman Roughly Treated. Sydney, Tuesday Night
Miss A. M. Black, a young woman residing at Ashfield, was proceeding to her home late last night, when, passing a dark spot, she was assaulted…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Grafton Police Court. Monday, May 22. Before Mr. A. J. Piesley, P. M. Language and Resisting
Samuel Forrest, on bail, was charged with using obscene language at Notaras' fish shop, with resisting the police, and with using…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bathurst Police Commission the Force Exonerated
The report of the Roval Commission into the allegations against the Bathurst police in connection with the death of a youth, Walter…
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