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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1915

664 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 24 of 34

Brutal Assault on a Woman. Victim in Serious Condition

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 September 1915 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.--Mrs. Lily Stephens was the victim of a brutal assault while proceeding homeward from Erskineville late last night. She was walking along Coulson-street…

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Charges Against Police. Two Exonerated

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 September 1915 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.--Mr. Cohen, the P.M. at Melbourne, who conducted the recent inquiries into the allegations of misconduct against three police constables, has sent his…

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Gretna Railway Collision. Signalmen Sentenced

Daily Examiner · Friday 17 September 1915 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.--The trial of the signalmen Meakin and Tinsley, and fireman Hutchinson in connection with the Gretna railway collision, has concluded…

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Police Courts. Maclean

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 September 1915 · page 3

Yesterday, before the P.M., the following persons were fined 2s and 3s costs for failing to have their names placed on the Commonwealth electoral roll:--G. W. Patterson, N…

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Grafton Police Court. Saturday, September 18. Before Mr. H. Malone, P.M.

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 20 September 1915 · page 2

A first offender was fined 5- or 24 hours for being drunk the previous night. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22. Before Mr. H. Malone. P.M…

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Grafton Police Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 21 September 1915 · page 3

Yesterday, before the P.M., Joseph Bowles for using indecent language at South Grafton was fined 10s and 6s costs, or seven days. On a second charge of a…

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Alleged Conspiracy. Several Persons Charged. Thirty-six Jurors Challenged

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 21 September 1915 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday. -- Mr. Justice Isaacs presided in criminal jurisdiction in the High Court to-day, when Arthur Kidman, Major Frederick William Page, Major…

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Small Debts Court. Robert Irving v. A. D. Pegus

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 21 September 1915 · page 3

Claim of £4 13s 6d for rent. Mr. Law for plaintiff; Mr. Pollack for defendant, who filed a set-off of £3 for wages. Defendant gave evidence as to certain…

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Electoral Revision Court

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 22 September 1915 · page 4

The Revision Court for the Clarence electorate wil be held at the Court House, Grafton, on the 2nd proximo, as recently announced in our columns. The list is now on exhibition at…

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Dealing with the Spies. Man and Woman Sentenced. London, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 22 September 1915 · page 3

The Official Press Bureau has issued the following statement:--A man and woman of German origin have been convicted at the Old Bailey of…

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Grafton Police Court. Friday, September 24. Before Mr. H. Malone, P.M.

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 24 September 1915 · page 2

An order prohibiting all persons from supplying E. G. Powell with intoxicants for a period of 12 months was issued…

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Wife Murder at Orange. Husband Committed for Trial

Daily Examiner · Friday 24 September 1915 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday.-- The inquest has concluded at Orange concerning the death of Mrs. Jemima Jenkins, who was shot dead on the 8th instant. The Coroner returned a…

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Police Court

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 25 September 1915 · page 2

Two men named McKenneley and McBride were sentenced to three months' imprisonment at the local Court on Friday morning,…

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An Unnaturalised Litigant. Decreed Out of Court

Daily Examiner · Saturday 25 September 1915 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday.-- At Wellington Small Debts Court, Gerard Friedrich Reber, a laundryman, sued Z. Piven, said to be a Russian, for £3, for lodging of self and two children…

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Shot Dead in Bed. Farmer's Wife Killed. Man Charged with Murder. Auckland

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 27 September 1915 · page 3

Mrs. Perry, wife of Thomas Perry, a farmer at Rama Rama, was shot dead while in bed at her home on Saturday morning…

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Grafton Police Court. Monday, September 27. Before Mr. H. Malone, P.M.

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 27 September 1915 · page 3

An order was issued prohibiting all persons from supplying Thomas Dousling with liquor for a period of 12 months…

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Attempted Bank Robbery. Accused Sentenced to Two Years

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 September 1915 · page 3

SYDNEY, Saturday. -- Keith and White, the two men who tunnelled under the Bank of New South Wales, at Eltham, N.Z., and were caught on the eve of a coup, were sentenced…

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Grafton Licensing Court. Monday, September 27. Before Mr. H. Malone (Chairman) and W. J. Hawthorne, L.M's

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 27 September 1915 · page 3

At a special session of the Licensing Court, the following applications were granted:--Thomas Martin (Coramba), permitted to make alterations to…

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Wife Charged with Murder

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 September 1915 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday. -- In connection with the shooting of the man, Thomas Perry, at Ramarama, New Zealand, the police arrested Amelia Perry, deceased's wife, on a…

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Grafton Police Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 September 1915 · page 2

Yesterday, before the P.M., Arthur Herbert Wilson was fined Is and 3s costs, for neglecting to be enrolled as a Commonwealth elector…

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