Grafton Police Court
Yesterday, before Mr. E. A. May, J.P., Billy Blueshirt. an aboriginal, for drunkenness, was fined 20s or seven days, and for using indecent language was fined 40s or 14…
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Courts & crime, 1915
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The Perry Murder. a Widow Arrested and Charged. Pathetic Scenes
AUCKLAND, Tuesday.--Pathetic scenes were witnessed on the arrest of Mrs. Perry, charged with the murder of her husband near Auckland. The detectives…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Grafton Police Court. Thursday, September 28. Before Mr. E. A May, J.P.
Billy Blueshirt (aborigine) was fined 20- for being drunk, and 40- or 14 days for using indecent language on the previous evening…
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On Tuesday, before the P.M., I Police v. Patrick Corrigan, using indecent language at Tucabia Hall on August 31. Mr. McGuren, for defendant, applied for an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lismore Circuit Court
LISMORE, Thursday.--This Court was opened to-day before Mr. Justice Ferguson. Leslie Jones, aged 17, was charged with murdering John Henry Jones, his father, at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Jiggi Murder. Son Acquitted at Lismore. Lismore
At the sitting of the Circuit Court here yesterday, Leslie Jones, the 17-year-old boy who shot his father dead with a gun at a time when he was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maclean Police Court
Yesterday, before the P.M. Lionel Dhu, for riotous behaviour, at Harwood, was fined 10s, with 6s costs; and for indecent language, 20s with 6s costs…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Soldier Sentenced
SYDNEY, Friday.--A soldier named George Preston was charged with unlawfully assaulting Edward Benjamin,cook employed at Liverpool camp. The magistrate sentenced Preston…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Melbourne Shooting Affray Between Police and Burglars. Constable McGrath Shot Dead
SYDNEY, Friday.--A fierce revolver duel between police and burglars in Melbourne early this morning resulted in the death of Constable McGrath and the wounding of two…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Grafton Police Court Monday, October 4. Before Mr. H. Malone, P.M.
An individual deemed to be insane, was remanded for eight days for medical observation. Henry Childs, of Clarenza, was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Courts. Grafton
Yesterday before the P.M., An individual deemed to be insane was remanded for eight days for medical observation and evidence…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Murder at Solomon Islands. Native Treachery
SYDNEY, Monday.--An island steamer brought particulars of the murder of Mr. J. C. Laycock, a popular island trader, and son of Mr. Elias Laycock. It appears that…
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Nine men faced Mr. A. L. Walsh, J.P., at the local Court on Monday morning, and pleaded guilty to charges of drunkenness. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Lady Magistrate. Adelaide's New Record. Adelaide
A lady Justice of the Peace occupied a seat on the bench at the Adelaide Police Court yesterday for first time in the history of the state. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Grafton Police Court Friday, October 8. Before Messrs. T. T. Bawden and W. J. Puddicombe J's.P
Leonard Evans, on a charge of being drunk on the Grafton railway station, was admonished and discharged. On a second charge, viz., using indecent…
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A sitting of the local Police Court was held on Friday. Mr. H. Malone, P.M., [?] on the Bench. Mrs. E. V. Drammond, for failing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Melbourne Murder
SYDNEY, Friday.--Alexander Ward, who was concerned in the affray at Melbourne Trades Hall. when Constable McGrath was killed, was before the Police Court to-day,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Kent-street Murder
SYDNEY, Friday.-- George Webster was charged at the Police Court with the alleged murder of Robert Robertson, who, it was alleged, was kicked to death Kent-street…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Courts. Grafton
Yesterday, before Messrs. T. T. Bawden and W. J. Puddicombe, Js.P., Leonard Evans, for drunkenness at the Railway Station, was admonished and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Latest Cables. the Assault on Tahure. Naughty Boys' Battalion. Dashing French Attack
PARIS, Friday.--The famous French battalion, known as "Naughty Boy," which is composed of ex-prisoners, let the assault at Tahure. As usual, when a desperate…
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