Stealing Letters
A misguided young man named Reginald Mitchell was committed for trial in Sydney for the theft of letters from the Post Office, where he had been engaged as a sorter. He…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1916
863 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 15 of 44
Burglary at Haymarket. Sydney
Marcus Clark's emporium, Haymarket, was visited by burglars during the night. They secured goods valued at over £100, consisting mostly of rolls of silk, articles of jewellery…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Grafton Police Court. Monday, May 15. Before Mr. H. F. W. Fletcher. P.M.
Thomas Watson, charged with being drunk and disorderly at South Grafton, was fined 5- or 24 hours Three days were allowed to pay…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An Unprovoked Assault. Returned Soldier the Victim. Sydney
Two soldiers were walking along Pitt-street last night when they were confronted by two civilians, and two soldiers, one of whom pointed across the road and remarked…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →More Leaders Sentenced. Mr. Asquith Talks with Rebels. London. Tuesday Night
The court-martial will shortly be commenced of John MacNeill, president of the Sinn Feiners, who is the Professor of Law at the Dublin…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Casement Trial Charged with High Treason. Casement's History Outlined. London
Daniel Julian Bailey, a soldier arrested with Canement, and an Irish prisoner at Limbing. who accepted Casement's offer to assist Germans, was placed in the dock with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Small Debts Court. Monday, May 15. Before Mr. H. F. W. Fletcher, P.M.
McDonald and Hynes v. Barbara Williams, claim of 96 for goods sold. Verdict for plaintiff and 5- costs. E. S. Francis v. Clifford Orchin…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Grafton Licensing Court. Monday, May 15. Before the P.M. and Mr. J. A. McLachlan, member
D. J. Porter, Diggers' Arms Hotel, Bucca Creek, applied for permission to effect alterations to his licensed premises. The plans were approved…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →[?] Mirr[?] Police Court
On Tuesday, before the P.M., Thomas Patterson pleaded guilty to being drunk and disorderly at the Exchange Hotel the previous day. Fined 5s, for 24 hours…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Telegrams. Acquitted on Murder Charge. Sydney
The trial of Richard Dodgson, at Adelaide, on a charge of wilfully murdering Charles Barry, has concluded. The jury acquitted accused…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →German Dissipation. Speech by Police President. London
A Berlin paper publishers the speech of a Munich Police President violently condemning citizens for their luxurious living, and quoting a disgusted soldier as having…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Grafton Police Court
Yesterday, before Mr. H. W. Fletcher, P.M., Two aboriginals, Billy Lardner and Billy Boney, were each fined 20s or 14 days'…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Aliens in England. Stealing British Jobs. London
The Bethnal Green "Tribunal" strongly protested against the presence of 200,000 Allied aliens of military age in Great Britain Apart from 22 enemy aliens, the paper adds…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Grafton Police Court. Thursday, May 18. Before Mr. H. F. W. Fletcher, P.M.
Billy Lardner and Billy Boney (aboriginals), for using indecent language at South Grafton, were each fined 20- or 14 days imprisonment…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Grafton Police Court
Yesterday, before Mr. H. W. Ficteher, P.M., Patrick Kane, on remand deemed'--to be insane, was, on certificates handed in by…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Local and General. Cow in Court
Some commotion was cheated at the Grafton Police Court yesterday by a cow unceremoniously walking down the main hall. She after wards promenaded in the vestibule. In…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Alleged Stealing. Soldiers Charged. Sydney
Theodore Gadd, a soldier, was before the Police Court this morning on a charge of having in February last, while armed with a revolver, assaulted Maude Ellis, and having…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Vincent Divorce Case. Dramatic Scene in Court. Sydney
There was a dramatic scene during the hearing of the Vincent divorce suit to-day. John Gardiner, overseer on the Eldorado outstation of Dunlop, deposed that on one…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Grafton Police Court
Yesterday, before Mr. Shropshire, P.M., Henry Torpy was charged with having, by means of ill-practice in playing with cards, obtained the sum of 19s 6d from Sidney…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Burglary at Launceston. a Policeman Arrested. Sydney
The general store of W. M. Ruston, Laun[?]ceston, was broken into yesterday morning and goods valued at over £100 stolen. Suspicion was directed to the South Launcesfon…
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