A Bank in Court
The unusual spectacle of a bank, containing good gold and other legal corn, being put in as an exhibit was one of the features of the suit tried at the…
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Courts & crime, 1916
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Grafton Police Court
(Before Mr. E. A. May, J.P.) William Horton, charged with wounding his wife with intent to murder, was remanded to appear at Coff's Harbor on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Grafton Police Court. Thursday, October 5. Before Mr. E. A. May, J.P.
William Horton was charged with wounding, with alleged intent to murder, Eliza Mary Horton, his wife, and was remanded to appear at Coff's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Maclean Police Court
Friday, October 6th, 1916, before, Mr. J. L. Shropshire, P.M. P. Riley, on a charge of drunkenness, was fined 5s and 6s costs…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Joan Craig Case. Before the Banco Court. Sydney
An accident on the steamer Joan Craig on April 1 at Grafton was the basis of an action heard by Mr. Justice Sly and jury in the Banco Court. Plaintiff, John…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Long Respite. Northern Territory Murder. Sydney
Two aborigines found guilty at Darwin on a charge of murdering Chinese, were sentenced to be hanged, but in accordance with Territory law, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ginnell's Appeal. Goes to Gaol. London, Tuesday Night
The Appeal Court has upheld Mr. L. Ginnel's conviction, but reduced the fine by one half. Ginnel declared that he would not pay a penny of the fine…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Small Debts Court
In the Small Debts Court yesterday F. W. C. Schaeffer sued Thomas Morrisey for the sum of £10 12s for preparing plans and specifications for a residence…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Treason. Twelve Men Charged at Sydney. Sequel to Recent Fires. Sydney
The hearing of the charge of treason against twelve men arrested recently in Sydney and Broken Hill was commen[?]d at the Central Police Court to-day, before…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Bogus Baronet. Charged with Forgery and Perjury. Old Documents Altered. London
David P. Menzies, of Plean Castle, Stirlingshire, was charged at Edinburgh with forging documents and committing perjury. Menzies in 1915…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Alleged Murder. Sydney
A young man was committed for trial at Berrigan for alleged wilful murder. The victim was a man 70 years of age…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Murder and Suicide. Adelaide
A report from Morphetville, South Australia, states a farmer named Duval shot his niece, Miss Bain, and then killed himself…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Alleged Inciting to Murder. Charge Against Union Secretary. Sydney
William Barnett, secretary of the A.M.A. and as such publisher of the "Barrier Daily Truth," Broken Hill, owned by the association, was before the local Police…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Alleged Wholesale Theft. Sydney
Frederick Veitch (17) was before the North Sydney Police Court to-day, to answer 34 charges of theft, on 10 of which he was remanded to Ryde, six to Hornsby,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tottenham Murder. Three Men Committed
After hearing evidence with respect to the Tottenham murder case the Coroner (Mr. James Patterson) found that Geo. Duncan (policeman) was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Alleged Assault. with Attempt to Murder. Accused Committed for Trial. Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, P.M.
COFF'S HARBOR, Thursday night. William Horton was charged with wounding his wife with intent to murder her…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Licensing Prosecution. Local Publi[?]an charged. Information Dismissed
William T. Johnson, licensee of the Fitzoy Hotel, was charged at the local Court, before Mr. H. Shropshire P.M., with supplying liquor to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Horton Case. Husband Charged with Cutting His Wife's Throat Sordid Story of an Unhappy Home—accused Before the Court. Mrs. Horton in the Witness Box
At the local Court on Thursday, before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, P.M., William Horton, of Coffs Jelly, was charged with feloniously…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coff's Harbor Court. Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire. P.M. Coff's Harbor, Thursday night
There was a very heavy list at the Coff's Harbor Police Court this morning. The court opened at 9 a.m. and closed at 9.45 p.m. There was a large attendance of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Alleged Assault. with Intent to Murder. (Court House, Coff's Harbor Friday, October 13th.)
Evidence continued from Saturday's issue. Isaac George Hilton Niblett said he was, a laborer, residing at Coff's Harbor…
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