The Garage Assault. Death of the Victim. Sydney
George Isles, chauffeur in charge of Sir Herbert Maitland's car, died in Sydney Hospital without recovering consciousness. He had been found in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1916
863 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 35 of 44
A Gaol Sensation. Warder Brutally Assaulted. Four Prisoners Escape. Sydney
Four men, who were sentenced at the Circuit Court at Tamworth last week by Justice Pring, attacked a warder in the Tamworth Gaol on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Patterson Mystery. Police Have a Club. Newcastle
The police have as yet failed to identify positively the body of the woman recently found in the Patterson River; but one of the names written on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Corruption. Private Cross Sentenced. Sydney
Private Arthur Cross was found guilty at the Quarter Sessions to-day that while being a Commonwealth officer, he corruptly received money. He was sentenced to two…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Serious Charge. Alleged Assault and Robbery
At the Grafton Police Court yesterday, before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, P. M. Frederick West, William Quinn, and William Goff were charged with assaulting…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Forged Banknotes. I.W.W. Involved. Accused Before the Court Publisher of "Direct Action" Charged. Sydney
At the Quarter Sessions to-day, five men were placed on trial in connection with the Commonwealth Bank note cases, but two,Charles Cattell and Leslie Grummit…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Grafton Police Court. Monday, October 23, 1916. Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, P. M.
Wm Joyce, George Zietsch and Thomas Noonan pleaded guilty to allowing stock to stray in the municipality, and were each fined 5s, with 6s, costs of court or…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tamworth Sensation. Prisoners Break Gaol. Warder Severely Injured. Tamworth
A sensational escape of four prisoners occurred at Tamworth Gaol at midday on Saturday. Four men, Robert McLean, George Langebacher, Charles Coxon and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Local and General. Lawrence Court News
Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, Police Magistrate, the following verdicts were given in the Small Debts Court: -- For F. S. Langshaw versus Joseph Barry,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Grafton Police Court. Monday, October 23. a Prohibited Person
Augustin Newman was charged with being on the licensed premises of the Commercial Hotel, for the purpose of obtaining liquor, he being a person…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Serious Charge. Alleged Assault and Robbery
At the Grafton Police Court yesterday, before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, P.M., the hearing of the ease against Frederick West, William Quinn, and William Goff,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →I.W.W. Collectors. Sentenced for Collecting Money. Sydney
Patrick Harford and Frederick Milwood, two members of the I.W.W., were charged at the Police Court to-day with collecting money in the Domain without…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Grafton Police Court
Yesterday, before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, P.M., John Christie (36), on remand from Brisbane, was charged with stealing about January 18 last one rolled-gold watch, one…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Grafton Police Court. Wednesday, October 25. Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, P.M. Alleged Larceny
John Christie, on remand from Brisbane, was charged with on 18th Jan., at South Grafton, stealing one rolled gold hunting lever watch and one…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Polling Day. Stringent Police Precautions. Sydney
The Inspector-General of Police has made arrangements for heavy reserves of police to be in the, city to-morrow and Saturday. The men who will be on duty at the polling…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Note Forgeries. the Forgers Sentenced. Sydney
The sentences passed upon the Commonwealth notes forgers are as follows: Ferguson, 10 years' hard labor; Cattell, 4 years; King. 3 years;…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alleged Conspiracy. Remarks by Magistrate. Accused Committed. Sydney
The case in which Lieut. Becher and Sergeant-major Mark Waugh were charged with conspiring to secure the sum of £25 each from certain licensed publicans…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →German Terror in Africa. Burned Alive in Cement. Murder As a Sport
He is a native trader, dealing in a miscellaneous assortment of everything ready salable, and cheap, from salts and senna to saw and door…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bogus Tattersalls' Agency. Two Men Before Court. Sydney
A case in which it is alleged that two men have been conducting a bogus Tattersalls' sweep agency on an extensive scale was before the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alleged Murder. Laborer Before the Court. Sydney
Herbert Susane, laborer, was brought before the Manly Police Court to-day and charged with the murder of William McKinnon. He was remanded till Friday…
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