Police Courts. Grafton. Monday, December 11
Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, P.M. Herbert Ramsay, Israel Goldthorpe, Frank Walsham and Walter Fisher were each fined 5s and 6s costs, or three days'…
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Courts & crime, 1916
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Local and General. Licensing Court
Yesterday, before Messrs. J. L. Shropshire, J.P., and D. McFarlane,, J.P., William James Kirkpatrick and Ralp[?] Featherstone were each granted a billiard…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Delivery of Wheat. Full Court Decision. Sydney
The Full Court delivered its reserved judgment in the case of Gelling and Son, Limited, versus Goosten and another, respecting the delivery of wheat. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Grafton Police Court. Tuesday, December 12
Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, P.M. William M. Menzies proceeded against William J. Cavanagh for alleged maliciously damaging a motor cycle on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Postal Official Charged. Sydney
Walter Butter, letter carrier, was committed for trial on an alleged charge of stealing a registered parcel, the property of the Postmaster-General, and containing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Grafton Police Court. Monday, December 11. Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, P.M.
Alfred Tomlinson was charged with using indecent language at his residence in Powell-street on 30th ult. Mr. Pollack appeared for defendant, who…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shipping Company and Court. Equity Court Judgment. Sydney
Mr. Justice Street, in the Equity Court, delivered reserved judgment in the application on behalf of the Merchant and Shippers Steamship Line, Ltd., and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Prize Court's Award. London
The Prize Court has awarded £320 sterling to four British destroyers for sinking two German torpedoers in the North Sea…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →False Testimony in Court. a Growing Evil
Anyone whose duty takes them frequently to the Police Court cannot avoid being struck with the glib way in which some witnesses ignore the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Haymarket Tragedy. Wilson Before the Court
At the Central Police Court, Sydney, on Monday, James Wilson, 25, appeared, charged with murdering George Pappageorgi, at Sydney, on April 5…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Alleged Murder. Sydney
The hearing of the case in which William Eyles is charged with the alleged murder of his wife, was concluded. Arthur Eyles, son of the accused, said he…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Alleged Thefts. Bank Clerk Charged. Sydney
Frank Wilson was before the Police Court on three informations, in which it was alleged that he forged orders of withdrawal from the Government Savings Bank…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Burglary. Sydney
Charles Henry Huson, a boarder at the People's Palace, Pitt-street, Sydney, last night retired to bed and locked his door, but when arising this morning found his…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Grafton Police Court. Saturday, December 16
Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, P.M. Daniel Conroy and Henry O'Brien, for drunkenness, the former in Victoria-street and the latter in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Local and General. Grafton Police Court
On Saturday, before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, P.M., Daniel Conroy and Henry O'Brien were each fined 5s and 6s costs, or 24 hours' hard labor in Grafton Gaol,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Supposed Assault. Sydney
The dead body of a man, believed to be named Peter Jones, was found early this morning at Pyrmont with a fractured jaw and other injuries. It is believed he was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Canberra's Stewards Sentenced. Brisbane
The stewards who struck work on board the steamer Canberra as she was about to leave Brisbane have been sentenced to a month's imprisonment with hard labor…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Revision Court. Monday December 18. Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, P.M.
A Revision Court was held to revise the rolls of Nymboida and Orara Shires. The clerk (Mr. W. J. Hawthorne) was in attendance…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Grafton Police Court Tuesday, December 19
Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, P.M. Sam Ford, for allowing a horse to stray in the municipality, was fined 5s and 6s costs, or three days' imprisonment…
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At the Electoral Revision Court yesterday, before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, P.M., the lists of electors of Nymboida and Orara Shires were revised and certified to…
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