The Assault on Oppy. German Version of the Attack. London
Germans report that the English four, times assaulted Oppy Village, which still remains ours. Our estimate of English osses on Saturday is over six thousand,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1917
936 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 16 of 47
Shooting Case. Accused Before the Court. Sydney
Eric Sonter was again before the Police Court to-day, charged with shooting at Joyce Potter with intent to murder…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Scene in Court. Mr. Justice Simpson and Mr. Conroy. Very Serious Statements. Sydney
An extraordinary scene took place in the Equity Court to-day. Alfred Conroy, one of the candidates for the Parramatta seat in the House of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Alleged Cattle Stealing. Evidence Concluded. Accused Committed for Trial
The case was continued in the Grafton Police Court yesterday in which John Patrick McCristal and Ernest William Watkins were charged, in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Grafton Police Court Wednesday, May 2, 1917. Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, P.M.
Joseph Leonard was charged with having, on 30th April, assaulted one Vera Breakwell with the intention of committing the crime of rape…
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"Tweed Daily" is to the point in some particulars in the following paragraph:--The District Court, with all its mummery, has come and gone. It has completed its…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Queensland. Appeal to the High Court. Sydney
The Queensland Referendum appeal case was commenced before the High Court to-day, when Mr. Ryan resumed his argument on behalf of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Governor of Gaol Missing. Sydney
After completing his work last Sunday, Mr. James Quaine, governor of Parramatta Goal, went, out for a walk, and did not return. All efforts to trace…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Alleged Cruelty. Poultry Breeder Charged. Sydney
An unusual case was before the Police Court, when David Chrystal, poultry breeder, was prosecuted for cruelly ill-treating poultry. It was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Grafton Police Court. Thursday, May 3. Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, P.M.
For drunkenness, John Burns, who pleaded guilty, was fined 5- or 24 hours. Philip Gibbs, the "Daily Chronicle's"…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alleged Cattle Stealing. Grafton Butcher on Trial. Two Accused Committed
At Grafton Police Court on Wednesday, before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, P.M., the case was concluded in which John Patrick McCristal and Ernest…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The P.m. and the J.p. Hot Words in the Licensing Court
The Braidwood "Review" has the following:—"A wrangle between Mr. Shepherd, P.M., and there honorary magistrates at Ba[?]eman's,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Grafton Police Court
On Saturday morning, before the P.M. (Mr. J. L. Shropshire), two men, William Johnston and Anthony Perry, were fined 5s or 24 hours for drunkenness…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Grafton Police Court. Saturday, May 5. Before Mr J. L. Shropshire, P.M.
Wm. Johnston (47) pleaded guilty to drunkenness in Prince-street on the previous day. Fined 5- or 24 hours. Anthony Perry (58) admitted a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Municipal Revision Court
At the Municipal Revision Court this morning, the P.M. adjourned the consideration of the Grafton roll till this afternoon to enable applicants to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alleged Assault. Trouble Over an Account. Accused Committed for Trial
At Coff's Harbor Police Court, before Messrs. A. E. Long and W. T. Perry, Js.P., Peter Hughes and Frederick Murphy, on remand, were charged that they…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Home Rule. Noisy New York Meeting. Police Quell Disturbance. New York
An Irish American meeting yesterday pledged itself to support the war. Irreconcilables demanded that there should be no such support until Home…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shooting Fatality. Returned Soldier Charged. Sydney
Dorothy Willis, who was accidently shot at her home, Bondi, died yesterday morning. John Bennett (29) was charged at the Police Court to-day with causing her…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Telegrams. Fortune Tellers. Police on the Look-out. Sydney
The police have been advised to be oh the look-out for eases where fortune tellers prey upon the wives and relatives of Australian soldiers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Grafton Police Court. Monday, May 7
Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, P.[?] Reg. James Spring was called, Mr D. J. Lobban appearing on his behalf. The charge was one of having driven…
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