Clergymen in Court. a Slander Action. Young
A slander action arising out of the agitation for the suppression of Sunday football in Harden was listed at the Young District Court as a result of a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1917
936 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 37 of 47
Aldermanic Breeze. the Police Sent For. No One at the Station
The agenda paper of the regular meeting of the South Grafton Council, held last night, did not provide for a number of episodes which occurred, calling for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Narromine Murder. Meizer Sentenced to Death. Sydney
At Dubbo Court, John Ernest Meizer was found guilty of murdering Zena Aubrey Hill, aged 4, at Narromine, and was sentenced to death…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Foul Hun Murder. Speedy British Vengeance. London, Wednesday Night
A sergeant in the Lincolnshires narrates: "While I was lying wounded in a shallow trench I saw a German approach an English lad who had been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Room in Divorce Court. 700 Cases Listed. London
Seven hundred cases are listed in the Divorce Court. Extra judges have been appointed. The Federal Government's…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Convicted of Stealing. Sydney
Anderson Philpots and Walter Sutherland were convicted at the Sessions of stealing £3000 in money and jewellery from a shop at Newtown: while a woman,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maclean Police Court. (Yesterday, before J. L. Shropshire, P.M.)
J. O'Keeffe, R. Powell and P. Souter pleaded guilty to charges of riotous behaviour at Harwood, and were each fined £1…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alleged Forgery. of a Military Paysheet. a Clerk Charged. Sydney
At the Paddington Police Court Arthur Gordon, 30, was charged with having at Sydney, between June, 1915, and October, 1917, forged a paysheet of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Doctor Sent to Gaol. Refusal to Answer a Question. Professional Secrets Involved. Bourke
Dr. Snow was sentenced to seven days' imprisonment at Bourke for refusing to answer certain questions in a case in which defendant said professional secrets…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Federal Arbitration Court. Miners' Federation. Application to Deregister
Mr. Justice Higgins heard an application in the Federal Arbitration Court calling upon the Australasian Coal and Shale Employees' Federation to show cause why…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Strike Aftermath. Special Sitting of Criminal Court. Sydney
A special sitting of the Central Criminal Court will be held on November 5 for the trial of the cases arising out of the strike…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Archbishop Sentenced. Anathema on Venizelos. Athens
Theoclitos, Archbishop of Athens, has been sentenced to two years' imprisonment in a monastery and degradation from his office for interfering in politics…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Grafton Shooting Case. Alleged Attempted Murder. Leonard on Trial
At the Grafton Police Court this morning, before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, P.M., Joseph Edward Leonard was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Melbourne Murder. Alleged Assailant's Attempted Suicide. Melbourne
Mrs. A. E. Samson, whose husband is at the front, was found murdered in her house at Princes Street, Port Melbourne. Her foster-brother,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Round Up. Motors and Price Bettors. Melbourne
Yesterday the police at Brunswick made a round up in motors and simultaneously of illegal and unlicensed starting price bettors at hotels. Twenty-nine arrests…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Grafton Police Court. Monday, October 22. (Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, P.m.). Riotous Behaviour
Robert William McNeill and Mary Ann McNeill, husband and wife, were charged with having behaved in o riotous manner in Prince-street on 20th October. Both…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Shooting Case. Alleged Attempted Murder. Accused Committed for Trial
At the Grafton Police Court yesterday, before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, P.M., Joseph Edward Leonard, on remand, was charged with having, on 9th October, fired at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Court Episodes
The defendant in a case before the Grafton Police Court yesterday, gave evidence to the effect that on a recent evening at South Grafton he tied up his horse…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Grafton Police Court. Monday, October 22. (Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, P.m.) Alleged Stealing
Joseph Edward Rowles (Mr. Pollack) was charged with the theft of a coach reins at South Grafton on October 1. Sergt Calman said that when…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Grafton Police Court. Tuesday, October 23. (Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, P.m.) Alleged Larceny
The case, against Joseph Bernard Rowles, for the alleged larceny of a rein at South Grafton, on October 1st, was resumed. Mr. A. J. Pollack for the…
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