Maclean Police Court. (Yesterday, before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, P.M.)
Harry James was charged with having in his possession on the 22nd September half a bushel of oysters reasonably suspected of being unlawfully obtained…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1917
936 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 40 of 47
The Wagga Murder. Further Particulars. Sydney
The finding of a blood-stained sulky at Wagga on Wednesday night led to the discovery that Miss Grace Hughes, aged about 22, who was employed as a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British Army Conspiracy. Officers Sentenced. London
Colonel F. G. Scott, commanding the Royal Submarine Miners, Captain J. Moralee, and Private H. Cohen have been sentencer to eighteen, fifteen and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Espionage. Belgian Sentenced in London. London, Friday Night
It is of[?]ically reported that a Belgian was court-martialled in London on a charge of coming to England for the purpose of espionage…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Grafton Police Court. Monday, November 12. Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, P.M. Federal Electoral Prosecutions
Mr. T. H Wall, Divisional Returning Officer for Cowper, conducted prosecutions for failures to enrol. The following defendants were each fined 3…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →District Court
The District Court was formally opened yesterday afternoon by the Registrar, Mr. E. A. May, and then adjourned to 10 a.m. on Wednesday. The following…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Small Debts Court
In the Small Debts Court yesterday, before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, P.M., W. F. Blood successfully sued V. Armstrong for an amount of £17164. The verdict…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Small Debts Court. Tuesday, November 13
Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, P.M. "W. F. Blood v. V. Armstrong. Verdict for £17 16s 4d, with costs 5-. Other cases adjourned to December…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Full Court. Industrial Cases. Sydney
To-day three Industrial Court Judges, Judge Heydo'n, Judge Rolin, and Judge Edwards, sat as a Full Court to consider applications by the tramway employees…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Grafton District Court. Wednesday, November 14. Before Judge Hamilton
The District Court opened this morning at Grafton Court House, before Judge Hamilton. LOST LUGGAGE…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →District Court. Sitting at Grafton
The District Court sat at Grafton yesterday, his Honor Judge Hamilton on the Bench, LOST LUGGAGE…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Melbourne Murder. "I Will Soon Be Ready for the Rope!" Melbourne
An inquest was held in Melbourne concerning the death of Mrs. Annie Samson, wife of a soldier who was found with her throat cut. Albert Budd, a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Registration of Unions. Cases Before the Full Court. Signs of Repentance. Sydney
When the application of the Railway and Tramway Service Association for registration as an industrial union came before the Full Court of Industrial…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Murdered Her Father. Girl Sentenced to Death. Brisbane
Agnes Dorothy Baker, 17, was charged at the Townsville Circuit Court with shooting her father. She confessed the crime, saying he called her…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Alleged Murder. Woman Attacks Her Husband. Sydney
At the Paddington Police Court Annie Clifton was charged with the murder of her husband, Charles Ernest Clifton, 36, and remanded for a week…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Internees Escape. Sentry Court Martialled. Sydney
Paul Carre and Henry Seeman, civilian prisoners of war, were charged before the Military Court with escaping from lawful custody at the German concentration…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Masquerader Bectke. Again Before the Court. Sydney
Frederick Bectke, whose amazing story, was reported in the press last week, was again before the police court to-day, charged with unlawfully wearing a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Grafton District Court. Wednesday, November 14. Before Judge Hamilton. Lost Luggage
The first case taken was that of David and Annie L. Love, of Whiporie V. Mrs. Hannah J. Daniels, Grafton, a claim for £16 15s 6d, value of a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Robbery and Murder. the Runanga Affair. a Man Arrested. Auckland
New Zealand detectives have arrested William MacMahon at Christchurch on charges of murder and highway robbery last Friday at Runanga, when one man…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Supreme War Council. Further Press Comment. the Political Atmosphere. Still Highly Charged. London
Though opposition to the Inter-Allied Council is killed, important sections of the politicans and solders are determined to contest Lloyd George's statement…
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