The Lost Convoy. Finding of the Court. the Navy Exonerated. London
In the House of Commons, Sir Eric Geddes, First Lord of the Admiralty, stated the Admiralty had confirmed the finding of the Court of Enquiry that the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1918
921 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 3 of 47
Small Debts Court. Tuesday, January 15. Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, P.M.
Gerard and Co. claimed 13s 11d from W. Hoskisson. Verdict for that amount, with 59 costs. ALLEGED SLANDER…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Small Debts Court. Tuesday, January 15. (Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, P.M.) Gerard and Co. v W. Hoskisson, claim of 13/11. Verdict for amount with 5/9 costs. Claim for Damages
Alexander McPhee claimed £10 damages from Clarence Brown in connection with a statement alleged to have been made, by him "that the s.s. Atalanta had no…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Alleged Burglary. Sydney
William Cosgrove was charged at the Police Court with burglariously entering Alfred Loveridge's premises at Drummoyne and having stolen an iron safe…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coramba Police Court. (Yesterday, Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, P.M.)
Alfred Leonard Nicholson pleaded not guilty to a charge of indecent language at Glenreagh. Mr. Macpherson (McGuren and Pollack) appeared for the defendant…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Federal Police
Fifty-three persons have been appointed to the Federal police force. At an average cost of at least three pounds per head per week this piece of foolery…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Officer Farewelled
A number of friends of Constable Langley, of Chatsworth Island, assembled at the residence of Mr. F. Bate on Wednesday to bid farewell and to make a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coff's Harbor Police Court. Thursday, January 17. (Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, P. M.)
A prohibition order was issued against William Flemming for twelve months. Edwin Turner pleaded guilty to a charge of having been found drunk in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Commonwealth Police. Melbourne
Applications for the Commonwealth police are coming in in large numbers…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ex-police Sergeant Brennan. Awarded Imperial Service Medal
The, Imperial Service Medal has been awarded to ex-Sergeant John Brennan, late of the Lismore mounted police. The award is for long and meritorious service…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The U-boats. Campaign of Rapine and Murder. Attack on Hospital Ships. London
A German wireless message falsely stated that Spanish naval officers had recently returned to Madrid owing to the misuse of the Entente hospital ships, thus…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On Licensed Premises. Magistrates in Court. Cases From Woolgoolga
At the Coff's Harbor Police Court yesterday, before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, P.M., cases of considerable importance to the district were listed. for hearing when…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court
At the Dorrigo Police Court on Thursday morning last, Mr. G. Gregor appeared for B E. Gates, plaintiff, and Mr. Chidley for S. W. Johnston,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alleged Burglary. Sydney
Raphael Finkelstein and Charles Smith were committed for trial on a charge of breaking and entering the dwelling of Cecilia Cooper and stealing a large…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Alleged Theft. Sydney
Frederick Burgess was committed for trial on a charge of theft of a quantity of gold alloy valued at £203, the property of Mathias Klafenbock…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A Soldier Charged. Sydney
Private Goodsell, a soldier who saw service in Egypt ami France, was charged before a district court-martial with stealing a wristlet watch, the property…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →"On the Promises." Well-known We[?] [?]ta Charged. Presentation Falle [?]ly. Other Charges Withdrawn by the Police
A great deal of interest was contred in the next case called, when Henry Felix Barnee and Frederick Rudder, two of Woolgoolga's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Court
(Before Mr.J. L. Shropshire, P.M.) At the local Court House on Thursday. Edwin John Turner pleaded…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coff's Harbour Police Court. Friday, January 18, 1918. (Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, P.M.)
John Robertson pleaded not guilty to a charge of drunkenness at Woolgoolga on the 19th December, and also with excessive drinking, and was defended by Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"Into the Wilderness." Germany Sentenced. by British Labor Minister. the Rank and File Loyal. London
Mr. G. H. Roberts, a Labor Minister, speaking at a dinner at the Eccentric Club to Admiral Sir Rosslyn Wemyss, said he would not be a party to the disruption…
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