Bank Clerk Sentenced. Toowoomba
At the Circuit Court Nelson Campbell McLean was sentenced to three years' hard labor in connection with the embezzlement from the Commonwealth Bank…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1918
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Alleged Stealing. the Jury Disagrees. Sydney
The jury were un-able to agree in the case, of William Napier, Reuben Holmes, and Percy Gillingham, who were charged at the Criminal Court with having…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sentenced to Death. Shooting at a Nurse. Sydney
Alfred Snow pleaded not guilt at the Criminal, Court on a charge of having wounded Ruth Donnelly with intent to murder her. Accused' was an inmate…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ulmarra Police Court
Yesterday before Messrs. J. Retallick and R. N. Shaw J.'s P. Police v. Frank McGregor, two charges of riotous behavious and using indecent language in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rapine, Murder, Lust. a Damning Indictment. German Rule in Africa. Gross Bestial Conduct. Cape Town
Mr. E. H. L. Gorges, Administrator of the Protectorate of South-West Africa, has presented one of the most sensational reports ever issued in connection with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Stealing a Rope
A case of interest to the Eastern Dorrigo community was tried at Coff's Harbour on Tuesday last, when a man named Norman Neilson was charged…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Woman Sentenced. Brisbane
At the criminal sittings of the Supreme Court to-day a woman named Kate Porter, who was found guilty at the Toowoomba Circuit Court on a charge of breaking…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fisheries Prosecution. Jetty Resident Charged
Cecil Walsh (who wan repre-: gented by Mr. Macphereon) pleaded not guilty to a charge of causing an explosion in the ocean waters of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Court Case
A couple of court [?]ases were decided towards the latter end of last week. The local Inspector of Nuisances got a whiff as of a smell from a dead…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fixing of Prices. Wrappers to Be Charged For. Sydney
The War Precautions Regulations relating to fixed prices for foodstuffs has been amended to provide that fixed prices snail include charges for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sale of Seed Agent and Picker in Court
Patrick J. MacNamara, auctioneer, etc., and seed merchant, Coff's Harbor, proceeded against Andrew Nicholson, claiming £10 damages for breach of contract…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Red Russia. Bolsheviks' Reign of Terror. Reported Murder of Ex:czarina. World Tragedy Being Enacted. London
There is every reason to fear that a world tragedy is being enacted in Russia. Reports confirm that the Bolsheviks' reign of red terror has reached a terrible…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Corama Police Court
(On Friday, before Major Crane, P.M.) Norman Casson pleaded not guilty to not having his name on the Federal electoral roll…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Grafton Police Court. Monday, 16th SEPTEMBER, 1918
Before Major F. W. C. Crane, P.M. Henry Ford pleaded guilty to being drunk in Prince-street. There were five, previous convictions. Fined 20s…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fond of Murder. Bolsheviks Methods. American Tells of Russian Horrors
A cable from New York says:--, Mr. Roger Simmons, an American Trade Commissioner, has cabled to the "New York World" an account of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Licensing Cosrt Monday, 16th SEPTEMBER, 1918. Before Major V. W. C. Crane, Licensing Magistrate
Helen Porter, widow of the late James Porter, applied for the transfer of the license of the Diggers Arms Hotel at Lower Bucca from her son,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Strike Threatened. Trouble in South Australia. Sydney
The South Australian Police Force threatens to resign within a month on account of its insufficient pay. Each man signed his resignation as he came…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stealing on the Railways. Guard and Relief Officer - Sent to Gaol. Sydney
At the Police Court to-day, Peter Collins and Frederick Emenual were charged with, stealing at Sandy Flat, near Tenterfield,a set of buggy harness, the property…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sentenced for Espionage. Washington
At Cleveland, Eugene Debs, a Socialist leader and once a Presidential candidate, has been sentenced to ten years' imprisonment under the Espionage Act…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Grafton Police Court Monday, September 16. (Before Major Crane, P.M.)
Henry Ford pleaded guilty to a charge of drunkenness in Pound street on Saturday, and was fined £1, with the alternative of seven days' imprisonment…
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