Sentenced at Grafton
Frank Leigh, one of the two prisoners who made their escape from Bathurst Gaol on Friday, is identical with the Frank Edward Leigh, who, at the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1919
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Urunga Police Court Two Committals. Saturday, December 28, 1913. (Before Major Crane, P.m.) Alleged Larceny
Vera May Tyre was charged with having secured by false pretences, on April 18, 1918 at Urunga, a quantity of groceries and drapery, valued at £96, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Out of Gaol. Thrilling Escapes
So long as there are gaols there will be escapes and attempted escapes of desperate criminals. Man will risk almost anything to get…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Theft From a Warehouse. Three Men Committed for Trial. Sydney
Robert McEwin (45), Edward Buckley, and Alfred Parker (33) were charged at the Police Court this morning with entering the warehouse of Simon Toorey, at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Employment Conditions. Proposed International Court. London
The "Daily Express" says that the War Cabinet is considering a proposal to ask the Peace Conference to appoint a commission to inquire into the international…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bathurst Gaol Breakers. Sydney
The prison authorities have decided that the cases against Leigh and Steiner for escaping from custody are to be heard at Bathurst Gaol…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Cook Charged. Sydney
James Willmett Phillips (31), a cook, was charged at the Police Court to-day with having assisted Lewis Reiser, a German prisoner of war, to escape from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ireland. Belfast Gaol Mutiny. Still Holding Out. London
The Belfast mutineers are holding out. They still have sufficient food. Their chief pastime is mock recruiting meetings. It is rumored that they received…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Mean Theft. Sydney
Sister Florence Campbell, after nursing at the quarantine station at North Head since the outbreak of the epidemic, and who was returning for a few days to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Grafton Police Court Saturday, January 4, 1919. (Before Major Crane, P.M.)
Patrick Ryan, for drunkenness in Duke street on the Previous day, was fined £1, with the alternative of seven day's imprisonment…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Raid on Omsk Gaol. Bolshevists Set Free. London
A Vladivostock message states that Bolshevik sympathisers effected a whole sale gaol, delivery on New Year's Eve at Omsk. They released 205 prisoners,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Grafton Police Court. Monday, 6th JANUARY, 1919. Before Major F. W. C. Crane, P.M.
Harry Dangar, an aged aboriginal was charged with drunkenness at South Grafton, and pleaded guilty. In reply to the P.M., he said he got drunk…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →High Court Chief Justice
It is anticipated in legal circles that the Present Chief Justice of the High Court, S[?] Samuel Griffith, will shortly retire from the position which he has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Turkey's Betrayers. to Be Tried by Court-martial Paris, Sunday Night
"Le Matin's" Constantinople correspondent says the Sultan has ordered a court-martial to try those responsible for Turkey's…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Turf Tipsters Charged. Sydney
Two well-known turf tipsters, Alfred Vockler and C. W. Hopkins, were separately proceeded against at the Central Summons Court to-day on an information…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Grafton Police Court Monday, January 6, 1919. (Before Major Crane, P.M.)
Harry Dangar, an aboriginal, pleaded guilty to a charge of drunkenness in Skinner street, South Grafton, on December 31…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Chief of Police Deposed. Berlin
The Cabinet has deposed Eichhorn, the Chief of Police, who refused to resign. Ernst, the director of "Vorwaerts," succeeds him. The Government is adopting…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A French Scheme. International Police, Under Foch. Paris, Monday Night
The critic of "Le Matin" wants the future peace of the world guarded by an international police force, under the command of Marshal Foch. These…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Quarterly Licensing Court. Tuesday, January 7, 1919. (Before Major Crane, L.M. and Messrs. W. J. Hawthorne and D. McFarlane, M's.L.B.)
Ernest Vincent Finnigan was granted a renewal of the publican's license of the Grafton Imperial Hotel, and Francis Benn for the Liousville Hotel. In the first case…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bellingen Police
There are only two officers to look after the Bellingen police district, Sergeant Danks, who is in charge of the station, and Constable Carroll, About…
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