Warden's Court
Before Major F. W. C. Crane, P.M., Warden, at the Grafton Court yesterday, Arthur Albert Brown, a laborer, residing in Ryan street, South Grafton, made…
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Courts & crime, 1919
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What Constitutes Murder House of Lords To Decide Is Drink Excuse for Crime? Unique Case in Legal History. London
For the first time in legal history the Lords have been called on to decide what constitutes a murder. The case is one wherein the Crown appealed from the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sinn Fein Terror. Its Power in Ireland. Police Barracks Closed. a Large Army Ready. London
The strife in Ireland is reaching a ulminating point. English and American newspapers have sent special correspondents. The gravest violence would not…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Prohibition in America. Supreme Court's Decision the Export of Whisky. Millions of Gallons. Washington
The Supreme Court has decided that the War-time Prohibition Constitutional Enforcement Act must continue till peace has been proclaimed. This means that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mother Charged with Murder. Sydney
Bridget McDonald was charged at the Central Criminal Court with having at Glen Innes on October 5 murdered her child. It was alleged by the Crown that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Theft of Ladies' Cotton Vests. Sydney
Ladies' cotton vests valued at £250. were stolen from premises in Pitt street. There is no clue to the thieves…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Telegrams. Theft of Cigars. Valued at £185. SYDNEY
At the Central Summons Court, Gerald Riviere was called upon to answer a summons issued at the instigation of Thomas Kenny, alleging that Riviere stole a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Alleged Murder. an Auckland Case. Auckland
Two young men, Stapleton and Coppell, were arrested at Auckland for the alleged murder of Frank Brazier, licensee of the Clarendon Hotel, who was found…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Woman Court-martialled. and Sentenced to Death. Paris
The Amiens court-martial passed the death sentence on Marie Totor, widow of a distinguished French officer who be frayed twenty Frenchmen and two…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Theft of Magnetos. Sydney
William Durpin, 18, was remanded at the Police Court on a charge of having broken into a motor warehouse in Wentworth Avenue and stolen 25 magnetos,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Theft of Valuables. Sydney
Thomas O'Keefe and Roy Peterson were charged at the Police Court with stealing article valued at £420 from the house of Sir Thomas Hughes. Both the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Serious Assault on a Girl. Sydney
A girl, 19 years of age, was seriously, assaulted at Googee last night. It appears a man spoke to her and offered to secure a motor-car in which she could be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Charge of Murder Dismissed. Sydney
Catherine Blattman was charged at the Central Criminal Court with the murder of Raymond Blattman. The case for the Crown was that the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Guilty of Murder. Leeds Bank Outrage. a Paramour's Evidence. London
The jury found Alfred Redfern guilty of the murder of the Leeds bank manager, Mr. Oates. The woman, Hopkins, with whom…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Ray of Hope. R. D. Meagher's Application. Base Before the High Court. Sydney
Mr. R. D. Meagher, in the High Court, set out that the Supreme Court took a strained view of his position, but did.-not suggest that the Supreme Court was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sentenced to Death
Richard John Hicks, who was found guilty at the Sydney Criminal Court of having committed a serious offence on a little girl at Stockton, was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Grafton Police Court. Monday, 22nd DECEMBER, 1919. Before Messrs. E. A. May and R. R. Smith, Js.P. Drunkenness
Wallace White pleaded guilty to a charge of drunkenness in Prince-street and also guilty to a charge of using indecent language in Princes street on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Engineers Before the Court. a Compromise Arrived At. Sydney
Six prosecutions arising out of the marine engineers' strike were called on at the Central Summons Court to-day, when John Mitchell, P. McEwing, and J…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Statement in the Commons. Four Bombs Thrown. Two Police Wounded. London
Mr. J. I. Macpherson (Chief Secretary for Ireland) announced in the Commons that four bombs were thrown at Lord French (Viceroy of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Grafton Police Court
Yesterday, before Messrs. A. E. May and R. R. Smith, J's.P., William White pleaded guilty to a charge of drunkenness, and was fined 5, or 24 hours' hard…
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