Grafton Stealing Case Prohibition Against Bench and Police
In Sydney this week, Mr. Justice Gordon, in Chambers, on the application of Mr. D. S. Edwards (instructed by Messrs. Dawson, Waldron and…
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Courts & crime, 1920
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Grafton Police Court. Friday, 2nd JANUARY, 1920. Before Major F. W. C. Crane, P.M.
Christian Hansen pleaded guilty to being drunk in Prince-street. Fined 5 or 24 hours. Gibert Hill pleaded guilty to being…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Officials Assaulted. Appeal for Police Protection. Sydney
A Melbourne message states that the Victorian Railway Department appealed for police protection for railway employees at Chelsea and Currum. Last night a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Grafton Douce Court
At the Police Court yesterday, before Major F. W. C. Crane, P.M., Christian Hansen pleaded guilty to a charge of being drunk. Fined 5 or 24 hours gaol…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Charge of Murder. Perth
In connection with the Warona (West Australia) tragedy, Robert Pahl, of German descent, has been arrested and charged with the wilful murder of Otto…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Conspiring to Defraud. Customs Clerk Charged. Sydney
The police arrested a Customs clerk and charged him with having conspired with another to defraud the Commonwealth of £517 in connection with an…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Grafton Police Court. Monday, 5th JANUARY, 1920. Before Major F. W. C. Crane. EM. Allejed Fraud
Thomas Austin Battye was charged with fraudulently endorsing a document (a bill of exchange) with intent to defjaud…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Allowances to the Police. Sydney
The Chief Secretary has approved off the recommendation of the Inspector-General of Police that the rental allowance of officers of police should be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Labor Appeal to High Court. Sydney
The Federal campaign party of the Australian Labor Council at Ballarat have decided to appeal to the High Court in connection with the Ballarat…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Darwin Police Grievances. Want to Join the A.W.U. SYDNEY
The Darwin police are much dissatisfied with the conditions of their employment and are pressing their claim to be allowed to join the A.W.U…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Court-martial of A.I.F. Officers. Revelations Expected. London
Important revelations are expected at the court-martial of two A.I.F. officers, Major E. B. Story, of the Eighth Battalion, and Lieut. H. G. Harris, of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Theft of Stores. Officers of A.I.F. Charged Raising Funds for a Dance. London
Wholesale allegations against the moral obliquity of certain officers and noncoms at the Australian demobilisation camp were made at a court-martial on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Theft of Pearls. London
Pearls valued at £72,000 were taken from a parcel post from France. The seals were left intact…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Charge of Stealing. Drink the Excuse. Sydney
Waiter Merchant, who was charged [?] the Central Police Court with having stolen two securities, one for £71176 and another for £82162, the property…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →False Customs Entries. a Clerk Charged. Sydney
At the Central Police Court, John Watson Brown, 49, a clerk, was charged with having conspired with Leslie Wood to defraud the Commonwealth of £517 in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Grafton Police Court. Monday, January 5, 1919. (Before Major Crane, P.m.) Liquor Prosecutions
James Gough, William Farrell, and Josiah Wainwright pleaded guilty to charges of having been found on the licensed premises of the Commercial…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →West Australian Murder Case. Perth
In connection wit it the charge against Robert Paul of having murdered Otto Haub at Lake Clifton, Western Australia, it is stated that the deceased left home…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shadow of Bolshevism. Sweeping Up the Agitators Night Raids by the Police. United States Government Determined. Vancouver
Nearly 3000 Communist Laborites were arrested during a night's sweep in the United States cities. The Government is moving swiftly, and deportations are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Licensing Court
The Grafton Licensing Court was held yesterday before Major Crane, L.M., and Messrs. D. McFnrlane and W. J. Hawthorne, M's.L.B. The inspector's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Telegrams Charge of Murder. Sydney
Edward O'Brien was remanded at the Police Court on a charge of having murdered George Long. Bail was refused…
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