Theft of Cloth. Melbourne
On the arrival of the Sydney express at Melbourne, the police took into custody Reginald Sharples and charged him with unlawfully having in his possession a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1920
1,245 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 24 of 63
Policeman Guilty of Burglary. Piteous Appeal for Mercy. Brisbane
At the Criminal District Court today, before Mr. Justice, Jamieson, Arthur Lester Edwards, ex police constable pleaded guilty to three separate charges…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ireland. Another Murder. London
Detective Sergeant Revell was shot and wounded in broad daylight in one of the main thoroughfares in Dublin. His assailants fired four shots from behind and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Grafton Police Court Monday, May 10, 1920. (Before Mr. A. H. Parkes P.M.)
Hugh Arthur Williams pleaded guilty to drunkenness and disorderly conduct in Fitzroy street Grafton, on .Saturday evening, and was fined 10 or three days…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Norton Estate. McCLINTOCK Pleads Guilty. Sentenced to Three Years. Sydney
Harold James MeChintock pleaded guilty at the Quarter Sessions to a charge of having stolen a Cheque for £1000, the property of Eva McClintoek and others…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Irish Revolt. Hourly Raids on Farms. Cattle Driving in the West. Further Attacks on Police Barracks. London
In the West or Ireland cattle driving has reached an acute pitch The roads are covered with weary wandering cattle Warning notices are posted deferring the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pleads Guilty to Theft. Sydney
Leo Schutte pleaded guilty at the Sessions to stealing a quantity of jewellery, the property of Grace Brothers, by whom he was employed. He was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Theft of Jewellery and Clothing. Valued at £1000. SYDNEY
Jewellery and clothing worth about £1000 were found in the bush at Lindfield. It appears that early yesterday morning a light was seen in the house of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →American Bluebeard. Huirt Pleads Guilty. and Is Sentenced. Los Angeles
Besides seven correct wives, Huirt admitted killing several others of the twentysix he married. The missing are believed to have been slain…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Irish Assassins. Cold-blooded Murders. Four More Police Victims. London
A large party of armed men ambushed a police patrol at Timoleague yesterday afternoon and shot dead Sergeant Flynn and two constables,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Court. Tuesday, May 11th.—(Before Mr. A. H. Parker, P.M.)
Theodore W[?]rg pleaded not guilty to a charge of Indecent behavior in Ocean-street on April 17. Coneta[?] Sollivan gave evide[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coff's Harbor Police Court. (Before Mr. A. H. Parkes, P.M.)
Theodore Wyberg, indecent behaviour; fined 15 and 6 costs, in default seven days. Robert Horton, found on licensed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Theft of a Motor-car. Four Men Committed for Trial. Sydney
Four men, George Brown, Frederick Steel, Charles Kemp and Robert Warren, were committed for trial on a charge of breaking into and entering the motor…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Demonstration in Divorce Court. Sydney
The hearing of the Ferran divorce suit concluded, and the jury found that the respondent and co -respondent had not committed adultery. The petition was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Charge of Burglary. Sydney
Thomas Jackson, a laborer, was remanded at the police court on a charge of having broken into the house of Hubert Sherman, at Croydon, and stolen a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Charge of Theft. Sydney
William Robertson was committed tor trial on a charge of stealing £90 from William Parker, a farmer arid grazier, residing in the Cowra district…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Alleged Theft of Cloth. Sydney
In the military cloth ease Solomon Goldstein was acquitted, but the jury failed to agree regarding the other three accused. The Grafton members of the North…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Grafton Police Court. Thursday, 13th MAY, 1920. Before Mr. E. Cusick, J.P. Vagrancy
William Perry, who claimed to be a jockey, aged 48 years, pleaded not guilty to having insufficient lawful visible means of support…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Maclean Licensing Court
A special Licensing. Court for the licensing district of Maclean, will, be held at the local Courthouse on June 11. next…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →CASUALTIES. Murder and Suicide. a Jealous Man's Act. Girl's Death Instantaneous. Melbourne
Daniel Smith (33), a farmer, in a fit of jealousy, shot Mary Rainey (21), the daughter of a farmer, near Kilmore, Victoria, and then committed suicide. The…
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