French Strikes. Arrest of Labor Leaders. Police Fire on Crowd. Paris
Confederation of Labor delegates have been arrested at Lille charged with conspiracy against the Stale. The police and the crowds clashed on…
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Courts & crime, 1920
1,245 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 25 of 63
Grafton Police Court
On Thursday, before Mr. E. Cusick, J.P. :-- William Perry, a jockey (48), pleaded not guilty to a charge of having…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Alleged Theft of Jewels. Sydney
Anthony Aliette was charged at the police court with stealing jewels worth £4000, the property of Harriet Stewart Dawson. There were three other charges…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Charged with Manslaughter. Sydney
At the inquest concerning a motor lorry smash at Calamanda (West Australia), in which six persons were killed the coroner found that Chanter…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Policeman Guilty of Burglary. a Sentence of One Year. Brisbane
Before Judge Jameson, in the District Court today, Arthur L. Edwards, an ex constable, appeared for sentence on a charge of breaking and entering the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Charge of Murder. Alleged Illegal Operation. Sydney
Two woman Esther Berry and Belinda Turn bull wear placed on trial at the Central Criminal Court, charged with the murder of Alice Berry…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Income Tax Office Raided. Three Police Barracks Burnt Down. London
The Income Tax Office, which is housed in the Scottish Provident Building at Belfast, was raided by masked men. The clerks, who were working overtime, were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Application to Arbitration Court. to Stay Mr. Justice McCAWLEY. SYDNEY
Mr. Justice Higgins beard an application by the Pastoralists' Federal Council to stay Mr. Justice McCawley, of Queensland in the Arbitration Court, from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Telegrams. Alleged Attempt to Murder. Melbourne
William Tyrrell was charged at the Melbourne police court with shooting, with intent to murder. John Bradford. The latter deposed that, hearing a knock at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Grafton Police Court. MONDAY,17th MAY, 1920. v Before Mr. A. H. Parkes, P.M. On Licensed Premises
Edward Riley and Albert Edward Zietsch were charged with being illegally on the premises of the Imperial Hotel. Grafton, at 11.25 p.m. on 28th…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Car Collides with Tram. Sydney
A police motor-ear collided with a tram in Regent street this morning. The police car was smashed, and Constable Sweeting and a prisoner and a State child were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Theft of Bonds Leader of Plot Surrenders. Young Broker Commits Suicide. New York
Nielsy Arnstein, the [?]alleged master mind of the bond thefts of a million sterling from Wall street brokers, has surrendered.. Arnstein met his actress wife,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sterner Repressive Measures. Police to Be Adequately Protected. Kitchener's Block House System. London
It is reported from Dublin that Sir Neville Macready's new plans to cope with lawlessness in Ireland will be based on Lord Kitchener's methods of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Outrages in Ireland. Friday's Big List a Town Hail Blown Up. Eighteen Police Barracks Destroyed. London
A bulletin of outrages committed in Ireland yesterday, as supplied by Dublin Castle, shows, that eighteen further police barracks and five income tax offices were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Charged with Wife Murder. Found Guilty of Manslaughter. Sydney
Walter Cullen was placed on trial at the Central Criminal Court on a charge of having murdered his wife, Doris Cullen. According to the Crown case, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coramba. Police Court. (Before Mr. A. H. Parkes, P.M.)
Police v. Edward Connolly, obscene language, pleaded guilty. Fined 10 and 6 costs, in default three days' hard labor. Police v. William Smith, drunkenness…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An Abortionist Sentenced to Five Years' Imprisonment. Sydney
Belinda Turnbull, who was convicted of the manslaughter of Alice Berry, was sentenced to five years' penal servitude. Sergeant Saunders said the accused…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Grafton Police Court. Monday, May 17, 1920. (Before Mr. A. H. Parkes, P.m.) Liquor Cases
Edward Reilly and Albert Edward Zietsch pleaded not guilty to charges of having been found on the premises of the Imperial Hotel, Grafton, at 11.25 p.m.,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Queensland. Criminal Indictments. Cases of Alleged Murder. Brisbane
Two women, Margaret Veronica Hegarty (40), nurse, and Mary Brynes (39), housewife, were before the Police Court to-day, charged with unlawfully…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Attempted Murder. Charge Against a Mayor. Victim's Condition Serious. Wellington
C. E. Mackay, Mayor of Wanganui, New Zealand, has been arrested on a charge of attempting to murder Walter Creswell, a returned soldier, by shooting. Bail was…
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