Police Party Fired On. Constable Shot Dead. London
An official message states that a police party in a motor lorry at Killarney were fired on by eight Sinn Feiners when returning to barracks at Skibbereen on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1920
1,245 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 57 of 63
The Picton Murder. Charge Against Arthur Sprague James Whitfield's Dream. Judge Withdraws Case From Jury. Sydney
The hearing of the charge of alleged murder against the boy Arthur Sprague was continued in the Criminal Court to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Grafton Police Court (Before Messrs. E. Avery and G. N. Small, J's.P.) Stealing Case
At the Grafton Police Court on Wednesday afternoon Thomas Albert Twiss [?]leaded guilty to a charge of stealing, at Ulmarra, a tweed coat, valued at 15, the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Telegrams Theft of Platinum. Sydney
It is reported that about £600 worth of platinum has been stolen from the tramway shed at Waverley, where it had been left for a few minutes by a man…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Courts. Picton Murder Trial. Sprague's Boyish Unconcern. Demontration Outside the Court. Sydney
When the boy Sprague was discharged from custody he left the dock with a smile of boyish unconcern. He was the recipient of numerous congratulations and embraces…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →QUEENSLAND. Notices of Dismissal. at Railway Workshops. a Smart Theft. Brisbane
Something of a sensation was caused in railway circles in Ipswich to-day when it became known that owing to shortage of funds the greater part of the new works…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Murder and Suicide. Tragedy at Warrell Creek. Early Morning Sensation. Macksville
There was a sensational shooting affair after a dance at Warrell Creek at 1.30 this morning, when Alex. McLean, D.C.M., shot Gertie Trisley and then shot himself. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Woman Charged with Housebreaking. Sydney
Ethel Benn was charged at the police court with breaking and entering a house at Randwick and stealing goods valued at £25. The accused stood in the dock…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police and Firemen's Hospital Art Union
At a recent meeting of the police, firemen and hospital representatives of Grafton correspondence was read from the Police and Firemen's Carnival Committee,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Courts. Charge of Murder. Against a Young Girl. Sydney
Mary Noonan, 18, a tailoress, was placed on trial at the Criminal Court on a charge of having slain William Arthur Simmons…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Industrial. Railway Officers. Court Advises Conciliation. Sydney
In the Industrial Court the application by the railway salaried officers was considered by the Full Industrial Court. Judge Beeby said the Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An Alleged Lottery. Case in Equity Court. Against Mercantile Investment Company. Sydney
In the Equity Court the State Attorney-General laid an information against the Mercantile Investment Co., Ltd., alleging that the proposition put forward for the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Murder of American Geologist. London
Following on the murder of Colonel Foulkes, the news has been received that Mr. Howell, the American geologist, who was prospecting in the Loralai district,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newspaper Court Martial
The defendants in the "Freeman's Journal" court martial, were found not guilty on the four charges in connection with the Tullow murders…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Grafton Police Court (Before Mr A. H. Parkes, P.m.) Playing a Game
William Lawrence Kellcher and John Oliphant Boothby appeared at the Police Court yesterday, charged under the Police Offences Act with playing a game, to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Queensland Profiteering Act. High Court Judgment. Sydney
The High Court delivered judgment in the ease of W. and A. Macarthur, Ltd., warehousemen of Sydney, versus the State of Queensland, arising out of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Courts. Cumborah Murder Case. Trial of John Bland. a Verdict of Not Guilty. Sydney
John Matthew Ellis Bland, 38, a laborer, was placed on trial at the Central Criminal Court, charged with having murdered Elizabeth Brown, 62, a married woman, at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Alleged Theft of Dress Material. Sydney
Christiana Asprey and William Reid were charged at the Police Court with having stolen dress material to the value of £250, the property of Farmers, Ltd.,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Grafton Police Court Tuesday, November 30. (Before Mr. A. H. Parkcs, P.M.)
On a charge of being drunk and disorderly an Prince street on November 18, Robert Clarence Robinson was fined 15, with 8 costs, in default four days' hard…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lismore District Court. Friday, November 26, 1920. (Before his Honor Judge White.) a Piano Case
Ivy Violet Sidney, claimed from Beale and Co., Ltd., the suin of £6710, which she had paid in respect to a piano which had been sold to her on the hire-purchase…
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