Ponzi Sentenced to Five Years. Boston
The charges against Ponzi, the so-called bushel basket millionaire, who cut a great financial swathe, offering 5 per cent for monthly investments, totalled three…
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 58 of 63
Stealing a Letter. Charge Against a Youth
Edward Heath, 21, was charged at the Redfern Police Court with stealing a letter, the property of the Postal Department, and forging a cheque drawn on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Theft of Diamond Rings. Sydney
A man smashed the window of a jeweller's establishment at Newtown this afternoon and grabbed a number of diamond rings from trays, made off, and soon…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Alleged Murder. Sydney
At the inquest concerning the death of Daisy Gordon, 22, a single woman, who died from blood poisoning, the Coroner committed Laura Mack for trial on a charge…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Charge of Murder. Sydney
The police at Junee found the body of a male infant in a septic tank. Subsequently Frederick Webster was arrested and charged with the murder of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Maclean Police Court. Thursday, December 2. (Before Messrs. S. Maurice and A. P. Gale. J's.P.) Prohibition Orders
Prohibition orders, each having a currency of 12 months, were granted against John Quinn, of Chatsworth, and Joseph Dwarte, of Maclean…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Arming of the Police
In the House of Commons Sir Hamar Greenwood, when asked if the police were to be armed, replied that any officer engaged on dangerous duty was supplied…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Grafton Police Court Friday, December 3. (Before Mr. A. H. Parkes, P.m.) Alleged False Pretences
John R. Campbell appeared, charged with unlawfully obtaining the sum of 10 from Clarence Blackwell, Paddington, Brisbane, on June 7, 1920, by falsely…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Courts. Guilty of Manslaughter. Trooper Sentenced to Seven Years. Launceston
At the Launceston Criminal Court Trooper Smith was convicted on a charge of manslaughter and sentenced to seven years' gaol. Smith had fired at and killed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Countess Markievicz, M.P. Trial by Court-martial. London
The court-martial of the Countess Markievicz, M.P., opened in Dublin. The Countess was brought to the barracks by a heavily armed escort from Mountjoy…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →INDUSTRIAL. Removing a Secretary. Application to High Court. the Case of Thomas Walsh. Sydney
Before the High Court, the Seamen's Union moved an interim injunction against Thomas Walsh. Mr. Brown, for the union, asked for an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fukekawa Murder. Thorn Sentenced to Death. Auckland
The second trial of Samuel Thorn for the Pukewaka murder is finished. The prisoner was found guilty and sentenced to death…
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Returning from the Cork funeral procession of the victims of the Macroom massacre a party was ambushed seven miles from Macroom. After a sharp fight…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Courts. Postmaster Charged. with Embezzling £1700. SYDNEY
James Jasper Crennan, 57, a postmaster, was charged at the Police Court to-day with having, while an accounting officer, made use of the sum of £1000 otherwise…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Grafton Police Court Saturday, December 4. (Before Mr. A. H. Parkes, P.m.) Charge of Embezzlement
Albert Edward McCann was charged at the Police Court on Saturday, at the instance of Joseph Reid, vice-president of the executive of the Local Repatriation…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Getting Rich Quick. Bank Robberies Reported Thieves Secure Big Hauls. an Aviator Sentenced. Vancouver
The news of bank robberies monopolised the front pages of many American newspapers to-day. Three masked bandits in Minneapolis held up the mail car of a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Theft of Silk Costumes. Melbourne
Miss Minnie Mallett's ladies' drapery establishment at Hawthorn was broken into during the week-end and £300 worth of ladies' silk costumes, etc., stolen…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →News of the World. Traitors Sentenced. London
Reuter's Verviers correspondent telegraphed that the Belgian court assizes sentenced eight cattle dealers to terms of imprisonment ranging, from twelve years…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Alleged Intent to Murder. Melbourne
At the Carlton Court Alexander Abikhair was committed for trial on a charge of shooting with intent to murder Martin Millsom at the Jubilee Pictures Theatre…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Grafton Police Court Monday, December 6. (Before Mr. A. H. Parkes, P.m.) Alleged Protest by Dogs
Failure to register dogs witlnn the time prescribed by the Act was responsible for the fines imposed at the Police-Court yesterday. None of the offenders escaped, in…
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