Racecourse Dispute. Leads to Murder. London
As the result of a racecourse feud, a man named Russell was fatally stabbed in the throat at Holborn, after an altercation, on Saturday night…
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Courts & crime, 1921
2,437 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 37 of 122
Chrissie Venn's Death. a Verdict of Murder. the Coroner's Dilemma. Hobart
After six days' hearing in connection with the North M[?]tton murder inquest, the jury retired, and after two hours' retirement found that Chrissie Venn was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Clearing a Vipers' Nest. Police Raid in the Riviera London
A message from Rome states that the police searched hotels and villas in the Riviera suspected of housing Hungarians, who were co-operating…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lively Time at Londonderry. Shooting and Bomb Throwing Police Barracks Attacked. London
Shooting and bomb throwing took place at Londonderry on Friday night, the police barracks, electric power station and other places being attacked…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ellenor Brown Sentenced. Sydney
At the Central Criminal Court to-day the Chief Justice sentenced Ellenor Brown aged 64, to three years imprisonment on a charge of having unlawfully used an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Moss Vale Tragedy. La Barte Charged With Murder and Pleads Not Guilty. the Hearing Adjourned. Sydney
Thomas Butler la Barte, who was a Major in the Imperial Army, was placed on trial at the Central Criminal Court today on a charge of having murdered his…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Licensing Court
A sitting of the Grafton Licensing Court, presided over by Mr. A. H. Parkes, P.M., with Mr. D. McFarlane, L.M., also on the Bench was held in…
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Before Mr. A. H. Parkes, Licensing Magistrate, and Mr. D. McFarlane, member, at the Licensing Court, Grafton,, yesterday, the renewal of a wine license, was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Another Murder. a Golf Links Tragedy. London
Gold caddies found the body of a murdered man on the Ashford links, Middlesex, to-day, also a paper, containing the warning to spies, signed by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bank Officers. Application to the Court. Sydney
Before the Court of Iudustrial Arbitration the Bank Officers' Association applied for a reference of its claims to the Board instead of being dealt with by the Court…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Car Thefts. an Increasing Danger. Police Warning to Owners Sydney, Monday Night
The theft of three motor vehicles during the week-end prompted a serious warning to motorists from the Inspector-General of Police Mr. T…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Irish Situation. Big Police Haul. Made at Some Cost. London, Sunday Night
As a consequence of the attempt to fire hotels, etc., reported yesterday, the police raided a club in Erskine street, Manchester, where they were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Theft
John Murphy was charged with that he on 26th Feby„ 1921, at Tweed Heads, in a dwelling house of Mary Gertrude Cunningham, did steal one…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Alleged Horse Stealing. Accused Acquitted
Herbert Australia Frost was charged with that, on May 1, 1920, at Coramba, he did steal one grey gelding, the property of Joseph James Host…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Alleged Cattle Stealing. a Woman Convicted
Albert McDonald and Mary McDonald .were charged with that they did on January 21, 1921., at Coff's Harbor, steal one steer, the property…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Guilty of Imposition. a Young Woman Sentenced
Clara La Bruce, 28, was charged at the Paddington Police Court to-day on four counts of imposition. Detective Wickham said the defendant,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Ashford Murder. Victim on Leave From Ireland. Police Reconstruct the Crime. London
The Sinn Fein murder at Ashford has created a sensation. A flying motor squad of Scotland Yard, detectives, all skilled revolver shots, are…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Alleged Murder. a Maori Arrested. Auckland
A Maori named Hakarai Te Kahu was arrested at Ongiroto New Zealand, charged with the murder of Patrick Elliott, who went shooting with Kahu a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Called Herself "Doctor." Woman Sent to Gaol. Sydney, Tuesday Night
Clara Bruce was sent to gaol for twelve months, at the Paddington Police Court today, for posing as a doctor. She had obtained articles from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Kyle Bay Tragedy. O'keeefe Sentenced to Two Years. Chief Justice's Comment
Found guilty of having slain Claude Greenstreet at Kyle Bay on Christmas Eve, Daniel O'Keefe, aged 45, a caretaker, was sentenced at the Central…
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