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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime
2,437 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 62 of 122
Arthur Trail Bryce Peden, 51, mining assayer, was placed on trial at the Central Criminal Court, before Mr. Justice Pring for the alleged murder of his wife, Hannah…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Arthur Bryce Peden, aged 61, a mining engineer, was on trial to-day on a charge of murdering his wife at Tumblong near Gundagai on May 7th…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The atrocious murder at Beaconsfield, Victoria, is still shrouded in mystery. Small sums of money were found in various places on the premises, also a Savings…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In its judgment delivered of answer to questions submitted by Mr. Justice Higgins, President of the Arbitration Court, the High Court decided that the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Evidence that Mr. and Mrs. Sheard were murdered in a most ferocious manner, while sleeping, was given at the inquest held to-day. In both cases…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At the meat inquiry Mr. Holman, for the retail butchers, asked if a case had been made out for the retail butchers to answer? He contended it was ridiculously…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Still more police and detectives are working on the Beaconsfield tragedy, spreading like a fan throughout the district. Two men were detained, but…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At the Central Court a further adjournment was asked for in the case in which Charles Wentworth and Samuel Hill were charged with having assaulted George…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →By squeezing through a, small back window thieves entered arid ransacked an optician's shop in King-street last night. Goods to the value of [?]200…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →It is said in certain Government quarters that there is a possibility of even two more judges being appointed to the District Court, but whether Mr. Storey…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In connection with the murder of Frederick and Annie Sheard, at Beaconsfield, Victoria, a letter found in the house mentions the names of people and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A letter found at the home of the Sheards, who were found murdered at Beaconsfield, Victoria, mentioned the names of people said to reside at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Government is still dubious about filling Judge Backhouse's position on the District Court Bench. It is suggested in some quarters that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The trial of Arthur Bryce Peden was resumed at the Criminal Court Dr. Palmer, Government medical officer, supported the homicidal theory. As the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Full Court found W. Farmer Whyte, editor, and Norman White, publisher, of the "Daily Mail," guilty of contempt of Court in publishing a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Michael Atkinson was charged at the Central Court with having on March 31 last stolen 30 boxes of butter, the property of the Railway Commissioners…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Larry Mayne or Million was charged it Paddington Police Court on two charges of firstly, having abducted vida Brown, aged 16 years, at Stanmore, and secondly,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Tumblong trial was resumed today. The accused continued his evidence and said when he made the discovery his wife was dead with a cut…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Nelson, secretary of the A.W.U., and Brennan, secretary of the Butchers Union, and four others were to-day at Darwin, sentenced to 28 days' imprisonment for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →There is still no sign of the Beaconsfield murderer. The grazier who found Sheard's wallet Mr. Berwick, told the police he saw a…
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