No Hope in Gaol
According to statements made by Mr. J. W. Abigail at the Lismore Quarter Seasons a fitting inscription to place over the gloomy portals of our gaols would be "A"…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1921
2,437 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 74 of 122
Charge of Murder. Wellington
George Gordon, 56, and John Kinsella, 30, went to Gordon's hut at Wahgamahu, when it is alleged that after a drinking bout Gordon lay down and called out to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Beaconsfield Murder. Sydney
There is a suspicion that the man whom the Melbourne police are looking for in connection with the Beaconsfield murder may be in Sydney. The police have…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Grafton Police Court. Monday, July 25, 1921. Before Messrs. E. Avery and D. McFarlane, Js.P
William Frizzle pleaded guilty to being drunk in Fitzroy-street, Grafton. Sergt. Swan said the accused had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alleged Murder. Fatal Hotel Brawl. Sydney, Saturday, Night
At a Newcastle hotel yesterday afternoon a row took place, as a result of which, it is alleged, Ambert Bridel was assaulted and knocked down,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Six O'clock Closing Decision Causes Consternation. Police Warn Licensees. Sydney, Saturday Night
Magistrate Burton's decision yesterday, that six o'clock closing is no longer enforceable, has been received with jubilation by the majority of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Price of Meat. Fixed By The Court. Judge Beeby's Judgment. Retailers' High Profits. Sydney
Judge Beeby delivered his reserved judgment to-day in the Profiteering .Prevention Court on the application for the fixation of the retail selling prices of meat…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney Meat Prices Fixed by the Court. Judge Beebys Comments. Retailers Criticised. Sydney Tuesday Night
Judge Beeby to-day fixed the retail prices of meat in Sydney, saying he was of the opinion that the present prices should be regulated, as they…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Alleged Stealing Sydney
Herbert Riley (37) was committed for trial on a charge of stealing £4540. the Property of the Railway Workers' Industrial branch of the A.W.U., by whom, he…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Burglary at MARRICKVlLLE. SYDNEY
The Reliance Knitting Company's business at Marrickville was broken into last night and woollen goods valued at about £160 stolen…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Theft of a Diamond Pin. Sydney
A man who stole a scarf pin valued at £85 from Stewart Dawson and Company yesterday was arrested in a pawn shop shortly afterwards. It appears that the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bank Clerk Sentenced. Kenilis Ran Second. Sydney
Victor Henry Smith, who pleaded guilty. at the Darlinghurst Sessions to embezzling, £2600 from the Australian Bank of Commerce, was sentenced to two years' hard…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Grafton Police Court. Tuesday, July 26, 1921. Before Messrs. E. Avery and D. McFarlane, Js.P. Riotous Behavior
Alfred Terence Dolan and Robert Cecil Wells were charged with riotous behavior in South Grafton. Dolan pleaded guilty, and Mr. A. J…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Grafton Police Court Tuesday, July 26, 1921. (Before Messrs. E. A very and D. McFarlane, J [?].P.) Riotous Behaviour
Alfred Terence Dolan and Robert Cecil Wells were charged with riotous behaviour. Constable Goodwill gave evidence to the effect that the two defendants were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Navigation Act. Before the High Court. Sydney
The High Court this afternoon reserved judgement on the question whether the vital sections of the Navigation Act were valid…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coastal Shipping. Test Cast Before the Court. Sydney, Wednesday Night
Argument was concluded before the High Court in respect of the case wherein the Newcastle Steamship Co., and others, are challenging the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Monkerai Murder. Inquest on Frank Rudkin. Value of Deceased's Estate. a Lawyer's Evidence Stroud
At the Courthouse the inquest was opened into the death of Frank Rudkin. Dr. Fitzgerald, Government medical officer, said the deceased's [?]ath was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The City Rolls. Before Revision Court. Costs Against Mr. Stuart Robertson. Sydney
At the City Revision Court to-day Mr. Watt, K.C., drew the Magistrate's attention to the large number of applications for enrolment signed by Stuart Robertson,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Arbitration Court Sound and Beneficial. Suggestions by Mr. Justice Higgins. Sydney
Mr. Justice Higgins, who recently resigned the Presidency of the Commonwealth Arbitration Court, speaking at a gathering tinder the auspices of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fitzroy Disaster. the Marine Inquiry. Official Story of Foundering Johannsen's Long Swim. the Finding of the Court
The disaster to the coasting steamer Fitzroy, which foundered off Cape Hawke on June 26, was the subject of inquiry in the Marine Court at Sydney on Monday…
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