EMBEZZLED £1446. Paymaster Sentenced. Sydney
Charles Edward Ramsbotham, late paymaster of the Water Conservation and Irrigation Commission, at Griffith, was charged at Narrandera Quarter Sessions…
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Courts & crime, 1923
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Theft of Jewels. £120,000 Worth Stolen. London
When Mrs. Oakley Maund, a wealthy widow, living in a mansion flat in Victoria street, returned to London last night from the Continent she found that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ship's Crew. Sent to Gaol for a Month. Auckland
The crew of the steamer Trelevan, which was to have left Auckland for Newcastle, refused duty, partly because the captain declined to give them…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Tired of Life." Taxi Cab Murder Trial. London
At the taxi cab murder trial, in which George Iggulden is charged with the murder of Ethel Howard, a widow, by slashing her throat with a razor while…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Queensland Police. Union Meeting To-night. Brisbane
A general meeting of the Brisbane members of the Queensland Police Union has been called for Monday night to consider the Government's refusal of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Grafton Police Court
At the Grafton Police Court yesterday morning, before Mr. W. B. Geddes, P.M., William Verco was charged with having been found on the premises of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Queer Theft. Foundation Stone. Stolen. Sydney
An extraordinary robbery occurred some time yesterday, when the foundation stone of Carlingford Memorial Hall was stolen. The ceremony of laying the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Grafton Licensing Court
At the Grafton Licensing Court yesterday morning, before Messrs. W. B. Geddes, P.M. (chairman) and George Morrison, J.P. application was made by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Indecent Assault. Eighteen Months Hard Labor. Judge M[?]catta's Remarks
Walter Cecil Wells. who was found guilty at the Grafton Quarter Sessions on Friday last of an indecent assault on Beatrice Beck Preston at South Grafton…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Strikers. Labor Deputation Not Wanted. Sydney
Mr. Lawson, Victorian Premier, said to-night the Cabinet could not receive a deputation from the Trades Hall regarding the police strikers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Murder Charge. "He Game at Me with a Knife." Sydney
Joseph Stephenson was placed on trial at the Central Criminal Court to-day charged with having murdered John Jarvis at Nimmitabel. The Crown…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Selling a Milk Run. Young Man's Grievance. Says Vendor Broke Contract. District Court Decision
An interesting case was heard before his Honor Judge Mccatta in the Grafton District Court yesterday, when Lindsay Clyde Ellem and Annie Green, for whom…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dorrigo Police Court
Monday, before Mr. A. C. Newman, J.P.:— Denis Collins failed to answer a charge of drunkenness. Amount of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Melbourne Police Strike. Agitation for Reinstatement. Melbourne
The unions in the key industries to-day carried another resolution asking the Premier and Chief Secretary to hear a deputation at which they wished to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hotel Brokering. Commission Agent's Claim District Court Action
In the District Court yesterday, before his Honor, Judge Mocatta, Cecil Owen Walsh, commission agent, of Coff's Harbor, brought an action against Thomas…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Raid Money. £375 at Stake. High Court Appeal. Sydney
In the High Court to-day Sergeant Russell appealed against the decision of the State Full Court in regard to the ownership of £375, which was seized…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gaol and the Lash. for Attacks on Girls. Melbourne
At the Criminal Sessions to-day Robert James, McMahon, aged 30, was convicted of haying attempted a, capital offence against, a little girl and was sentenced to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →District Court. Barrister's Protest Cases Not Being Taken in Order
Mr. W. B. Simpson, the Sydney, barrister, who .is at present in Grafton in connection with district Court work, voiced a protest to his Honor, Judge…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Iluka Ice Company Sued. Engine-driver or Assistant ? Interesting Court Judgment Plaintiff Not Entitled to Claim
The question of whether a man who drives an engine is an engine-driver was before his Honor Judge Mocatta in the District Court yesterday for decision. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wingham Assault. Commercial Traveller's Plaint. Supreme Court Action
On Wednesday last, in Sydney, before Mr. Acting Judge Ralston and a jury, a case was heard in which Rudolph M. Lipman, commercial agent, sued Oliver…
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