Both Pay. Man Blind, Woman in Gaol. London
Davina Brown, a mill girl at Dundee, was sentenced to two years' imprisonment for throwing vitrol at Thomas Crombie, a married man, whose sight…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1924
1,407 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 14 of 71
Ship's Cargo. Seamen Fined and Sent to Gaol. Sydney
John Spence, Thos. Campbell, Robert Mahood, and Charles Austin, seamen, engaged on the steamer Port Brisbane, were convicted at the Central Court…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Midnight Vigil Police Hide Under Trucks. Man Gets a Month
Considerable local interest was, displayed in the case of Matthew Thompson, who was charged before Mr. Gedder, P.M., at the local…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Convicts Break Gaol. One Killed and 11 Wounded. Delhi
News has been received from Nowgoys, one of the Central Provinces, that 17 convicts broke out of gaol, overpowered the gaol guard, and escaped…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Escape From Court. Would-be Suicide Recaptured. Sydney
After determined efforts to commit suicide by cutting his throat with a razor in the main street of Lithgow, a man, who is a stranger to the district,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Sheer Brutality." Navvies at Glenreagh. Peculiar Assault Case. Two Men Sent to Gaol
In the Grafton Police Court yesterday morning before Mr. W. B. Geddes, P.M., the hearing was continued of the charge against William Lynch (26) and John…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Police Association's Conference. President Speaks Out. Sydney
Mr. Chinner, president of the Police Association, speaking at the annual conference yesterday, said the most curious aspect of the belated effort to find…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →£3000 and Car. Missing Clergyman. Wanted by the Police. Stir in Country Parish. Sydney
The police are searching for a country clergyman in connection with the disappearance of a large sum of money. The amount is said…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Alleged Cattle Stealing
George Michael Joseph Nash, a well known grazier, of Mogg's Swamp, close to Red Range, Glen Innes, has been charged with cattle stealing under six…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Police Wives as 'Phone Attendants. Want Practice Abolished Claims for Promotion. Sydney
The police conference carried a resolution relative to the claims for promotion to vacant positions, which should be determined by efficiency and good…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Woman Missing a Long Police Record. Published Own Death Notice. Prominent Red Cross Worker. London
New interest has been given to the mysterious disappearance of Mrs. Bunty Maclaren from a hotel at Roseneath, followed by all advertisement of her…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Man From Grafton." Theatricals Badly Doped. Big 'Venture' Falls Through. Police Know Nothing of Matter. Sydney
An extraordinary affair has just been reported to the police. It is stated that three weeks ago a man engaged a flat at Roslyn Gardens, Sydney, and stated…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bookmakers at Unregistered Meetings. Severe Police Criticism. Sydney
The police conference decided to ask that a reserve constable be available to assist station sergeants on night duty. It was stressed on the ground of public…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Iluka to Coff's Harbor Two Men in a Boat Safe After Week's Trip. Police Begin Search
Donald Case and Bill Sonter, two fishermen, left Iluka on Wednesday of last week in an open boat, with motor and sail, intending to go to Coff's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →For a Rainy Day. Mother's Business Instinct. Boarders and Beggars. What the Police Pound. Sydney
An extraordinary case was before the North Sydney Police Court to-day, when Christina St. Leger was charged with having caused her child to beg in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ulmarra Police Court
Before Mr. W. B. Geddes, P.M., on Wednesday at Ulmarra. Thomas Mawhinney, charged with driving a vehicle without a light,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Twelve Years. Two Blackmailers Sentenced. London
The Chief Justice, in sentencing John Halsley (28), a stoker, and his brother, William Halsley (30), a barman, to 12 years' penal servitude each, declared…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maclean Licensing Court
Messrs. W. B. Geddes, P.M. and A. J. Martin, J.P. presided at the Licensing Court at Maclean on Thursday last. The chairman reported that the board…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Death Sentence Commuted. Melbourne Murder Case. Melbourne
"Imprisonment for life without the benefit of the regulations." This was the amended sentence agreed to by the State Executive Council to-day, on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Manslaughter Verdict. Demonstration in Court. Newcastle
At the local Quarter Sessions William Moss was acquitted on a charge of the manslaughter of Robert Thompson. Both parties were tramway employees. A jury,…
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