A Light Sentence 12 Months for Stealing £1500. SYDNEY
A sentence of 12 months hard labor was passed on David Raynard Gemmell, bank teller, who was found guilty of having stolen £1500 from the head office of the…
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Courts & crime, 1924
1,407 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 17 of 71
Grafton Licensing Court. Royal Hotel Improvements
The matter of the renovations and, extensions to the Royal Hotel, South Grafton, came before the District Licensing Court, Grafton, yesterday morning Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Said He Was Robbed. Greengrocer's Story to Police Sydney
Edward Dore, who informed the Lidcombe police last night that he had been held up and robbed, was interviewed by detectives this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →False Pretences. Echo of Grafton Court. the Humphries Case
At Kempsey Quarter Sessions this week before Judge Moeatta William Edward Humphries and Robert William Humphries both pleaded guilty to obtaining…
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At the Grafton Police Court on Saturday morning, before Mr. W. B. Geddes, P.M., John, Henry Arandale, (38) and Patrick John Carrigan (33), were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →STOLE £105. Woman Sent to Gaol. Sydney
At Darlinghurst Sessions yesterday Rose Walker was charged with stealing from the person of Hubert Bede Brown, at Sydney, on January 24, a sum of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Contempt of Court. Treason Trial Incident. Munich
Von Lossow was yesterday fined ten rontenmarks for contempt of court. After walking out during the treason trial, following an outburst by Hitler,…
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Complaints have come to this office of cases where copies of the "Examiner," which have been left at wharves and jetties or post boxes for subscribers, have…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →German Murderers Sentenced. Berlin
The Leipzig State tribunal passed sentences varying from five and a half to 12. years penal servitude on six members of the National Rossbach organisation,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Smart Police Work
The police often receive a lot of criticism, but seldom receive the credit which is often due to them, Late on Tuesday night last a "Tweed Daily''…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Said It Was a Joke. the Magistrate Didn't See It
"It was only a joke," said Robert William Lawrence at the Tweed Heads police Court on Friday in answer to the charge of having stolen a watch from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"An Outrage." Assault and Defamation Action Against Legislative Councillor. Sydney
In the District Court to-day, before Judge Scholes and a jury of four George Roy William McDonald, M.L.C. chairman of directors of Carroll and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shot His Wife. Pony Jockey Sentenced. Three Years Penal Servitude. Judge's Comments. Sydney
Harry Dove, a well-known pony jockey, was charged at the Central Criminal Court, to-day with having maliciously wounded his wife, Helen Moffat Dove, on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Stabbed with Knife. Police Make an Arrest. Sydney
George Chambers (25) was attacked in Hyde Park on Saturday night by four youths, one of whom drew a knife and youths, one of whom drew a knife and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bellingen District Court. Warriewood, Ltd. v. Dorrigo Council. a Subdivision Appeal
In the District Court at Bellingen on Thursday and Friday last an appeal of considerable importance to shire and municipal councils was heard. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Condition of Hotels. Court Must Be Obeyed. Chairman's Straight Talk. the Glenreagh Hotel
The Grafton Licensing Court, consisting of Messrs. W. B. Geddes, P.m. (Chairman), and W. J. Hawthorne and G. Morrison, Js.P.; sat yesterday to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Prosecution Fails. Magistrate Refuses to Convict. Sydney
Owen O'Connor, a carcase butcher, charged at Burwood Court to-day with having avoided paying his railway fare…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Murder Trial. Brisbane Shooting Case. Edward Whitford's Death. Brisbane
At the criminal sittings of the Supreme Court, before Mr. Justice O'Sullivan and a jury, James William Laydon (39), laborer, was charged with wilful murder…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Appeals Board. Judge White Chairman. Sydney
Cabinet to-day agreed to the appointment of Judge White as Chairman of the Police Appeals Board…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Death Sentence. "I'll Cut Your Throat" South Coast Murder. Sydney
At the Central Criminal Court to-day William James Murray was charged with the murder of George Albert Simpson at Dunmore, on the South Coast. The…
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