Where Magistrate Is Supreme
"There is no appeal against your Worship's decisions in these matters," Mr. Niland told Mr. Jennings, S. M., who presided over the court held triennially…
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Courts & crime, 1924
1,407 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 48 of 71
Bathurst Gaol ''Another Little Holiday." Bathurst
It is reported that there was another attempt at a rising in Bathurst gaol. After the last riot the ringleadors were sentenced to various terms of punitive…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Murder Charges. a Brisbane Case. Brisbane
George Brett and Norman O'Brien, on remand, appeared in court to-day charged with wilfully murdering Ernest Hargraves at Albion road on July 8…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Joy Riders. Police Give Chase. New Castle
Last night Dr. Dickson saw his car being driven away by motor thieves. He telephoneed the police, who, set out in pursuit in another car. The Chase lassted…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Old Man's Death. Police Sergeant's Kindness Sydney
At the inquiry, into the death of Dennis Mc Carthy,aged 72, at Parra matta, Sergeant Morrissey said he saw McCarthy at the hospital on August 3…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bathurst Gaol Governor Denies Report. Bathurst
J. M. Seery, Governor of Bathurst Gaol, to-day denied the report that prisoners who participated in the revolt at the gaol some months ago were in a grim…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →District News Copmanhurst. Police Court
At the Copmanhurst Police Court on Wednesday, Mr. D. W. Reed, Police Magistrate, was formally welcomed by First-Class Constable Windsor, who…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Island Murder. Surveyor Shot and Robbed. Sydney
Further particulars of the murder of C. B. Healy, surveyor in charge of the new main road through the island of Viti Levu, Fiji, show that deceased, who had…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Retired Magistrate. Butler Case Settled. Sydney
The case of Arthur Butler who was recently suspended from the magistracy on account of a certain decision at the Children's Court has been settled. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pearl Necklaces. Thief Sent to Gaol. Sydney
A man, Ernest McFarlane (25), salesman, was convicted at the Central Court to-day on a charge of having stolen two pearl necklaces, valued at £614, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wealthy Widow. Triple Murder Charge. Berlin
Frau Kruger, an extremely wealthy widow, has been arrested and charged with murdering her three husbands. The police state that Kruger made a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Boy's Terrible Injuries. the Sandown Murder. Melbourne
A further post-mortem examination of Archie Mouatt disclosed that death was partly due to suffocation, partly through being held in water on mud, and that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Convicted Murderer. Gaol for Shooting at Policeman Leave to Appeal Refused. Brisbane
At the Court of Criminal Appeal today Samuel James Hannah, who was convicted and sentenced to imprisonment for life at Roma early in the year…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →English Court's Ruling. Sydney Judge Disagrees. Sydney
Judge Rolin, at Darlinghurst Sessions to-day, declined to accept a ruling of the Court of Appeals in England that if two men should be arrested on the same…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bill Beach. Witness in a Farming Case. Wonderful Spirit in Court
Writes "Austral" in "The Referee": "No man in Australian sport ever won a finer reputation for straight going than Bill Beach, retied unbeaten world's…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Victorian Politics Premier's Policy Speech Police Force Trouble. Royal Commission to Inquire. MELBOURNE,Tuesday
Mr. Prendergast, Premier and Treasure of Victoria, in delivering his policy speech in the Assembly to-day said the Government was already committed to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Superstitious Students Evidence in Coroner's Court. Sydney
At the Coroner's Court to-day Henry Oxley Stated in evidence, concerning the death of his son Henry, whose body was found in the water at the foot of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shire Severance. Nymboida and Copmanhurst. Evidence at the Land Court. Further Hearing Adjourned
On Friday and Saturday last the Land Board was occupied in taking evidence on the application for the severance of a portion of the Nymbodia Shire…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Alleged Assault. Three Men Discharged. Melbourne
Israel Guinsberg, John Reher and Harold. Pearson who were charged with assaulting a woman at Black Rock on July 14, concerning whom a sensational story…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mouat Before Court
Ivan Mouat, who was charged with the murder of his brother Archie, was brought before the Children's Court to-day and remanded for a week…
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