A Coff's Harbor Hotel Supreme Court Action. Sydney
A Supreme Court action was brought by Herbert Noble Beasley against Harold Alexander McGrory to recover £174310 alleged to be due under a…
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Courts & crime, 1925
1,386 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 19 of 70
Police Court Oath
The old-time custom of swearing a witness in the courts by "kissing the book" has dropped out of practice, and the oath in the police court, now is taken…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"A Murderous Assault" Five Years Penal Servitude. Sydney
At the Darlinghurst Sessions to-day John Moran (22) and Victor Francis Moran (24), brothers, were each sentenced to five years penal servitude after…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Chicago Police Raid Law-Breaking Syndicate. Luxurious Underworld Wealthy Liquor Customers. New York
The Chicago police raided the sumptuously furnished offices of a law-breaking syndicate, and discovered complete details of rations in connection with the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Not Murder, But Suicide. Melbourne
At the inquest concerning the death of Phillip Willcox, who was found dead in Narracan Creek, the Coroner found the deceased died from gunshot wounds,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Seamen's Union Attitude. High Court Restraining Order. Sydney
The High Court to-day decided that an order should be made against the Federated Seamen's Union (Sydney branch) and its officers restraining them…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shipping Trouble. The Volumnia's Crew. Fremantle Incident Captain in Court. Sydney
In the Central Police Court to-day Thomas Christopher Thomas, master of the steamer Volumnia, was charged with having wilfully and wrongfully left…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Chicago Police Fugures. Chicago
The police figures for the first quarter of the year show a total of 112 killings in Chicago, including 49 murders, 34 manslaughters and 29 deemed by coroner and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Was There a Contract? Claim for Insurance Premium Magistrate Reserves Decision
A case was heard at Maclean Police Court on Thursday, before Mr. D. W. Reed, in which S. A. J. Small, agent for the Commercial Union Fire Insurance Co…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bending Exercises in Court
An unusual case was heard in the Newcastle Small Debts Court the other morning, when Hugh Beath, a barman, was given a verdict for £5, following a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Licensing Court Maclean Sitting
Mr. D. W. Reed, P.M., presided at the sittings of the District Licensing Court at Maclean on Thursday, 9th inst. The license of the Brushgrove Hotel…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Palestine Riots. Lord Balfour at Damascus. Crowds Charged by Troops Aeroplanes Drop Smoke Bombs. Damascus
Yesterday opened ominously but quietly. The shops and offices were closed, and crowds thronged the streets. Shortly after midday the roar of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →London Murder. Young Girl's Death. Attacked in the Street Youth Gives Himself Up. London
A particularly cruel murder occurred at West Kensington. The victim, Grace Blackaller, a pretty bobbed-haired girl, aged 16 years, who was qualifying for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ballina Burglary
At about 8 o'clock on Thursday night, Mr. A. D. Daley's butcher shop in River street, Ballina, was broken into. An entrance was gained by cutting a slit in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Pay in W.a
The West Australian Government has increased the Police pay by fourteen percent. to all Commissioned Officers and to the extent of 26 per day to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Balfour Safe. Numerous Casualties Secret Police Guard. London
Reuter's Beirut correspondent states that the Sphinx with Lord Balfour and party on board left for Alexandria this morning with little demonstration…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Novel Mode of Assault
In the Bendigo Court on Thursday, Harriet Mary Johnson, junr., was fined £5, in default one month's imprisonment, with £266 costs, for having…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cronulla Hotel Tragedy Accused at Police Court. Sydney
At the Central Police Court to-day Samuel Abraham Papparys, aged 39, a chef, was charged with having murdered Jules Regmaud, at Cronulla yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Volumnia Case. the Captain's Evidence Magistrate Discharges Defendant. Sydney
At the Central Police Court to-day the hearing was continued in the case in which Thomas Christopher Thomas, master of the Volumnia, is charged with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Italian Fascisti. Reprisal for Murder Strange Doings at Bologna. Rome
As a reprisal for the murder of a Fascist special squads of Fascisti, armed with heavy clubs, patrolled Bologna. They searched the houses and clubbed…
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