Jack Ashore Sailors Assaulted Stories in Police Courts. Sydney
Norman Austin, 27 a bootmaker, who is alleged to have stabbed the American sailor, John Martin in Oxford street on Satturday night, was to-day sentenced to…
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Courts & crime, 1925
1,386 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 39 of 70
News of the World Countess of Essex. Court Grants Divorce. London
The Countess of Essex has divorced her husband on the grounds of misconduct with an unknown woman…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coombar Fire Wharf Laborer Charged Magistrate Refuses Bail. Sydney
At the Central Police Court to-day James Edward Coleman, 36, wharf laborer, was charged with having maliciously set fire on July 21 to the steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Blackmail Ex-policeman Sentenced. Melbourne
Sentence of twelve months imprisonment was imposed on Leslie John Frazer, ex-constable, on a charge of obtaining £3 by blackmail from a man in Fitzroy…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Peculiar Will Court Now Considering. Melbourne
A peculiar will case is before the Practice Court. In it the testator, Edmund Hosketh Davies, who died in 1919, leavan estate valued at £4900, stated:--"On…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →'I'm Not in It.' Staghorn Murder Case Thomas' Alleged Statement. Albury
Alexander, Clarence Thomas, alias George Ernest Maxwell, appeared at Corowa police court yesterday charged with having murdered Miss Bridget Enright at her…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Charges Information Filed in Court. Sydney
The Crown Solicitor to-day, on behalf of the Attorney-General, filed information in the Equity Court against over a dozen firms under, the Monopolies Act. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Murder Tria[?] Race Gang Outr[?]ge Ten Men in the I[?]ck. London
On April 27 last a race ga[?] at Shefield attacked William Plumm[?] outside his home, and fatally stabbed[?]m in the abdomen. Plummer left a [?]ow and four…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Mines Inquiry Court's Report Wages Before Profits Finding Fa[?]vors Men. London
The court of inquiry into the coal mining dispute reported that the workers were justified in [?]aiming the incorporation of a minimum wage provision in any…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Robbed Sailorss Two Men Sentenced. Sydney
Joseph Gough, 28, and Dennis Commerford, who were charged with having stolen money from American sailors, Ave re each sentenced to six months imprisonment at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Assault Alleged Constable Committed for Trial. Sydney
At Glebe Police Court to-day Gustave Maddocks and Robert Ford were charged with having used indecent language and with having assaulted Constable Faulds…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Schoolteacher Sentenced Five Years for Offence Against Girl. Cowra
At Cowra Quarter Sessions Roy McKenzie, 27, who was a teacher at a school at Godfrey's Creek, was charged with committing an offence on one of his pupils…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Contempt of Court Declined to Give Evidence. Melbourne
At St. Kilda Police Court Percy Seal was charged with having shot at his sister with intend to kill her. Olive Seal and Frederick Seal, sister…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Stolen Goods From Clyde Workshops Employee Before the Court. Sydney
At Parramatta Court to-day William Claude Bracken pleaded guilty to having stolen articles worth £55 from the Clyde Engineering Company's workshops…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Nullity Suit Vicar Central Figure Strange Story in Court Previous Roumanian Marriage London
Reverend Aaron Suffrin, Anglican vicar of Waterloo ville, near Portsmouth, is the central figure in a strange nullity suit. Rev. Suffrin, who is a Roumanian Jew,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Poison Case William Rothery's Appeal Twice Sentenced to Death. Sydney
William Henry Rothery, 29, who has twice been found guilty and sentenced to death on a charge of having administered poison to his brother at Bowen Park, with intent to murder, to-day again appealed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gaol for a Year for Using a Revolver. Sydney
At Darlinghurst Sessions to-day William Ashley, 42, boilermaker, was sentenced to twelve months imprisonment by Judge Edwards, on a charge of shooting at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Year's Gaol Increased to Seven Years for Wife Manslaughter. Sydney
The Full Court to-day delivered reserved judgment in the case in which the Crown appealed against the sentence of twelve months imprisonment imposed on Lyle…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Arrest at Punchbowl Police Rescue Property Sydney
The police arrested a man at Punchbowl yesterday and confiscated property valued at about £500, mostly consisting of household appointments and tools…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Land Court Case Bellingen Appeal Dismissed. Sydney
In the Land Court to-day, in the appeal by Madge Mitchell against the decision of the local Land Board in respect of an application by Thomas James Maher for…
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