Theft of Tobacco
Richard Donovan (61), alias William Richard Donovan (61), alias William Luby on remand, appeared before Mr. W. S. Bromhead, P.M., in Murwillumbah Polce…
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Courts & crime, 1926
1,467 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 62 of 74
Alleged Conspiracy Two Men Charged. Sydney
At the Central Police Court to-day David Lindsay, Wallis (30) and Edmund Henry Stenson (42), manager, were charged with having conspired…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Clarke Free the Goldfields Murder. Perth
Evan Clarke was liberated from goal yesterday, after having been detained four months in connection with the murder of Detectives Pitman and Walsh…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Raid Numerous Arrests. Sydney
The police raided a building in Little Riley street, Sydney, last night, and made 43 arrests. The police stated that every comfort…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gaol Battle Three Convicts Shot Dead Prisoners' Attempted Escape. New York
Three prisoners were killed following an attempted escape by prisoners from the historic Tombs City Gaol. Two hundred policemen, detectives and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Assault on Woman Two Men Charged. Sydney
At the Central Police Court, Charles Almet (33), a colored fireman, and Frederick Amos (37), laborer, were charged with having assaulted Millie Williams, a…
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Lying on the ground, after lie had been knocked down by a muter cycle, which came into collision with a 'bus in Pitt street, Sydney, William Feitz, 26,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Planter's Death New Guinea Tragedy Native Charged with Murder. Port Moresby
The inquest was concluded yesterday into the cause of death of Andrew Doyle, planter, at Laloki River, ten miles from Port Moresby, who was found dead on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Blacks Sentenced to Death West Australian Murders Perth
At the Criminal Court to-day Lumbia, an aborigine, was sentenced to death for the murder of Fredrick Hay at Wyadham. The latter, who was part owner of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Alleged Coursing Conspiracy Sydney Man Charged. Sydney
At the Central Police Court to-day William Alfred McIntyre, aged 41, a dog trainer, was charged with having conspired with other persons at Sydney and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Police Revolver Sequel to Lismore Robbery. Sydney
Last Sunday morning a man was arrested at a George street cafe, Sydney. Subsequently, in a room occupied, by the man Sergeant Small found a police…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hession's Humor Cost Kim £2 at Police Court. Cessnock
Michael Hession's queer sense of humor cost him £2 at the Cessnock Police Court. He went into a hotel bar, opened a billy can, took a kitten out, and stropping a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Assault in Cemetery Woman and Man Attacked Sydney
While Mrs. Emily Broawn was walking through Rookwood cemetery with a one-armed man, they were attacked by a man with a thick stick…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Policy of "Hush, Hush" New Zealand Police Discontented. Auckland
Serious trouble threatens in the ranks of the New Zealand police force. Discontent is prevalent at departmental methods, and a "hush-hush" policy is a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Strange Affair" Italians In France Police Watching Wrong Passport--plenty of Money. London
The mysterious actions of prominent Italians in Prance have roused the suspicions of the French police. The "Daily Telegraph" Paris…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Stealing Letters Two Men Sentenced. Sydney
Portman Lewis and Warwick Frederick Lumley, who pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing letters from the Post Office, were to-day sentenced to six months…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Alleged Illegal Betting Police Raids at Lithgow. Sydney
For some time complaints have been received from Lithgow that illegal betting was being carried on there. During the week end a party of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Engine Drivers' Hours Matter for Full Court. Melbourne
Judge Beeby to-day refused an application by the Railway Commissioners of New South Wales for an interim award providing that engine drivers should…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Acquitted of Murder
Kasper Straub was charged in the Cairns Circuit Court with the murder of Alexander Brown, at Croydon, on October 9. He was acquitted on his plea of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Gaol and Lash Islanders Attack White Women Port Moresby
Following on two recent eases of native "boys" assaulting white women of the boys was sen fenced to three years hard labor and a whipping, and the other…
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