Murder of Russian Courier Soviet Note to Latvia Riga
Borkusevitch, the Soviet representative at Riga, has handed the Latvian Foreign Minister, a note, protesting against the failure of the Latvian Government, to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1926
1,467 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 9 of 74
Forty-four Hour Act Validity to Be Tested Reference to High Court. Sydney
The validity of the 44 Hour Act will be tested before the High Court of Australia. This action was decided upon to-day,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ten Years Gaol Arab Aged 106 Sentenced. Jerusalem
The Supreme Court has confirmed the sentence of 10 years, passed on an Arab aged 106, who was found guilty of murdering his daughter…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Girl Strangled the London Tragedy Devere Sentenced to Death. London
Eugene Devere has been sentenced to death for the murder of the 17 year old girl, Polly Walker, who was discovered dead in a bedroom at her home at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Monstrous Charge Alleged Murder of Grandmother. London
Thomas Aitken, 16, was charged at Edinburgh with murdering his grandmother. The charge read that the lad assaulted Mrs. Margaret Cunningham at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Thirty-two Arrests Police Raid at Bathurst. Bathurst
Thirty-two men were arrested when the police simultaneously raided three local shops yesterday. Four of the men were subsequently…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Nobody's Heifer Alleged Cattle Stealing Information Dismissed
On a charge that on January 17 he stole one spotted heifer, valued at £5, the property of some person unknown, Robert Joseph McLennan, at the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →False Pretences "Health Specialists" Sent to Gaol. Sydney
At the Parramatta Quarter Sessions, Ronald Ross Musgrove, traveller, Who was charged with having obtained money by false pretences, was sentenced to six…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Costly Melons Fine of £5 for Theft Damage to Fruit and Vines
At the Police Court yesterday, before Mr. J. E. McCulloch, P.M., Raymond Bevan pleaded guilty to a charge of having stolen three watermelons. the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Case of Murder? Old Man's Body Found. Sydney
A message from Wilcannia states that the body of an old man, William Oliver, who had been missing from his camp for several days, was found to-day buried in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Insurance Staffs Arbitration Court Appeal. Sydney
Judge Curlewis in the Arbitration Court to-day heard two appeals against the registration of the Australian Insurance Staffs Federation as an industrial union…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"I Can't Talk" Injured Russian's Story 7 Men and 2 Women Charged Alleged Robbery with Violence Brisbane
"I can't talk, I can't say any more," groaned a Russian named Alexander Bless as he lay in the floor of the police court today…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →44 Hour Week Test Case in Full Court. Sydney
The forty-four hour test case was mentioned before the Full Court to-day when Dr. Evatt, who appeared on behalf of W. J. Cowburn, fitter, employed by the Clyde…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Chinese Sentenced Ocean Island Trouble. Auckland
H.M.S. Laburnum has returned to Auckland from Oceah Island where an investigation was made into the recent trouble among the phosphate workers…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Stranger in Car a Savage Assault. Hobart
During the Christmas holidays Mr. Ben Watkins, a member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, was motoring with his wife near Fern Tree, when a stranger…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Nymboida Case Alleged Cattle Stealing Three Heifers in Question
At the Grafton Police Court on Monday and yesterday, before Mr. J. E. McCulloeh, Police Magistrate, Frank Graham was charged with stealing three red…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bench and Police Praise Publican
In granting the transfer of Tattersall's Hotel, Glen Innes, from D. J. Batey, to H. Peebles, formerly of Lismore, Mr. Perry, P.M., expressed his personal regret…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hampton Murder Robertson on Trial Perkins in Witness Box. Melbourne
In the Criminal Court to-day, before Mr. Justice Schutt, the trial began of Douglas, Robertson, on a charge of having murdered William Charles Almeida at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mob Threaten Workmen Police Called Out. Adelaide
A mob of 200 men boo-hooed the workmen on a State bank job in Pirie street end thretaened personal violence and incendiarism…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Second Trial Alleged Wife Murder a Sensational Case Supposed Systematic Poisoning Hobart
The second trial of Alfred John Dobson, who is charged with murdering his wife, Lillian Margaret Dobson, was commenced at Hobart to-day. At the last…
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