Gaol and Flogging Shopbreaker's Punishment. Melbourne
A sentence of two years imprisonment with a whipping of 15 strokes with the "cat" was imposed on Montford Jones, 21, who was convicted of having wounded…
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Courts & crime, 1927
1,611 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 10 of 81
Railway Workers Arbitration Court Claims Sydney
In the Federal Arbitration Court to-day R. Blanch for the New South Wales Railway Commissioners, in opposing the men's claims for the addition of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Overruled Deaf Man Granted Motor License. Sydney
Mr. J. McKillop of Mosman, to-day appealed to Mr. Blix, S.M., against the refusal of the Commissioner of Police to grant him a motor driver's license. It…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Former Solicitor Sentenced Three Years' Penal Servitude. Goulburn
Henry John Roach, formerly a solicitor of Braidwood, pleaded guilty to a charge of fraudulently appropriating trust a funds totalling £717, the property of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Not Guilty Merrett Murder Trial. London
The jury in the Merrett trial, in which a youth was charged with murdering his mother, returned a verdict that the charge of murder was not proven, but…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Adelaide Murder Victim Bound and Gagged. Adelaide
A post-mortem examination on John Robert Hindmarsh, who was murdered in his room at the Grosvenor Hotel, showed that he was bound and gagged, and also…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Police Station at Richmond Gap
A police station has been established at Richmond Gap, a place situated on the Kyogle-Brisbane line. Constable A. M. [?] Hunt, of Casino, has been appointed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ten Per Cent. Before Court. Sydney
In the Legislative Assembly to-day the Chief Secretary stated there were 193,338 licensed motor vehicle drivers in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Association
At the last meeting of the local branch of the Police Association, the following office bearers were appointed for the ensuing year: President, Mr. M. Spellman…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Savage Assault Sentence of Two Years. SYDNEY,Thursday
A sentence of two years' hard labor was imposed at Darlinghurst Court to-day on William Henry Quinn a former sailor, in the Royal Australian Navy, for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Port Moresby Murder Sydney
A message from Port Moresby states that much excitement and indignation has been caused locally by the postponement of the execution of the boy…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Adelaide Murder Important Development. Adelaide
An important development has taken place in connection with the murder of J. R. Hindmarsh. In a suburban lodging house, where two…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maclean Court Motor Traffic Breaches Big List From Yamba
Mr. E. H. Mahony, Police Magistrate, presided over Maclean Court on Thursday, when a number of cases, under the Motor Traffic Act were dealt with…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bigamy Frustrated Police Intervention "A Notorious Imposter on Women." Sydney
To-morrow Alexander Westland, Robertson, 29, was to have led a rich Sydney girl into a bigamous marriage, according to evidence given at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Month's Hard Labor Woman Shoplifter Sentenced. Sydney
A sentence of a month's hard labor was imposed on a married woman named Mary Morris, who was charged at the Central Police Court with having stolen…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Not Guilty Charged with Slaying His Brother. Armidale
After a short retirement the jury returned a verdict of not guilty in the case at the Armidale Sessions in which George Edward Parsons was charged with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Car on Rails Drunk Stops Train Sequel in Police Court
Patrick D. Walsh looked upon wine when it was red, and as a result while driving his car from Casino to Kyogle, imagined the railway line…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wife Charged with Wounding Her Husband Melbourne
Following on the stabbing of Thomas McMurtrie, 59, at East St. Kilda yesterday, the police arrested his wife, Lillian McMurtrie, 57, and charged her with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Small Debts Court
At a sitting of the Small Debts Court yesterday afternoon, Thomas McMahon, of South Grafton, sued J. C. .Greenaway, also of South Grafton, for £46126, for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Alleged Noxious Drugs the Coopernook Case Two Men Charged. Sydney
At the Darlinghurst Sessions to-day John Connell, 36, bookmaker, and Alexander Murchie, 39, horses trainer, were charged with having caused a noxious…
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