Maclean Police Court
At the Maclean Police Court on Thursday last before Mr. E. A. Mahony. P.M., Jack Phillips and. Patrick. Ward were each charged with being drunk, in River…
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Courts & crime, 1927
1,611 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 65 of 81
Police Commissioner Will Not Retire Until 1929. SYDNEY
The Chief Secretary, Mr. Bruntnell, asked the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Mitchell, to reconsider his request to be allowed to retire on long leave…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Youth Suicides Fears of Court Case. Melbourne
Alexander Rentoul, aged 15, of Hawthorn, took poison last night and died a few hours later. For some days he had been dreading…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Wife's Will Contested by Husband Court Delivers Judgment
Mr. Justice Mann, in the First Civil Court, Melbourne, con[?]uded the hearing of an action con[?]rning the validity of the last will of Mrs. Charity Brooks, late…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Leslie Murder Case Charge Against Higgs Bros. Further Remand Granted Application for Bail Refused. Sydney
The case in which the three brothers, Herbert William Higgs, Bruce Doubleday Higgs and William Gny Higgs, are charged with the murder of Ronard…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Resumptions Question of Compensation Comment in Valuation Court. Sydney
Comment on the unfairness of the law covering compensation to persons whose land is resumed for railway purposes was made by Mr. Justice Pike, in the Land…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bogus Grazier Accountant Sentenced on Charges of Imposition. Sydney
A sentence of twelve months' imprisonment was imposed at the Central Police Court on Thomas Morgan, accountant, who was convicted on three Charges of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Leslie Murder Inquest Next Month. Sydney
It was decided after a conference [?] between the Penrith Coroner and [?] that the inquest into the murder of [?] Lachlan Leslie would not be held [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Grafton Police Court Using Someone Else's Boat
The Police Magistrate, Mr. E. A. Mahony, presided at the Grafton Police Court, yesterday, when W. Coleman and J. Durington, charged with drunkenness, failed…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Escaped from Gaol. Sensation at Urunga
After three days hacking two men who were locked up at Urunga cut their way out of the lockup with an old table knife and escaped last night…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Leslie Murder Inquest on November 3. SYDNEY
The inquest into the death of Ronald Leslie, who was murdered at Blaxland, will be held at Penrith on November 3…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →£20,000 Involved Police Search for Solicitor. Sydney
The police are looking for a solicitor, who is said to have been missing for several days, and who is thought to have left Australia. About £20, is involved…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Topping" Fruit Three Men Before Court. Sydney
At the Police Court to-day, George Ellick, Robert Vernon and George Chong were each fined £2, with costs, for having sold fruit which was not packed so that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Heavy Fines More Chinese Before Court. Sydney
At the Central Police Court to-day Ho and Ah Soo, two Chinese, were charged with being prohibited immigrants, and were remanded until November 3…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Called in Lively Broken Hill Meeting. Broken Hill
Feeling became so intense at a meeting at W.I.U. yesterday afternoon that officials were forced to call in the aid of the police to maintain order…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SUSPENDED Wife's £472 Allowance Misconduct Alleged Unusual Case in Divorce Court. Sydney
An unusual case was before the Divorce Court to-day. In May last Eva Browne was granted a decree for judicial separation against…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wife Murder Man Sentenced to Death Mount Gambier Tragedy. Adelaide
The trial of William Henry Francis for the murder of his wife, Myra, concluded at the Mount Gambier Circuit Court today…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Burglar Caught Red-handed Police Were Watching. Sydney
At a late hour Hast night the Police watched a man cutting away an iron baron a back door of Mc[?]rath's grocery store, Randwick. When he had finished…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Daily Guardian" Contempt of Court Alleged. Sydney
The application alleging contempt of court against the "Daily Guardian" in connection with the Leslie murder will be beard before the Full Court on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →First Offence in 1885 Old Offender Before Court. Tamworth
On two charges of having uttered valueless cheques, John Francis Smith, 68, laborer, was sentenced to 12 and six months concurrently…
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