£16,000 Thieves' Christmas Box Chicago Bank Robbed Clever, Well-planned Theft. Chicago
A unique, well planned and well executed robbery occurred to-day, resulting in the loss of £16,000 by the Ravensmod National Bank…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1928
1,819 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 1 of 91
New Year Noisy Welcome in Sydney Police Upset Boys' Bonfire Plans. Sydney
The new year was ushered in last night with plenty of noise; but no larrikinism, Thousands of people remained in the city until the post office clock struch twelve,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Charge of Assault and Robbery. Sydney
Police at Balmain arrested a man and charged him with assault aud robbery in connection with the alleged attack on Mrs. Catherine Smith at her home at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Brutal Assault Broken Glass Ground Into Man's Face. Sydney
Answering what proved to be a bogus message, Reginald Mills, quartermaster on the R.M.S. Orama, stepped from his cabin on Saturday night and was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Knocked Off Tram Conductor Beaten and Robbed Incident Near Long Bay Gaol. Sydney
William Thompson, 24, wharf laborer, was charged at the Central Court with having assaulted Claude Riley and robbed him of £614, a tramway cashbag, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mob Attack Police Riot in Adelaide. Sydney
When a man was being arrested on Saturday night for riotous behavior the crowd surged round and hooted the police who, with their batons, dispersed the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Grafton Police Court
Yesterday afternoon in the Grafton Police Court, before Mr. E. A, Mahony, P.M., John O'Sulivan was charged with having been found drunk on the Armidale…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In Boy's Clothes Police Arrest Woman ''Easy to Fool People.'' Melbourne
Detectives to-day detained a woman who is said to have been masquerading as a schoolboy for some time. When arrested the woman was dressed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police in 'Plane Motor Car Thieves Caught Dramatic Cutback Chase Four Men Arrested on Q.N.T. Border. Longreach
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORY OF AUSTRALIA AN AEROPLANE WAS USED TO OVERTAKE CRIMINALS FLEEING FROM…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Window Smasher Served Sentences—repeated £150 Fine or 14 Months Gaol. Perth
Alexander Edward McKenzie, 61, steward, who had just been released after serving nine months imprisonment for having smashed the plate glass…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Insanity Hickman's Plea the Los Angeles Murder. Los Angeles
William Edward Hickman was brought before the court to-day in connection with the kidnapping and murder of Marion Parker…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On Theatre Roof Police Arrest Two Men. Sydney
After smashing a window of Joseph Pullar, tobacconist, of Regent street, city, early this morning, two men proceeded to demolish two windows in Saunders…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Greycliffe Dissecting the Evidence Counsels Addresses Court Again Adjourns. Sydney
When the Marine Court inquiry into the Greycliffe disaster resumed to-day Mr. Manning said the effect of the Tahiti evidence, if it could be believed,…
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A stranger named George Dalgnan, aged 20, showed too much sign of spirit at the dance in Bonville Reserve hall on Boxing night…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Theft of Cash Register
A theft occurred at Chinatown, Innis fail, on New Year's Eve. John Joseph Duffy, a young laborer, walked into Lacas and Co's cafe picked, up the cash…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coffs Police Station
During Christmas week Inspector Twohill came over from Kempsey to report specially on the proposal to remove Coffs police station to a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →£2000 INVOLVED Brisbane Man Charged Sale of Walker's Hotel Bank Manager's Evidence. Brisbane
Joseph James Petrie, commission agent, was again before the police court to-day on a charge of having stolen £2000, the property of William…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Life of Crime Man Over 70 Years Old Back in Gaol After Week's Freedom. Brisbane
Despite his vencrable age this man still seems to possess criminal instincts, said Sub-Inspector Coman in the Brisbane Police Court this morning, when he…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Chase After Stolen Car Police Patrol Outwitted' Daring Driver Escapes
The Melbourne police motor patrol under Senior Constable Downie, had a second thrilling chase for New Year's Day in addition to the one reported in yesterday's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Theft of £725 Clerk Before Court. Sydney
Kenneth Bolton, 29, clerk was remanded at the Central Court to-day on a charge of having stolen £725, the property of the Automatic Breakmaking…
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