Police Called in Rowdy Meeting Darwin Hotel Boycott. Sydney
During a rowdy meeting held at Darwin to discuss the matter of the hotel boycott, these opposed to it were promptly seized and forcibly ejected. The police…
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Courts & crime, 1928
1,819 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 14 of 91
Divorce Court Queer Story Decree Nisi Rescinded. Sydney
A remarkable story was told in the Divorce Court to-day, when the Crown Solicitor reopened the case in which Bertha Malone, in November 1926, obtained…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →'This Is the Axe' Alleged Third Degree the Mitcham Murder Detectives Cross-examined. Melbourne
The trial of Ernest Ambrose Kleinert on a charge of the murder of Mrs. Iolene Sampson, at Mitcham, on January 3, was continued to-day. The court was crowded…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Teapot Dome Oil Scandal Contempt of Court Convictions. Washington
William Burns, head of the Burns Detective Agency, his brother, Harry Sinclair, an oil magnate, and Day, a member of Sinclair's firm, have been found guilty…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mclean Police Court
Messrs. Thomas Haley and N. C. Hawes sat on the bench at the Maclean Police Court on Thursda last, when several cases were adjourned owing to the flood…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mitcham Murder Case Goes to Jury Locality to Be Visited. Melbourne
The trial of Ernest Kleinert, charged with the murder of Mrs. Sampson, at Mitcham, was continued to-day. Kleinert gave evidence that he got the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Suspicious Death in a Motor Car. Melbourne
A message from Wycheproof states that Martin Ryan, farmer of Thalia. was yesterday found by his son shot through the head in his motor ear near his…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Go Back "Mo" Divorce Court Action. Sydney
Harry Yander Sluice, better known as "Mo," of the Stiffy and Mo combination, was the respondent in a suit for the restitution of conjugal rights, brought…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Trapped Criminal's Specious Excuse Police Were Waiting for Him. Sydney
Joseph Denmead, whom the police described as one of Sydney's cleverest criminals, advanced specious excuse when the police met him as he was coming out…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rowdy Breadcarters Secretary Kicked and Punched Police Had to Interfere. Sydney
The affairs of the Breadcarters' Union received further ventilation, before Mr. Justice Street to-day, when William James Coates and other registered officers, and…
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At the Darlinghurst Sessions, Joseph Denmead, 38, who claimed to be the victim of a police plot, was sentenced to three years' imprisonment on a charge…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →St. Kilda Motor Tragedy Driver Charged with Manslaughter. Melbourne
The Coroner committed for trial John Oliver Schier, grazier, of Finley, New South Wales, on a charge of the manslaughter of Mrs. Beatrice Gibson, who…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Poker and Races Theft of £253. Bank Clerk's Pall From Grace
At the Ipswich Circuit Court, on Tuesday, Royle Lonsdale Clarke pleaded guilty to a charge of having stolen £25315, the property of the Commercial Bank…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mitcham Murder Jury Fails to Agree Accused Remanded for Another Trial. Melbourne
The jury, after deliberating for six hours, announced to the Chief Justice (Sir William Irvine) that there was no hope of agreeing on a verdict in the case of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bag Snatched Offender Sent to Gaol for Five Years. Melbourne
John Gardiner, 26, alias John Martin, was sentenced to five years' imprisonment on a charge of assault and robbery. Evidence was given that the accused…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shot Fired Woman Ran--bullet Missed Police Arrest Man. Sydney
A revolver shot, followed by a woman's screams, startled the residents of Foley street, Darlinghurst, last night. People rushed to the doors and saw…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Clements Murder Theft Revelations a Stolen Mail Bag. Melbourne
Although they have not yet succeeded in clearing up the murder of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Clements, near Bairnsdale, the detectives have been working hard…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Theft From Baths Is Council Responsible? Appeal to Full Court. Sydney
An interesting case was heard before the Full Court to-day, when the council of the Municipality of Waverley appealed from the decision of Judge Cohen in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Assault on Wife. Allegation Against Husband. Sydney
Hubert William Higgs was arrested at Brookvale yesterday, on a charge of assaulting his wife. It is alleged that Higgs visited his…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Police and the Motorist
A complaint from a member, alleging unwarrantable conduct on the part of the police, is ventilated by the N.R.M.A. He states that, having discovered ignition…
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