Embezzlement Alleged City Clerk Before Court. Sydney
At the Central Court to-day Frederick Selmes, 32, clerk, was remanded on a charge of embezzling £500 whilst in the employ of Hutchinson and Co., Ltd. It…
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Courts & crime, 1928
1,819 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 17 of 91
£500 Damages Divorce Court Appeal No Collusion. Sydney
In November last a Divorce Court jury awarded Ernest Victor Way, schoolteacher, at Granville, £500 damages from Walter Clarence Heazlewood, on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Riot in Theatre Panic-stricken Women Police Quell Disturbance. London
While girl acrobats were performing on the stage, two rival gangs of 40 hooligans came to blows in the pit of the Gaiety Theatre, Glasgow, as a result of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bag Snatchers Gang in Stolen Car Police Arrest Three Men. Sydney
The daring exploits of a bag snatching gang, who have been operating in the Eastern Suburbs during the past fort-night, have been brought to an end, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →'I Don't Love You' Wife To Husband Story in Divorce Court Broke Down and Sobbed. Sydney
In the Divorce Court to-day Francis Jeremah Westwood, of Paddington, brought an action against his wife, Eileen Westwood, for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Son Charged Murder of Father Death Op Martin Ryan. Melbourne
About three weeks ago, Martin Ryan, 64, a wealthy farmer of Thala, near Wycheproof, was found dead in his motor car in a garage at his homestead…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Obstruction Charge Rub Proprietor Fined Case at Grafton Police Court
The hearing of the case in which William Lesue Eggins was charged men leaving ins motor was unattended and in such a position as to obstruct frame was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Three Women Stealing and Receiving Charges. Sydney
At Penrith Police Court to-day Ellie Fitzpatrick, 27, was charged with stealing £50 and a cheque for £129 from the residence of George Daniels, at St…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →26 Men Arrested Police Raid at Griffith. Grtffith
The police raided a house in the main residential section at Griffith early on Sunday morning and arrested 26 men on a charge of being found in a common…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Court's Award Didn't Suit Ship's Cooks They All Walked Off. Sydney
As a protest against the alteration in the award made by Judge Booby in the Arbitration Court last week, the seamen, firemen and cooks of the Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Prisoner's Allegations Gaol Staff Exonerated. Sydney
The Minister for Justice, Mr. J. R. Lee, has received the report of the visiting justice, Mr. E. A. Prior, who inquired into the allegations made by Joseph…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Eyes Shot Out Murder Of Policeman Dramatic Incident Wife of Accused Leaves Court Sobbing. London
There was a dramatic incident during the hearing of the case in which Kennedy and Brown are charged with the murder of Constable Gutteridge…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →£5000 Missing Accountant Charged with Embezzlement. Sydney
At the Central Police Court to-day Septimus Holmes, 52, accountant, appeared on five charges of having embezzled sums of money totalling £169 belonging to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Three Years Gaol Defrauded Woman of £200. SYDNEY
At Darlinghurst Sessions to-day Maurice Carlairs, 40, described as a bookmaker, was charged with Saving stolen £200, which the Crown alleged had been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Outside Picture Show Stealing Motor! Gar Grafton Case at Lismore Quarter Sessions
At the Lismore Quarter Sessions on Monday before Acting Judge Maxwell. Cecil George Battye and Mervyn Todd appeared on a charge of stealing a motor…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"Sweet Disposition" But Fought the Police
"What kind of disposition have you?" Sub-inspector Loch asked John Joseph Augustine Dolan (58, traveller), in the Brisbane Police Court, on Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →'Pest of Society' Company Promoter Sentenced Three Years for False Pretences. Sydney
The case in which. Albert Herbert Thompson, company promoter, was charged with obtaining £1400 from a farmer named Weisaiantel, in the Stroud district,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Griggs on Trial Charge Of Wife Murder Arsenic Found in Body Courthouse Crowded. Sale
The trial of Ronald Greeves Griggs, Methodist minister at Omeo. on a charge of having murdered his wife, Ethel Constance Griggs, at Omeo, on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Month at Long Bay "If Police Can! Keep Me There" Challenge by Escapologist. Sydney
At a Sydney theatre every after-noon and night, Murray, the escapologist, submits to all kinds of imprisonment…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Capital Charge The Darlinghurst Outrages Four Men in Court Remanded—bail Refused. Sydney
At the Central Police Court this morning four men, Herbert. Wilson 26, laborer Frederick Gordon Payne, 27, salesman; Phillip Jeffs, 32,…
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