Young Man Sentenced Received Stolen Cattle. Sydney
Leslie Sindel, 29, bus proprietor was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment at Parraniatta Quarter Sessions on a charge o[?] havi[?]g [?]ived eight head of cattle…
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Courts & crime, 1928
1,819 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 63 of 91
Theft on Steamer Young Frenchman Arrested. Sydney
Shortly after the steamer St. Vincent de Paul left Noumea for Sydney it was discovered that 15,000 francs, approximately £120, was missing and a radio to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Two Months Woman Shoplifter Sentenced Seven Previous Convictions. Sydney
At the Central Court to-day Ruby Ingram, 34 who had seven previous convictions of a similar nature, was sentenced to two months imprisonment for shop…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Afghan Arrested Charge of Wilful Murder. Brisbane
It was reported from Cloncurry recently that the charred remains of two men, one a European and the other a colored man, had been found near Ballara…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Serious Charges Against Gaol Warders ''Solitary Confinement" -- "Beaten with Batons." Sydney
A man who was released from Long Bay prison last week has informed the Minister for Justice that a prisoner who fought a warder with his bare fists and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →District Court Share Farm Agreement Motor Accident Case Examination of Judgment Debtor
At the sitting of the Grafton District Court yesterday, before his Honor, Judge Mocatta, Mr. D. P. Jones, solicitor, of Maclean, appeared on behalf of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →KISSED! When She Asked Him Comedy in Court Girl Awarded £200 Damages. Melbourne
I do not know what a glory box is, said Michael Callaghan, 24, motor bus driver, who was sued in the County Court to-day by Edith Maude Carlisle, 26, for £1000…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maling Rule Nisi Granted Magistrate's Decision. Sydney
Mr. Justice Campbell in chambers today granted a rule nisi for a writ of prohibition returnable before the Full Court on Wednesday next restraining Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Naked in Ash Heap Vagrant Sent to Gaol. Newcastle
Samuel Gilroy, 65, was found by the police, lying naked in a heap of Warm ashes in a kiln at pottery works at Me[?]ewether…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →'End Things' Clergyman Missing Was Curate in Victoria Police Baffled. London
Essex police are baffled by the mysterious disappearance of Rev. Franklin Hutchinson; rector of the little village of Doddinghurst…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Must Stop Brutal Wrestling Matches Chief Secretary's Warning Police Report. Sydney
The Chief Secretary, Mr. Bruntnell, informed Stadiums, Limited, to-day, that the police had been instructed to stop any wrestling bouts in which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →District Court Share Agreement Case Lowe V Barnier Verdict for Defendant
The hearing of the case in which Mrs. A. E Lowe claimed damages amounting to £400, against George Barnier, for alleged breach of a share farming agreement was…
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Several traffic cases came before the P.M. at the local Court last Friday. A fine of 10/- and 8/- costs was imposed in each case. There was also a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pulpit and Gaol Analysis (Published by Arrangement)
"The fight against the Prohibition law in U.S.A.," says "The Times," New York, "was carried yesterday into the precincts of Park Avenue, where…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Young Migrant Gaol for Five Years Woman and Girl Assaulted. Melbourne
In sentencing Archibald Coe, aged 22, a recent migrant, to five years' imprisonment for having assaulted a young woman and a girl aged seven years, Mr. Justice…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Long Bay Gaol ALLEGATlONS of Ill-treatment Disproved by Inquiry. Sydney
Evidence given at the Magisterial inquiry disproved the allegations made that five prisoners had been beaten with batons, in their cells at the Long Bay…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Masked Man Dulwich Hill Murder No Trace of Perpetrator Coroner's Inquiry. Sydney
The city coroner opened an inquest to-day, concerning the death of Mrs. Sarah Falvey, 60, and Miss. Esther Vaughan, 50, who were murdered by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Prohibited Trades in Residential Areas High Court Judgment. Sydney
An important judgment was given by the High Court to-day. when five Judges ruled that the proclamations defining residential areas to be effective, should…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →District Court Alleged Defamation Nugent V Betteridge Verdict for the Defendant
This was a case in which the plaintiff, John Thomas Nugent, sought to recover damages, from the defendant, James David Betteridge, for defamation…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Slow Death Traces Of Arsenic Chinaman's Exhumed Body Shocking Murder Unearthed Young Wife and Second Husband Arrested. Sydney
The police have unearthed a murder which wil probably rank among the cruelest and most callous in the anuual of the criminal history of the…
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