Assault Story Centennial Park Case Accused Acquitted. Sydney
At the Central Court to-day, William Joseph Raines, 23, was acquitted on a charge of having criminally assaulted Lillah Davis, 22…
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 67 of 91
Manly Assault Case Charge Altered to Manslaughter. Sydney
Harold Angus Pike on remand on a charge of having assaulted Geoffrey Hodgson, 19, at Manly on September 1, was rearrested this morning owing to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Marrickville Murder Reynolds Again Remanded. Sydney
Patrick John Reynolds, who has been charged with the murder of Esther Vaughan and Sarah Falvey, at Marrickvil[?]e,on June 30, appeared at the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gaol and the Lash Punishment for Razor Slashing. Melbourne
In the Court of General Sessions to-day Judge Woinarski sentenced James Woods, 36, to two years imprisonment with hard labor and a whipping for razor slashing at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Nimbin Farmer's Estate Bankruptcy Court Proceedings. Sydney
In the Bankruptcy Court, before Mr. Justice Long Innes, Mr. W. H. Palmer, official assignee of the estate of F. [?]. Frederick, farmer, of Nimbin, near…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Private Intervener 'Dummy' for Husband Unusual Course in Divorce Court. Sydney
An unusual course was taken in the Divorce Court to-day when a member of the public intervened to prevent a decree nisi for divorce being made absolute…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Timber Men in Court Case From Coff's Harbor Sale of Hardwood Logs Injunction Application Dismissed. Sydney
Reserved judgment was given by Mr. Justice Long Innes in the Equity Court, in the case in which Rupert Edgar James Wood, timber merchant, of Coff's Harbor,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Alleged Theft
John Williams (59), was charged at the Grafton Police Court yesterday morning, with having at South Grafton, on September 4, stolen one pair of trousers,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →For Prevarication Bankrupt Goes to Gaol. Melbourne
Percy Salvador, builder, admitted in the Bankruptcy Court to-dav that he was a heavy punter and that he lost £75 at the races a fortnight before he filed his…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →South Dorrigo Tennis Court
Three more working bees have been held on the local court during the last fortnight. All excavating work has now been completed and several…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →District Court Bailiff Maclean Application
Mr. A. J. Pollack, M.L.A., has received the following letter from the Under Secretary of Justice:-- "Referring to your representations on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Accused Man Discharged Allegations Against Police Sergeant. Bathurst
During the hearing of a case at Bathurst Quarter Sessions, in which Eric West, 22, was charged with having assaulted a young married woman, accused declared…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →What Is Coursing? Court of Competent Jurisdiction Asked For
SYDNEY, Thursday. At a meeting of directors of the Australasian Coursing Club to-day, it was decided to ask the Government to allow…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Desperate Youth Saws Through Iron Bars Daring Escape From Police. Sydney
A 17-year-old youth who was under commital on serious charges of burglary escaped from the police on the Sydney railway station recently and the police…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Queensland Murder Arrest In England Returning Migrant Charged Guilt Denied. London
Hubert Algar Storey, 21, appeared at Bow street court, on a provisional warrant, charging him with the murder of Frederick Charles Walter,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Contempt Two Men Sentenced. Melbourne
In the Insolvency Court yesterday, Percy Salvado, builder, and George Dabis, his foreman, were sentenced to fourteen days and twelve days imprisonment…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mother Sent to Gaol Neglected Her Children. Melbourne
At South Melbourne Court to-day, Mrs. Florence Smith was sentenced to three months imprisonment for neglect of her four children who were discovered in a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Heavy Sentences Five Years and Lash Assault on Girl. Adelaide
Ten strokes of the lash and imprisonment for five years was the sentence passed by Mr. Justice Richards in the Criminal Court to-day on Victor…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Prisoner Recaptured Walked Gut of Gaol in 1922 Committed for Trial. Sydney
At Newtown Court to-day, "William Jenkins, 52, was committed for trial oil a charge, of having escaped from prison in 1922…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maclean Court Drunkenness and Language Cases
Before Mr. E. A. Mahony, P.M., at Maclean on Thursday, John Clifford Irons, for being drunk in River street, Maclean, on September 4, did not appear and…
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