Mother Sentenced Boy's Fingers Burned for Theft
Sentence of 21 days' hard labor was passed on a fisherman's wife by the Clee-thorpes magistrates for cruelty to her seven-year-old son…
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Courts & crime, 1929
1,576 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 1 of 79
College Course for Police
A college course for policemen is announced by the University of Chicago. The instructor will be Mr. A. L. Dixon, of London, Assistant Secretary of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Man Shot Black Woman Arrested Attempted Murder Charge. Perth
During an affray in a blacks' camp, near Katanning, Cecil Edgel, 23, was shot in the groin and intestines. His condition is critical…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Police Drag River Wagga Farmer Missing. Wagga
The police have received a report that a well-known farmer, Alexander Robertson, has been missing for several weeks. Fears are entertained for his safety…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Police Baffled Newcastle's Girl's Death Poison in Chocolate. Newcastle
The police have come to the conclusion that Hilda Johnston, 15, who died after eating a poisoned chocolate, met her death accidentally…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Police Raid Six Men Arrested Supposed Stolen Goods Recovered. Sydney
As the result of a police raid on a house at Paddington to-day goods valued at several hundred pounds, believed to be the proceeds of a number of robberies…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Razor Slashing New Farm Case Accused at Police Court. Brisbane
A sequel to the razor slashing case at New Farm on Saturday, when Jockey William Browne received severe injuries was staged in the police court to-day, when…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ran Out of Court
When John Swanson, alias Carter (32), traveller, was charged in the Brisbane Police Court with having, on or about December 20, stolen a suitcase containing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Was Coming to Australia Young Man Sent to Gaol. London
Arrested at Tilbury docks after booking his passage to Australia, Stephen Cornall, 23, was sentenced to six months at Lancaster for robbing his father of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Local and General Bottle Thrown in Court
Constable L. B. Saker had to duck his head hurriendly in the Melbourne Court when he was giving evidence against Agnes Barnes, a dark-skinned woman, who…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police of the 'Never Never' Devotion and Self-sacrifice When Constabulary Duties Are Unpleasant
The attack by an aboriginal tribe on a lonely constable in the centre of Australia serves to recall to those who know something of the life led by such…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Two Men for Trial Alleged Attempt to Assault Woman. Sydney
At Burwood court John Joseph Hooper, 24, and Thomas Clement Clark, laborers, were charged with having assaulted Mary Norman with intent to commit a capital…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →FINED £10 Each Three Chinese Before Court. Sydney
There was a sequel to the arrest of three Chinese members of the crew of the steamer Yangtse last night when at the Central Court to-day, they pleaded…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →'Last Act' May God Forgive Letter on Bondi Cliffs Police Search for Missing Man. Sydney
A letter, signed John James Mon-crieff, which was picked up on Bondi cliffs last night, stated that the writer intended to commit suicide…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Very 'Wet' New York's New Year's Eve Police Raid Night Clubs Revellers Dash for Home. New York
The New York celebration was noisy and "wet" until midnight, after which it became subdued, due to a police raiding squad, supplemented by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Missing Prospector Police Search Rough Country
No trace has yet been found of a man named Jenner, an old prospector, who left Whiporie on November 26 to prospect for gold and whose dog, as stated…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Poison in Chocolate Newcastle Police Inquiries. Newcastle
It is reported that the police are following a new line of inquiry into the death of Hilda Johnston, 15, who was poisoned after eating chocolates during…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Officers on Trawlers Arbitration Court Claim. Sydney
The Merchant Service Guild, Harbors and Rivers Branch, has decided to file a claim in the State Arbitration Court for masters, mates and engineers on trawlers…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hungry Man Smashed Window--stole Shoes Then Gave Himself Up to Police. Sydney
In order to gam shelter at a police station a destitute man broke a plateglass window of Lowes, Limited, in George street last night and stole, a pair…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bound Over Two Repentant Youths Coat of Arms Joke Last Act in Court. Innisfail
The sequel to the recent removal of the Coat of Arms from the Italian Consulate was staged in the police court to-day, when Percy Dingwall,…
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