Foul Play? Man Fatally Shot Widow's Story to Police a Domestic Quarrel. Melbourne
Harold MacDonald, 34, dealer, was found lying on the footpath in Kent street, Richmond, with a bullet wound in the stomach. He died short…
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Courts & crime, 1929
1,576 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 17 of 79
Coff's Harbor Police Court
At the Coff's Harbor Police Court, H. B. Moran, for a breach of the Registration of Firms Act, was fined £2, costs of court 8, in default 14 days…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Erica Tragedy Woman Also Charged with Murder. Melbourne
Last Tuesday David Wilson, an old-age pensioner, was fatally wounded at Erica. His son, Albert, 23, was arrested yesterday, and charged with murder…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Selling a Gaol
Would anyone like to buy a prison situated in Bodmin, Cornwall, a pretty assize town of Old World fame[?] (asks a London correspondent). Auctioneers are…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Court Interlude
A plaintiff in the Brisbane Magistrate's Court, after being cross-examined for hours by defending counsel, turned to the Magistrate and said, "Let me explain,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Richmond Murder Case Accused Remanded. Melbourne
John Dawson Fisher, 23, clerk, was charged at the City Court to-day with the murder of Harold MacDonald at Richmond. The accused was remanded till…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Grim Record' United States Murder Statistics. New York
One of the largest life insurance companies has published homicide statistics showing that the murder rate for 100,000 of population in the United States has…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Slow Motion. Removal of Coffs Police Station
For genuine slow motion it would be hard to beat the departmental movement to shift Coffs police station from its present ridiculous…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Impudent Theft. Sydney
A man and a girl grabbed a fur necklet from the counter in Levy's fur shop, Pitt street, to-day, and ran out, pursued by a shop assistant. A constable joined…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Suppling Cocaine Woman and Man Sentenced. Sydney
An extraordinary story was told by Constable Chuck at the Central Court today, when Ray Bibby, 36, fashionably dressed woman, was charged with having…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Alleged Car Thieves Before Court
Thomas Rockley and Frank Shield were charged before Mr. J. Doughan, J.P. at the Grafton Police Court yesterday, morning, with having at Grafton, on March…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Woman Knocked Down Youthful Drive Surrenders to Police. Sydney
Kathleen Becker, 26, was knocked and seriously injured by a motor truck on the Old South Head road last night. The driver of the truck did not stop after…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Williams Case Statement to the Police No Further Action. Melbourne
The police have decided not to take any action against Leslie Williams who returned to his parents' home after his mysterious disappearance some months ago…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Was Tragedy Planned? Wilson Murder Case Accused Woman's Alleged Story "Son Was to Take the Blame." Melbourne
In connection with the death of David Wilson, at Erica, near Walhalla, Anne Hillard, invalid pensioner, is alleged to have made an admission to the police…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Jockey's Death. Father Charged with Murder Two Glasses Thrown. Sydney
Alfred Ellis, 52, fishmonger, appeared in the dock at the Central Court to-day, charged with having feloniously and maliciously murdered his son, Edward…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Messiter Murder - 'Some Person Unknown' Coroner Criticises Police. London
At the conclusion of the inquest concerning the death of Messiter, manager of the American Oil Company, who was found dead beside his car in a garage…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shot by Police Man Dies in Hospital. Companion Charged with Steading. Melbourne
After two men who, it is alleged, were cuaght in the act of stealing had refused to stop when called upon, the police fired several shots and a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fiendish Attack Rockdale Assault Case. Sydney
The police have discovered that the attack on James Stevenson, the timber worker at Rockdale on Thursday night, was of a more fiendish nature than was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Triangle Again Perth Murder Case Extraordinary Story. Perth
An extraordinary story was told in the Criminal Court yesterday when Walter Jermyn, 52, was charged with having…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Greek Club Case Charges of Conspiracy Three Men Before Court. Melbourne
At the Central Court to-day Henry Stokes, 42, builder; Norman McIver, 28, laborer, and Thomas Taylor, 32, jockey, were charged with having unlawfully…
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