Assault on Girl Case Dropped by Police. Sydney
After a searching inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the assault on Miss Helen Schmidt, at an estate agent's office at Stanmore yesterday, the police…
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Courts & crime, 1929
1,576 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 2 of 79
Escaped From Gaol. Sydney
William McDonald, who is serving a short sentence for failure to maintain his wife, escaped from Long Bay gaol yesterday and has not yet been recaptured…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Trail Woman to Catch Man
Sydney detectives seeking the where abouts of a man wanted in Queensland on a charge in which £400 is involved knew he was in Sydney with a woman,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Car Toppled Over Embankment But Raid Was Carried Out. Sydney
While on its way to St. Peters yesterday, to carry out a raid on a two-up school, a taxi cab containing seven policemen left the roadway, dropped over a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Girl Shoplifters Two Sent to Gaol. Sydney
At the Central Court to-day two girls 20 and 18 respectively, were sentenced to four and two months' hard labor for shoplifting…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Traffic Regulations Car Driver Charged Alleged Excessive Speed
Before Mr. E. A. Mahony, P.M., in the Grafton Police Court yesterday morning, Rex Neil Imeson was charged with having, on December 7, driven a motor car…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Stepped In. Melbourne
When two Englishmen announced their intention of ottempting a motor car dash from Melbourne to Sydney in ten hours, the police stepped in and forbade the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Leg Amputated Man Injured in Collision Motor Driver Charged. Tamworth
As the result of a collision between a motor car and cycle he was riding, Edward Carr was so seriously injured that one of his legs had to be amputated…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Murder Cases Ten in Sydney Last Year. Sydney
According to figures supplied by the Clerk of the Peace, Mr. J. Gonsalves, ten persons were tried for murder at the Central Criminal Court during 1928, two…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Theft Story Townsville Sensation Clark's Alleged Confession Shot Himself in Arm. Townsville
A sensation was caused in the city this afternoon by a report that a man had entered Woolryek's office and shot John Stein, a clerk, in the arm and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Cyclists in Court Ineffective Silencers
Several prosecutions were conducted by the police, at the Grafton Court yesterday, before Mr. E. A. Mahony, P.M., in which motor cyclists were charged with not…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Brutal Assault Man Attacked in Street. Sydney
Edgar Wheeler, 25, was brutally attacked by another man with a bottle in Crown street last night, and, after being kicked about the body, was left lying…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Placed Obstruction on Line Two Youths Charged. Melbourne
Clifford Issell, 17, butcher, of Elstern-wick, and Robert Trehearn, 17, assistant biograph operator, of South Melbourne, were arrested this afternoon and charged…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Yamba Resident Death at Tamworth Man Arrested on Murder Charge
Edward Carr, who was so seriously injured in a motor accident at Tamworth a few days ago that he had to have one leg amputated has died…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Licensing Court Cangai Hotel Improvements District's Mining Possibilities
Mr. Le Brun Brown, Licensing Magistrate, presided over a special sitting of the Licensing Court for the licensing district of Grafton, at the Grafton…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coat of Arms Still in Possession of Police Innisfail
The Italian coat of arms is still in possession of the police. The Vice-Consul, Signor Luciano, says he is awaiting instructions from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Charged Train Impatient Elephant. Hobart
An elephant belonging to Wirth's Circus, and ridden by an attendant, E. Weeks, charged a moving train while waiting to cross a level crossing at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Confidence Men Two Australians Sentenced One Declared Habitual Criminal. London
I am no saint, but I am not an habitual criminal. I do not want to go back to hell that's what imprisonment is, said James Davis, 57, who, with Robert McDonald, 63,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Old Man Missing Police Dragging River. Sydney
Walter Crossley, between 60 and 70 years of age, disappeared from his home at Haberfield last night, and fears are entertained for his safety…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Licensing Court Sitting at Maclean Alterations to Commercial Hotel
Before Mr. W. Le Brun Brown, a member of the State Licensing Magistrates, at Maclean on Wednesday, John Walter Salmon made application to effect material…
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