Knocked Off Cycle Police Arrest Motorist. Canberra
George Hood, 34, sustained a fractured leg when he was knocked off his motor cycle by a motorist last night. Hood was left lying on the roadway for some…
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Courts & crime, 1929
1,576 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 33 of 79
Man on Steamer Police Make Vain Search. Fremantle
Police are inquiring into the mysterious disappearance of a steerage passenger from the steamer Zealandia. It is stated that after the vessel left…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Assault in Garage Attendant Savagely Handled. Sydney
At 2 o'clock this morning a gang of five men, after making, a vicious assault on an attendant of a garage at Rush cutter's Bay, robbed the till, and Stole…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Orange Assault Case Appeal Against Conviction Dismissed. Sydney
The Court of Criminal Appeals to-day dismissed the appeal of Edward Farrell. the young man who was convicted at the Orange Quarter Sessions for an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Death Sentence Commuted Must Never Leave Gaol. Sydney
Cabinet to-day decided to commute to life imprisonment the death sentence passed on Alister Jenner Clark for the murder of his wife by poisoning her…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Traps for Country People Alleged Conspiracy Confidence Men Sentenced. Sydney
Four men, whom the police described as associates of racecourse urgers, pickpockets and confidence men, who were convicted during the week conspiracy…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Drug Traffic Cocaine and Razor Pensioner Sent to Gaol Traffickers Heavily Pined. Sydney
Edward James Earle, 34, pensioner, was sentenced to nine months imprisonment at the Central Court to-day on a charge of having been found with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Liable to Six Months Drunken Driver Fined £30 Clean Record Saved Him From Gaol. Sydney
Theodore beckman, 27, commercial traveller, when charged at the Central Court with having driven a motor car while under the influence of liquor gave…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Like Geoff Knott Boy Seen by Motorist Unsuccessful Police Search. Sydney
Although the police in the Blue Mountains have kept a careful watch tor a boy thought to be Geoffrey Knott (12) missing from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Threat to Lynch Man Who Maimed Youth Returned to Court and Altered Plea. Auckland
At Blenheim William Henry Osgood was found guilty at the local court of having maimed Archie Meek, 19, for life. Evidence was given that Osgood…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Woman Sentenced Magistrate's Scathing Comment "Useless and Worthless Women." Sydney
At the Central Court Mr. McMahon sentenced Mary Scott to three months on each of three charges of obtaining and attempting to obtain goods from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Some Person Unknown Coroner's Murder Verdict. Sydney
The Coroner to-day returned a verdict of murder against some person or persons unknown at the conclusion of the inquiry into the death of Selina Stanley, who was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bomb Thrown at Victorian Police Station. Melbourne
Late last night a bomb was thrown at Ivanhoe police station from a lane at the rear of the station. It exploded with terrific force, rocking houses 100 yards…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bus Inquiry Judge on Fitzgibbons "Told False Story to Police." Sydney
Continuing his address before the Royal Commission on the bus bribery charges Mr. Holman, K.C., said there was no truth in the suggestion of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Scared Husband Dash to Police Station Wife Acted As Corpse. Sydney
A man rushed to the Central Police Station last night and asked to be locked up, declaring lie had strangled his wife. The police went to the address given…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Two Months Gaol Drunken Motor Driver. Sydney
At the Central Court to-day Arthur Foster was sentenced to two months' gaol and disqualified from holding a motor license for two years, on a charge…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Girl Student's Story Alleged Assault in Train. Sydney
An 18 years old girl student at the Teachers' Training College, Sydney, informed the police that she was assaulted by a man in a compartment on the Cooma…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →German Countess Arrested on Stealing Charge Shock Bob Berlin Society. Berlin
Society was shocked by the arrest of the beautiful 23-year-old Countess, HelgaVon Monroy. She was charged with the theft of jewellery worth £5000 from the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →'Acted Stupidly' Magistrate To Alderman Glebe Bribe Case Charge Dismissed. Sydney
"In my opinion you tried to do the light thing in a wrong way. You acted very stupidly." In these words Mr. MacDougall,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Afghan Murder Case Fellow Countryman Acquitted. Broken Hill
Said Hassan, an Afghan, was charged at the local circuit court with the murder of a fellow countryman Mahomet Ameen, who died from strychnine poisoning…
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