Telegrams Assault with a Bottle. Sydney
Wielding a wine bottle, half filled with liquor, a man attacked William Woodroff, aged 50, at Surry Hills, last night, inflicting a severe wound. The assailant…
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Courts & crime, 1929
1,576 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 62 of 79
Cunning Theft Well-dressed Female's Ruse. Sydney
A fashionably dressed woman entered McGrigor's fruit and drink shop, at the corner of Hunter and Elizabeth streets, yesterday afternoon, and ordered a large…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Toowoomba Murder Charge. Homeopathist in Custody. Toowoomba
At the police court to-day, William George Cook, homeopathist, was charged with having murdered Grace Morcom. Detective-Sergeant Kiernan said that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Charge of Wife Murder Tramway Employee Committed. Adelaide
The Coroner yesterday committed Thomas Blyth, tramway employee, for p trial on a charge of murdering his Sarah Blyth, at Unley, last month…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cargo Pilferinig Two Wharf Laborers Charged. Sydney
After several days' inquiry into the wholesale pillaging of cargo from the steamer Maloja, the police yesterday arrested two wharf laborers who were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police at Dead-end. Sydney
Detectives have questioned 30 men in an effort to find the murderer of Leslie Whatley,who was fatally wounded on Monday night. They have progressed no…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Prisoners' Bid for Freedom Desperate Struggle with Police. Sydney
After a desperate struggle, a prisoner who was on remand on a stealing charge was overpowered by the police when he attempted to escape from the prison van…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fish and the Law. Magistrate's Comment at Urunga Court
At the last Urunga court, with Messrs. C. S. Wilson and J. H. O'Neill, honorary magistrates, on the bench, a series of charges were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Reading Murder Drew's Peculiar Mannerisms Effort to Establish Alibi. London
Phillip Yale Drew, an American a[?]or, was subjected to a long examination by the Coroner upon the resumption of the inquest upon Alfred Oliver, 60, a Reading…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Assisting the Police Mr. George Marlow Takes a Hand
While five men were robbing an old mail near Cathedral street, city, Mr. George Marlow, the well-known theatrical manager, and a friend came on the scene…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shooting Mania Act Of Jealous Madman Murder of Eileen D. Cooper Brave Action of Constables. Sydney
The [?]nquest opened to-day con[?]ning the death of Eileen Dorothea Cooper, aged 19, and Angus Horton, and the [?]ding of a policeman at Rose Bay a fortnight…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wife's Throat Cut Husband Charged with Murder. Adelaide
Frederick Carr, 45, laborer, pleaded not guilty at the Criminal Court, to a charge of having murdered his wife, at Birkinhead…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Safe Blown. Railway Station Robbed Three Men Charged Arrested at Revolver Point. Sydney
John Williams, 23, fireman, Patrick McCarthy, 22, laborer, and Arthur Williams, 27, laborer, were remanded at the North Sydney Police Court on a charge of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Drew Discharged Evidence Too Conflicting End of Reading Murder Trial Melodramatic Finale. London
The foreman of the jury, in the Reading inquest, announced that the evidence was too conflicting to definitely establish guilt, and a verdict of murder by some…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Eighteen Months Old Charge Wanted to Join the Police Force. Sydney
A man was arrested at Darlinghurst yesterday, and charged, by warrant, with uttering a bogus cheque for £10, more than 18 months ago. The man said he had…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Thief Gets Away with £550 Taken From Car Near Police Station. Sydney
A bag, containing £550 in notes, the property of the Advanx Tyre Co., was stolen from a motor car at the corner of Druitt and Clarence streets to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →'INHUMAN' Motor Victim Inquest Caustic Remarks by Coroner Ex-police Sergeant Reprimanded. Sydney
In returning a verdict of accidental death in the case of William Robert Campbell, aged 7, who was knocked down at Guildford by a car driven by Thomas…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mrs. Mort Early Release Expected New Clothes Sent to the Gaol. Sydney
It is believed that Mrs. Mort, who was imprisoned for the murder of Dr. Tozer, will be released from Long Bay gaol shortly. This belief is strengthened by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Reading Mystery Gift to Police Returned. London
Drew, the American actor, who was suspected of the murder of a tobacconist at Reading was entitled to £ for expenses as a witness. When the money was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Grafton Police Court
There was no appearance for William Westcott, at the Grafton Police Court yesterday morning, to answer a charge of having failed to renew his certificate of…
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