Four Charges. Everingham Millions Quest. McGRATH Before Court
The quest for the £23,000,000 said to be the value of the estate left by the late Matthew James Everingham was again brought into the limelight…
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Courts & crime, 1931
1,291 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 19 of 65
Same Litigants Appear in Two Courts Sequels to Lower Court Cases
On December 19, at the Grafton Police Court, George Coles was convicted and fined £5, with costs amounting to £210, on a charge of having unlawfully…
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"I have a warrant from New South Wales for your arrest, for having failed to pay maintenance to you wife and child, but it is suggested that if you pay…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sent to Caol Cessnock Bookmaker Sentenced
Alexander Giddings, Cessnock bookmaker, found guilty of the misappropriation of £860, was sentenced to imprisonment for two months, by Judge…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Should Police Wear Soldier's Badge?
Returned soldiers at Muswe'lbrook are considerably incensed at the admission of a policeman in giving evidence that he, the policeman, had worn a returned…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Owned Houses Child Endowment Fraud Husband and Wife Charged. Sydney
Doris Crook, 38, was charged at the Campsie Court to-day with having obtained £4478 by false pretences from the Child Endowment Commission, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Short Weight Chicago Shopkeepers Police Make Raid. Chicago
Unexpectedly ewarming into the City Hall a squad of detectives arrested 20 members of the city office staff and seized the records, while 18 police teams…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soldier's Badge Alleged Misuse by the Police. Sydney
The Acting Commissioner of Police has called for a full report concerning the a alleged use by a police constable at Muswellbrook of a returned soldier's badge,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Five Dead Murder and Suicide. Paris
The discovery that four persons had been burned to death while asleep led to a search for a lodger who was under notice to quit the place. His body was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Local and General the Supreme Court
In connection with the sitting of the Supreme Court at Grafton, which commences on Wednesday next, the 16 special jurors summoned to attend have been…
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Hard things are often said of the long suffering police, says the Brisbane ''Courier." As everyone knows, a policeman's let is not a happy one, yet a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Drug Traffic Alleged Theft From Brisbane Hospital. Brisbane
Albert Robinson, 21, assistant, dispenser, and Peter Butler, 49, were fined £20 and ordered to make £510 restitution on a charge of having stolen six ounces of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Baradine Fire Six Shops Destroyed Police Action Saves Town. Baradine
Six shops in the business centre of the town were destroyed by fire early yesterday morning. The action of the police in pulling down a store in the main street…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Girl Shot After Party Man Charged with Attempted Murder Wellington (N.z.)
As a result of alleged shooting early this morning Herbert Frederick Nunn, 43, has been charged with attempted murder…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gaol Escapee Numerous Offences Alleged. Brisbane
Richardson Thompson, who escaped from gaol and was remanded was remanded for sentence at the Rockhampton Court, to-day on a charge of having…
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Mr. Justice C. G. Davidson will preside at the Supreme Court, which opens at Grafton to-day, and Mr. F. W. Berne will appear as Crown Prosecutor Two cases…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Grenfell Tragedy Murder Charge Withdrawn. Grenfell
When Ernest Griffith appeared before the court, to-day on a charge of having murdered Donald Crawford the police withdrew the charge and the accused…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Murder and Suicide Jumped From Window. Bucharest
A policeman, Petre Jonescu, fatally threw his five months old grandchild from a window in a second storey flat and then jumped out himself. Rising…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Long Legal Fight Year's Gaol and £20,000 Fine. Washington
The Columbia Court of Appeals upheld the sentence of a year in gaol and £20,000 fine imposed on Albert Fall, former Secretary for the Interior on October 25…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In Children's Court Goulburn Conspiracy Case Goulburn
The charge against a young man and two girls, of conspiracy to obtain £100 from Dr. Radford, Bishop of Goulburn, by menaces and threats, will be heard in…
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