ROBERT McMAHON No Compensation From Police. Melbourne
J. Robert McMahon, who was wrongly charged with the murder of Mena Griffiths, will receive no compensation for his long detention and removal from Lecton…
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Courts & crime, 1931
1,291 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 23 of 65
Exhibits in Stealing Charge Burned
About 3.30 o'clock on Sunday morning a fire occurred in the cells of the watch[?]house at the Cunnanmlla police station. A quantity of goods and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Went to Races in Car[?] Man Receiving Sustenance "Remarkable," Says Magistrate
Surprise was expressed by Mr. Noonan, P.M., in the C[?] (Vic.) Court on Saturday, that a man who was drawing sustenance from the Government should…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Maclean Police Court Committed for Trail
At the Maclean Police Court yesterday before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, P.M., Robert George Marsh pleaded not guilty to a charge of having committed a serious…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Theft From Farm
At the week-end a robbery took place on the farm of Mr. W. Kunkler, Coraki Road, thieves getting away with a set of spring cart, harness, two horse collars…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motorist Sentenced Three Months and £100 Fine. Perth
Judge Dwyer to-day sentenced. Cecil Smyth, commercial traveller, to three months gaol and in addition fined him £100 for unlawfully kiling Gertrude…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Murder Verdict Shooting of Andrew Laidlaw. Melbourne
The inquest concerning the death of Andrew Laidlaw at Carlyle concluded today when the Coroner returned a verdict of murder against Francis Longmore,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fists Flew Police and Unemployed. Wellington (N.z.)
A number of unemployed marched to Parliament House to-day and when the police attempted to evict them from the grounds there was a fierce scuffle…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maclean Police Court
At the Maclean Poilce Court on Thursday, Cyril Smallwood, of Lismore, pleaded guilty through Mr. McGuren, to driving an unregistered motor vehicle and was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Interrupt Campers' Spree
Three men in a high state of intoxi[?]tion, with empty bottles strewn around, was the sight, which, it is alleged, was presented to the gaze of a police party…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Riotous Behaviour Defendant Convicted "Too Far and Too Fast," Says Magistrate
Before Mr. C. G. Carr- Boyd, P.M., at the Grafton Police Court yesterday morning Ernest James Zietsch, 26, was charged with having behaved in a riotous…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cawnpore Riots Official Inquiry Commenced Allegations of Police Incompetence. Calcutta
Allegations of incompetence of police officials and general police inertia were [?]ade at the official inquiry into the recent Cawnpore communal riots, where,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newnes Leases Question of Cancellation Warden's Court Hearing. Sydney
The Mining Warden's Court to-day concluded the hearing of the case in which A. E. Broue, [?]essee of the Newnes shale leases, was called upon to show cause…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Daring Casino Burglary
Daring thieves entered the butcher's shop of S. T. Willis, in Walker street, Casino, on Wednesday night, and stole a small safe, which contained a quantity…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stealing Heifers
At Kyogle Police Court on Wednesday before Mr. E. A. Mahony, P.M., Stanley Sylvester Sorenson (17), of Kilgra, pleaded guilty to stealing five heifers, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →'Rampant' Perjury in Court Magistrate's Strong Comment. Forbes
"Perjury is far too' rampant in court to-day, and I think there is evidence for a prosecution here. There is also evidence that one of the defendants approached a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Outwitted Prisoner Feigned Drunken Ness Dashed Away--dived Into River Sydney
A man who was arrested last night on a charge of having broken into Joe Gardiner's shoe store at Parramatta, made a daring escape from the police station…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Woman's Body Found In Locked Room Police Puzzled Skull Wound--stocking on Neck Sydney
Detectives are completely baffled by the circumstances surrounding the death in a residential in Reservoir street, Surry Hills, to-day, of Anna…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Court Scene Magistrate And Clerk Anzac Day Observance Clerk Refuses to Work. Melbourne
The novel scene of the Clerk of Courts defying the order of a presiding Justice of the Peace on the Melbourne Court bench, because it was Anzac Day, was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Murder Charge Young Man Arrested. Melbourne
Detectives inquiring into the murder of Matthias Handley and the attempted murder of Hugh Gulliver to-day arrested Charles Eldridge, 26, steward, in a street…
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