Confidence Tricksters Sentenced. London
Charles Ernest Robinson and an Australian named Edward Michael Cavendish, alias Norton, alias Naughton, were sentenced to three years at Glasgow for…
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Courts & crime, 1931
1,291 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 26 of 65
Yamba Assault Case Lessor and Lessee Defendant Convicted
The case in which Frank Campbell Pegus was charged with unlawfully assaulting Clarence S. Skinner, at Green Point, near Yamba, on April 9 last, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Grim Double Murder Bodies Dissolved in Vitriol. Marseilles
A grim double murder, committed in a lonely villa in Aixen Province in 1923, was disclosed, when the police arrested two sisters and a man, on a charge of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Rising of the Court
Cha[?]e Baker, 56, who, at the Grafton Police Court yesterday, was charged with having been found drunk in Spring street, South Grafton, on May 7, was fined 5,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lords and Commons Land Utilisation Bill Government Charged with "Disreputable Bargaining." London
The Agricultural Land Utilisation Bill, which was considerably amended in committee, was considered on the report stage in the House of Lords this…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Murder of Dan Loo Apteal Against Death Sentence Dismissed. Sydney
The Court of Criminal Appeals to-day dismissed the appeals of Thomas O'Mara [?] Vernon Benham against their conviction and sentence to death for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →'Desperate Love' Temora Tragedy Caused by Jealousy Double Murder and Suicide. Temora
At the conclusion of the inquest to-day into the tragedy which recently occurred in the town, the Coroner found that William James Middlebrook murdered John…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Death Sentence Appeal Dismissed by Full Court. Sydney
The Full Court of Criminal Appeals to-day dismissed the appeal of Cecil Reginald Bell, 20, against his conviction and sentence to death for the murder of John…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ex-clergyman in Divorce Court Crown Intervenes in Restitution Application. Sydney
Richard Oliver Sutton, a former minister of the Church of Christ, applied to Mr. Justice Owen in the Divorce Court to-day for a decree nisi on the ground of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Burma Rebellion Ringleaders Sentenced to Death. Calcutta
A special tribunal sitting at Pyapon on Saturday sentenced 15 Burma rebels to death and 56 to transportation on charges of waging war against the King…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Town Hall Fracas Alleged Assault on Police Inspector "A Blow From Behind." Sydney
At the Central Summons Court this morning, Lawrie William Gardiner, 25, was charged with having assaulted Police Inspector Lynch. Gardiner…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Kyogle Murder Death Sentence Commuted. Sydney
The State Cabinet to-day Commuted to [?] servitude for life the sentence of [?] pronounced on Michael John McHugh, who recently was found guilty at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Alterations and Renovations at Police Headquarters
Good progress is being made with the alterations and renovations at present being carried out at the police headquarters at Grafton. Engaged on this…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Redfern Shooting Gang of Racecourse Thugs Police Theory. Sydney
Detectives inquiring into the shooting of George Cooper, bookmaker, in a house at Redfern early oh Soturday morning, learned of Hie activities of a gang of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Shoot Riots In Madrid Against Monarchist Campaign Many Casualties. Madrid
Anti-Monarchist rioting this morning, culminating in an attempt to storm a newspaper office defended by powerful hydrants arid machine guns,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wrong Name? Woman Before Court Charge of Murdering Son. Wollongong
At, the local court to-day Kathleen Beeby, 30, was charged with the murder of Jack Beeby, aged five years. The police stated that after defendant…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dole Riot 'Black' Rations At Bulli Police Draw Revolvers Visiting Communists Blamed 600 Men Take Sides. Sydney
Woonona police were forced to draw revolvers to protect themselves against a mob of unemployed who rioted at Bulli during the issue of relief rations…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Opium Raid Sequel Constables Charged with Assault Chinese Complaint. Sydney
Sergeant William Patrick Jennings and Constable John O'Donnell appeared at the Darlinghurst Quarter Sessions to-day on a charge of having assaulted Kum Choon,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Law Reform Clarence Member's Speech Supreme Court Procedure District Court's Powers. Sydney
Resuming the debate on the Law Reform Bill, Mr. A. S. Henry, urged that it be treated as a non-party measure. There were many aspects of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Grim Details Acid Bath Murder Englishman Believed Victim Daring Insurance Frauds. Marseilles
Grim details of the acid bath murder are now being disclosed. The police have identified one victim as Duvergier, a defrocked priest,…
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