Mc[?] Dispersed Police Sergeant Menaced. Melbourne
The prompt arrival of police reinforcements probably saved Sergeant Murphy, of Fitzroy, from serious injury to-day when he was charged by a mob of…
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Courts & crime, 1931
1,291 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 41 of 65
Week-old Robbery Police Arrest Suspects Revolvers Drawn. Sydney
With their revolvers drawn, Detective Sergeant Power, and Detective Shields were just in time yesterday to arrest, at a Darlinghurst flat, two men suspected…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →High Court Judges Three Accept Cut Remainder Decline. Melbourne
Mr. Scullin has received a joint letter from Sir Frank Cavan Duffy, Chief Justice of the High Court, Mr. Justice Starke and Mr. Justice Evatt, advising him that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dole Fraud Maclean Police Court
At the Maclean "police court yesterday afternoon, a man named Alick Browning, was fined £210, on two charges of false pretences, and ordered to pay 46…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Remarkable Police Tracking
A remarkable tracking exploit by police through miles of rugged, thickly timbered country has resulted in the recovery of all the stolen jewellery and other property,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Four Years New York Gangster Sentenced. New York
The notorious gangster, Jack Diamond, was to-day sentenced to four years and fined £2,200 for violating the Prohibition Act by maintaining an illicit still…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →'Cold-blooded' Shocking of Constable Ulrick Two Men Charged. Sydney
At the Central Court to-day Kenneth Aubrey Farlow. 27, wicker-worker, and Robert Henry Chrystal, 23, laborer were charged with shooting at Constable…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Four Years Sydney Solicitor Sentenced £200,355 Defalcations Woman Clerk Bound Over. Sydney
After having lasted several weeks the trial of William Carnegie Clegg, 50, solicitor, and Mrs. Leila Beryl Smith, 37, law clerk, on a charge of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →About a Boat. Police Took a Hand
A dispute about the ownership of a boat led to Robert Joseph Williams appearing at Coffs, Police Court on Wednesday on a charge of behaving…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Murder and Suicide Australian in England Long Illness Ends in Tragedy London
Captain George Septimus Kingsell, 47, an Australian, who remained in England after the war, committed, suicide sifter fatally shooting his wife and wounding…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Body in Dump 17-year-old Girl New Zealand Murder Case "Good Place to Bury Dog." Auckland
The mystery of the death of the 17 years old Phyllis Symons is now being inquired into by the Magistrate, at Wellington. The girl's body…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →As Parson Arrest for Burglary Child's Intuition
As the result of an arrest made on Tuesday afternoon, Brisbane detective's hope to ezpose one of the cleverest masquerades yet attempted in the city…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Milkman Attacked Assault and Robbery. Sydney
James Nelligan, milk vendor, was attacked near his home at Canterbury this morning by a man who grabbed his bag, containing £40…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Murder Story Confirmed. Perth
Three prospectors have confirmed the report of the murder by blacks of members of exploration party of Sladen Waters near the Rawl[?]n Range…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Kingsell Murder Case. London
A verdict of unsound mind was given at the inquest on the body of Captain Kingsell, who yesterday murdered his wife, and then committed suicide after…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sympathy for Sick Soldier Magistrate's Kindly Act, Sydney
When a sick returned soldier, Percy Madden, was charged at the Mudgee Police Court with having obtained a dole ticket by fraud it was stated that he…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →'Got You!' Shooting at Detective Sentenced to Three Years. Sydney
Tames Lyons, 31, was charged at the Quarter Sessions to-day with having fired a pistol with intent to murder. Detective Arthur William Burns, outside…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Murder of Young Woman Foot Specialist Arrested. Perth
Tames Tagg, 46, described as a foot specialist, was charged at the local court with having murdered Bridget MeCafferty, aged 19, and with having attempted to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Case for Local Self-government Stealing Baby s Bottle New South Wales Bully and Victorian Infant Riverina Annexation (No. 7)
Earlier articles have examined the provisions of official documents which show that the greater past of Riverina and a section of Monaro were officially intended to be parts of Victoria even after the final separation of Victoria as a new State…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shocking Tragedy Battered To Death Supposed Murder and Suicide Head Blown Off with Gelignite. Melbourne
After battering Mrs. Sarah Ellen McDonald, 33, to death at a house at Footscray this morning, George Webster, 35, caretaker of Footscray, committed suicide…
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