Al Capone Gang Leader Sentenced Fine of £10,000. CHICAGO
A1 Capone was sentenced to eleven years imprisonment and fined £10,000. He must pay the costs of the prosecution following his conviction for evasion of the…
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Courts & crime, 1931
1,291 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 54 of 65
Exciting Chase Police Car And Thieves Revolvers Used Fugitives Dive Into River
WELLINGTON (N.S.W.), Saturday. During an exciting chase through the town last night, shots were exchanged between thieves in a motor…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wanted Man Escaped From Police Constable Shot in Knee Affray at Winton. Brisbane
While attempting to take into custody a man wanted by the South Australian police, in connection with a crime in Adelaide, Constable…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Daring Theft of Safe
On Wednesday night last the office at the factory of Sanders Ltd., Taree, was locked up as usual. On Thursday morning the office was locked and everything…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Broke Into Gaol. Tobacco for Prisoners
How a man broke into the Geelong Gaol was recalled by Mr. Thomas Butterwortb, for 37 years court crier at Geelong (says the Melbourne Herald)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Non-suit Zietsch V. Water Board Magistrate's Reserved Decision
A case of some interest was disposed of at the Grafton Police Court, yesterday morning, when Mr. G.G. Carr Boyd, P.M., gave his reserved decision in regard to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Armidale Assault Case Man Sent to Mental Asylum. Armidale
When a young man who gave the name of Jack Gale was charged in connection with assault on a camper, it was stated defendant told the police when…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Strike Pickets Fight Seven Men Before Court. Sydney
During the early hours of this morning a fierce fight occurred among seamen's strike pickets and as a result seven men appeared at the Central Court to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Alleged Theft by Constable
Allegations that he had stolen a trifling article of merchandise from a Brisbane shop where he had been on duty on the look-out for "shoplifters" were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Domestic Tragedy Assault and Suicide. Sydney
Following an attack on his wife with an iron bar at a house at Glebe last night George Payne, 44, early this morning committed suicide at the house of a friend,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Legally "Dead'' Woman's Appeal to Court
The strange case of a woman, who having once been declared dead cannot induce the law to recognise the fact of her continued existence, is reported from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Court Etiquette
"Have you got a coat?" said Magistrate F. D. H. Sutherland, to Alan Arthur Dobbie; of Melbourne street, East Maitland, at West Maitland Police Court on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Drug Case Fine of £250 Imposed in Default 500 Days in Gaol. Sydney
A fine of £250, in default five hundred days gaol, was imposed on Lars Olaf Grebst, 26, at the Central Court to-day on a charge off having solicited…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Uproarious Scenes Alderman Removed by Police. Sydney
Uproarious scenes were witnessed at a meeting of the Bankstown Council last night, when the police were called upon to remove Ald. Walch former Mayor, or…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Family Tangle. Woman Charged With Fraud
A fine family tangle was revealed in Kempsey Police Court this week when Kate Cochrane, a sad-looking elderly woman, was charged with…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Terrorist Victim East Bengal Magistrate Shot. Calcutta
Dacco, a town in East Bengal, which is notorious for terrorism and intrigue, was the scene of another outrage when L. G. Nurno, District Magistrate, was shot and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wounded Bull. Court's Decision Reversed
The conviction and fine of £20 recorded against Herbert Thomas Sidney Burns by the P.M. at Macksville Police Court recently was reversed on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Industrial Commission Challenged in Full Court. Sydney
The Full Court to-day granted an ex parte application by Cecil Cook on behalf of Goldsbrough, Mort and Co. for a rule nisi for a writ of prohibition to restrain…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Caught Stealing Petrol
Two young fellows received the shock of their lives when Dr. Matthews unexpectedly appeared and caught them busily engaged extracting petrol from Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Alleged Fierce Assault Two Women Involved. Sydney
At the Central Police Court to -day Dorothy Beamish, 26, a domestic, was charged with having maliciously inflicted grievous bodily harm on Corrie Hanson…
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