Melbourne Assault Man Stunner with Iron Bar. Melbourne
Leonard Frosser, 25, was attacked by two men at a motor service station last night, and knocked unconscious with an iron bar. When he recovered his senses…
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Courts & crime, 1931
1,291 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 62 of 65
Serious Theft Drill Hall Entered Attempt to Steal Ammunition Two Militia Rifles Missing. Sydney
Thieves broke into the drill hall, which is the headquarters of B Company, 53rd Battalion, Liverpool street, Ashfield, early this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Unusual Case in Equity Court Mullumbimby Farm
An unusual case was heard before Mr. Justice Harvey in the Equity Court, when Mrs. Henrietta Synott, widow, of Mullumbimby, applied for a direction in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lost Car Case Another Stage of Court Drama
Another stage in the interesting case in which Georgie Fomiatti is the central figure was stages at Lismore Police Court this week, before Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cadd Murder Case Alleged Statement by Youth "Did Not Know Why He Did It." Adelaide
Arthur Thomas James, 17, was committed for trial to-day on a charge of having murdered Mrs. Edna Clarice Cadd, 32, who was shot and battered at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Theft From Rifle Range Superintendent and Assistant Charged. Sydney
At the Central Police Court to-day, John Thomas Graham, 51, superintendent of Long Bay rifle range, and Keith Higgs, 30, range assistant, were charged with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Kate Leigh Charged Alleged Attempt to Murder. Sydney
Kate Leigh, or Barry (43), a married woman, was charged at the Central Police Court to-day with having shot at Joseph McNamara with intent to murder in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Boy's Threat to Police
When arrested by two constables on 11 charges of housebreaking at Adelaide a 12-year-old boy attempted to drink a bottle of iodine, which he took from a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Stiff Sentence £50 OR 102 Days' Gaol. Hay
Three men, who were described on the charge sheet as "hoboes," were fined £50 each, in default 102 days' imprisonment, for interfering with the Westiughouse…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Remuera Shooting Case Youngs Charged with Manslaughter. Auckland
F. W. T. Youngs, officer in charge of the Remuera branch of the Bank of New Zealand, who shot Oswald Laurence Coulton, 24, dead on November 24 while…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Complaints Association Secretary Fears Results. Sydney
Commenting to-day on the discontent in the police force the secretary of the Police Association said the conditions were such that lie feared the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Peculiar Clause in Will Equity Court to Decide. Sydney
Bruce Saywell, of Wollstonecraft, who died six years ago, included in his will a clause directing the trustees that if either his son or daughter should marry…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Street Conflict Serious Disturbance Communists Use Cayenne Pepper Several Police Injured Sydney
A serious disturbance occurred at a Communistic meeting in Victoria street, King's Cross, to-night, when the Communists, New Guard and the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On Licensed Premises During Prohibited Hours Hotelkeeper Charged
William Henry Scott, licensee of the Morpeth Hotel. Harwood, who was represented by Mr. Fleming, pleaded guilty to a charge of permitting Cecil Maher to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Communist Mauled Police Save Schelley Stormy Scene at Katoomba. Katoomba
Joseph Schelley, the Communis who was prominently concerned in the recent shipping strike, had a lucky escape from serious injury last night when over a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maclean Police Court on Licensed Premises
On Thursday, at Maclean, before the P.M., Mr. Carr-Boyd, Cecil Maher, Francis Ryan, Gerald William Lee, and Henry Grainger pleaded guilty to being…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New Zealand Tragedy Wife Charged with Murder Wellington (N.z.)
Late last night, Alfred George Donaldson was found on the lawn in front of his house at Wanganui, suffering from a severe wound in his throat. He died…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shot Dead British Indian Magistrate by Woman Anarchists. Calcutta
Bengal witnessed a terrible revival or terrorist activity this morning when Charles Geoffrey Buckland Stevens, District Magistrate and collector, of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Three Men Charged Alleged False Statement Accusations Unsustained. Sydney
At the Central Court to-day, Arthur Preston (54), agent, Percy Freeman (36), director, and Allen Gatehouse (25), secretary, were charged by warrant with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shocking Crime a Diabolical Murder Old Man and Wife the Victims Woman a Terrifying Sight. Sydney
An elderly man was brutally murdered by two men, who entered his home at Paddington to-day, apparently in search of money, while his…
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