Bookmaker's Clerk Charged
Michael Vincent Donnelly was committed for trial at Townsville on a charge of having stolen £83, allegedly received by him for Warner Henry, with…
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Courts & crime, 1931
1,291 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 8 of 65
Stock Stealing Exemplary Penalties Asked For
Dissatisfaction at the sentences imposed by the court on men convicted of sheep stealing, was expressed at the annual meeting of the Tamworth…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Defendant Discharged Allegation of Theft of £10,000 No Evidence Offered. Sydney
When John Brown Tennant, 38, manager of a city financial firm, was charged at the Central Court, with having stolen £10,000, counsel for the firm concerned…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bathurst Chinese Death Three Youths on Murder Charge Bathurst
A verdict of murder was returned by the Coroner at the inquest to-day on the Chinese, Dan Loo, who was shot on November 30. Thomas O'Hara (18), Robert…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Deserted Launch. Defendants Before the Court. Said They Got Frightened
The finding of the half-sunken motor yacht in the Macleay River last week had its sequel at Coffs Harbour police court on Wednesday, when…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sheikhs Sentenced to Death. Constantinople
A court-martial at Menemen sentenced to death 39 Dervish sheikhs concerned in an uprising at Smyrna. The province sentences must be ratified by Parliament…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dean Case Inquest Concluded Adam Graham Committed on Charge of Murder. Melbourne
When the inquiry into the death of Molly Dean, who was murdered near her home at Elwood, on November 21, was resumed this morning, a large crowd of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police and Wage Reductions Temptation to Accept Bribes. Adelaide
Referring to the decision of the Government to reduce the wages of the police by 10 per cent., Mr. Fenwick, secretary of the Police Association, said the danger…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →U.S. APOLOGY To Mussolini And Italy Unwarranted Utterances Army Officer to Be Court Martialled. Washington
The United States Government apologised to-day to the Premier of Italy, Signer Mussolini, for a recent speech by Major-General Smedley…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Long Search Newtown Murder Case Italian Charged Death of Guiseppe La Spina. Sydney
Vincenzo Maloponte, aged 33 years, a fruiterer, was arrested on Newtown Bridge last night by Constable McClung, and charged with the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Anarchist Bandit Sentenced to Be Shot. Buenos Aires
A notorious anarchist bandit. Severine Deglovanni, was sentenced to death before a firing squad to-morrow morning following his trial before the War…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Murder Charge Boarding House Row. Melbourne
Knocked unconscious, it is alleged, by a punch at a boarding house at Fitzroy last night William Rowan, 50, died on the way to the hospital. Another boarder…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Death Sentence Arthur Rouse Convicted Murder of Unknown Man. London
Convicted of murder of the unknown man whose charred remains were found after a car had been destroyed by fire, Arthur Rouse was sentenced to death…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Three Years for Stealing £2500 Worth of Jewellery. Sydney
Eric Paige, 32, houseman, pleaded guilty at the Sydney Sessions to-day to stealing jewellery valued at £2500, from the home of his employer at Point Piper, and was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Small Debts Court
At the Small Debts Court, Grafton, yesterday Mrs. Rose A. Lollback sued Rupert Hosking for the recovery of £15, representing "balance of rent owing." There…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Thought Dead Child Gives Clue Father Guilty of Murder Victim Not Identified. London
The newspapers are almost unanimous in approving of the justice of the Rouse verdict. The "Daily Herald" states that a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sunken Launch. Barker Fined £5. Verdict at Kempsey Court
Lyndon Cornelius Barker, aged 21, who was remanded from Coffs Harbour Police Court to Kempsey in connection with the motor launch found…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Charge of Murder Man Fatally Wounded. Melbourne
Following the shooting of Albert Avard, 28, laborer, at a farm at Springvale South last night, the police to-day arrested Charles Dixon. 32, farmer, and charged…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Two Informations Against South Grafton Alderman Magistrate's Findings Dismissed and "Permitted to Be Withdrawn."
The proceedings instituted by Gerald Walter Fitzgerald against Norman Clarence McLennan, taxi-car driver and alderman of the South Grafton Municipal…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Burglary at Mullumbimby
Burglars broke into the premises of George Mallam and Co., general storekeepers, Mullumbimby, during the weekend and stole goods valued about £100. The…
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