Police Court Humor
At Coolangatta Court an amusing incident occurred during an attempt to administer the usual oath to a Japanese witness, who stated he was a Christian and…
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Courts & crime, 1932
1,471 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 46 of 74
Solicitor Charged Alleged Misappropriation Sydney
Bertram Heavener 36, formerly a well-known solicitor, pleaded not guilty, at the Central Court to-day, on a charge of having misappropriated £200 of £500…
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Ernest Brown formerly Usher of the Black Rod in the West Australian Legislative Assembly, was to-day sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment on charges of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Monday's Riots Alleged Offenders Charged Remands Granted. Sydney
A number of men concerned in yesterday's riotous proceedings were before the Central Court to-day. Several defendants sported red tics, and all pleaded not…
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Immigration officials to-day postponed until August: 35 the hearing of the charges against the Australian aviatrix. Mrs. Keith Miller, of entering the country…
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At an inquest into the death of William Daniel. Elyun 27, from the effects of arsenical poisoning, the Coroner committed his wife. Mabel Lilian Flynn, 24…
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At the Court of Petty Sessions, Grafton, on Monday afternoon, William Russell, 48, was charged with having at South Grafton on July 23 stolen a watch and chair,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Prisoner Escapes Didn't Milk Gaol Cows Warder Fired Two Shots. Goulburn
Thomas Henry Byrne, 22, who was serving a sentence of 18 months for breaking and entering and carrying an unlicensed pistol, escaped from Goulburn gaol early…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Captain Lancaster Miami Murder Trial Mrs. Keith Miller's Fiance. Miame (Florida)
The trial of Captain Lancaster on a charge of murdering Hayden Clarke, the fiance of the Australian aviatrix, Mrs. Keith Miller, commenced at the Dade…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ulmarra Police Court Welcome to Police Magistrate
At the Ulmarra Police Court on Wednesday last before the business of the Court was commenced, Mr. D. W. Macpherson, on behalf of the legal profession…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Search for Gaol Escapee Police Given Wrong Clue. Goulburn
The police, who are searching for Thomas Henry Byrne, 22, the Goulbur gaol escapee, interviewed a man who was released from gaol on Saturday night…
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An amazing sequence of accidents was set in train at Narrabri when, by the light of a hurricane lamp, Thomas Clarke, 23, went to fill the petrol tank of a lorry…
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The Commissioner of Police announced to-day that the Government had decided to offer of reward of £250 for information deciding to the capprehensionner conviction…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Prepared for Uprising Theft of Arms Provides Warning. Calcutta
Plans for a terrorist uprising are believed to have been frustrated by the arrest at Nangpur, North Bengal, of 115 youths, mostly students, as the sequel to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Goodwin-jarman Appeals Under Breadcarters' Act Appeals Dismissed--magistrate's Order Varied
When the Quarter Sessions opened yesterday morning his Honor Judge Clancy gave his. reserved decisions in the appeals or Arthur Henry Goodwin and Keith…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Farm at Tullymorgan Italians in Court Alleged Detention of Stock and Plant
The hearing was commenced in the District Count at Grafton yesterday before his Honor Judge Clabry of an action in which John Mazzer, of Tunglebung Creek,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Qualified Privilege Constable's Successful Appeal First of Kind Before a British Court Sydney
An unusual case came before the High Court to-day when William Gibbons, police constable, appealed against the decision of the Full Court, in deciding that he had…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ulmarra Police Court a Busy Day Breach of Slaughtering Act
At Ulmarra Police Court on Wednesday, before the P.M., Mr. Hawkins, Heary George Teece was charged that on July 7 he failed to give notice of his intention…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Two Men Sent to Gaol Quarter Sessions Sentences Recent Grafton Robberies
Yesterday afternoon, before his Honor Judge Clancy, at the Grafton Quarter Sessions, Carlyle Arndell, who had pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Incited to Suicide Killed in the Alps Friend Sentenced to Imprisonment. Rome
Incurable, Ferdinande Mezzari was given two years of life by the doctors. He was lent a sum of ready money by a friend, on condition that he (Mezzari)…
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