Christmas Cheer "Pinkie" Leads to Court
George Henry Masters told Mr. S. J. Bliss, P.M., in the Court of Petty Sessions, Grafton, yesterday, that he was not in the habit of taking drink except…
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Courts & crime, 1934
1,305 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 63 of 66
Spanish Prisoner Trick Police Issue Warning. Sydney
The old Spanish prisoner trick has come to light again. A resident of Botany to-day received an appealing letter from Spain, promising…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Trial Begun London Trunk Murder "The Missus Went Away" Alleged Faked Telegram. London
The trunk in which the body of Violette Kaye was found, and the hammer head with which the prosecution alleged she was killed, were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Family Murdered No Trace of Father Police Searching Scrub. Adelaide
No trace has been found of William Arthur Figg, 47, woodcutter, whose young wife and four young children were found murdered in their home at Mylor…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Legal Expenses Bankrupt Court Story. Sydney
During his examination before Acting Registrar in Bankruptcy to-day. William Gay Higgs stated that, although his statement of affairs showed debts of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Bill Appointment of Commissioner From Within Service. Sydney
An assurance that the appointment of a Police Commissioner to replace the present Commissioner on retirement would be made from within the service was given…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Exciting Chase Police Patrol and Fugitive Car Three Men Arrested. Melbourne
A police patrol car was wrecked, an alleged stolen car badly damaged, three men arrested and several shots fired near Lilydale this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →£250,000 Claim Marathon Court Case Will Not End This Year. Sydney
Despite the fact that it has been before the court for 20 days there is no sign of a termination of the action in which B. Davis, Ltd., of London, claims…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Talkies Garden and Prince Edward Theatres. "Murder in Trinidad."
"Murder in Trinidad" is the star attraction to-night, at the Garden Theatre. The Trinidad setting provides an unusual background for this type of story. There…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Protect Politicians Gaol for Malicious Critics New Move in Germany. Berlin
Cabinet to-day passed several Bills, one of which provides for imprisonment for anyone speaking maliciously against the political leaders. Private utterances are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bankrupt in Prison Plea for Release Fails Story of Assault and Robbery Sydney
In the Bankruptcy Court to-day, before Mr. Justice Lukin, John Lindo, bankrupt, applied for release from prison after serving three months…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Trunk Murder Jack Notyre On Trial Admits Hiding Body Was Afraid of Previous Convictions. London
Fingering a rosary, which he produced from his coat pocket, in answer to the Judge's question as to what he was holding, Jack Notyre, who…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Man Shot in Back Staggers to Police Station Alleged Attacker Follows with Revolver. Brisbane
Staggering into the Longreach Police Station last night, from his home across the street, with three revolver bullets in his back, Arthur…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Nazis Arrested Plot In Lithuania Mass Court-martial German Consuls Recalled. Kovno
Investigations of many months to-day culminated in the discovery of an alleged plot of Nazis living in Memel territory, to seize a portion of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Griffin's Appeal Case For Higher Court Trouble Over Increased Bail Kisch's Case Adjourned. Sydney
Extra police lined the corridors at the Parramatta Quarter Sessions Appeals Court to-day, when the appeals of Egon Kisch and Gerald Griffin,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Woman Alleges Assault Man Detained by Police
A woman complained to the Grafton police on Saturday night that, while on her way home, she had been molested and assaulted…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Charged by Straying Cow Child's Narrow Escape. Maclean
The dangers of allowing stock to stray on streets was emphasised on Saturday when a young child, about to enter the gate of her parents' home, was charged…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Talkies Garden and Prince Edward Theatres. "Hide Out" and "The Dragon Murder Case."
The two features for final screening tonight, at the Garden and Prince Edward Theatr[?]s, will be "Hide Out," starring Robert Mo[?]tgomery. and Maureen…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →G.P.O. TOWER Struck By Lightning Phone Girls in Panic Paxton Police Station Struck. Sydney
During the height of to-day's thunderstorm, lightning struck the G.P.O. tower, which is the highest point in the city area, and, running…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Court Many Cases Colored Man Remanded on Serious Charge
Christopher Walker, a colored man, appeared at the Grafton Court of Petty Sessions, yesterday before Mr. S. J. Bliss, P.M., charged with having assaulted a…
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