"Blow Struck" Pensioner Charged with Murder. Melbourne
A grey-haired pensioner, Edmund Thomas James (72), of North Melbourne, was charged at the City Court to-day, with the murder of Harold…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1936
1,247 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 58 of 63
Must Wear Coats in Court
Three defendants appeared before Newcastle Police Court on Friday without their coats. "Have you no coat?" each one was asked in turn by the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Park Murder Accused Pleads Alibi Charles Johnson's Death. Sydney
Declaring that at the time Johnson was assaulted he was at his sister's home, Harry Barker, who is charged with the murder of Charles William…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shots Fired Dead Body Found Youth On Murder Charge "Had Rifle of Trainee" Melbourne
Robert Henry Boone, 17, ironworker, of Thornbury, appeared in the City Court to-day, on a charge of having killed an unknown man at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sent to Gaol Former Mayoral Candidate. Montreal
Edward Patrick, who ran as Mayor recently, with the slogan, "Shoot all criminals; any man who runs foul of the law deserves to be shot," was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Larceny As Bailee Discounted Promissory Notes Ex-diamond Merchant Sentenced. Melbourne
Presenting Henry Lewis, a former diamond merchant, of Caulfield, in the Criminal Court, to-day, on three charges of larceny as a bailee of 51…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →10 Years' Gaol Sentence For Manslaughter Accused Protests Innocence Sydney
Convicted of the manslaughter of Charles William Joseph Johnson, 23. Harry Barker, 25, was sentenced to 10 years' penal servitude, by Mr. Justice…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Raid Arrested at Coff's Harbor Jetty. Coff's Harbor
Following a raid by police officers on a billiard saloon in Ocean street, Coff's Harbor Jetty, this afternoon, two men were arrested and charged with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →WORTH £5000 Seat On Stock Exchange Evidence in Divorce Court. Sydney
According to: counsel appearing before the Registrar in Divorce to-day, the value of a seat on the Sydney Stock Exchange to-day is £5000, and the seat…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Suicide Threat by Witness Collapsed In Court Dramatic Incident Wellington (N.z.)
A threat by a witness to commit suicide gave a dramatic turn to a case in the Wellington Magistrate's Court to-day when Walter Edward…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Melb. Murder Three Men Charged Titles Office Shooting "One Grabbed the Bag" Melbourne
Arising out of the death of James Scriven, who was fatally wounded in the city on January 31, Wm. John Cody, 25, Geoffrey Davies, 32, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shot Stepfather to Save Mother Murder Charge Charleville Shooting Case Charleville
Evidence that she shot the deceased, who was in a drunken state, in order to prevent him from killing her mother, was contained in a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Drinking Bout Pensioner Killed Brothers On Murder Charge Each Accuses the Other Sydney
Charged with having murdered Robert Andrew McKenzie, an old age pensioner, near Rockley, on October 20, Thomas Michael Ryan (30)…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two Girls Charged £40 Stolen From Firm. Melbourne
Sylvia Andrews (17) and Muriel Hannah (17) were committed for trial in the Prahran Court to-day on a charge of having stolen £40 the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MANSLAUGHTER Five Years' Gaol Death of a Woman. Sydney
Charged with the murder of Ettie Baird, whose body was found on the foreshore at Seaforth, near Manly, on October 24, Stephen Grimshaw (52)…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sittings Next Week Quarter Sessions and District Court
The Quarter Sessions and sittings of the District Court will be held at the Grafton Courthouse next week, commencing on Monday, at 10 a.m. His…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Like a Madman" Charleville Trial Woman On Murder Charge Story of Eccentricity Charleville
Evid[?]nce that the deceased had behaved in a very acc[?]ntric manner, was given to-day when the hearing was continued of the case in which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Drop That Rod'' Scriven Murder Case Gun Fight Described Policeman's Graphic Story Melbourne
Exciting incidents associated with the arrest of William John Cody, 24, and Geoffrey Davies, 32, who, with Rupert Davies, 28, are charged with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Rose Marie" Rights Of J. C. Williamson, Ltd. State Full Court Reverses Decision. Melbourne
The State Full Court to-day reversed the decision given by the Chief Justice, Sir Frederick Mann, on the question of whether J. C. Williamson, Ltd., had the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Scriven Murder Principal Witness Wounded. Melbourne
The principal witness in the Scriven murder trial, James Ezekial Dugan, was admitted to hospital on Saturday night with a bullet wound in the thigh…
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