Council Sued Alderman's Costly Action Has to Pay Court Costs
Residents of Port Macquarie get a good deal of interest out of their local municipal council, which is not altogether a happy family, and lots…
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Courts & crime, 1936
1,247 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 7 of 63
London Police Car Stolen
A police car and inter-station dispatches were stolen in the West End of London recently, states the London "Daily Herald." The car was left…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Writ for £5000 Police Commissioner v. Newspaper. Melbourne
Alleging libel, the Commissioner of Police (Sir Thomas Blarney) to-day had a writ issued out of the Supreme Court against the proprietors of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Is It Ultra Vires? Proclamation And Act Court's Jurisdiction Questioned
At the Ulmarra Police Court on Wednesday, Thomas Firth was charged that between December 1 and December 10, 1935', being the owner of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Burglary at Butchery Joints Deaden Explosion. Sydney
Packing meat around the safe to minimise the sound of the detonation, safebreakers last night cracked a safe in a butcher's shop in Pitt street,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sydney Crime 13 Murders Last Year 134,900 Persons Charged. Sydney
Thirteen more murder cases, an increase of nearly 2000 in alleged traffic breaches, greater activity in gambling suppressions, and a generally…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rope Across Street Police Detain Two Men
The episode in Maclean, on Thursday night, whan a thick rope was found stretched across River street, in the way of traffic, was investigated on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pistol Clue The Scriven Murder Three Men Released. Melbourne
The police, in their search for the murderer of Jamse Edward Scriven, Government messenger, last week, are concentrating on the clue of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →For Olympiad? Police Rowing Crew Force May Raise £2000. SYDNEY
The police crew which, on Saturday won the championship eights, on the Nepean River, may represent Australia at the Olympic games, held in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mistaken Identity Error In Coroner's Court "Dead" Man Gives Evidence. Sydney
A most unusual case of mistaken identity was finally cleared up to-day by the City Coroner (Mr. Oram). Early in January Mr. Oram…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Heard Murder Police At Telephone Crime in Front of Receiver
A telephone bell rang in police headquarters in Gdynia, Poland's only port, states the Warsaw correspondent of the "Daily Express." A sergeant took off…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Titles Office Murder Detective Raids in Melbourne. Melbourne
As a result of investigations, detectives are now almost certain of the identity of one of the men concerned in the Titles Office murder, and last night…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Gunnedah Horror Pretty Waitress Shot Man on Murder Charge Argument in House. Sydney
Before the eyes of her aunt and nephew Miss Eva Mary Saunderson, 30, a pretty waitress, was shot and fatally wounded at her home at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Youth's Suicide to Escape Arrest Coroner Praises Police "A Dangerous Criminal" Sydney
The shooting of Constable J. Turbutt, while chasing some youths near the Central Police Station on New Year's Eve, and the death of Arthur…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Breaking Point Name in Headlines Findlay Conspiracy Case Sensation in Court Sydney
Allegations that Findlay had stated that he would see that her husband got away to New Zealand without interference, and that he had…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →18 Months' Gaol Former Policeman Breaking and Entering. Sydney
Imprisonment for 18 months was the sentence meted out to John McDonald Harcombe, 42, a former member of the police force, to-day, by Judge White…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Important Clue Titles Office Murder Photograph Identified. Melbourne
An important development has occured in the Titles Office murder case, a Caulfield painter having identified from photographs supplied to him by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Murder Charge Gunnedah Shooting Remand Until After Inquest. Gunnedah
Following his arrest, last night, shortly after the death of Eva Marion Saunderson, in hospital, Thomas Hankinson appeared before Mr. P. E…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Grafton Police Court
At the Grafton Police Court yesterday morning, before Mr. T. G. Flynn, J.P., Robert Cobley, 66, was charged with having been found drunk on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Devil's Island Terrorists Sentenced Murder of King Alexander
AIX EN PROVENCE, Wednesday. The trial was concluded to-day of the three Yugo-Slavian terrorists on charges of complicity in the…
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