Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Courts & crime, all years

Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1937

1,155 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 25 of 58

Fletcher's Case £10,000 Claim Against Government Court Reserves Decision Counsel Withdraws Statement Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 28 May 1937 · page 5

The Full Court to-day reserved judgment in the special case in the matter of Ernest Harold Fletcher, who claimed £10,000 damages from…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Maclean Police Court

Daily Examiner · Saturday 29 May 1937 · page 7

At Maclean Police Court, yesterday morning, before local justices, George James, an aboriginal, was charged with being a person having no visible…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Vagrancy Act Man Charged At Coff's Harbor Sentenced to 11 Days' Imprisonment. Coff's Harbor

Daily Examiner · Saturday 29 May 1937 · page 4

At the' Coff's Harbor Police Court this morning, Thomas Scanlon, 36, appeared on a charge under the Vagrancy Act, of having insufficient lawful means…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Posed As Police Hold-op At Glebe Two Men Sent to Gaol Darlinghurst Sessions. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 29 May 1937 · page 5

Convicted at Darlinghurst Sessions to-day on a charge of having stolen £80, Edward Heath (37), was sentenced to four years' penal servitude…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

£34,000 FRAUD 41 Years' Gaol for Conspiracy. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 29 May 1937 · page 5

Commenting that he did not think the accused was the ringleader, Acting Judge Betts, at the Quarter Sessions to-day, sentenced Guy Paul McDonald…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

To Leave Town So Police Give No Evidence

Daily Examiner · Saturday 29 May 1937 · page 3

Clement Moss, 35, appeared before Mr. J. McElroy, P.M., in the Grafton Police Court yesterday, charged with being an idle and disorderly person…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Important Clue Murder Of Harry Brown Early Solution Expected. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 29 May 1937 · page 5

The search for the man whom the police wish to interview in connection with the murder of Ernest Harry Brown at Millie Creek is being confined to a…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Abo Woman Up On Two Charges Alleged Attack on Police

Daily Examiner · Saturday 29 May 1937 · page 3

A young aboriginal woman, who, it was alleged, tried to hit the police sergeant who arrested her with a paling, and then tried to stab him…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Woman Incinerated S.A. Police Puzzled House Locked on Outside. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Saturday 29 May 1937 · page 5

The charred remains of Martha Herriman (60) were found in the ruins of a single-roomed house, which was destroyed by fire at Klemzig, early to-day…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Garah Murder Arrest Near Penrith Unconscious Under Bushes Wilful Murder Charge Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 31 May 1937 · page 5

Harold Thomas Mullen (36), laborer, a native of Victoria, was charged by provisional warrant, at the Central Police Station to-night, with having,…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Murder Charge Death of Old Man at Batlow. Batlow

Daily Examiner · Monday 31 May 1937 · page 5

Edgar Arthur Evans was charged at Batlow Police Court last night, with murder of Arthur Clark Evans, 71, whose body was discovered in a hut on a…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Open Court? for Maintenance Cases. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 31 May 1937 · page 5

Mr. A. S. Henry, M.L.A., intends to move in next session of the State Parliament for the hearing of maintenance cases in open court. He will ask that…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Exciting Chase Police Car And Truck Four Men Arrested. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 31 May 1937 · page 5

After an exciting chase, the police patrol car forced a motor truck into the gutter at East Burwood, in the early hours of this morning, and…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

REMANDED Harold Thomas Mullen Garah Murder Case. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 June 1937 · page 4

Harold Thomas Mullen, 36, laborer, was remanded until Thursday, at the Central Police Court to-day, on a charge of having, murdered Harry…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Sale of Sultanas High Court Review of Lower Court Decisions. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 June 1937 · page 4

Mr. Justice Evatt in the High Court to-day granted orders nisi to review the decision in four cases in which fruitgrowers had been convicted at Mildura…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Local and General a Poser in Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 June 1937 · page 4

"How much is that a week?" asked a Magistrate in Balmain Court when, a woman told him her sons earned "the basic." The woman did not know. The…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Probate Duty Important High Court Decision. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 June 1937 · page 3

A Far- reaching decision was, made by the High Court to-day when it held that where two persons purchased a property as joint tenants in common and…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Removed From Hotels Wireless And Result Boards Police Move at Newcastle. Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 June 1937 · page 3

In order to assist them in minimising the volume of starting price betting in Newcastle and on the northern coalfields, police have requested hotel…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Strategy in Burglary

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 June 1937 · page 7

A "burglar" who does not force a lock, or break open doors or windows, gaining loot without even entering the scene of his enterprise, has been at…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Scriven Murder High Court Reserves Decision Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 June 1937 · page 1

At the conclusion of argument by the Crown Prosecutor (Mr. Book, K.C.), the Full High Court reserved its decision on the application by Rupert Davies and…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →