Murder Suspect Papuan Native Arrested. Canberra
Advice received by the Territories Branch of the Prime Minister's Department indicates that D. O. Taylor has apprehended the Leron River…
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Courts & crime, 1937
1,155 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 8 of 58
Hunger Striker Death In Fremantle Gaol Farmers to Attend Inquest
The annual conference of the Wheatgrowers' Union on Saturday decided that as many of the delegates as possible should attend the inquest on…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Three Charges Hawker Before Court
William James Murphy, hawker, of South Grafton, appeared before Mr. J. McElroy, P.M., in the Grafton Police Court yesterday to answer three…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Omnibus Service Claim For £100 Deposit Action in District Court
An action arising out of the negotiations in connection with the sale of the Grafton-South Grafton omnibus interests held by Mrs. Gladys Eraser was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →£225 Damages Cyclist v. Motor Hover Collision At Maclean District Court Action
A verdict of £225 damages was given by his Honor Judge Clancy in the District Court at Grafton yesterday in favor of the plaintiff in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Next of Kin? Claim For £45,000 Equity Court Case. Sydney
When Michael Edward Burke, died in hospital some years ago it was believed that he was practically penniless, but it was later found that he left an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Three Months' Gaol Punishment for False Pretences
Before his Honor Judge Clancy, at the Grafton Quarter Sessions yesterday, Albert James Rutherford, 43, who on Tuesday had been found guilty by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Navy Man Sentenced To 98 Days Mates Collect for Wife. Sydney
Found guilty of having wilfully destroyed Government goods an able seaman of the Royal Australian Navy has been deprived of two good conduct…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Writs Defendant Appointed. Sydney
The State Executive Council, to-day appointed Mr. M. C. Nott, Under Secretary for Justice, as nominal defendant on behalf of the New South Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sunday Shooting Banned By Police Farmers Losing Stock. Sydney
A warning that persons found carrying firearms on Sundays will be prosecuted was given to-day by the Commissioner for Police, Mr. Mackay, who…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BLACKMAILER Trapped By Police Two Years' Gaol
"I think blackmail is one of the worst crimes in the whole criminal code," said Mr. Justice Brennan, in the Rockhampton Supreme Court on…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Maclean Police Court Cases
At the Maclean Police Court on Thursday, before Mr. J. McElroy, P.M., Walter Henry Tunks, who failed to appear, was charged with having been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bookmaker Charged
At Casino Police Court on Tuesday, Herbert Young, a coursing bookmaker, who resides at Brisbane, was charged with failing to furnish a return of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Under Influence Lorry Drivers Fined Magistrate Issues Warning
Roy McKnight (37) and Arthur Dell (23), lorry drivers, of Armidale, were fined £1, in default 10 days' hard labor, and their licenses were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Found Guilty Scriven Murder Trial Dramatic Scenes In Court Davies Gives Notice of Appeal Melbourne
Dramatic scenes were witnessed when William John Cody and Davies were convicted on a charge of the murder of James Scriven, outside the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Attempted Escape? From Coff's Harbor Lockup Prisoner Uses Gaol Blankets. Coff's Harbor
Giving evidence in a case at Coff's Harbor Police Court in which William Frederick Gordon, the defendant in a breaking, entering and stealing case…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Aborigines Shockingly Treated Clergyman's Allegations Australian Police Criticised London
Bitter criticism of Australia's treatment of the aborigines was voiced by the Rev. C. E. C. Lefroy, former secretary to the Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Chase in Rain Alleged Thief Before Court Committed for Trial
The story of an alleged attempt to rifle a till after midnight, of a chase after the supposed thief in the heaviest of last week's…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mining Leases Recovery Of Purchase Money Appeal Against Warden's Court Decision
In the Warden's Court at Coramba on October 9 last John McGrath, Hiram Reed, William James Benny and James Meadro Stride were the complainants…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Expensive Shave. Cost Him Six Years' Gaol Identified in Court When Clean-shaven
"I can't thank the court for six years' imprisonment, but I must say I have never been so well shaven in my "life," said Jose Penga, a Spaniard,…
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