Small Debts Court
Before Mr. J. McElroy, P.M., in the Small Debts Court at Grafton yesterday, Mervyn James Hutchison and Ernest Robert Hennes, practising as…
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Courts & crime, 1938
1,268 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 10 of 64
ALIBI McFARLANE'S DEFENCE Demsey Murder Trial Trouble with Truck Wheel Melbourne
Giving evidence from the witness box to-day, Roy McFarlane, one of the four men charged with the murder of John Thomas Demsey, detailed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Distressing Case Blind War Nurse Sydney Magistrate's Comment. Sydney
Lydia Evans, 44, who appeared at the Central Police Court to-day on a charge of vagrancy, said she was a nursing sister with the British Army during the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →High Court Sidelight Judgment on a Book
This is a judgment on a book, by the High Court, says a Melbourne message. Scene: High Court of Australia. Argument: Concerning damages in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Not Guilty Demsey Murder Trial Judge Directs Jury Denials by Accused Melbourne
Stating he had come to the conclusion that this was a case in which the jury could not properly come to a verdict of guilty in respect of any…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wages Tax Statement By Premier Appeal to High Court. Sydney
The Premier, Mr. Stevens, stated to-night that the Government did not accept the decision of the Magistrate in the case of Lang v. Tasmanian…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dismissed Port Macquarie Appeal Mowle v. Elliot Full Court's Judgment Sydney
The Full Court to-day dismissed, with costs, the appeal of Mrs. Minnie Mowle, wife of Ernest Mowle, Mayor of Port Macquarie, against…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Theft of Trucks Charge Against Three Men. Melbourne
Roy McFarlane (32), Matthew Francis O'Keefe (37), and William Grahame (30) to-day were remanded from the City Court, until March 7, on a charge…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →29 APPLICANTS For Police Reserve Local Land Board's Decision
There were 29 conflicting applications for the special lease of the police reserve just outside the boundary of Grafton in the parish of Great Marlow,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Cars Two Were Held Up Amateur Bandits Astray Fate in Leading Role London
Fate played a leading role in the adventures of two soldiers, Andrew Vandelburg and Reginald Kaye, both of the 12th Lancers, when they…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bishop Sentenced Prosecution in Germany. Berlin
Bishop Niemoller was sentenced to seven months honorable confinement in a fortress in which there is no criminal stigma. He was also fined 500…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Trapped by Police Ruse
In order to trap Cecil Garner, car proprietor, of Murwillumbah, two Queensland police went along in mufti, and asked Jack Kaelher, Garner's…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tin Miner Before Court
There was a background almost of tragedy behind a story related in the Glen Innes Police Court on Monday, when a miner, who stated he made only…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Woman Arrested Official Secrets Act Police Seize Documents. London
Mrs. Jessie Jordan, middle-aged owner of a Dundee hairdressing shop, was arrested on Wednesday on charges under the Official Secrets Act. She will…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British Attitude Abyssinian Occupation Haile Selassie's Court Action London
In the course of Haile Selassie's action in the Chancery Court demanding £10,613 from cable and wireless charges due under an agreement which,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →High Court Strongly Criticised By Sir Isaac Isaacs Riverina Transport Case Melbourne
Strong criticism of the decision of the High Court in the Riverina transport case was made by Sir Isaac Isaacs, former Chief Justice of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Two Years' Gaol For Receiving Stolen Calves Queensland Grazier Sentenced. Brisbane
Henry Christopher Teitzel, 58, grazier, of Adavale, near Bowen, who was found guilty, at the "third trial, of receiving six calves, knowing them to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Official Secrets German's Widow Charged London
The "Daily Mail" states that" Mrs. Jessie Wallace, alias Jordan, who appeared at Dundee Police Court and was remanded on a charge of a breach of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cattle Theft Appeal Dismissed "Carefully Planned Crime." Sydney
The story of a well-to-do man who instigated an employee to steal for him was unfolded in the Court of Criminal Appeals to-day, when the Chief…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Theft of Bananas
Arthur Jarrett, of Alstonville, was fined £2, and ordered to pay 8 court costs, and £1 compensation, when he was charged at the Alstonsville Police…
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