En Route to the Broome Alleged Assault. Defendant Fined £5
At Maclean Police Court this morning, before Mr. J. McElroy, P.M., Isabel Alice Sheehan laid an information against Thomas Copland, charging…
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Courts & crime, 1938
1,268 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 14 of 64
Haile Selassie Fails in Court Claim. London
Mr. Justice Bennett, delivering judgment in the case in which Haile Selassie is claiming money allegedly due from cable and wireless charges while he…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maclean Police Court Motor Traffic Act Prosecution
At the Maclean Police Court on Thursday last before Mr. J. McElroy, P.M., Henry George Teece was charged with having failed to return an expired…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fowl Thief Collapses When Sentenced. Sydney
George Lutwvyche, 45, who pleaded guilty at Manly Court to three charges of stealing fowls, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment on one charge…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cracked Teapot With Armorial Bearings Causes Police Court Action. London, March 5
There has been a storm over a teapot at Uxbridge, Middlesex. Mrs. Clarice H. M. Naylor-Davidson, 75year-old widow of a doctor, was fined…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Kempsey Court Liquor Sold to Aboriginal
Before Mr. Parker, Relieving Magistrate, at the Kempsey Police Court. David Harris Williams was charged with selling liquor without holding a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Murder Charge Stationmaster Shot Three Youths In Custody Inquest at Maitland Maitland
The inquest on Cyril Clive Maher, night officer, who was shot through the head as he sat at his desk in the signal box at Farley railway station,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Victorian Police To Be Reorganised New Detective System. Melbourne
Drastic alterations in the police force organisation are to be made in accordance with the plan drawn up by the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Duncan,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Kept Running" When Shots Were Fired Murder Charge in Sydney Young Man for Trial. Sydney
When the inquest into the death of Albert Ernest Hedges (64), musician, of Merrylands, on February 27, was resumed to-day Leonard Fradd told…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Death Sentence Spicer Found Guilty Murdered Child Of Six Praise for Police Dog Sydney
At the Central Police Court to-day, the Crown Prosecutor, Mr. McKean, K.C., during the trial of Alfred Spicer, 65. on a charge of murder, described…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Court Dress Will Be Worn In Paris to Honor King and Queen. London, February 26
The days of Imperial France will be recalled when the King and Queen visit Paris in June. in honor of their Majesties, court knee breeches will be…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →In Collision Accident Near Gaol Elderly Man Injured
Mr. Frederick William Young, an elderly man residing on the Southgate road, sustained contused wounds to the head and shock, when his car…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Taxation Case High Court Decision. Melbourne
An important decision affecting shareholders in companies was delivered to-day by the High Court of Australia. The court held that bonus shares of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Woman Assaulted Incident On Broome's Head Road Acton in Maclean Court Defendant Fined £5
Thomas Copland, storekeeper, of Broome's Head, who was represented by Mr. J. A. Lobban, appeared before Mr. J. McElroy, P.M., at the Maclean…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Trespassing Stock On Camping Reserve P.P. Board Takes Action Five Grafton Court Cases
Five charges under the Pastures Protection Act were brought against Grafton district graziers before M. J. McElroy, P.M. in the Grafton…
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A pitiful story of hardship was told in the Wyong Police Court on Friday, when Alex Osmond Avondale was charged with having stolen a sum of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →£25 THEFT From Lismore Shop Thieves Break Jeweller's Window. Lismore
Thieves hurled a large piece of timber through a plate-glass window in M. Phillips' jeweller's shop at Lismore early this morning and stole goods,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Additional Police For Coff's Harbor Town Beatification Scheme. Coff's Harbor
At the general meeting of the Coff's Harbor Chamber of Commerce held after the annual meeting it was decided to forward to the Chief…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Court Adjourned
Mr. E. P. Kinsela, Sydney barrister, who is well-known on the Central North Coast, was seen to be laboring under severe mental stress whilst he…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Assault Charge Man Proceeds Against Brother Case Is Withdrawn
When the case of James Adams, of Grafton, v. Harry Adams, of Ulmarra road, South Grafton, was called at the Grafton Court of Petty Sessions…
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