"Gaol Rather Than Matrimony." Sydney
When Donald Leslie Mathews came before the Central Police Court to-day on a charge of having assaulted his wife, he urged the Magistrate…
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Courts & crime, 1938
1,268 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 4 of 64
Grafton Council a Late Sitting Brick Area Ordinance Police and the Labor Bureau
The sitting of the Grafton City Council lasted until a late hour on Monday night, and parts of the business transacted were not included in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →False Clue On Pyjama Murder Detectives Disappointed. Sydney
Following the inquest at Albury yesterday into the death of a still unidentified girl on September 1, 1934, Detective Inspector Bowie and Defective…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →R.A.A.F. Pilot Charged Striking Superior Officers Flew From Australia. London
Pilot Officer Frederick Robert McQuire (23), of the 114th Bomber Squadron, R.A.F., who stated that he with a friend flew from Australia to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Failure of Duty Captain of the Saros Marine Court's Verdict Direction Finders Needed Melbourne
The Marine Court, which inquired into the stranding of the freighter, Saros, on a ledge of rock under Cape Everard lighthouse on Christmas…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Charged by Bull
Mr. Lawrence Gilbert Wright, a grazier, aged 40, of "Glentryst," Guyra road, met with serious and painful injuries when charged by a bull at the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Maclean Police Court Failing to Furnish Returns
For failing to furnish to the Fisheries Inspector monthly returns in accordance with the Fisheries and Oyster Farmers' Act, showing the quantities…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Arab Sentenced to Death. Jerusalem
The Military Court passed sentence of death on an Arab peasant for firing on the police last week, during investigations into the murder of the…
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A police warning has been given to North Coast businessmen to be wary about cashing postal notes from strangers who may tender them in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Murder Charge Arrest in Adelaide. Adelaide
When discharged from hospital this afternoon William Hercus Findlay (37), boiler attendant, of Swansea, was arrested and charged with having…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Small Debts Court
In the Small Debts Court at Grafton yesterday, before Mr. J. McElroy, P.M., James Norcombe Webber, of the Clarence River Timber Co., South…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rope and Hook To Escape From Gaol Fremantle Prisoner Missing. Perth
Sentenced in April to 12 months' imprisonment, and ordered to be detained during the Governor's pleasure, Arthur Charles Martin (40), escaped from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Military Court Death Sentence Imposed on Arab. Jerusalem
The Military Court sentenced to death Abdel Kader Taha, who confessed to complicity in the murder of the British archaeologist, Starkey…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Protest Attacks In Parliament Inspector Fergusson Re-elected. Sydney
Alleging that certain members of Parliament used the privileges of the House to make unwarranted attacks upon police officers, a meeting of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gaol Escapee Recaptured. Melbourne
Gordon Orme, 16, who escaped from the hospital yard at Pentridge last Tuesday by scaling two high walls, was recaptured yesterday, near East…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pyjama Murder Inquiries In Victoria And S.A. Body Still Preserved. Sydney
Fresh hope of a possible solution of the "pyjama girl mystery," one of Australia's most baffling murders, has arisen following the inquest held at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cagoulards Two Charged with Murder. Paris
Two men arrested recently during a round up of Cagoulards, Jakubiez and Bouvier, have been charged with the murder of the Italian anti-Fascist…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Deregistratton of Engineering Unions Application To Court Alleged Unlawful Strike Sydney
The admission that some members of the union had defied the instruction of the union executive to resume work was made by Joseph…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lad of 16 Charged with Murder. Adelaide
Katherine Theresa Bradley, 54, of Richmond Park Station, near Robe, who, was shot at her home yesterday, died in Millicent Hospital to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Theft of Jewellery Front Door Forced Supposed Work of Boys
The police at Grafton are investigating a case of stolen jewellery recently reported to them and supposed to have occurred between midday on January…
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