Bail Refused Intent to Murder Charge. Sydney
Eric Courtney, 37, was committed for trial at the Central Police Court to-day on a charge of having shot Joseph Corbett, at Yarra Bay, on June 25,…
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Courts & crime, 1938
1,268 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 42 of 64
Ban on Books High Court To Test Notice Served on Customs Official. Sydney
The validity of the ban on the importation into Australia of certain books and magazines is to be tested in the High Court…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Solicitor Fined Argued With Bench Removed From Court. Melbourne
Joseph Barnett, solicitor, to-day was fined £1. and was removed from the court in custtody. and remained an hour and a half in the watch-house,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cheques for £340 Payment Was Stopped Grazier And Woman Amazing Court Story Melbourne
A remarkable story of the relationship between a woman, claiming to be the daughter of a foreign Count, and a grazier, was unfolded…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Old Man Sentenced. Lismore
Found guilty by a jury of an indecent assault on a girl under 16 years of age, Arthur Waters, 67, was sentenced to imprisonment for two years…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fight in Gaol The "Bagman's Horror"
Plainclothes Constable C. T. Lyons, of Kempsey, referred to by a man he was arresting as the "Bagman's horror," told of a lively time he had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Killed Four First Day Out of Gaol
SAN JOSE (Costa Rica), Wednesday. Dissatisfied with the treatment given him in gaol by two doctors, Beltran Cortes, a criminal who killed a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Intruder Fled Another Theft Reported People Hear Prowlers
Two more Grafton houses were entered by an intruder on Wednesday night. A man fled from the residence of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Murder Charge Two Prison Guards for Trial Philadelphia
Two prison guards were arrested, following the inquiry into the deaths of four prisoners during a hunger strike. They were released on £625…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Five Years Ex-bank Clerk Sentenced Stole £69,105 Lost Money Backing Horses Brisbane
Sentence of five years' imprisonment was imposed on Cecil Roberts Trotman Foote, 38, bank clerk, to-day, when he pleaded guilty to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Former Dorrigonian Involved in Car Collision District Court Action
Arising out of a motor car collision at the tick gates on the Woolgoolga road on May 8. an action was heard in the District Court before…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gordon Election Void Irregular Majority of 125 VOTES Court's Decision By-election Next Month Sydney
Holding that it is mandatory for certain formalities to be completed when absent, postal and "section" votes are cast at State elections, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Road Safety London Magistrate on Dangerous Motorists
Mr. Claude Mullins, a London magistrate who gave evidence before the Select Committee of the House of Lords which is inquiring into road accidents…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sagacity of Police Dogs
To remove the telephone receiver and bark a warning into the mouthpiece to police headquarters is one of the duties of German shepherd dogs…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Victim of Assault Doctor Seeks Permission to Operate. Adelaide
A doctor has applied to the Crown Law authorities for permission to operate upon a 14-year-old girl, who, it is alleged, was the victim of an assault. He…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Youth Shot In Chase By Police Detective Attacked. Melbourne
After an exciting half-hour's chase, in which four shots were fired police arrested two youths to-night, one of whom was wounded, in the thigh. A…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →30 ARRESTS In Melbourne Raid Police Smash Down Doors Melbourne
Gaming police battered down doors and arrested 30 men this afternoon, in a club in Queen's Parade, Clifton Hill. The police arrived in cars about 3…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →What Is Life Worth? No Thermometer Of Happiness Judge Makes Court Laugh
"Unfortunately we have no thermometer of happiness," complained Mr. Justice Langton during the hearing, in London, of cross-appeals in the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Criminal Assault Operations on Young Girls. Adelaide
Any move taken by Parliament to amend the criminal law to allow opera- lions to be performed on young girls Who are victims of criminal assault…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wild Week-end Colored Men In Trouble Charged with Drunkenness
As a sequel to drunken disturbances during the week -end four aborigines appeared before Mr. C. H. Blackmore, J.P., at the Grafton…
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