Fowl in Court
A Black Orpington fowl was produced from a chaff bag in Lismore Police Court on Friday morning during the hearing of a case before…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1938
1,268 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 62 of 64
Bag Ladder Used by Criminals Daring Gaol Escape One Man Recaptured Sydney
Three habitual criminals, John Williams, 27, John Eade, 37, and Joseph Bourke, 35, made a daring escape from Parramatta gaol early…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →CONGRATULATIONS Magistrate's Promotion To Lismore Legal Profession and Police
Congratulations were offered to the Police Magistrate, Mr. J. McElroy, on his promotion to Lismore, by the legal profession, police and Courthouse staff,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Month's Gaol Four Men In Boat Lismore Court Case. Lismore
There was a sequel in Lismore Police Court to-day to the arrest of four men at the N.C.S.N. Co.'s wharf on the night of December 13 when Stanley…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coff's Police Court Pure Food Act Prosecutions Butcher Fined
At the Coff's Harbor Police Court on Friday, before Mr. J. McElroy, P.M., Ernest Fogarty, butcher, of Coff's Harbor, pleaded guilty to having sold…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Missing Typiste Police Ridicule Story. Brisbane
Police officials to-day scouted the suggestion that the body of Miss Marjorie Norval, the missing Government typiste, had been encased in cement and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gaol Escapees Two Still At Large 15 Minutes to Scale Walls. Sydney
It has been definitely established that the three prisoners who escaped from Parramatta gaol on Saturday made their dash for freedom between…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Divorce Court to Work Overtime. Sydney
To reduce the number of cases awaiting hearing the Divorce Court will sit through the Christmas law vacation…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Strangled Aunt and Niece Melb. Double Murder Evidence at Inquest Melbourne
At the inquest on Annie Wiseman, 62, and her 17-year-old niece, Phyllis Wiseman, to-day, Dr. C. H. Mollison, Government pathologist, said that the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rate Arrears Shire Council's Action Small Debts Court
Summonses by the Orara Shire Council and the Nymboida Shire Council for arrears of rates were dealt with in the Small Debts Court at Grafton,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Valuations Copmanhurst Shire (Court Sits 7[?] Hours Southgate Road Reductions
For seven and a half Hours yesterday wholesale appeals against the Copmanhurst Shire Council valuations were dealt with at the Grafton…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"Wife Had Gone" "Strangers In His Home" Husband's Statement to Court. Melbourne
In the Banco Court to-day., the Chief Justice, Sir Frederick Mann, was told that when Robert Stickland, of Athol street, Prahran returned home…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Breaking Windows Two Men Charged. Sydney
Two men who came before the court to-day, on charges of breaking windows, each pleaded the reason for their action was that they were hungry…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →TRESPASSING Magistrate's Ruling Salesman Awarded Damages. Sydney
An important point of law was determined by the Magistrate at Hornsby Court to-day when, in effect, he held that a salesman who entered…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Jean Corless Released From Gaol "A Very Sad Case." Sydney
Jean Corless, who was yesterday found "not guilty on the ground of insanity" of the murder of her two weeks old baby, near Deepwater, was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Murder Charge Aunt and Niece Strangled In Home Accused Committed for Trial Melbourne
An interview with the man who was subsequently charged with the murder of Annie Wiseman and her niece, Phyllis Wiseman, 17, at their…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bedside Court Brisbane Theatre Tragedy Wounded Girl Gives Evidence. Brisbane
Dorothy Bertha Coffin, 27, who was wounded by a bullet in a picture theatre on Friday last, gave evidence against Emanuel Roy Wright, 27, who…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Judge's Comment Brother And Sister In Court "Knock Some Sense Into Them." Sydney
Brother and sister were opposing parties in the Federal Bankruptcy Court to-day and Judge Lukin suggested that counsel should get together…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Theft of Accordeons
Charged at Kyogle Police Court last week with stealing three accordeous, John Herbert Wood, aged 20, said he took them because he liked…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Smart Alick," Says Magistrate
"You have been a very "Smart Alick, but it does not pay to be smart," remarked Mr. W. P. Wilson, P.M., to a young man who appeared before him in…
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