NOW 19 Strong Lismore Police Force. Lismore
The strength of the Lismore police force has been increased to 19 men with the appointment to Lismore of constable M. W. McKeon, of Newcastle…
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Courts & crime, 1939
1,129 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 13 of 57
Campbell Case Full Court Reserves Decision. Sydney
The Full Court to-day reserved its decision in the case in which Eric Campbell, solicitor, was called on to show cause why his name should not…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Suicide Threat Youth with Pea-rifle Terrific Struggle Overpowered by Police Sydney
A seventeen-year-old youth, who had threatened to commit suicide, was disarmed on Central Railway Station ramp this afternoon, after a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tenterfield Murder Blood-stained Axe Exhibited at Inquest Sensational Story Kelly's Alleged Statement "Whole Thing Is Awful." Tenterfield
Alleged to have been used to batter the woman to death and inflict serious injuries upon her brother, a bloodstained axe was exhibited at the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Youth's Death Mate Charged With Manslaughter Sequel to Fight. Melbourne
Following a fight with a workmate yesterday afternoon, Cedric Gibson, 18, cabinetmaker, of Thornbury, collapsed and died last night. During the fight…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →L.G. Act Breaches Botany Alderman Charged Disqualification Application. Sydney
Alleging that Ald. John McCarthy, of Botany Council, had acted on numerous occasions in the past six months as an alderman while being…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Youth with Rifle "Has Ungovernable Temper" Step-father Tells Magistrate Sydney
The sixteen-year-old youth with whom two police constables struggled for possession of a pea-rifle in a taxi-cab on the Central Railway ramp…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Patrol Councillors Inspect New Car Can Do 85 M.P.H.
Members of the Copmanhurst Shire Council, at the invitation Inspector J. F. McNeill, inspected the police wireless patrol car yesterday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fists and Axe Miss Sommerlad's Death Kelly For Trial Wilful Murder Charge Second Alleged Statement. Tenterfield
Trevor John Kelly, 24, was committed for trial at the conclusion of the inquest to-day into the death of Marjorie Constance Sommerlad, 35,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Green's Appeal Glenroy Murder Case. Melbourne
The Court of Criminal Appeal commenced the hearing of the appeal by George Green, 38, chimney, sweep, against his sentence to death for the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Native Quarrel? Woman Dead, Man Injured Police Search for Husband Darwin
An aboriginal woman named Brumby, was found dead, and a male aborigine seriously injured, at Maronboy tinfield, 40 miles east of Katherine and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Court £2 for Indecent Language
Arrested by Constable Pinkerton at 2.30 yesterday morning, Reginald Lloyd, 26, appeared before Mr. A. J. Bryant. P.M., in the Grafton Police…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Prisoner Collapsed Charged with Attempt to Kill. Brisbane
Charged with having attempted to kill his wife, John Edward Spangler (38), described as a war wreck, collapsed in the Criminal Court to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Murder Charge "Dispute Over Native Woman." Cairns
Peter Moran (60), aborigine, was charged to-day with the murder of another aborigine, Johnny Martin, at an aboriginal camp at Malanda recently…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Man Hanged Problem for Police. Sydney
Whether John Johnstone Manson, 50, met his death accidentally or committed suicide is a problem confronting the police…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Nudist in Court. Wellington (N.z.)
Saying she was a disgrace to her sex, a Magistrate at Auckland Police Court to-day ordered a young woman to come up for sentence in six months…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →FORMER W.A. DEAN Sentenced To Six Months Wholesale Fraud. London, February 25
A former Dean of Perth, Western Australia, Henry Frederick Mercer, aged 67, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment at Rhyl, North Wales,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →500 Defy Police Fruit Pickers Riot Near Mildura Police Fire Shots Firemen Called Out Hoses Turned on Mob. Mildura
Over 500 rioting fruit pickers almost overwhelmed Red Cliffs on Saturday night when frenzied brawling grew to organised rioting, which held the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →N.Z. Fire Mystery Charge Against Talbot Police Allegations £50,000 Insurance Case Auckland
Already sensational, the McKay case took a new turn to-day. The prosecution in police court proceedings alleged that the remains…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Father's Death Son Charged with Murder Brisbane
Conrad Edgar Gruber, 17, was remanded to next Friday, at Ipswich Court to-day, on a charge of murdering his father, Fritz Max Hugo Gruber. 54,…
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