Taxi Murder Youth Sent for Trial Alleged Statement "Terrible for My Parents" Brisbane
Derwent Evans Arkinstall, 18, electrician's apprentice, was committed for trial to-day on a charge of having murdered Howard Thomas…
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Courts & crime, 1939
1,129 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 33 of 57
Prank Lands Youths in Police Court
Douglas Cox, 18, saddler, Thom[?] Jenkins, 18, laborer, Ernest Joseph Mackenroth, 20, laborer, Eric Thomas Moore, 19, laborer, and Kenneth…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Woolcott Forbes Police Search Continues Reference in Court Case Sydney
Seeking the adjournment of a case at the Central Police Court to-day Mr. A. W. Barry, of the Crown Law Office stated the police were of the opinion…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Stations 90 Miles Apart
The Tenterfield Shire Council decided at its last meeting to make representations to the Chief Secretary for the establishment of a motor cycle…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Identity of Twins "Split" by Court
A series of coincidences befel two male twins, who were plaintiffs in a Supreme Court action in Melbourne. Evidence revealed that both were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Young Wife Left Her Husband Tas. Triple Tragedy Murder Trial at Hobart Hobart
Domestic trouble which culminated in the deaths of three people was mentioned in the Central Criminal Court to-day, when Cyril Estcourt,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gift to Boss £8 Week for Life Factory Workers' Action Mentioned in Court Case Sydney
An action by employees, probably unprecedented in commerce, was revealed in the Causes Court to-day. Harold Meggitt, governing director…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coffs Police Force
A letter received by the Shire Council at last meeting from Hon. R. S. Vincent, M.L.A., stated that the matter of appointment of an…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Death Sentence Triple Murder Charge Prisoner's Low Mentality. Hobart
The jury in the Hobart Criminal Court to-day returned a verdict of guilty against Cyril Estcourt, 22, who had been charged with murdering his…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Traffic Control Amendment Of Ordinance Councils to Work with Police
At Wednesday's meeting of the Dorrigo Shire Council at Coramba, a letter was received from the Department of Works and Local Government,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Judge Caustic on Police Evidence In Traffic Case "Deliberately Untrue Evidence" Bega
Saying that he did not believe one word of their evidence, Judge Nield, at the Bega Appeals Sessions to-day. attacked four members of the police…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Will Case Verdict of Jury Remarkable Position in Charleville Court Charleville
A remarkable position arose at Charleville Court last night, when the jury in a civil action found that a man who, in the Criminal Court,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Went to Bed After Watching Burglars Rob Botany Post Office Redfern Court Story Sydney
A man who for three hours watched men rob the Botany Post Office arid saw them disappear, then went to bed without advising the police, gave…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Drink the Trouble Man Explains Stealing Offence. Two Months' Imprisonment
Drunkenness was stated by Thomas Baines, 43, to be the cause of his lapse last week when he entered the bakery shop of Mr. Edward Charles Skead…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →275 SHEEP Alleged Theft At Moree Station Hand Arrester at Brisbane
When Plainclothes Constable J. R. Hammond told George A. Wright, 25. station hand, that a warrant had been issued for his arrest on a charge of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Speeding Police Experiment with Graph -- Unassailable Proof.. London, June 10
A new method of checking the speed of motorists suspected of exceeding, the limit, has been tested in Lanarkshire, Scotland. It consists of the use of a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Laurieton Case Alleged Contempt Of Court Newspaper Reports
A rule nis[?] returnable on June 29, was granted by the Full Court of the Supreme Court on Thursday against Edward Patrick Noonan. publisher of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney Police "Another 1000 Needed" Too Many Hold-ups. Sydney
The need for a large police force in Sydney becomes increasingly obvious. In six months of this year there have been 51 reported cases of hold-ups, all…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wage Claims Industrial Court Matter
Two claims for wages against the Grafton Co-operative Dairy Co., Ltd., were mentioned in the Industrial Magistrate's Court when it was opened…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →One Objector South Grafton Appeal Valuation Court
Appeals against the South Grafton Municipal Council valuations were to have been heard in the Valuation Court at Grafton yesterday, but. in the…
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