£200 Bail Intent to Murder Charge. Sydney
Bail of £200 was allowed John Thomas Myers, 38, when he was remanded at the Central Police Court to-day on charges of having shot at…
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Courts & crime, 1939
1,129 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 50 of 57
Farmer Fined £3 Assault At Ulmarra Fisticuffs Outside Church Quarrel Follows "Gentle Push." Ulmarra
Robert Carlton, farmer, of Ulmarra, was fined £3 at Ulmarra Court of Petty Sessions, by Mr. A. J. Bryant, P.M., for having assaulted Gregory…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Horse Stealing Revived In Britain As Result of War. London, October 7
Petrol rationing and the consequent demand for horses has brought a revival of the crime of horse stealing in Britain. Black-out nights are helping…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Unusual Charge Soliciting to Murder. Sydney
William Ernest Calway, 40, munition inspector, was charged at the Central Police Court to-day, with having solicited Benjamin James Davies to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →District Court Coffs Case Settled
In the District Court at Bellingen yesterday, before Judge Storkey, Mrs. Mary Florence Balzer, Coffs Harbour, as executrix of Royston Balzer…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →24 Men Fined Police Raid "Blue Room" a Kempsey Episode
The story of a police raid on premises in Smith-street, Kempsey, known as the Macleay River Amusement Club, and as "The Blue Room,"…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Brisbane Murder Charge. Brisbane
At the conclusion of evidence to-day Bertie Alex Warren, 37, invalid pensioner, was committed for trial on a charge of having murdered Ethel…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Six Years Commission Agent Sentenced STOLE £6500. BRISBANE
Waiter Blacklock, 40, commission agent, who pleaded guilty to having stolen £6505, was sentenced to six years imprisonment by the Chief…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Darwin Strike Ended Yesterday Court Hears Case on Monday. Darwin
The railway strike ended to-day, when the men decided to return to work. The North Australian Workers'…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Chase Car
Police officers from Glen Innes and Guyra chased a car which they believed to have been stolen, south from Glen Innes, and arrested the occupants…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Three Months' Gaol Imposed on Convent Charge of Vagrancy
John Henry Larkin was sentenced to three months' hard labor by Mr. R. Solling at Kempsey Police Court last week on a charge of having…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Man Sentenced III-Treating Girl Of 10 Used Battery to Give Shocks. Melbourne
Murray Garth was sentenced to 14 days imprisonment for ill-treating a ten-year-old girl named Gwendolyn Palmer at whose home he lived…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Secret Police Worried Over Explosion Bomb-makers Traced. London
The German secret police (the Gestapo), claim to have traced parts of the bomb used in the Munich explosion to two firms known to make bombs of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Darwin Strike Arbitration Court Case Claims by Men. Sydney
The Full Bench of the Federal Arbitration Court to-day commenced the hearing of an application by the North Australian Railway Workers'…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Brothers Charged. Wellington (N.z.)
Charged with stealing two Hotchkiss machine guns, two spare barrels, two tripod mountings and a military service rifle, two brothers were committed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Prisoners Escape From Hobart Gaol quickly recaptured. BURNIE (Tas.)
Two prisoners of Hobart gaol Charles Robinson, serving four years for breaking and entering, and David Morris, serving 18 months for stealing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Woman's Body To Be Exhumed Queensland Murder Charge. Townsville
The body of Grace Coles, the person mentioned in a charge of wilful murder against John Fitzrimmons, at Ayr. is to be exhumed on Friday, by virtue…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Store Entered Burglary in Pound Street
A smallgoods shop owned by Mr. D. J. Commerford, of Pound street, Grafton, was burgled on Wednesday night, entry being made through a back door,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Filly Shot Korora Man Charged
A charge of maliciously wou[?] a filly, the property of Geoffrey [?] man, of Korora, was preferred ag[?] Leo Casey, banana grower, also…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stock Sales on Showground Extra Fee to Be Charged
At the meeting of the committee of the Agricultural Assn., last week, the Secretary presented a statement of stock sold by auctioneers, at the show…
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