£2000 Jewel Theft Two Men And A Girl Charged with Stealing. Sydney
Alfred Minden, 37, salesman. Frank Johnson, 54, motor driver, and Freda Lilian Britton. 23. were remanded at the Central Court to-day on a charge…
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Courts & crime, 1939
1,129 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 54 of 57
Three Years Gaol Serious Offence at Lismore. Lismore
"This is an offence which offends all of the decent instincts in any human being." His Honor Judge Storkey, V.C., said…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Husband Acquitted Alleged Bribe to Murder Wife. Sydney
The case in which William Ernest Calway, 40, was charged with having solicited another person to murder his wife was concluded at the Central…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ulmarra Court of Petty Sessions
At the Ulmarra Court oi Petty Sessions on Tuesday morning, before Mr. A. J. Bryant, P.M., Frank Ford was charged with having ridden a bicycle…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Death Sentence Insanity Flea Rejected Alleged Double Murder. Melbourne
Rejecting a piea of temporary insanity the jury in the Bendigo Supreme Court to-day found John William Davis guilty of the murder of his wife, Ann…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mass Murder 300 Poles Shot Dead Gestapo Horror at Gdynia. Paris
The Polish Information Bureau states that 300 of 350 refugees at Gdynia were shot in batches by the Gestapo, after digging their own graves. Those…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Man's Wardrobe Sold At Supreme Court Evasive Co-respondent. Sydney
An auction sale of clothing belonging to Robert Ross who had failed to pay £500 damages awarded against him in a divorce suit in which he was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sentenced German Bund Leader. New York
Fritz Kuhn. leader of the German American Bund, was sentenced to terms ranging from two and a half years, to five years for embezzlement of funds…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Car Allegedly Stolen Recovered by Police at Southgate
A motor lorry, the property of Mr. C. F. Sanders, of Carr's Creek, which was alleged to have been stolen from Timms' Joinery Works in Pound…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Man Chased Then Kicked to Death Evidence At Inquest Man and Woman Charged Sydney
After being kicked about the head by four men and a woman. John Scholey Ritchie, 46, died in his arms, said a man at the City Coroner's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Letters Read Supreme Court Case Claim For £2000, Croydon Election Sequel Sydney
Letters written by Gary Bray Gordon to T. A. J. Play fair, M.L.C. acting chairman of the U.A.P., urging the latter to honor his alleged…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Stoker Sentenced. Melbourne
On a charge of having indecently assaulted a male person, Robert Vivian Storer, 39, of St. Kilda, was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment at the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wife Murder Husband for Trial. Sydney
John Henry Moran, seaman, was committed for trial by the City Coroner to-day, on a charge of murdering his wife, Florence Moran, at Glebe, on…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Death Pact Man-woman Charged Committed For Trial Domestic Tragedy in N.Z. AUCKLAND
An allegation of a suicide pact was made by the police when Francis Laurie and Josephine Laycock appeared in the Auckland Court…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An Abo's Beer Two Men Fined Police Sleuth Scores
A story of Abo. cunning and good sleuth work by the police was revealed in Coffs Police Court this week, when two men…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Married in Gaol Habitual Criminal. Sydney
Married while in gaol, Frank Herbert Gray, 35, was to-day declared an habitual criminal, by Acting Judge Studdert, in the Quarter Sessions…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Two Months Defendant Sentenced Illegal Use of Motor Vehicle
At the Grafton Courthouse yesterday afternoon, before Mr. A. J. Bryant, P.M., Norman Henry James, 18, was sentenced to two months'…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Names Annual Jurors' Court
At the Grafton Courthouse on Thursday, the annual Jurors' Court was held to revise the jurors' list. Mr. G. A. E. Blanch, J.P., presided…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Attempted Murder Charge. Sydney
Police investigating the wounding of Charles Benjamin Williams, 28, of Edgecliff, in a flat at King's Cross yesterday, arrested a man to-night and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Poison in Whisky? Intent To Murder Charge Tamworth Case. Tamworth
A charge of having on January 22 feloniously administered poison to Gladys May Green with intent to murder, was preferred against William…
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