Special Police Hearse
A special hearse, newly acquired by the Police Department, was used at the funeral of Constable William McDonald, son. of Mrs. D. G. McDonald…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1941
600 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 27 of 30
Police Station Painting
The exterior of the Grafton Police Station is being painted. Following the painting of the courthouse, which is still in progress, after much needed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dangerous Driving Bus Driver Charged Hearing Adjourned. Sydney
When Arthur A. Sharpe, of Rand wick, was to-day charged at the Central Police Court with having driven a bus in a manner dangerous to the public at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Warning Stranger In Uniform Has "Borrowing" Habit. Sydney
Police to-day issued a warning to boarding house keepers on the North Coast to watch out for a plausible stranger in the uniform. of an army…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →£15 FINE Drove Under Influence Tick Employee Before Court
Samuel Gordon McDougall, 49, was charged at Grafton Court yesterday that on November 13 he had driven a motor vehicle in Fitzroy street,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Begging Charge Two Men Sentenced
Pleas of not guilty to charges that they had placed themselves in a public place, Prince street, Grafton, to beg alms, entered by James Robert Mackay…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Charge of Murder Soldier In Court Trouble Over Girl Alleged. Melbourne
In the Criminal Court to-day Alfred Pye, 42, driver at an army transport camp, pleaded not guilty before Mr. Justice Gavan Duffy and a jury, to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldier's Wife Ejectment Sought Court Case Adjourned. Sydney
At the Campsie Court to-day H. I. Savage, of the Crown Solicitor's Office, successfully pleaded for an adjournment of a case seeking possession of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Death Sentence Murder of Soldier. Melbourne
Alfred Bye, 24, soldier, was to-day found guilty of murdering Thomas Edward Walker, a soldier, in the Treasury Gardens, on September 27, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Alleged Stealing Air Trainees Charged. Melbourne
As a sequel to the disappearance of quantities of petrol, seven R.A.A.F. men at Point Cook to-day appeared before a District Court Martial. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Intent to Murder Hotel Groom Charged. Emmaville
Darrell Raymond Myers, 27, hotel groom, was charged to-day with intent to murder five persons, including his wife, on October 15…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →14 Years' Gaol Assault In Train the Maximum Penalty. Sydney
John Williams, 31, was to-day sentenced to 14 years' imprisonment for assault on a young woman in a train. He was charged with having on…
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John Williams (31), a truck driver, was sentenced to 14 years' gaol at Sydney Quarter Sessions yesterday on a charge of assault upon Rhea…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Grafton Gaol Escape
Alwyn Harris, alias Albert Harris, aged 51, made a daring escape from Grafton Gaol about 3 o'clock last Wednesday afternoon. His liberty…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shot Dead Son Of Labor M.H.R. Man Charged with Murder. Maitland
William Thomas James, 22, of Mount Pleasant street, West Maitland, son of Mr. Roley James, M.H.R., was shot dead near the South Maitland railway…
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Alwyn Harris, 51, the prisoner who escaped from Grafton Gaol on Wednesday afternoon and was recaptured seven hours later, appeared before…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Boys' Band
The Tamworth Police Boys Club has applied to the Tamworth Municipal Council for the loan of band instruments not now being used because…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →T. C. Trautwein Gaol for Contempt. Sydney
Holding that the respondent in an examination of his affairs had been guilty of prevarication and evasion when called on to answer lawful…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shunters' Strike Court Delay Alleged. Melbourne
Because of alleged delay by the Arbitration Court in giving a decision on their claim for increased pay, margins, payment for shift work, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Six Months Gaol Escapee Sentenced Prisoner's Mental Worry
Alwyn Harris, 51, the. prisoner who escaped from the Grafton Gaol on Wednesday afternoon and was recaptured that night, was sentenced to an additional six-months…
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