Stealing Millionaires' Bodies
The lot of the extremely wealthy man or woman is not in all respects enviable. Blackmailers often make their lives a misery, and even when…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Mid North Coast · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1912
194 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 3 of 10
Police Court. Port Macquarie, March 19. Before the Hon. E. A. T. Pery, P.M., and F. Hayward, Esq., J.P.
J. J. Walsh v. F. T. Cheeseman.—Charged with being the bailee of £10 19s 6d, the property of John Joseph Walsh, and fraudulently converting the same to his own use…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Police Court. Monday, March 25
Before Hon. E. A. T. Pery, P. M. and Mr. Mogford J.P. Thomas Kennedy and Albert McNeil. on the information of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Assault at Macksville
At the Police Court, Macksville, on Monday Constable Reen proceeded, against Herbert. Barber for unlawfully assaulting John Garner. At…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hypnotised in Court. Man Sent Into Trance by Cabalistic Formula
Reading a Latin formula from a French book on magic, a doctor suddenly threw into a hypnotic trance an accused man at the Prague…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Supreme Court. (Before Mr. Justice Ferguson.) ANDERSON V. BOWKER
In this case the plaintiff, Charles Anderson, sued Charles Stanser Bowker, of Dungog, physician and surgeon, claiming £500 compensation for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Kempsey Police Court. Tuesday, April 2--Before the P.M.
Mrs. Jane Rowe, W. Keast, A. Keast, R. Cooper, J. E. Cooper and A. Batterson were charged with allowing stock to stray on the roads at night. The action…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Small Debts Court. Tuesday, April 2--Before the P.M.
E. P. Noonan v: G. W. D. Leslie--Claim £6 5s. Plaintiff appeared in person, but there was no appearance of defendant. Verdict for plaintiff and…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →"Murder Scheme" Socialist's Objections. Military Duty. £100 Fine Imposed
A case against Henry Edmund Hopland, the well-known socialist, on a charge of preventing his son Roy from rendering personal service under…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Police Court. Port Macquarie, Tuesday, April 9
(Before the Hon. E. A. T. Pery, P.M). Police v. J. Phillips, charged with being drunk. A fine of 10s was imposed, in default four days' imprisonment. Fine paid…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Licensing Court. Port Macquarie, Wednesday, April 10
(Before F. Hayward, Esq. J.P. (Chairman), J. E. Flynn, Esq., J. P., and W. A. Sp[?] Esq., J. P.) Senior constable Lawler (Inspector under the Licensing Act), applied to have the license fees of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Kempsey Police Court. Friday, April 12th--Before the P.M.
George Fitzgerald pleaded guilty to a charge of falsely representing to Forest Guard Briggs that a log he had brought in to the mill came from…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Clarence Town Police Court. TUESDAY, 16th APRIL. (Before Walterus Le Brun Brown, P.M.)
Police v. Ernest Oldfield, riotous behaviour, fined 20/- and 6/- costs, in default 14 days hard labour in Clarence Town lockup…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Kempsey Police Court. Friday, April 19--Before the P.M.
Frederick W. Graham was charged by Forest Guard Briggs with cutting timber without a license. Mr. L. J. Hardiman appeared for defendant…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Licensing Court
The quarterly report of the Licensing Inspector was read and from the point of view of the Bench and the licensees was very satisfactory…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →News by Wire. Sydney, Wednesday night. Sentenced to Death
At the Armidale Assizes yesterday, William Ball was found guilty of having murdered his wife at Bingara. Accused was sentenced to…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Quarterly Licensing Court
At the quarterly Licensing Court, held at Bowraville on Tuesday, before Hon. E. A. T. Pery and Messrs James H. Allan and Frank Grace, Js.P. the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →District Court
Perrott v. Elliott.—In this case Judge Edmunds gave a verdict for £10 5s 6d and costs. The claim was for a damaged door panel, and for a bed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Grog Stealing
Charles Jones was charged with breaking and entering a warehouse at Bellinger Heads and stealing four bottles of whisky the property of R. J. Milligan…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Land Agent Sentenced
Frederick Thomas Cheeseman was charged with on October, 1910, embezzling £16, the property of Horace, Corrigan. He was also charged with embezzling…
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