A Gaol Sensation
Two prisoners made a Sensational attempt on Friday night to escape from Pen[?]idge gaol, Victoria. It is asserted that three of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mid North Coast · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1918
218 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 3 of 11
£25,000 in Forgeries Norman Astor Sentenced
Norman Asor, who pleaded guilty on three charges of forgery in connection with the forged £5 note case was brought up for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Eeecroft's Secret. [?]Um in the Hills. What the Police Found. Haul Worth £600
After spending the whole of a night on [?]l in the bush in the vicinity of Be[?] and beating, all over the me[?]amous country in that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police and Fireman's Carnival
THE police report that the district sale of tickets for the Police and Firemen's Carnival has been very succesful. All butts of tickets are required to be in by this…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Plots to Murder Famous Politicians. Sometimes Their Doubles Suffer
The recent alleged attempt to murder the Prime Minister and Mr. Arthur Henderson calls to mind the fact that England has always been very…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Quarterly Licensing Court. (Before Mr H. H. McDougal
P.M., and Dr. Blumer and Mr Murray, J'sP.) The application by Samuel Gilkison, of the Royal Hotel…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Court. Port Macquarie, Wednesday, April 3. (Before H. H. McDougal, Esq., P.M.)
POLICE V. James Kirkwood, Edward Corrigan, and Charles Eagan, charged ith being on licensed premises, to wit, the Royal Hotel, Port Macquarie, in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tragedy on the Tweed. Shocking Murder Case
The sensational rumours current in town yesterday crystallised to-day (w[?]iles Tuesday "Tweed Daily") into the most sensational happening in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Kempsey Police Court. Monday, April 8. Before Mr. H. A. MacDougal, P. M. Tweedle v. O'Connor
George Tweedle, of Kempsey, sued J. O'Connor, of Gladstone, for assault in the Victoria Theatre, Kempsey, on 23rd ultimo…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Small Debts Court
Henry Edwards sued John Moore for the recovery of £18 the price of a horse alleged to have been sold by him to defendant. After evidence…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wingham Police Court. TUESDAY, 9th APRIL. (Before Mr. H. H. McDougall, P.m.) Straying Stock on Railway Line
Several Persons were charged with permitting stock to stray on the railway line at Wingham. As there were the first prosecutions for a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police and Firemen's Carnival
THE port Macquarie police patrol disposed of ticket to the value of £11 10s iu conncetion with the Police and Firemen's Carnival in aid of the hospitals a very…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →When the "Killer" Came. a Graphic Nature Sketch of the Sea, and Murder Beneath the Waves
It was cold enough without the water but there was water everywhere—solid green heaves of it, far as the eye could reach, mile upon…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Macleay A.H. &l. Assoc. Committee Meeting. Charged and Counter-charges a Two-year Disqualification
At Saturday morning's meeting of the above Committee in the Victoria Theatre there were present Messrs. P. J. O'Neill (Present), S. R. J…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Local and General. Licensing Court
At Kempsey Licensing Court on Monday, renewals of licenses were granted to Mrs. Mary Wallace, Great Northern Hotel, West Kempsey, and to Mr. Alf…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Queer Assault Case
At Kempsey last week, George Tweedle sued J. O'Cennor, of Gladstone, for assault in the Victoria Theatre, Kempsey, on 23rd ultimo. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Mean Theft
On Friday night last while Mr. T. Clunne was busy in his saloon some mean thief stole a bottle of lollies, which also contained a sovereign, from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Kaiser's Mentality. Remarkable Hallucination. Causes Alarm at Court. London
Rome, advices from Berne state that the Imperial entourage is alarmed at the Kaiser's mental condition. He seems the victim of a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Local and General News. District Court Bailiff
MR. J. EDWARDS has now been permanently appointed District Court Bailiff and Warden's Bailiff at Port Macquarie in succession to Mr. E. G. Fenn resigned…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Maitland Circuit Court. (Before Mr. Justice Pring and a jury). Found Guilty
AT the Maitland Circuit Court on Monday last Francis William Tanker, 37 years of age, dairy farmer, of Dick's Mount, pleaded not guilty to…
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