Charge of Stealing
At the Police Court on December 27th, before Mr. J. W. Forrest, J. P.Clarence McGuinness was charged with breaking and entering and stealing a…
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Courts & crime, 1919
1,521 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 1 of 77
Bathurst Gaol Escapees. a Possible Clue. SYDNEY
Two strange men called at Raglan Station, near Bathurst, at 2 a.m. on Sunday and obtained a drink of water and left immediately. There has been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Suicide in Gaol. Hanged from a Ventilator. SYDNEY
Jean Baptiste who is doing a sentence at Long Bay penitentiary for being a suspected person, was found hanged in his cell this morning by a blanket at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Getting Into Contact. Arrest Expected Hourly, SYDNEY
The Bathurst police are in close contact with the two murderers, who escaped from the Bathurst gaol on Saturday at midnight, at Tarana, which [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Telegrams Police Transfer. From the C.I.D. to Patrol Work. SYDNEY
Detective Robson, who recently applied for a transference from the C.I.D. back to uniform, has beeen stationed in Clearence Street on patrol duty…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An Improvised Orchestra. Extraordinary Position at Gaol. (Reuter.)
LONDON, Tuesday.—An extraordinary position arose at Belfast prison, whore 100 Sinn Feiners, objecting to the treatment of one of their number, destroyed the stairs…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Defiance in Belfast Gaol. Accumulation of Provisions. (Reuter.)
LONDON, Tuesday.—A Belfast message says that Sinn Fein prisoners barricaded themselves in their wing of the gaol and declared their defiance of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Dargin Murder Charge. Capetown
Mrs. Dargin, wife of Percy Dargin, who was accused in a recent sensational trial for murder, in a letter to the Press, protests strongly against the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Escaped Prisoners. Bathurst Gaol Sensation. One Man Serving for Crime Near Lismore
As already reported in the "Star" two prisoners—Frank Edward Leigh, 28, an Amerlean, and Frederick Gustave Steiner, 29, [?] Victorian—both of whom were serving…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alleged Assault
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Charles Herbert, Lyons appeared at the Police Court, charged with that, being armed with a revolver, he assaulted Ling Sing on the 17th of last…
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Leigh, one of the life sentence men who escaped from Bathurst gaol, came from America in 1907, and was arrested by Sergts Lewis Caldwell, Brenan and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Chare of Stealing. "Don't Shoot, the Game Is Up."
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Robert McEwan, 45, Edward Buckley, and Alfred Parker, 33, were charged at the Police Court this morning with entering the warehouse of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Federal Police Wanted in Queensland
Mr. Bamford, M.H.R.: Now, as to the necessity for a Federal Police Force, I was told by a military officer of an incident that occurred in Queensland a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Altering Betting Tickets. Man Arrested in Melbourne. Charged as a Rogue and a Vagabond. MELBOURNE
At the Melbourne City Court to-day, Constable Bourke, in giving evidence in a ease wherein Alexander Collins was charged as a rogue and a vagabond,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sensational Escape from Gaol
Perhaps one of the most sensational, and certainly one of the most complete escapes in the history of New South Wales, was effected by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Bathurst Gaol Escapees. Will not be Tried in Court. BATHURST
The re-captured escapees will not be tried in a public court, but in gaol…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Quarterly Licensing Court
Sgt. Wren submitted the quarterly licensing report to Messrs. A. J. Piesley, P.M., and Mr. W. G. Simpson, J.P., yesterday, at the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Caught Again. Gaol Escapees Arrested. Found Swimming in Fish River
Amplifying the wire we published on Thursday, the "Evening News" say:- The two escapees from Bathurst Gaol—Frank Leigh and Edward Augustus Steiner…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →America's President. Conspiring to Discredit President Wilson. Republican Party Charged. Answerable Only to Congress. WASHINGTON
Senator Lewis, in the Senate, charged the Republicans with conspiring to discredit President Wilson in Europe, giving the impression that he did not…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Turkish Affairs. Criminal Classes Provided with Revolvers. Newspapers Court-Martialled. LONDON
Turkish newspaper at Constantinople states that the Turkish authorities have distributed 2000 revolvers among the criminal classes. The…
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