Baboon in Court. Trainer Charged with Cruelty
MELBOURNE, Thursday.--When Frank Apdale, an animal trainer, was charged with cruelty towards a baboon now appearing in the pantomime,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Northern Rivers · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1927
2,988 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 16 of 150
£5 for Stealing 8d
For stealing 8d from Richard Oswald May, at South Brisbane, on January 25, Michael Joseph Barton (22), laborer, was fined £5 by Mr. Hishon,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Old Darlinghurst Gaol Sydney
The Minister for Justice (Mr. McKell) to-day informed the Minister for Education (Mr. Mutch) that his department would be willing to transfer that block of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Spanish Plot. Garibaldi Sentenced. Dramatic Trial
Charged with having been concerned in a plot to overthrow the Spanish throne, Ricciotti Garibaldi, Colonel Macia and sixteen Catalans, were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bank Manager Charged Sydney
At the Central Court to-day Leyburnie Ernest Tafe (35), bank manager, was committed for trial, bail being fixed at £500, on a charge of having stolen £1019, the property…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Alleged Brutal Assault. the Bellamys at Ballina
At Ballina Police Court Francis James Bellamy and Arthur Bellamy were charged with that they did assault one Philip Alan Lang, thereby occasioning him…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sailor's Indiscretion. Throttled the Wrong Woman. Given Month's Gaol
FREMANTLE, Friday.—Joseph Olsen, bosun on the steamer Persie, was sentenced to one month's imprisonment for having assaulted Mrs. Marron…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Baboon in Court Melbourne
When Frank Apdale, animal trainer, was charged with cruelty towards a baboon now appearing in the pantomime "Puss in Boots" he brought the animal with him to the City…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Deprived of Court. Innisfail Jurors Too
BRISBANE, Thursday.--It having been represented to the Government that a section of jurors at Innisfail are averse to convicting, and that in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Slow Horses Again Alleged to be Cause of Bank Manager's Downfall. Charge of Stealing £1,019
SYDNEY, Thursday.--At the Central Court to-day, Leyburno, Ernest Tate (35), bank manager, was committed for trial on bail of £5[?]0 on a charge…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Burglars Sentenced
MELBOURNE, Friday.--John Mulligan was sentenced to three years, and Arthur Bazley to 12 months, in connection with the robbery of £3000 worth…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court Tweed Heads Cases
At Tweed Heads Police Court, yesterday, Stanley Taylor, alias William James Bennett, alias James Wilson, and James Stewart, on remand,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pseudo Station Owner Sentenced
SYDNEY, Friday: Albert Adams (31), a cook, was sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment, at Darlinghurst Sessions, to-day, for having obtained £281 from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Seaman Sentenced Fremantle
Joseph Olsen, bo'sun on the steamer Persic, was sentenced to one month's imprisonment for having assaulted Mrs. Marion Bell, the well known overland motorist…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Murder and Suicide
Mrs. G. Paul, of Shirley Road, Woll-stonecroft, was shot dead at 10.30 o'clock on Wednesday morning, and Rene Van der Velde, a sailor, who had…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Alleged Stealing French Polisher in Trouble
SYDNEY, Friday.--William Hayes, a French polisher, was remanded at the Central Police Court, to-day, on three charges of having broken and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Merrett Trial Son Charged with Murder of Mother Says She Shot Herself. Improbable According to Experts
LONDON, Thursday.--At the trial of Donald Merrett (aged 18 years), on charges of murdering his mother and forging her signature, Walter Penn, de…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shot at Wife. Gaol for Husband
SYDNEY, Friday.--Judge Cohen, at Darlinghurst Sessions, to-day, sentenced William Harold Lang, labourer, to three years' penal servitude, on a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An Old Offender Crashes in Casino. Sentenced to Three Months
A well-dressed young man, Henry Reginald Robert Hall, appeared in the Police Court yesterday morning, before Messrs. Z. Moriarty and Ewen…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Queensland "Squatter." His Romance in Casino. His Station Now Grafton Gaol
He had a big station up in Queensland, and was in the Casino and Kyogle district looking out for a nice piece of country. He had read in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →