Nobody in Gaol for 24 Years Portland, Oregon
The gaol, in the village of Sisters Oregon, is to be pulled down because it has never been used in its 24 years of existence…
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Courts & crime, 1936
2,102 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 2 of 106
Alleged Death Pact Man on Murder Charge Allowed Bail
MELBOURNE, Thursday:--Charged with murder, Lachlan McLachlan, former police recruit, applied to Chief Justice Mann to-day for bail. At the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coolangatta Court Men Fined for Disorderly Conduct
Pleas of guilty to charges of behaving in a disorderly manner in Griffith Street, Coolangatta on January 1, were entered by John…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ballina Court Cases Increase for Year Ballina
The annual return for cases dealt with in the Ballina Court during 1935 showed an increase of 20 on the previous year. The main cause in the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Work of Police Statistics for 1935 F.n. Coast Increase
Although there was a small decrease in the number of police cases in the Far North Coast sub-district during last…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newspaperman In Gaol
Jimmie Dunn in trouble in his latest film "The Daring Young Man."…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Divisions
SYDNEY, Friday:--To provide for greater efficiency and to eliminate friction which has occurred in the past through over-lapping of areas…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Theft of Money Man Imprisoned BANGALOW
A sentence Of one month's hard labour in Grafton gaol was imposed on George Frederick Newson, in Bangalow Court to-day on a charge of…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Charge Reduced Nambour Man Fined for Assault
NAMBOUR, Friday:--In the police court yesterday Peter Andreassen (53), farm laborer, on remand, was charged with having occasioned grievous…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alleged Assault on Seaman Man For Trial MELBOURNE
Charged with assaulting Alfred Sjorgen, an able-bodied seamen from the s.s. Carlisle, whom he had accused of being a "scab," Ernest Ryan, seaman,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Police and Fishermen Leave to Investigate
HOME HILL, Friday:--Following the report of disorderly and offensive behaviour by Japanese off a sampan at Cape Upstart a launch manned by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Divisions Re-organised Grafton Affected Sydney
To provide for greater efficiency and to eliminate friction which has occurred in the past through the overlapping of areas, the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Larrikinism to Blame Police Belief Shooting of Constable Terbutt
SYDNEY, Friday:--Police believe larrikinism led to the shooting of Constable Terbutt, but the Chief Secretary (Mr. Chaffey)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Party Meets Japanese Cape Upstart Everything Intact at Holiday Camp
TOWNSVILLE, Saturday:--The party led by Constable Henry, of Home Hill, who have been investigating the reported intrusion of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Revolver Duel Police and "The Boy Gunman" Sequel to Shooting of Constable
SYDNEY Sunday:--A revolver duel between police and a young man whom the police desired to interview in connection with the shooting and critical wounding of Constable Terbutt, near the Central railway station on New Year's Day…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two Months' Gaol
At Tweed Heads Police Court yesterday, before Messrs. R. M. Mit[?] and R. G. Collins, J's,P., Arthur Henshaw, shaw, alias Harris (40) pleaded guilty…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Collision Sequel Motorist Charged Negligent Driving
There was a sequel at Lismore Police Court yesterday, before Mr. H. Hawkins, P.M., to the collision between two motor lorries in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Amazing Case. Innocent Man Flung Into Gaol
Arrested in Stanthorpe last month, and charged with an offence arising out of the passing of valueless cheques, and of theft, by a well…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Theft of Cow Two Men Fined Receiving Charge
The theft of a Guernsey cow, stated to be worth £1, cost two men £27 5s 6d in fines at Lismore Police Court yesterday, before Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →No More Gaol Sentences Honest Debtors Big Reforms in England
LONDON, December 21 (by Airmail):--Maigstrates and their clerks all over England are busy setting-up the new machinery to prevent hard-up the new machinery to…
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