Smashed the Windows. Wanted to Go to Gaol. Sydney
"I want to go to gaol; I've been out of work; only I was stopped I[?]d [?]ave smashed up Sydney." This statement, according to Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1914
2,268 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 8 of 114
Stowaways on the Cevic. Australian Sent to Gaol. London
Soon after the White Star liner Cevic left Liverpool for Australia—she sailed on January 2—four stowaways were discovered on board. One was a man…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Liquor Test Case. Special Court's Decision
An interesting case came before the police magistrate, Ms. F. F. Potts, at Taree police court, when Allan Deuchar was charged with selling liquor not…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rylstone Warden's Court. An important Decision
A point under the Mining Act of considerable importance to the mining community was decided at Rylstone last week by Mr. W. S…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Police Officer Shot. Another Indian Crime. London
Police Inspector Ghosh, a native officer who had been very active in the capture of anarchists, was shot in the head by a student while descending…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →FINED £300. Chinese in Industrial Court. Sydney
In the Industrial Court to-day, 30 Chinese cabinetmakers answered 54 charges of breaches of the industrial trade award, mostly for not exhibiting…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"In the King's Name" Beleagured Strikers Charged. Magistrate Dismisses Information. Capetown
Five of the men beleaguered in the Trades Hall were charged with resisting and obstructing the police in their attempted raid on January 14…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Orange Police Court. Preferred the Lockup
At the local court yesterday, before Mr. Marriott, P.M., a youth aged 18, was charged with riotous behaviour in Summer-street, on the previous…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Wrong Man Serious Police Bungle. Looking for a Gaol-breaker. Melbourne
Edward Q'Neil, who was arrested on suspicion of being Sparks the gaol-breaker, and was promptly discharged when the police admitted, that they had…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police and the Undesirables
One of the undesirable habitues of our streets was yesterday sentenced at the Orange court to a term of six months' imprisonment on a charge of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Plucky Constable. Praise at the Sessions. Two Garroters Sentenced. Sydney
Two evil-looking men, John Skehan and Thomas Duggan, stood in the dock at the Darlinghurst Quarter Sessions to answer a charge of garroting…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lithgow Police Court. Thursday, January 22. (Before T. W. Cohen and W. Baxter, .Js.P..) "Jumping the Rattler."
Charles Donnelly was charged with travelling in a railway carriage without, having previously paid his fare, and with intent to avoid payment thereof. He pleaded…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →To-day S Cables. London, Friday;. the Wolverhampton Murder
At the inquest into the death of Thomas Reeks, the Sydney engineer who was found dead in a pit at Wolverhampton, England, evidence was given that the supposed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Murder or Suicide? Australian Found in Disused Pit. London
Thomas Reeks, a native of Sydney, a ship's engineer, was found in a disused pit, near Wolverhampton, with a bullet-wound in the forehead. There…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Charged with Stealing. Sydney
Frederick Dutton, allas Lewis Frost, 36, was committed for trial on a charge of stealing £900 from the Bank of Australasia by means of a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Orange Police Court
Mr. H. J. Leary pres[?]ded at the Orange court yesterday morning. John McMahon pleaded guilty to drunkenness, his last conviction being in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soldiers Four Army Veterans in Police Court. the "Fighting Seventh."
Four army veterans, with long service in India, and all belonging to one of the most famous of British. [?]ments—the 7th Royal Fusiliers—were…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wolverhampton Mystery Evidently Brutal Murder. London, Thursday evening
The inquest concerning the death of Reeks, the engineer, who was found shot in a disused p[?]t at Wolverhampton, was adjourned…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Reeks Murder on the Track of a Suspect. London
The inquest into the death of the young Sydney engineer, Thomas Reeks, whose body was found in a disused pit, near Wolverhampton, was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Scientist's Close Call Timely Intervention of Police Boy. Sydney
Passengers by the German steamer Coblenz, which arrived in Sydney last evening, were unable to supply much additional information in connection…
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