East Maitland Police Court. Friday, February 6
The bench at the Kast Maitland Police Court this morning was occupied by Mr. C. H, Gale. P.M. DRUNKENNESS…
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Courts & crime, 1914
1,594 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 11 of 80
Broke Gaol in Japan
Information has reached Leicester that Mr. Wheeler, who was sentenced in japan in April. 1913, to four years' penal servitude on a charge of obtaining money…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Heroism
From time to time the conduct and methods adopted by the large body of men representing the police force are subjected to vituperative…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gaol Official Retires. an Adventurous Career
After 40 years' service with the imperial and Colonial Governments, Mr. M'keown has resigned his position as governor of Bathurst Gaol. His life has been full of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Liverpool Murder. Accused Convicted. London, Thursday evening
The trial has concluded of Robert Summer and Samuel Eltoft for the murder of Miss Bradfield (their employer's sister), whose body was found in a canal at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Waverley Tragedy. Mullan Committed for Murder. Sydney
An inquest was opened concerning the death of Elizabeth Mullan, who was found in bed at her home at Waverley suffering from dreadful injuries to her head. Her…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Care of Infants. Startling Case at Newcastle. Woman Severely Sentenced. Newcastle. Friday afternoon
In the Children's Court this morning, before Mr. Adrian, S.M., Sarah Naylor, alias Williams, aged 49, was charged, on remand, with having at a house in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Singleton Letter. Police Court
Mr. G. Meeson, Relieving P.M., presided at the Police Court on Thursday. John Rolan, alias Roland Hanna, pleaded guilty to having stolen a dog, the property…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Court. Thursday, February 5th. (Before Mr G. Meeson, P.m.). Stealing a Dog
A man who was charged under the name of James Noble, but said that that was not his name, pleaded guilty to having stolen a dog, the property of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court Evidence. London, Tuesday night
John Starchfield appeared at the Old Bailey Police Court, charged with the murder of his son William. a boy of seven, whose strangled body was found under the seat of a railway street, and was undiscovered for two hours. The evidence that a cake was found in the stomach that had been eaten half an hour before death was regarded as important, because…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Liverpool Murder. Accused Found Guilty. Sumner Sentenced to Death. (By Cable.) London
The trial of George Sumner and Samuel Eltoft, on a charge of murdering Miss Bradfleld, at Liverpool, was concluded…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Defrauding Bookmakers. Counterfeiters Sentenced
Thomas Drury, Michael Duck, and Patrick Burke, found guilty of conspiracy to defraud several bookmakers at the Randwick racecourse on Boxing Day by means of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Boy's Escape From Gaol
At the Parramatta Sessions a young German, named Robert Woolf, 15, who pleaded guilty to escaping from Windsor Gaol, was brought up for sentence…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Reeks' Murder
Not the sightest trace, so far, has been found of the murderer or murderers of Thomas Kent Reeks, the young marine engineer of Sydney, who recently was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Constable Convicted. Charge of Assault
There was an interesting case before Mr. King, S.M., at the Water Police Court, Sydney, on Monday. Sub-inspector Stephen proceeded against Sidney Wentworth…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Sentenced to Death. a Woman's Despair
Without assuming the black cap, Mr Justice Ridley at the Old Bailey, London, last month sentenced a young mother to death for killing her little son…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Albanian Plot. Ringleaders Sentenced. Constantinople, Feb. 2
Berkiragha, the leader of the recent coup d'ctat, to seize the Albanian throne, has been sentenced to death by the court-martial at Valona. and nine Turkish officers who were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Evictions in Ireland. Gaol Governor's Story
After 40 years' service Mr. James M'Keown, governor of Bathurst Gaol, has retired. He entered the service as a probationer warder, and eventually…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Liverpool Murder. Trial of Accused
London, Wednesday.—The trial was commenced yesterday of George Sumner and Samuel Eltoft on a charge of having murdered Miss Bradfield at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Small Debts Court. Tuesday, February 3, 1914. (Before Mr. G. Mason, acting P.m.) Assault Case Dismisted
A case that attracted a good deal of interest was one in which R. Brown was proceeded against by C. P. Walters for alleged assault…
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