Betting Shops in Sydney. Crusade by Police
It is an open secret that an enormous amount of betting is carried on by persons unable to attend the racecourses…
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Courts & crime, 1914
1,594 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 14 of 80
Jews in Russia. Ritual Murder Allegations. a Case Near Kieff. St. Petersburg, Feb. 12
There is much excitement at Fastoff, near Kieff owing to disclosures relating to the death of a Christian orphan, who had been living with a Jewish family…
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Mr. G. Meeson, P.M., occupied the bench at the Police Court on Thursday. Edward Wood was charged with using indecent language within the hearing of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Taranga Fire. Woman Charged with Murder
Jane Nightingale, 26, appeared on remand at the Central Police Court, Brisbane, before Mr. Egglinton, P.M., charged with having, on January 27: (1) Murdered…
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As James Jones, a labourer, of 31 years of age, was walking across the Domain in Sydney at 1.30 this morning he was accosted by half a dozen men and asked for a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Murder of Mr. Reeks. Police Baffled. London. Feb. 5
The police are continuing their search for clues to the murder of Mr. Recks. Owing to it being imposible to distinguish objects in the pit shaft near which…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Defrauding Book-makers. 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 9 →Conscientious Objections. Magistrate's Strong Remarks
Mr Read Murphy, P.M., in the Footseray (Melbourne) Court on Thursday, made severe comment in fining a trainee who had "conscientious…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sentenced to Death. Bombay, Feb. 13
A special court at Sunthrampur has sentenced to death Govindgar, the self-styled prophet, for waging war against the King. Punja, his chief associate, has been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Editor Goes to Gaol. Libel on Singer
The editor of the "Kleines Journal," Berlin, was sentenced to one month's imprisonment because of slanderous allegations concerning Fraulein Hemple, the opera star, in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wolverhampton Murder. Another Possible Clue
London, Wednesday.—At the inquest into the death of Thomas Reeks, who was found dead near a shaft of the Ettingshale pit, a verdict of wilful…
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A sitting of the Licensing Court was held at the Court House on Thursday, the relieving police (Mr. G. Meeson) presiding, A transfer was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Court. Thursday, February 12. (Before Mr. G. Meeson, P.m.) Indecent Language
Edward Wood was charged with using indecent language within the hearing of persons passing, on the road, between Singleton and Muswellbrook. He…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Care of Infants. 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…
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In the Small Debts Court on Thursday, before Mr G. Meeson, P.M.M. Doohan proceeded against William Twoomey for the recovery of 16/6…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Smoked Out. Police Use Cayenne
A number of policy officers and constables were held at bay for over six hours recently by a young seaman, Stanley Luppi. who was in the small cock-loft or a[?]tic of his parents…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →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 9 →The Liverpool Murder. Accused Convicted. London, Thursday evening
The trial has concluded of Robert Sumner and Samuel Eltoft for the murder of Miss Bradfield (their employer's sister), whose body was found in a canal at…
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