A Brutal Assault
Mr Henry Tryon, the Queensland Government Entymologist, was walking through the grounds of the Boys and Girls' Grammar School at Brisbane,…
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Courts & crime, 1924
2,671 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 134
Police Promotion
In a list of police promotions issued during the past week appears the name of Constable J. A. Clements, of Singleton, who has been raised to the rank…
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At a sitting of the licensing court on Friday, renewals of hawkers' licenses were granted to Dolat Khan, Namet Khan, and Abraham Mousa; and an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Special Constables Arrested Charged with "Drunk and Disorderly." (By Telegraph.) Melbourne
A message from Geelong saye Sergeant Edward Sutton, aged 40, and Senior Constable James Patullo, aged 34, both members of the special…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Murder Charge. Death of Ship's Fireman. Cairns
Albert Jennings, a fireman, was charged at the local police court with the wilful murder of a fireman, named John McCain…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accused in Court. Sydney
At the Central Court to-day, Alfred Lees, 18, and Lawrence Simmons, 18, were charged with having assaulted Patrick Guthrie and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Unruly Mob. Attack on Police Sergeant. His Leg Broken
Despite the police prohibition, a bonfire was lighted at the corner of Morehead and Philip streets, Redfern, at a late hour on New Year's…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Police Court
The only cases at the West Maitland Police Court this week were two charges of drunkennes. One defendant, a first-offender, did not…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tribesman Captured the Baluchistan Murder. Delhi, Jan. 2
Landak Shinwari, the tribesman concerned in the murder of Major Finnis, at Baluchistan, has been captured. Four others are evading…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Flat Denial. Melbourne Police Party
General Mackay, who is in charge of the Special Constabulary in Melbourne, gives a flat denial to the startling allegations concerning a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cessnock Court House. Cessnock
The Cessnock Court House has been equipped with electric light, and it is the intention of the authorities to lustal an electric fan. This…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Cases
There were 900 police cases dealt with in Cessnock last year. Compared with the previous year there were increases in certain directions…
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Acting Inspector P. Scannell, who has been stationed at Newcastle for Several, years, will take charge at Maitland on Monday next. He has…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Kurri Police Returns
The police returns for Kurri Kurri for the your ended December 31, 1923, show that there were 631 cases handled by the police, under Sergeant…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Prisoner Escapes. From Bathurst Gaol. Bolted From Ploughing Operations. Sydney
A prisoner, named Holmes, who was serving a sentence of eighteen months' hard labour, escaped from Bathurst Gaol yesterday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Daring Theft. Opium Stolen From Wharf. Watchmen Bound. New York , Jan. 2
Evidence of the operations of an illicit opium dealers' syndicate appeared in a daring robbery, in which eleven bandits bound and gagged…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stolen Tapestry. Mutilated But to Be Rewoven. How the Theft Was Carried Out
The impunity with which the two recovered Gobelin tapstries were stolen from the Palace of Versaillies shows up more strongly still now that the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Attack on Police Sergeant. His Leg Broken
Despite the police prohibition, a bonfire was lighted at the corner of Morehead and Phillip Streets, Redfern, at a late hour on New…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bush Tragedy Murder and Suicide. Station Hand Runs Amok. Brisbane
Further details of the tragedy reported from the Cloncurry district, in which Thomas Fitzgerald is alleged to have murdered George…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Murder and Bribery. (Published by Arrangement) Attorney-general of U.S.A. Staggers President
The London "Daily Chronicle's special" correspondent at New York has cabled to his paper as follows.— 'A report, containing surprising…
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