Brutally Beaten Flogging of a Child. Two Months' Gaol. KURRI
The case in which a child, scarcely five years old, was brutally beaten at Kurri, on the third of the month, was before Mr. Perry, P.M., at the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hunter Valley · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1924
2,671 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 4 of 134
Rings Disappear. Cogee Mystery. Police Investigating. Sydney
Gwytha Duncan, proprietress of a restaurant at Coogee, told the police she had placed two diamond rings, valued at £70, in a sugar basin in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Missing Bag. Captain-chaplain Wilson's Loss. Police Theory. Sydney
Police officials are inclined to discount the suggestion that Capt. Chaplain Wilson's bag, which disappeared from the members room in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Theft of Postal Notes
Desmond Woods, a letter carrier, employed at the Newcastle Post Office, was committed for trial on a charge of having stolen letters which he received…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Transfer
Mounted-Constable Fitzgerald, who for some months past has been attached to the Singleton police station, has been transferred to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Gaol Fires. Incendiarism Suspected at Pentridge
Another mysterious fire outbreak occurred at Pentridge Gaol, Melbourne, but was extinguished quickly. The authorities are perturbed at the outbreak…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Police Change
After a little over 12 months' service in this district, Police Trooper J. Fitzgerald has been transferred for duty at Wingham. On Monday last…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Safe Blown. Daring Burglary in Sydney. Butcher's Shop Visited SYDNEY
The safe at Mallett's butcher shop, in George-street, near liverpool-street, was blown to pieces at about 10 o'clock last night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Chaplain Wilson's Bag. Theft or Mistake Sydney
The police officials are inclined to discount the suggestion that CaptainChaplain Wilson's bag, which disappeared from the members' room in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Raymond Terrace Police Returns
A return prepared for the Raymond Terrace police district shows that the business transacted for the year has been fairly extensive. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Singleton Letter. Police Returns. Singleton
Following are police returns for 1923:—Offences against the person, 14; offences against property with violence, 4; offences against property…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Postman Charged with Theft
Charged with having stolen a letter sent by post, containing £1/3/-, the property of the Postmaster-General, E. W. Wood, 25, a letter carrier, appeared at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →East Maitland Police Court
Mr. A. R. Perry, P.M., occupied the bench at the East Maitland Police Court this morning. James Rearty was charged with assaulting John…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Alleged Stealing. Young Man Committed
John Swannie, aged 20, was committed for trial on a charge of having broken out of Eastway's, in George-street, Sydney, after stealing a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In Defence of Mother. Son Kills Assailant. Police Court Story
John James Hirst Richards, 21, wood machinist, was charged at the Melbourne court with having murdered Albert Edward Lancelot…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Flogging of a Child. Two Months' Gaol
The case in which a child, scarcely five years old, was brutally beaten at Kurri, on the third of the month, was before Mr. Perry, P.M.,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Clerk Charged. "I Had Trouble." Sydney
Henry H. Ambrose Lewis, 22, was committed for trial at the Central Police Court on a charge of having embezzled £41/13/, belonging to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Religious Fanatic. Murder Cult. New York, Jan. 9
News comes from Manila that religious fanatics in the island of Buchas killed 19 Filipine constabulatory and soldiers, including two…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →German Sensation. Cold-blooded Murder London, Jan. 10
News comes from Paris that Herr Heintz, president of the Separatist Government in the Bavarian Palatinate, was assasinated…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Smith's Weekly. Ceylon Court Proceedings. Colombo, Jan. 10
On a commission sent to the Supreme Court of Ceylon for the Supreme Court of New South Wales, evidence was recorded here yesterday…
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