Attempted Burglary
Some time during 2nd inst., night an attempt was made to burgle the clothing and mercery establishment of Mr. I. W. Everingham, in…
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Courts & crime, 1924
2,671 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 5 of 134
Kurri Police Court. Kukri
Mr. A. R. Perry. P.M., occupied the bench at the Kurri Kurri Police Court this morning. OBJECTIONABLE PRACTICE…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cessnock Police Court Cessnock
Mr. A. R. Perry, P.M., occupied the bench at the Cessnock Police Court this morning. IMPROPER LANGUAGE…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Racecourse Incident Police Court Sequel
Jack Hughes (26) was charged at the Central Police Court, Sydney, with having obtained £15 by false pretences from George Brown at Gloucester on…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Interesting Court Case. Facts Should Be Investigated Magistrate's Remarks
An interesting case came before the Newcastle Police Court on 4th inst. Charles Hunt, 54, collector, pleaded…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Safe Robbery. Young Man Charged
John Ernest Swannie, aged 20, was charged at the Central Court Sydney, with having entered Eastway Bros.' premises, in George-street, and…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →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 8 →Alleged Murder. Accused Remanded
John James Hirst Richards (21), was charged at the City Court (Mel.) with having murdered Albert Edward Johnston in the Austral Wine Saloon, North…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ill-treatment of Child Two Months' Gaol
Owen Dawson Green, a married man, was sentenced at Cessneck on Wednesday to two months' hard labor in Maitland Gaol for illtreating a child at…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Jewellery Stolen. Young Man Charged. Sydney
At the Central Court to-day, Antonio Jacobus Franceseus Zetto, aged 25, was remanded on a charge of having stolen in the dwelling of…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →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 →Prisoner Escapes. From Bathurst Gaol. Routed From Ploughing Operations
A prisoner, named Holmes, who was serving a sentence of eighteen months' hard labour, escaped from Bathurst Gaol on 3rd inst…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Alleged Murder. North Melbourne Tragedy. Shouting Case
A young man named John James Burst Richards was arrested on Tuesday evening on a charge of murdering Lance Johnson at North…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →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 3 →Fire at Woollahra Woman Charged with Arson (By -Telegraph.) Sydney
A charge of arson has been laid against, the preyrietress of a shop in Oxford-street, Woollahra, which was severely damaged by fire last night…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Rings Disappear. Coogee Mystery. Police Investigating
Gwytha Duncan, proprietress of a restaurant at Coogee, told the police he had placed two diamond rings, valued at £70, in a sugar basin in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →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 13 →Aboriginal Murder. Death of Native Doctor. Four Prisoners Released
Four aboriginals who, at Kingarey (Q.), on May 8, were sentenced to imprisonment for life for the murder of another aboriginal at…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Wardens Court. Sitting at East Maitland
The Warden, Mr. G. James, held a court at the East Maitland Courthouse on Friday morning. James Ralston, for whom…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Assaults on Police. Minister Takes Action. Protecting the Force
The Chief Secretary (Mr. Oakes) had an interview with the inspector-General of Police, and discussed the question as to what measures should…
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