Peculiar Case. Wanted to Go to Gaol with Friend
What the magistrate (Mr. A. Kay) said was the most unusual case he had ever heard was decided in the Murwillumbah Police…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hunter Valley · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1925
2,458 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 19 of 123
Refused to Pay. Woman Goes to Gaol. Sequelto Bellbird Quarrel
“No Sir, I won’t pay it; I’d sooner take it out No! I wouldn’t pay a halfpenny.” These were the dast words and remarks…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Women Quarrel. Defendant Decides to Go to Gaol. Cessnock
The story of a quarrel which took place between Mary McClusky and Mary Jane Sidebottom at Bellbird, was told to Mr. Cohen, P.M., at the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gap Tragedy. Police Searching for Child
The following telegram has been received at police headquarters in Sydney, regarding Mrs. Ella Bunce, the woman who met her death early on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Arrested in Court a Test of Irony
A man was apprehended while listening, to evidence at the Sydney Quarter Sessions on Monday. It was a remarkable case from…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Was There Perjury? What Past and Present Records Say. Will Inspector General of Police Enquire ?
The matter of the evidence of several witnesses in the Scott v. Millar case, of last week, has been brought under the notice of the Inspector General of Police. Those appertaining to Complainant James R. Scott can…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Stealing Charges. Sentenced at Newcastle
Harold Winters, alias Dummy Winters, 68, described as an athlete, was charged at Newcastle Police Court with stealing £13/16/, the…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Singleton Police Court
Mr. T. W. Cohen. P.M., occupied the Bench at the Singleton Police Court. Alexander Marshall pleaded guilty…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Language Case. Cessnock Police Court. Cessnock
Before Mr. Cohen, P.M., at the Cessnock Police Court this morning. James Duffin was charged with having used indecent language in the…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Three Years. Sentenced for Manslaughter
James Henderson was sentenced in Brisbane to three years' imprisonment for the manslaughter of Mary Walder, who was drowned from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fifteen Years. and Three Floggings. Perkins Sentenced
Francis Perkins, who was found guilty of manslaughter, arising out of the death of William Almeida, the Hampton (Vic.) bank teller, was…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →West Maitland Court. Monday. February 14. (Before Mr. T. W. Cohen, P.m.). Stealing and Receiving
John William Williams was charged with having on February 7 at West Maitland, stolen a handbag, containing clothing and other…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Murder Charge. Committed for Trial
The Adelaide City Coroner committed for trial Thomas William Ashby on the charge of having wilfully murdered Robert James Trenorden at…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Bush Tragedy. Station Manager Charged. Alleged Confession
A statement alleged to have been made by Lyle Samuel Withers, who was arrested in connection with the shooting of his wife, Kathleen Lilian…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Licensing Court
In the Licensing Court, an application for the transfer of the license of the Agricultural Hotel from Walter James Barrington to Joseph…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Three Years Bank Clerk Sentenced Embezzled 1500 Pounds. SYDNEY
At the Darlinghurst Sessions to-day, Raymond Singleton, 24, a bank clerk, was sentenced to three years' penal servitude on a charge of having…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Women Quarrel. Defendant Decides to Go to Gaol. Cessnock
The story of a quarrel which took place between Mary McClusky and Mary Jane Sidebottom at Bellbird was told to Mr. Cohen, P.M., at the…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Alleged Breach of Award. Tailor Charged. Question of an Apprentice
Francis and John Callaghan, trading as Callaghan Brothers, tailors, etc., were charged at the West Maitland Police Court on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Heavy Fines. Muswellbrook Court
At the monthly sitting of the Muswelibrook police court, the following cases wore dealt with: Alfred Devine, charged under the provisions of the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Kingston Tragedy. Hush and Committed on Murder Charge
Lyle Withers, aged 35, who was arrested at Barrabri in connection with the death of his wife, Lillian Withers, at Kingstown, was present in custody…
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