Joy Riders. Sentenced in Brisbane
For taking a motor car from the front of a leading city hotel for a joy ride three young men, Peter Tracey, Henry Kilpatrick and Ernest O'Brien…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Hunter Valley · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1926
2,464 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 24 of 124
Embezzlement Alleged. Seamen's Secretary Charged
Jack O'Neill, formerly secretary to life Victorian branch of the Seamen's Union, was arrested last night on a charge of embezzlement of £617,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Straying Cows May be Milked. Magistrate's Ruling
If a stray cow gels oil to a private lawn and commences to nibble the grass, the owner of the lawn is entitled to milk the cow in payment…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"150 Miles of Gold." Willow Thee Magnet Test. Warden's Court Story
A new method of mining for gold, the success of which has yet to be proved, was made known at the Tamworth Warden's Court., when an…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Police Court
Two first offenders were brought before Mr. M. H. Cleeve, P.M., at he West Maitland Police Court this morning on charges of being drunk…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Adelaide Tragedy. Hotelkeeper Charged with Murder
Thomas Dugan, licensee of the Alma Hotel, at Norwood (S.A.), gave, himself up at the Adelaide Police Sta-tion, and was detained on a charge, of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Car Stealing Charge La Court's Widow Discharged
At the Manly Police Court on Thursday, Gladys Mason, alias Gertrude la Court, was charged with having stolen a Morris-Cowley motor car, valued at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Clerk in Trouble Charged with Stealing (By Telegraph.) Sydney
Robert Pegrum, aged 38, a clerk, was charged at the Central Court today-with stealing £140, the property of the Public Service Association, of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Court. Cases at Singleton
Mr M. H. Cleve, P.M. occupied the Bench at the Police Court, Singleton. Keith Forrester pleaded guilty to…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Muswellbrook Police Court. Monthly Sitting
The monthly sitting of the Muswellbrook Court was held on the 12th instant. Mr. Nott, P.M. presided, and the following cases dealt with were…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Gaol Escapee Captured
A message from Tully, North Queensland, states that Charles Watson, a prisoner who escaped from Stewart's Creek gaol at Townsville in February,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dirty Premises. Magistrate's Severe Comment
Strong comment was made by Mr. Perry S.M. at the Parramatta Court, when be imposed a fine of £10 on Don M'Kav a carter, for having failed…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Story of Czar's Murder
Because of numerous legends circluating in Russia that the Czar Nicholas and his family are still ablive and hiding in England, awaiting a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Death of Stewardess. Three Persons Charged
Dr. Scott Taylor, Dr. J. Gordon, and Leonard Edwin Smith, a ship's butcher, were charged conjointly, before Mr Justice Campbell, in the Central Criminal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Heavy Fine. Stealing at [?]Veston. Kurri Kurri
William Townsend, a young man, was charged at Kurri Police Court to-day before Mr. M. H. Cleeve, P.M. with having stolen between…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Gaol Ordered. Disobeyed Maintenance Orders. Kurri
Three young men, who pleaded guilty at Kurri Police Court this morning to owing amounts Train £22 to £34, under maintenance…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Unlawful Conversion. Private Secretary to Lord Dudley Sentenced
Robert Scott, aged 33, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment in the Criminal Court in Adelaide on a charge of having…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Two Up" at Kurri. Gaol Sentence Suspended
"I said I would not alter any more two-up charges to playing a game to the annoyance of the public but as this occurred so long ago as May 1…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Murder Charge. the Collingwood Tragedy
In the Criminal Court, Melbourne, before Mr. Justice McArthur and a jury, Martin, Reuben Knopp, a ship's cook, was tried on a charge of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Parcels. Five Employees Charged Conspiracy Alleged
At the Central Police Court, Sydney, Frederick Dangar (33) a porter; Richard Williams (30), a storeman, Annie Vernon (43) Margaret Furlong (43)…
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