Assault Charge. "Drink and Share Hands."
"I plead guilty under strong provocation," said a defendant, a blacksmith at Weston to Mr. M. H. Cleeve, P.M., at Kurri Children's…
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Courts & crime, 1926
2,464 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 3 of 124
The Police Demand
The Police Association has not yet received any reply from the Chief Secretary in answer to the request that the police force should only…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Transfer of Court Officials
Mr. F. L. McNamara, for the past 12 months assistant to the Clerk of Petty Sessions at Singleton, has received notice of his transfer to the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Police Raid. Chinese Fined. Sydney
The Sydney police raided an alleged Chicago gambling den in Dixson street, City, yesterday, and arrested 14 Cole[?]als…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Daring Theft
Hawthorn (Vic.) police are inquiring into a daring case of theft, After shopping, a woman discovered that she had lost her purse. She turned…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Assault and Robbery an Imposter's Impudence
On New Year's Day a man called at the home of Thomas Garrett, at Kogarah, and representing himself as a detective searched the house and took…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Java Murder Weltevredon
It is reported that two natives have confessed completely to the murder of Mrs Cambell Macfic, the Sydney so ciety woman, in the Hotel Garoet, last…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Magistrate's Warning. an Englishman's Language. Sydney
At the Central Court to-day, John Senior, 23, an Englishman, was fined £3 for offensive language. Evidence was given that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Brutal Father Six Months for Assault
In the City Court, Melbourne, on Tuesday a brutal case of assault on a child was described, when Henry Sneddon was sentenced to six months'…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Brewarrina Murder Aboriginal Arrested. Sydney
A telegram was received at police headquarters in Sydney this morning to the effect that the aboriginal McDonald, for whom the police have…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wild Aborigine Police Chase
While returning to Townsville from Palm Island on the steamer Malanda last Wednesday night, in charge of Detective M'Carthy, an aborigine, Jacky…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Again Remanded. on Murder Charge. Melbourne
Douglas Robertson, charged with the murder of William Almeida, was again before the City Court this morning. As the police were not…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Knight Fined Charged with Indecent Behaviour. (Reuter Cables). London
Sir Basil Thompson, who was,charged with indecent behaviour at Marlborough-street Police Court, was found guilty and fined £5, with £5 costs…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Charge Denied. Director Before the Court. Sydney
At the Central Court, Sydney, to-day, William John Beckett, 34, was charged by warrant with having, while a director of the Citizens' and Graziers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Java Murder. Weltevreden
It is reported that two natives have confessed completely to the murder of Mrs. Campbell Macfie, the Sydney society woman, in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Junee Murder. Death Sentence Commuted
The State Cabinet yesterday decided to commute the sentence of death passed on the young man Smith, for the murder of the girl Prowse, at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Speedway Victims Police Supervision
The funerals of Leo. J. Salmon and Alfred Vaughan, who were killed in the smash at the Maroubra speedway, took place on Friday. A huge cortege followed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sirdar's Murder. Unexpected Aftermath. London, Jan. 6
The protracted inquiry at Cairo into the series of political crimes committed in Egypt in recent years culminating in the murder of the Sirdar (Sir…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Prisoner's Struggle. Police Have Lively Time
A desperate struggle between a man whom the police had sought for 12 months and two constables was witnessed by a large crowd in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bush Workers. Arbitration Court Not Favoured
All a meeting of the Bush Workers' Propaganda Group, held in the Trades Hall, a motion was curried urging that the Australian Workers' Union should…
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