Cafe Mystery Fracas Ends in Man's Death. Was Murder? SYDNEY
The police are endeavouring to elucidate the mystery of the supposed murder of Patrick FitzGerald, 39, a labourer, in a Chinese cafe in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hunter Valley · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1927
2,770 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 46 of 139
A Badly Used Servant Demonstration in Court
London, Friday.—An extraordinary story of cruelty to a feeble-minded servant girl, extending over three years, was told when Alfred Beecroft and his…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Alleged Assault. Returned Soldier Injured
Michael Farragua, aged 49. years, a returned soldier, who lives in a hut in Cook's timber yard, King-street, Newcastle West, was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bootmaker Robbed. Theft on Board Steamer. Auckland
When the steamer Aorangi arrived here from Sydney, the police searched the vessel for a thief, who stole money and jewellery valued at £150,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Baby Chewed Gum. Magistrate's Order to Mother. the Baby Screamed. Adelaide
A woman witness in a local police court yesterday, nursed her baby, which chewed gum. The magistrate asked whether the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Labour Split. Detention of Books. Equity Court Injunction
There was a surprising sequel to the case in which William Carey, as general secretary of the Australian Labour party, proceeded against John…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Theft of Clothing
Placing a long ladder against the Avail, and breaking a window on the third floor, thieves, entered the G. and J. Clothing Factory in Abererombie-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dangerous Driving Motorist to Go to Gaol
With five previous convictions against him for dangerous driving, Ernest George Bringolf, garage proprietor, of Waverley, was found guilty at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boy Arrested. Police Recover Goods, Sydney
A boy was arrested early this morning in the ironmongery establishment of L. Fracks, George Street, City. The boy's room in George Street…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Trunk Mystery Various Police Clues. Disappearance of a Girl. LONDON. May 11
Sootland Yard has discovered that the trunk found at Charing Cross station cloak room, which contained the body of a woman, was purchased from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Daring Burglary Bookmaker Robbed on Board Aorangi
A dating burglary on board the Aorangi was carried out just before the vessel left Auckland for Sydney on Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Caesar's Ghost! Talian Accuses Countryman of Theft
A charge against Murk Manchatta or Mirchitta (42), laborer, of stealing £93, the property of Caesar Per[?]bo, a brother, Italian, was dismissed…
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Referring to the commencement of the eighth year of Prohibition in U.S.A., the Belfast "Evening Telegraph" says that "wets and drys…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Badly Handled. Youth Charged with Assault. Sydney
At the Central Police Court to-day, Vincent Bateup, 19, was remanded on bail on a charge of maliciously in[?] bodily harm on Clarence Small…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Native Sentenced. Murder on Mission Steamer. Sydney
At the Central Criminal Court to-day, Toaura. a Gilbert Island native, pleaded guilty to charge of manslaughter in connection with the death…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Motor Fatality. Police Court Sequel. Sydney
At the Central Police Court to-day Arthur Morgan Martin, 37, a motor driver, was charged with feloniously slaying William Perry, in Cleveland…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Presentation at Maitland Gaol
Miss Sarah Hartnett, who, for many years has been matron at Maitland Gaol, and through continuous ill-health has been…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Alleged Assault. Returned Soldier Injured
Michael Farragua, aged 49 years, a returned soldier, who lives in a hot in Cook's timber yard, King-street, Newcastle West, was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Police Promotion
Constable Brown, stationed at Muswellbrook for some months, has been promoted to first-class rank in his grade…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Five Years a Greek Sentenced. Adelaide
Don Paull, a Greek confectioner, was sentenced to five years at the Criminal Court, on a charge of having committed an unnatural office…
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