Elderly Man. Sentenced for Serious Offence. Magistrate's Strong Comment. Toowoomba
At the Toowoomba Police Court yesterday, William Wilmot, aged 70, pleaded guilty to having committed a serious offence…
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Courts & crime, 1928
3,187 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 2 of 160
Denman Man's Threat. Would Murder Wife. Police Intervene
A man of strange manner came from. Dennian to Sydney yesterday for the specific, purpose of murdering his wife, (says the Newcastle "Sun" of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Singleton Letter. Police Court Figures. Singleton
The number of case dealt with at the Singleton Police Court during 1927 was considerably below the total for the preceding year, the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cessnock Police Return Year's Work
The police return of cases dealt with at the Cessnock Police Court during, the last year discloses the following figures:—Offences against…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Five Charged Alleged Larceny of Motor Car. Other Charges Pending GUNDAGAI
At the local police court this morning, James Spencer 16, John Sargent 18, Harold Pugh 35, Leslie Sargent, 22, George Woodhouse…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Murder Charge. Hickman Raises Plea of Insanity. Montreal, Jan. 5
A Los Angeles message states that Edward Hickman pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to the indictment charging him with complicity in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Acting Police Magistrate
Mr D. W. Reed has been appointed temporarily as police magistrate in the Maitland and Singleton districts. No successor to the late Mr M. H. Cleeve,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Alleged Assault. Attack on Tram Conductor. Second Man Charged. Sydney
A second man, Thomas Craig, 28, a wharf—labourer was charged at the Central Court with having assaulted Claude Riley, a tram conductor,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Vicious Assault. Tram Conductor Injured
Police are searching for the assailants, of Claude Riley, a tram conductor, of Boyce—road, Maroubra, who was found unconscious on the roadway,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Alleged Burglary Caught Red—handed at Newcastle. Newcastle
A man named Jack Nicholas, 20. was charged at the police court this morning with entering Maples Bros, grocery shop. Hunter Street West,…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Former Manager Charged. Trouble Over Motor Vessels
ROCKHAMPTON, (Q.), Wednesday. At the Gladstone Police Court, Loyal Clifford Marsh, formerly manager of the Australian Turtle Co., of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"Deserve to Lose Your Life" Unsympathetic Magistrate. Sydney
At Toowoomba Police Court yesterday, William Wilmot, aged 70, pleaded guilty to having committed a serious offence. Evidence was given that a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Struck with Glass. Assault on Steamer Grama. Sydney
At the Central Court to-day, George Roberts, 36, a seaman, was fined £5, in default two months' gaol on a charge of having assaulted Reginald…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Assault Charge. Alleged Attack on Tram Conductor. Knocked Off Footboard. Sydney
William Thompson, 24, a wharflabourer, was charged at he Central Police Court with having assaulted Claude Riley and robbed him of £67…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Murder of Policeman. No Further Developments, London, Jan. 6
Detectives boarded the steamer Baradine on its arrival from Australia and interviewed members of the crew concerning the murder of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Supreme Court Nearly Eight Thousand Writs
According to statistics made available, 7363 writs were issued out of the Supreme Court of New South Wales during 1927, compared with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fiendish Murder. Outrage at Odessa. Italian Vice—consul Waylaid by Bandits. London. December 29
An Odessa message states that the Italian Vice—Consul, Signor Kozzia, who was a bachelor, has been fiendishly murdered, evidently by bandits…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Greycliffe Disaster Coroner's Inquiry. Witness Sharply Rebuked. Captain's Statement to Police
The coroner's inquiry, which had seen adjourned from Wednesday owing to the difficulty of obtaining witnesses who were required at the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Nose Broken. Attacked by Four Men. Police Effect Arrests. Sydney
Norman Curtyne, aged about 30 was seriously injured at Darlinghurst last night, when he was attacked by four men for intervening on behalf of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tahiti Blamed for the Greycliffe Disaster. Speed Was Excessive Marine Court's Finding. Sydney
Mr. Justice Campbell to-day delivered his judgment on the pause of the collision between the Greycliffe and the Tahiti…
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