Dungog Police Court
Several cases were dealt with at Dungog Police Court on Wednesday but space precludes their inclusion in this issue in detail. H. R…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hunter Valley · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1928
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VAGRANCY. Youth Sent to Gaol
Charged with vagrancy, William John Fox, 18. was sentenced to fourteen days imprisonment by Mr. G. Wheeler J P , at the Police Court on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Drunken Motorists. Insufficient Punishment. Magistrate's Explanation
"I would like to see statistics to find out whether offences of this kind are increasing or decreasing," said Mr. McMahon, S.M., when George Blake,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Stabbing Affray an American Charged. Sydney
Robert Laga, [?] an American, was charged at the Central Court to-day with having maliciously wounded Martin Hirsch…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police at Weston
Mr. Booth M.L.A., who brought before the Chief Secretary the desire of the progress association that additional police protection be…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Kurri Police Buildings
The Chief Secretary has informed Mr. Booth concerning the police buildings at Kurri Kurri that he has approved of that sergeant's quarters…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Double Murder Robbery the Motive. Melbourne
It appears evident that the motive for the murder of Richard Clements and his wife, at Bulumwal, in the Bairnsdale district, was robbery…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Husband and Wife Lively Argument at Aberdare Charge of Assault
Margaret Hurst proceeded against Thomas Hurst at the Cessnock Police Court on Tuesday on a charge of assault…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two Years' Gaol. Demanded Money with Menaces. Attempt to Victimise Woman
At the Sydney Quarter Sessions, No. 2 Court, before Judge Curlewis, Erik Rasmussen, 21, a Dane, and George Spiegelglas, 21, an Austrian, were…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →In "Murder Row." Hickman Composing an Oration. Los Angeles
Hickman, who has been moved to a cell in "Murder Row" in the Saint Quentin prison at San Francisco, maintains a jaunty air and is busily…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Kurri Court Case Weston Man Remanded
Edward William Carter 36, appeared before Mr. A. E. Stonham, J P. at the Kurri Kurri Police Court yesterday, charged with having, at Weston, on…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Double Murder. a Gippsland Tragedy. Man and Wife Battered to Death
Mr. and Mrs. Clements were found dead in their store at Balumwall, about 19 miles from Bairnsdale, Victoria, last night…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Weston Police Station Other Centres Have First Call
Following on his representations to the Chief Secretary, urging the erection of a new police station at Weston, Mr. Booth has been…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Skelton Wins Court Case Over Racing Mare
Local sports rolled up in full force to the Cessnock Courthouse on Tuesday to listen to the evidence in a case in which the Prince of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Three Years' Gaol. Sentenced for Manslaughter
John Hamston, 44, a labourer who killed Florence Malvi, a widow, with an axe at Ballarat, Victoria, was sentenced in Melbourne to three…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Police Court
A large number of cases were listed for hearing at the Singleton Police Court yesterday. Cases of considerable interest were heard, and a large…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Murder Charge Special Court for Tamworth
At the regular Assizes in Tamworth in October last a man named Cyril Maithow Thompson was tried on a charge of murder, and the jury failed…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Sent to Gaol. for Assaulting Police. Threatened to Shoot. Cessnock
"He Bald, If you don't como, I'll shoot you dead!' He then struck me and knocked me out." Eileen Ward, who proceeded…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Nurse Charged Woman's Disappearance
The mysterious disappearance of Mrs. Inez Ada Rosser was again mentioned in closed court at Richmond, Victoria, when the case was heard in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Brutal Assault Heavy Sentences Imposed
Sentences of up to 10 years' imprisonment with hard labour were imposed by Judge Curlewis on Wednesday upon three men who had been found…
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