Stone on Line. Youth Sentenced at Armidale
Pleading guilty at Armidale Sessions to placing a large stone on the railway line near Guyra, Peter Pennell (17), was by Judge, Mocatta…
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Courts & crime, 1929
2,983 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 16 of 150
Licensing Court
In the West Maitland Licensing Court to-day, before Mr. D. W. Heed. L.M., Margaret Callinan, of the Royal Hotel, Morpeth, made…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hotel Tragedy. Murder and Suicide. London, Feb. 3
A shooting drama occurred in the smoking room of the Hotel Royal. at Buxton. A customer, ex-Sergeant-Major…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Court Defied. Merchants' Application Granted
A state of strike in the timber industry was declared on Saturday by Judge Lukin in the Commonwea?th Arbitration Court. The order, which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Famine in Kabul Murder and Loot Appalling Conditions CALCUTTA, Feb. 3
Twenty-five British and indian residents were brought to Peshawar by a Royal Air Force plane. Terrible stories of the conditions…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Persecution of Blacks. Aborigine's Story in London Court
London, Saturday.—Anthony Martin Fernando, aged 65, an aboriginal toy huwker, born near Sydney, was remanded for a month at the Old Bailey to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Youth Charged. Alleged Assault on Young Woman. Newcastle
Geo. Nicholas Burns, 18, a mechanic, of Singleton, was before the police court to-day, charge with an assault on a young woman near…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Filmed at Gaol Headquarters
Many of the dramatic and exciting scenes embodied in "A Woman Against the World," to be seen at Regent and Empire Theatre to-morrow…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Charge of Murder. Accused Committed
The City Coroner committed Malcolm MacKinnon (63) for trial on a charge of murdering James Blair. Bail was not applied for…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Three Months' Gaol Robbed Men Who Befriended Him. Newcastle
Joseph Allen Burk, 21, was sentenced to three months' imprisonment to-day at the Police Court for having robbed two men, who had befriended…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Court Sensation Suicide of Bankrupt. in Counsel's Room
The name of Robert Abbott Johnstone, a secretary, of Barrington-avenue, Kew, was called several times within the precints of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At Revolver Point Constable Booth Makes Sensational Arrest Alleged Unlawful Taking of Motor Car Two Men and Two Girls Before Court
'Tis said of Constable Bill Booth that he can memorise any motor-car number to perfection. The figures become indelibly imprinted on his…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ingratitude. Sentenced to Six Months' Gaol
Out of work, and stranded in Newcastle, without food or money, Joseph Allan Burke was taken in and given food and a bed by two young seamen…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Reformative Treatment. Bank Clerk Sentenced
William Frederick Thomas, who pleaded guilty to six charges of theft totalling £507 from the Commercial Bank of Australia, where he was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Murder Mystery No Nearer Solution
The detectives investigating the disappearance of Leslie Williams, at Donnybrook (Vic,), on Sunday week, admit that they are no nearer a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Singleton Youth on Trial. Alleged Assault on Girl
Allegations of a serious nature were made by a girl before his Honor Judge White, at the Newcastle Quarter Sessions yesterday, when George Nicholas…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alleged Assault. Case at Newcastle Sessions. Newcastle
Michael McDermott was charged at the Quarter Sessions to-day with indecent assault on a 14-year-old girl near Hexham punt on the night of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gaol and Flogging Criminal Offence Against Young Girl
Judge Joinarski, in the General Sessions, Melbourne, sentenced Joseph Herman Carl Hansen, a young well-built man, to 12 months…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Alleged Fraud. Company Director Charged. London, Feb. 5
J.C. Brandreth, managing director of Ner-Sag., who recently disappeared, leaving the company's accounts in a questionable state, was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Robbed Widows. Solicitor Sentenced. Seven Years' Penal Servitude Sydney
At Darlinghurst Sessions to-day, Percy Davey Wynne, 44, a solicitor, was sentenced to seven years' penal servitude on charges of having…
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