Stolen Beer. Railway Porters Sentenced. Parkes
At the Parkes Police Court this morning, John Sheehan and Herbert Molloy, railway porters, were sentenced to three months'…
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Courts & crime, 1929
2,983 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 24 of 150
Licensing Law Leads to Abuse. Magistrate's Condemnation
The licensing law, so far as it relates to the sale of liquor after hours, was severely criticised by Mr. M'Mahon, S.M., at the Central Police Court,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Parkes Case. Unprovoked Assault. Bertie Titler Fined. Parkes
Bertie Charles Litler, one of the men sentenced to death for the alleged capital offence against a girl at Parkes, but who was subsequently…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Brutal Attack. Victim's Throat Gashed. Seamen Sent to Gaol
John Franks, 37, and James Kemmy, 20, appeared in the Melbourne Court, charged with assaulting John M'Innes. They were each…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Station Fight. Police Use Aeroplane
Because one of the men washed his clothes in a horse trough a fight, in which a razor, an axe handle, and iron bar were used, occurred between…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Prisoner Appeals Alleged Misdirection by Judge. Sentenced to Five Years. Sydney
Before the Full Court Criminal Appeals to-day, William Smiley appealed against his conviction. and sentence of five years' penal servitude on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tricked the Police. a Prisoner's Ruse
Tricking the police by one of the cleverest ruses ever tried, a prisoner named Patrick Murphy escaped from the Water Police Station on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Accepted Relief Orders Hebburn Miner Who Had Money in Bank Magistrate Imposes Heavy Penalty
John Richard Watson, a Hebburn No. 1 miner, who pleaded guilty at the Kurri Kurri Police Court on Wednesday to a charge of having…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Twenty-first Birthday Police Trainee J. H. SHAKESPEARE
A select party was given to Police Trainee Joseph H. Shakespeare, in the barracks at Redfern on Tuesday night, 19th February, when he…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Correspondence Court House Clock. (To the Editor.)
Sir,—l was surprised at reading in your,issue of 15th instant of an attempt being made by the Department of the Attorney General and of Justice to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Notorious Criminals Escorted Back to Sydney. Elaborate Police Precautions
John Brendon Parker, a notorious criminal, arrived at Sydney yesterday under escort, after having been extradited from France…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Insurance on Motor Car. Claim in District Court
In the Sydney District Court Bradley Bros., Ltd., claimed £100 for breach of contract from the Community General Assurance, Coy., Ltd…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sale of Sheep. "Broken Mouths." Case in Court
A case of interest to stockowners was decided, in the Bathurst District Court, before Judge Thomsen and a jury of four. A claim for £275/7/6 for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Insurance on Motor Car Claim in Sydney District Court
In the District Court, Sydney, Bradley Bros. Limited, of Wentworth avenue, Sydney) and Winifred Marple, of the same place claimed £100 for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Woman Slashed. Attack by Rejected Lover-court Sequel. Sydney
At the Central Court to-day, David Benjamin Davies, 34, a carter, was charged with maliciously wounding Helen Maud Kelly…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Court. Cases at Singleton
Mr. D. W. Reed, P.M., presided at the regular sitting of singleton Police Court. Rodney Bailey pleaded guilty to…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Driver Charged
James Pike, the prominent jockey now undergoing a term of suspension by the A.J.C., was arrested on Sunday night on a charge of having…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Counterfeiting a Russian Sentenced
David Mahoovski, 41 years a Russian Statue maker ,was sentenced in Melbourne to imprisonment for five years, for having coining inst uments…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Italian Charged. Sydney
At the Central Court to-day, Guido Calletti, 20, a labourer, was remanded for eight days on a charge of having shot at Ernest Conolly, with…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Alleged Theft Young Men for Trial
On the night of November 10, David Sage, a commercial traveller, left his car, containing dress samples, valued at £221/19/2, in Kelly's…
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