Sisters in Crime Three Months' Gaol
Two sisters, Maud Smith, aged 48, and Martha Howard, aged 32, were each sentenced to three months' imprisonment with hard labour at the…
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Courts & crime, 1930
2,397 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 14 of 120
Theft of Motor Cars a Scheme for Protection
In view of the number of cars stolen each year in Australia, although the majority are recovered, sometimes in a damaged condition, it is very desirable…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Praised. Premier's Statement
The Premier (Mr. T.R. Bavin) said that he had very little to say about the A.L.P., conference, "At the present time," he said,"I am dealing…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Police Organisation On Coalfields
With the additional force of police now stationed on the coalfields, the department have apparently deemed it neecssary to have their organisation…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Year's Gaol Sedition in India. Calcutta, Jan 23
Subhas Chandra Bose, the Bengal Congress leader, and 11 others were to-day sentenced to a year's imprisonment with hard labour by a Calcutta…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police on Coalfields. Councillor Burns' Reference
In reporting the result of the deputation to the Chief Secretary in regard to removal of the extra police from the Coalfields, at Kearsley Shire…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Raid Fruitless Search for Firearms
On Wednesday police raided, the homes of a number of Cessnock miners in a search for firearms. However, nothing of this nature…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pleaded Guilty to Forgery Sentenced to Three Months' Hard Labour. Punishment Suspended. Sydney
At the Central Court to-day, William James King, aged 50, an agent, pleaded guilty to having forged the name of his employer to two cheques, one for…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Charge Against Kurri Police Officer Case Adjourned
When the case in which Constable E. Whitechurch, of Kurri Kurri, charted with having behaved in an offensive manner to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Detonators Found on Hotel Premises Police Inquiries
Three detonators found on the premises of the Station Hotel, Kurri Kurri, on Monday, has led to police investigations…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Guilty of Attempted Murder (Australian Press Assn. Message.) London
Mrs Langsford, formerly of Adelaide, who last week was found guilty of attempting to murder her four children, was given a nominal…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Kurri Case. Alleged Insulting Words. "Police Are Murderers."
William Laidlaw appeared before Mr. D. W. Reed, P.M., (at the West Maitland Police Court this afternoon on two charges of insulting language…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Alleged Attempt to Pull Up Colliery Line Eleven Men Charged. Fines of £10, in Default Two Months
The eleven men charged with offences arising out an an alleged attempt to pull up the Rothbury dolliery railway line during the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Minister's Protest Against the Severity of the Police Baton Charge
Rev. W. Touchell, Congregationalist Minister, after interviewing certain members of his own church who were eye witnesses of the baton…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →No Beg Pardons Mr. Baddeley's Reply to Premier. Recent References to Police
Since our last issue Mr. Baddeley, M.L.A., has replied to the statements made by the Premier in regard to speeches made last week-end by the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Communist Speaker Gets Two Months Gaol Charge of Inciting Persons to Crime Refuses to Obey Order to Enter Into a Bond
Joseph Shelley (41), charged with having at Kurri Kurri on January 8th incited divers persons to the commission of a crime, to wit, murder,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Baton Charges Further Comments by Cr. Burns Report of Deputation to Sydney
Kearsley Shire President (Cr. Burns) at the council meeting to-day, submitted a report in regard to the deputation, that recently went to Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →High Court Decision on Beeby's Interim Award the Majority. Judgment. Sydney
In the High Court's judgment" in the appeal against Judge Beeby's interim Coal mine award. Justice Duffy read the majority…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"It Would Mean Civil War." Mr. Scullin Rejects A.l.p, Demands. Police Will Not Be Disarmed. Seize the Mines Proposal
The Prime Minister, Mr. Scullin, in a statement issued last evening, said that in so far as the proposals made at the A.L.P. conference, called in Sydney to discuss the coal dispute, involved an entire disregard of the Commonwealth…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Further Echoes of Rothbury Happenings Eleven Men Before Cessnock Court on "Unlawful Assembly" Charge Continuation of Cases Adjourned From Maitland All Defendants Convicted and Fined £10 EACH
Cessnock courthouse was crowded to the uttermost limits of its capacity yesterday when, as a sequel to the recent lively happenings at Rothbury eleven men appeared before Mr. Reed, P.M., on a…
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