Signal Box Damage. Train Held Up. Boys Before Court
The shattering of an accumulator in a signal box by a pea-rifle bullet had the effect of holding up a train at Muswellbrook recently…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hunter Valley · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1931
2,327 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 22 of 117
Strong Guard For Gaol Escapee Two Charged
Henry Joseph Coulston, alias Eugene de Flon, who escaped from the Coonamble lockup was recaptured and charged at the Police Court…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Shot at Police Two Years' Gaol
On a charge of having shot at a constable with intent to evade arrest, William Vincent Foster, aged 17, was sentenced by Judge…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →COUNTERFEITS Three Years' Gaol MELBOURNE
A man and two woman, who had pleaded guilty to charges relating to the making of counter felt coins, were sentenced by…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Murder Charge SYDNEY
At the Newtown Court to-day, Vincenzo Malaponte was remanded on a charge of having murdered Guiseppe…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Indian Leader Dies at 70 After Gaol Calcutta. Feb. 6
Pandit Motilal Nehru, ex-president of the Congress, died at Lucknow this morning aged 70. Nehru was released from prison…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Noisy Cycles Police Active Riders Fined
Many complaints have been made about the noise caused by motorists on the streets late at night…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Police Hurt Head-on Crash MELBOURNE
Two members of the police cycle patrol were badly hurt last night when their machine collided head-on with a motor car at a railway level…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Murder Charge Mena Griffiths Case May Be Dropped Melbourne
As a result of an important development that has occurred in the preparation of the Crown brief for the forthcoming trial of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →CESSNOCK Razor Slashing Court Story Cessnock
A packed gallery at Cessnook Court to-day watched with great interest the unfolding of the story of an happening at…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Clerk in Court Alleged False Pretence Unusual Details Sydney
At the Central Court to-day, Bernard Essen, a clerk, was remanded on two charges of alleged false pretences. It was alleged that he falsely pretences…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Brilliant Ex-Maitland "High' Girl's Tragic End SUICIDE? Police Belief Dead in Car Sydney
Tragically, and, the police believe, by her own hand, death came to Miss Jean Hazelton, a brilliant…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →V.C HERO In Police Court
A man who had gained the highest decoration for valour' at the Great War, the Victoria Cross, appeared before Mr. D. W. Reed, P.M.,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Poison in Tea English Preacher Charged
London, Saturday.— The case in which a mother of nine accused her husband of attempting to poison her with sulphuric acid from a wireless set…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Costly Fur Coat Charge of Stealing SYDNEY
At the Central Court to-day Kenneth Bunting Wilson, 31, a seaman, was remanded to February 22, on a charge of having stolen a fur coat…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Court Interlude His Occupation
During the hearing of a case in the West Maitland Police Court to-day, Mr. A. S. Borthwick, solicitor, of Dungog, asked a witness what…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Defacing a Brand Case Before Singleton Court
At the Singleton Police Court on Friday, Boy Smith, cattle dealer, of Clydesdale, was proceeded against by the police for having…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Allowed to Go Suspected Youth Police Search Melbourne
Police conducted an unsuccessful catch during the week-end for a suspected maniac who has been assaulting women in various suburbs…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Privy Council Leave to Appeal Granted by Court, Sydney
The application by "Truth" and "sportsman," Ltd., was granted by the Full Court to-day for final leave to appeal to the privy council against…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Assault Charge Husband Remanded
It was alleged by Mrs. Pricilla Florence Miller, of High-street, West Maitland, that her husband, Ernest James Miller,…
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