Murder at Sea Reign of Terror on Ship. Amazing Story Told in U.s.a
Cold blooded murder on the high seas, with the self-appointed captain of a ship thrown overboard by the crew, was described by passengers of…
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Courts & crime, 1938
1,824 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 3 of 92
Court of Petty Sessions (Before Mr C. G. Carr-Boyd, P.m.) Friday, 7th .January. Breaches of Stock Act
W. E. Coward was charged with failing to travel stock, numbering about 300, the required distance under the Act. Evidence was given by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gaming House Gaol Without Option BRISBANE
On a charge of using a common gaming house, John Frederick Syone, 49, billiard room proprietor, was sentenced to six weeks' imprisonment…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Murder Case "Bluebeard" on Trial PARIS, Jan. 7
Collette Tricot, the associate of the German "Bluebeard" Weidmann, and his companion, Million, told the examining magistrate to-day that the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Road Races Police Impose Ban Cyclists Hit Sydney
The Police Traffic Department has decided that in future no cycling race will be permitted, on highways where the 30 miles an hour limit applies,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Money Found Hotel Licensee in Court Verdict for £21 SINGLETON
In the Small Debts Court at Singleton yesterday, Joseph Lambkins, grazier, of Bridgman-road, was successful in an action to recover £21/18/9 from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bail Forfeited Magistrate's Order CESSNOCK
Released on £3 bail after being arrested on a charge of being drunk and disorderly in Main-street, Cessnock, on December 24, 1937, John…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Brisbane Gaming Conviction Gaol Without Option
On a charge of having used a common gaming house, John Frederick Syone, aged 49, a billiard-room proprietor, was at Brisbane sentenced…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alleged Statement Made By Roberts Police in Box Newcastle Murder Inquest Finding of Body Newcastle
A record crowd was drawn to the Newcastle Courthouse this morning when the Coroner, Mr. A. G. Chiplin, resumed the inquest concerning the death of Dorothy May Everett…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Charged with Causing Public Nuisance Man Committed for Trial
At the Kogarah Police Court, Richard Henry Lonsdale, of Epacris Avenue, Caringbah, was committed for trial on a charge of causing a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Son Charged Assaulted his Father Bound Over Cessnock
George Pearson Orchard, 29, was charged at the Cessnock Court to-day with having, on December 4, unlawfully assaulted Thomas Walker…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Film Actress Threatened by Cook Police to the Rescue
An enraged cook staged a two-hour rampage at the home of Fay Wray, the film actress, before she was overpowered by two policemen who…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Imprisoned for Gathering Alms Recited Poem in Court
John Gleeson, 48, cook, who was sentenced at the Central Police Court, Sydney, to two days' imprisonment for having gathered alms in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Attacks on British Police by Japanese Soldiers Emergency Meeting of British Cabinet Expected
The Prime Minister (Mr Chamberlain), who is in charge of the Foreign Office during Mr Eden's holiday, is expected to call an emergency meeting to-day of such Cabinet Ministers as are in London, to consider the situation created by the attacks on British…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Court of Petty Sessions (Before Mr C. G. Carr Boyd, P.m). Alleged Stock Act Breach
The hearing of the adjourned case in which Frederick Brosi was proceeded against by the police for not having travelled stock the required…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Truck Murder Inquest Continues Police Evidence Melbourne
The inquest into the death of the truck driver, John Thomas Demsey, entered upon its last day to-day. A large crowd of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Park Betting Magistrate's View
"I am glad the police caught these people," said Mr. W. S. Bromhead, S.M., at the Bathurst Police Court, in imposing a fine of £20, in default 40…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Murderers Escape from Gaol BUCHAREST, January 10
TEN convicts who were serving life sentences for murder have escaped from the prison at Bacua. They had spent several years in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Assault on Fulabar. "Puzzle" Shakespeare As Strategist
They cannot forget it and would be ready for the next. During the Christmas holidays at Dora Creek, the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Story of Assault Japanese "Insulted" LONDON, January 10
Official quarters in London have received details of the assaults on British police at Shanghai. They disclose that when Probationary Sergeant…
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