Murder of a Boy. a Railway Mystery. London
A seven-year-old boy was found strangled under the seat of a railway carriage at Shoreditch. The child has been identified, but…
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Courts & crime, 1914
988 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 50
Alsace Court-martial. Sentences Deferred. Berlin
The sitting of the court-martial in Strassburg to hear charges against Colonel von Reuter, commander of the garrison at Zabern, was continued…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Strike of Chairmakers. Fight with the Police. London
Two thousand chairmakers at High Wycombe have gone on strike. They attacked the factories, and smashed the windows. A furious hand…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Saturday January 10. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) Drunkenness
Four men charged for the first time with drunkenness, pleaded guilty, and were each fined 2s 6d, with the alternative of five minutes' detention. Theresa…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shoreditch Murder. Identity of the Victim. London
It is announced that the little boy who was found strangled in a railway carriage at Shoreditch was William Starchfield, the son of John…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Alsace Court-martial. Officers Acquitted. Their Action Justified. Berlin
The court-martial which inquired into the conduct of the German officers in Zabern has acquitted Colonel Von Reuter and Lieutenant Schad…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wallsend Police Court. Monday, January 12. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.)
John Fahey, licensee of the Carrington Hotel, Plattsburg, pleaded guilty to a charge of allowing liquor to be consumed on his licensed premises on Christmas…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court. Monday, January 12. (Before Mr. T. C. K. M'Kell, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc
Six first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 5s, with the alternative of five minutes' detention. David Scott, 30, shoemaker, was fined 10s, in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Charlestown Police Court. Tuesday, January 13. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.)
Jeremiah Jones, for being drunk and disorderly, at Dudley, was fined 10s, costs 6s. David Johns, for drunkenness, at Dudley, was fined 10s, coats 6s. David…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, January 13. (Before Mr. T. C. K. M'Kell, S.M.) Drunkenness
One first offender, charged with drunkenness, was fined 5d, with the alternative of five minutes detention…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Murder of a Woman. Plunder the Object. Budapest
The body of a woman was found in a basket washed up on the river bank. It has been identified as that of Elsa Turesany, a well-known…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Charges of Murder. Cholera Germs and Poison. Berlin
The trial has been commenced of Karl Hopf, who was arrested at Frankfort in April of last year on a charge of murdering his father, his first wife,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Waratah Police Court. Wednesday, January 14. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.)
C. B. Francis, inspector under the Health Act, proceeded against Rupert Turner with having, on the 26th November, 1913, certain rood, to wit, milk for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, January 14. (Before Mr. T. C. K. M'Kell, S.M.) Drunkenness
Three first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 5s, or imprisonment until the rising of the Court…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Court Life in Japan
"Although the late Emperor was the ruler who introduced into Japan western civilisation and manners, and removed his capital to Tokio, he himself, except…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Budapest Tragedy. Police on the Track. Budapest
A man who attempted to pawn jewels belonging to Elsa Turesany, the woman who was strangled, and whose body was found washed up on the river bank in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maitland District. Police Court
Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M., occupied the bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday morning. Inspector Evans proceeded against…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, January 15. (Before Mr. T. C. K. M'Kell, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc
One first offender, charged with drunkenness, was fines 5s, with the alternative of five minutes' detention. Mary Kelly (60), widow, was fined 10s, in…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Greta Police Court. Thursday, January 14. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M., and Mr. B. Pryor, J.P.)
Henry Wilson and John Carlin were charged by Wm Humphreys, manager Central Greta Colliery, with a breach of colliery rules, Mr. D. L. B. Glash[?]n,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Johannesburg Strike Police Swarming Leaders Besieged. in the Trades Hall. Johannesburg
The position in Johannesburg yesterday was a marked contrast to that of Tuesday. Police were swarming everywhere,…
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