Charges Against Mr. Catts. Dismissed by the Magistrate. Melbourne
Mr. J. A. Catts, M.H.R., was to-day charged, before Mr. N. Moore, P.M., under the War Precautions Act, with making statements likely to prejudice his…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1918
1,094 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 18 of 55
Assault by Flour Bank Robbery Charge SYDNEY
The trial of Vincent Cook, on a charge arising out of the recent bank robbery at the corner of Pitt and Bathurst streets, took place at the Quarter Sessions to-day. Cook…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, April 10. (Before Mr. A. Gates, D.S.M.) Remanded
Thomas Riordan Randall, 47, seaman, was remanded until the following morning on it charge of alleged failing to Join his ship at Sydney, after having received…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, April 11. (Before Mr. A. Gates, D.S.M.)
A first offender for drunkenness was fined 2s 6d, or the rising. Charles Augustus James (51), labourer, did not appear in answer to a similar charge, and his…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Gaol Foe Abductor Returned Man's Crime SYDNEY
"To ruin a man's daughter in the way you have done is Infinitely worse than breaking into his house and stealing his property,' said Judge Backhouse, when Edgar Charles…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Loss of Diamonds Sydney Sportsman Charged SYDNEY
William Henry Jackson (58), on a charge of stealing a wallet of papers and £30 in cash from Arthur Edward Hughes, was committed for trial at the Central Police Court…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Small Debts Court. (Before Mr. A. Gates, D.S.M.)
Frede. Ash, Ltd., Newcastle, v. A. Modini, Murwillumbah, claim of £32, 0s 6d, for goods sold and delivered. Verdict for plaintiff, with 5s 9d costs. J. Ireland and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Licensing Court. Thursday, April 11. (Before Messrs. A. Gates and C. Hibble, L.Ms.)
Herbert Sidebottom was granted a renewal of colonial wine license for premises at Boolaroo. Alexander Frew was granted licenses…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bolshevik Butchery Murder as a Weapon
Deliberate murder is the weapon used by the Bolsheviki to make their brand of "democracy" safe; and, fearing lest the troops should be led by their officers to effect a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Vagrancy Cases Maitland Police Court
There was a fairly heavy list before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M., at the West Maitland Police Court, this morning. Harold O'Brien pleaded qulify to having…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, April 13. (Before Mr. A. G. Chiplin, J.P.)
Mary Munro (40), domestic, on bail, failed to appear in answer to a charge of drunkenness. Her ball bond was ordered to be forfeited…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Oldring Hanged Double Murder MELBOURNE
Geoffrey Oldring, who was sentenced to death for the murder of Mrs. Margaret Taylor aud her step-daughter, Rose Taylor, aged 12, was executed in Melbourne gaol this…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Salvation Soldier Police After a Convert
The city police are looking for a Salvation Army convert. An acting-sergeant in the army at that organisation's Home for Men, Scott-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →West Maitland Police Court
Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M., occupied the Bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. George William Lynne Mosman, on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fined for Assault Case at Charlestown
William Henry Farley appeared at the Charlestown Police Court this morning on two charges of having assaulted and used threatening language to Edward Harold…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wallsend Police Court. Monday, April 15. (Before Mr. A. Gates, D.S.M.)
The case Patrick M'Laughlin v. George Woods, for breach of the Motor Act was by consent, further adjourned to the 29th instant…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Municipal Appeal Court
The town clerk, Mr. A, Cook, attended, and explained that the appeals lodged had been all settled, the only variations in the values being in the assessed…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Small Debts Court
James Pratten sued John O'Donnell for £7 7s 6d, balance of rent due. Mrs. O'Donnell, who appeared for defendant, pleaded not indebted to the amount…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court. Monday, April 15. (Before Mr. C. F. Butler, S.M.) Bond Forfeited
George Stephens (80), labourer, who had been locked up for drunkenness in Hunter-street, and admitted to bail, did not appear, and his bond was forfeited…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Magistrate's Division
A special meeting of the council of the New South Wales Justices' Association was held at Daking House, Pitt-street, Sydney, on Wednesday last. Dr. Burne…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →