Nurse Charged with Murder
At the inquest on Mary Gilligan, aged 23, the Hobart Coroner returned a verdict of death from perlton[?]s, caused by an illegal operation…
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Courts & crime, 1924
1,881 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 39 of 95
Bathurst Gaol. Recent Mutiny
Mr. Ley, the Minister for Justice, has been furnished with reports of the recent mutiny in Bathurst Gaol, the main facts of which have already been…
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The Paris correspondent of the "Dally Express" states that Alexander Radkowsky, an ex-officer of Wrangle's army, who shot dead a compatriot,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Blow Young Man Charged Salt's Death Sydney
Charged with having caused the death of Thomas Bernard William Skill, a young man named Frederick William Burton was remanded at the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court. Friday, May 30. (Before Mr. J. W. M. Laidlaw, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc
One first offender, charged with being drunk did not appear, and his bond was forfeited. Cecil Clench, 28, was fined 10s. with the alternative of three days'…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Maitland District Fortune-teller Prosecuted. Gipsy in Court
Some excitement was caused at Abermain on Wednesday afternoon, following a visit of a gipsy party to a shop in Main-street. One of the party…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Criminal Appeal Court. Maitland Conviction Quashed Sydney
Patrick O'Rourke, who was convicted at the Maitland Sessions, before Judge Hamilton, on a charge of improper assault and sentenced to two years'…
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At the Newcastle Police Court on Saturday, before Mr. A. G. Chiplin, J.P., two persons who had been locked up for drunkenness, and were admitted to ball,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Not for Long Maitland Magistrate
Mr. G. Williams who took up duties as acting P.M. at Maitland this morning, was accorded a welcome by Mr. F. H. F. Waller on behalf of the legal…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Theft Charge Fails Grateful Defendant
"The evidence is very obscure and the identity of the defendant was not sufficiently proved," said Mr. Perry, S.M., at tho Newcastle Police…
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A telegram from Chicago reports an amazing crime, which, after the duration of a week, had an extraordinary denouement, when Mr. Crowe. State Attorney,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Swimmer Misses Drill Making Up Deficiency. Trainees in Court
Claude Ward, the surf champion of New South Wales, was prosecuted at Newcastle Police Court this morning for being deficient in compulsory…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →World Court Coolidge's View Explicit Declaration (Australian Cable Association.) New York
President Coolidge, in a Memorial Day address at Arlington National Cemetery, repudiated proposals for American adherence to the World Court that would…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Killed for Thrill Brutal Murder of Chicago Schoolboy Extraordinary Crime Wealthy Youths Confess to Choking An Innocent Lad CHICAGO
Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, sons of leading Chicago families whose wealth represents at least £5,000,000, have confessed to the amazing kidnapping and murder of Robert Franks, a schoolboy, aged 14, "We had been reading stories of kidnapping and such adventures,"…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Big Burglary Theft of Jewellery WORTH £1300 Hotel Australia Robbery SYDNEY
One of the most daring robberies in Sydney, for years was committed at the Hotel Australia. A .showcase belonging to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Monday, June 2
Two first offenders charged with drunkenness were each fined 1s, in default imprisonment until the rising of the court, and the ball bonds of eight others who…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Carrington Row Language in Court
The atmosphere at the Newcastle Police Court this morning was blue, when a malicious language charge was before Mr. Perry, S.M., who gave…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Believes in Doubles Newcastle Man's Ordeal Arrested on Murder Charge
There is a businessman in Newcastle who was arrested on a murder charge. He was innocent, of course, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Registry Agitation at Greta Duties of Police
The Chief Secretary's Department has advised the members for Maitland in reply to representstions from greta Councill [?] that a reglatary…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Aquatic Derby Race May be Run in Heavy Rain Guessing Problem Extensive Police Traffic Preparations LONDON
A weekend deluge preceded London's most wonderful week of the season, 41,000,000 tans of rain falling in the metropolis in a few tours. It is announced that Knight of the Garter has recovered from his leg trouble, and will be a certain runner in the Derby…
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