Murder Charge Body Found on Road Terrible Injuries Wellington (N.z.)
Last night the body of Thomas' Hendrick was found on a lonely road near Stratford, terribly injured. A push bicycle was found on the…
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Courts & crime, 1925
2,043 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 22 of 103
Newcastle District Court. Wednesday, March 18. (Before his Honor Judge Beeby.) Workman's Compensation Act
Stanley Wallace Jones, a waggon chocker, employed at the Pelaw-Main Colliery, sought compensation of £5 2s 11d, covering a period of incapacity from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Alleged Murder
A message from Chicago states that the city has been shocked by a story of alleged murder, which threatens to create as great a horror as the famous…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, March 19. (Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc
Percival Lane (32) was fined 10s, or three days' imprisonment for drunkenness. Albert George Finnie (28) was fined £5, with the Alternative of one…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Alleged Cruelty Boy's Strange Story Farmer Charged Melbourne
A story of a farmer's Ill-treatment of a boy of 15 was told in the Donald Police Court yesterday, when William Henry Lavery, of Corack East,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cyclist's Death Charge of Murder Wellington (N.z.)
The body of Thomas Hendrick (19) was found on the roadside at Stratford, terribly injured. A smashed bicycle was alongside, and signs on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Alleged Frauds Conspiracy Charged a Man's Infatuation (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON
The case was continued yesterday in which Mrs. Muriel Waterhouse, as executrix of the will of her late husband, is proceeding against Sir David Wilson…
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Reserved judgment was given to-day in the State Full Court in the case in which allegations of professional misconduct were made against…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Father and Son Appear in Divorce Court Strange Case Sydney
A remarkable undefended divorce suit was before Judge Owen this afternoon, in which the father of the petitioner was joined as…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle District Court. Thursday, March 19. (Before His Honor Judge Beeby. Verdict for Defendant
His Honor gave judgment in the action for damages arising from a motoring collision brought by William Holbrow against George Herbert Brady. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Like Cinderella Fit of Boot Discussed in Court Chase on Roof. Charge of Entering With Intent to Steal
Cinderella, it will be recalled, on hurriedly leaving the ball on a certain historic occasion, left a glass slipper behind. When, however, an intruder was disturbed on a Hunter-street West roof one recent moonlight night, he left behind both boots and hat…
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An extraordinary case has been engaging the attention of the police in Christchurch during the past week. It concerned the mysterious disappearance…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Sirdar's Murder
A Cairo message states that a railway workshopman, who has been arrested, has confessed to participation in the murder of the Sirdar…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Theft Charge Big Sum Involved SYDNEY
Charged by warrant with stealing £1600 on November 11, 1921, while he was a member of a partnership. Charles Smith, aged 36, an engineer,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Friday, March 20. (Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc
Charles Gautier, 48, labourer, for drunkenness, was fined 20s, or seven days' imprisonment. Thomas Jackson, 32, fireman, for using improper language, was fined…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Alive or Dead? Search for Mrs. Mouat Husband Charged Auckland
The police are searching for Mrs. Mouat, whose husband is under arrest at Christchurch, charged with murdering his wife…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Solicitor Called Upon Full Court's Decision Sydney
The Full Court to-day delivered reserved decision in the case in which the New South Wales Incorporated Law Institute asked the Court to exercise its…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Double Tragedy Search Being Made for Car Driver Police Inquiring Description Being Broadcasted to All Stations SYDNEY
Though a motor car, which killed two elderly people last night, was not identified at the time, every effort will be made to discover the car and its driver. Damage sustained by the car, though it did not pull up, may lead…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle District Court. Friday, March 20. (Before his Honor Judge Beeby.) in Divorce. Moran v. MORAN
Elizabeth Moran, formerly Thompson, sought a divorce from John Moran, on the ground of desertion. Mr. N. Cragg appeared for the petitioner, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Popular Magistrate Presentation from Lismore Court Function
"Words are a poor medium in which express the esteem in which I held the men of the north, and I'm surf the feelings have always been…
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