Alleged Graft Detectives in Court MELBOURNE
Serious alligations of graft were made when Senior-Detective Olholm and Detective McPhorson were charged at the General sessions with…
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Courts & crime, 1925
2,043 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 37 of 103
Strange Death Hamilton Bricklayer Dies at Cessnock "He Was Sick Man" Lies in Police Cell All Night and then Ordered to Hospital
More than usual interest was taken in an inquest at Cessnock to-day. Last Tuesday W. H. Butler, a bricklayer, was placed in a cell at the Cessnock police station. Next morningadoctor was sent for. and he ordered Butler to be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →West Maitland Police Court
Mr. H. F. W. Fletcher, P.M., occupied the Bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. Wilton Weaver, James Nichols,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Stealing Charge Laborer Remanded
James Smith, a laborer, 40 years of age, appeared before Mr. Shropshire, S.M., at the Newcastle Police Court to-day, to answer a charge of having…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Laborer Remanded Alleged Theft of Sugar
Albert Arthur James Finnle, a wharf laborer, 28 was charged at Newcastle Police Court to-day with having, on May 11, stolen three lags…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Two Black Eyes Cessnock Assault Case
Daniel Radnidge was fined £1, with 8s costs, and ordered to pay £2 2s professional costs, £4 10s witness' expenses and £3 compensation to George…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court Monday, May 11. (Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, S.M.) Drunkenness
One first offender, charged with drunkenness, was fined 5s, in default, 24 hours' imprisonment, and three other persons, who did not appear, had their bonds…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Girls Sent Away Man's Sordid Business Six Months' Gaol Sydney
A sensational story of a man who had intercepted girls to send them to another State was told in the Central Police Court to-day, when Leslie…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Land at Lake Macquarie Dispute Before Full Court Sydney
The argument in connection with the ownership of about 11½ acres of land, on which certain buildings were erected, at Warner's Bay, Lake Macquarie, was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Court
Mr. H. F. W. Fletcher, P.M., presided at the Cessnock Police Court yesterday. Daniel Radnidge was charged with having at Cessnock on May 7 unlawfully as…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Big Timber Miner Charged with Theft Case Adjourned
John Miller, a miner, who told the magistrate that he was suffering from a strained heart, which prevented him working, was charged in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Warden's Court
Mr. R. Kelsick, acting superintendent of the Caledonian Collieries. Limited, has lodged with the Warden's Court an application for authority to construct a tunnel…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle Police Court Tuesday, May 12. (Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, S.M.) Drunkenness
One first offender, who did not appear to answer a charge of drunkenness, had his bond forfeited. Frederick Wilson (53) was fined £1, or seven days, for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Licensing Court. (Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, L.M.)
John Pherris Allen, the secretary of the Newcastle Tattersall's Club, made application for permission to make alterations to the club premises. Robert Wilkins, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Small Debts Court. (Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, S.M.) Non-suited
E. F. Phelan, of Hamilton v. Mrs. E. M. Sidebottom, of Boolaroo, claim for £25 on the sale of a bedroom suite. Mr. Wheeler appeared for the plaintiff, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wrong Williams. Money Order Paid in Error Man Before Court. Sydney
How a confusion of names led to a money order being paid to the wrong man was told in the Central Police Court to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"The Blower" English Starting Price Organisation Shortening Odds How Bookmakers Beat Public is Explained in Court LONDON, Tuesday Evening
The case in which "The Evening News," and "The Morning Post" are being sued for libel by Mrs. Arthur Bendir, a racehorse owner, together with her trainer, jockey, and manager, was continued to-day. The libel alleged arises out of the criticisms made concerning the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Summons Division. Alleged Tree Stealing
John Miller, was charged with stealing, on or about April 16, two trees, valued at £2 3s, the property of the Scottish Australian Mining Company,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Police Convention
Calling for world-wide co-operation in fighting crime, Richard Enright, president of the International Police Conference, in his address at the opening…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Murder by a Boy
When George Jeffrey reappeared in the juvenile court, charged with the murder of Joan Annetts, teh prosecution said that the girl's skull had been…
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