Coogee Assault Case SYDNEY
William Henry Curtis, aged 43, a musician, was sentenced to eight years' penal servitude by Mr. Justice Campbell, at the Central Criminal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1926
1,903 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 18 of 96
Long Chase La Court and Police Narrow Escapes Sydney
Desire La Court, who was killed by a police bullet at Richmond yesterday had been in holts with the law since 1921. Convictions were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Murder Story Untrue SYDNEY
"We have proved beyond any doubt that the story told the police by a man in the Parramatta Goal, that he saw a man murdered. and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle Police Court Saturday, March 13. (Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc
Two first offenders, who had been locked up for being drunk, and were released on bail, did not appear. Their bonds were forfeited. Edward Doyle, 32, labourer,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Long Police Chase Fugitive Fatally Shot Sydney
A sensational police chase, which commenced at Lindfield, late on Friday night, ended in a tragic manner last night, when the fugitive, who had been twice shot at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lake Macquarie Lighting. the Equity Court's Judgment
Mr. Justice Harvey, the Chief Judge in Equity, has given his reserved judgment in the application by the State Attorney-General for a declaration that certain…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bag Sales District Court Claim Coalfields Case
Louisa Ellen Weeks proceeded against Charles Cohen, before Judge While, at the District Court, Newcastle, to-day, for the recovery of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Shire Lighting Court Ruling Queens Tangle Outlook Uncertain
Some perplexing problems now confront the Lake Macquarie Shire Council and the Caledonian Collieries, Ltd., an the result of the Equity…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Stroked Her Hair" Drinks and Music on Sailing Vessel Row at Stockton Honeymoon Couple Charges Captain With Assault
A young married couple who came to Newcastle for their honeymoor met the captain of a sailing vessel, which was tied up at Stockton, on February 18. They visited the ship, listened to music, from a gramophone, and drinks were served; but afterwards, it is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →West Maitland Police Court
Mr. M. H. Cleeve, P.M., president at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. Patrick and John Kelly, trading as…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Burglary at Islington
Donald's Islington Pharmacy, in Maitland-road, was forcibly entered between nine o'clock on Saturday night and half-past nine o'clock on Sunday morning,…
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A telegram from Moscow states that in connection with the celebration of the 45th anniversary of the assassination of Alexander the Second, the Soviet…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Arbitration Court
His Honor Judge Curlewis will preside at a sitting of the Court of Industrial Arbitration at the Newcastle Council Chambers this morning at 10 o'clock. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court Monday, March 15. (Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, S.M.) Drunkenness
Thirteen first offenders were dealt with for drunkenness. For similarly offending, Charles Campbell, 26, and John Phillips, 43, were each fined £2, or one…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Shire Lighting Equity Court's Decision
Lake Macquarie Shire Council will hold a special meeting at 6 p.m. to-morrow, to consider the recent decision of the Equity Court, which…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Deputies' Wages Court Grants Increase Shilling a Shift
Judge Curlewis, in the Arbitration Court to-day, granted an increase of one shilling a shift retrospective from November 9…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Out of Court Charges Against Captain Settlement Arranged
The summons change preferred by Albert Lowe Nicoll Wilson and Mary Grace Wilson against Captain Johnson, the master of the ship Pommern…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Forty-four Hours Act. High Court Appeal Melbourne
The High Court to-day heard further arguments in which the validity of the New South Wales Government's 44 Hours' Week Act is questioned…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Drank My Beer" Assault Charge Heard at Cessnock Committed for Trial Man Says He Was Struck on Head With Bottle
Giacomo Bonomini, 'bus-driver, was charged at the Cessnock Police Court this morning with having assaulted William Callaghan, at Abernethy, on March 5, and robbed him of £5 10s. Callaghan said he was drinking…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle District Court. Monday, March 15. (Before His Honor Judge White.) Verdict by Consent
Upon a claim by George Thomas Cotterill against R. Trimble for £150, with respect to the alleged detention of a Maxwell motor car and accessories,…
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