High Seas Murder
A telegram from Victoria, Vancouver, reports that the Danish ship Parana is about to sail for Australia, carrying Lee Kee Chin, a Chinese, who is accused of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1927
2,114 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 106
Wait and See Gaol Escapee's Plans PARIS
Georges Rome, who had escaped from many galos, and who was sentenced on Tuesday to 10 years' gael for theft, has been sent to Paris…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle Police Court Friday, December 31. (Before Mr. W. I. Perry, S.M.) Drunkenness
Four first offenders were dealt with for drunkenness. Theft of Beer. James Williams (25), labourer, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stealing Cricketers LONDON
The "Daily News" says that English cricketers will sympathise with any Australian protest against occurrences similar to Ponsford's acceptance…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Chinese Court
A message from Shanghai states that the rendition of Shanghai's International Mixed Court to virtual Chinese control, which occurred on Saturday, is an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Broke Iron Bars Two Men Escape From Gaol BEGA
Two young men named Tilkington and Wallace, who were under committal awaiting their trial on a charge of breaking and entering at Bermagul,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Uncivil Police Complaints in London LONDON
"Complaints of police officers' incivility are constantly reaching me, and I think many of them are Justified. I wish to impress on all officers that…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Murder Charge Boy Shot Dead SYDNEY
Pierre Aldrien Mousset, 52, a cook, was remanded at the Central Police Court on a charge of having murdered George Dunne at Darlinghurst…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Five Fires Police Investigating SYDNEY
The police are investigation a series of fires, which broke out just before midnight in a two-storey building in Bathurst-street, City…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Defended Those Incivility Charges Public Faults London
The document issued to the London police by the Commissioner, Brigarder-General Horwood, calling attention to lack of civility towards the public…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"She Was Dead" Hughes's Story to the Police Joan Smith's Death Broken Hill
With the consent of the Coroner, the police have made available the complete statement made after his arrest by James…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Magistrate's Threat 'Bus Driver Fined £10
Possession of a motor tyre, suspected of having been stolen, coat Charles O'Keefe, 21, 'bus proprietor, £10 at Newcastle court to-day. He pleaded…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Resented Dismissal Man Fined for Assault
Vengeance for his dismissal from the tramway service, sought by Michael Byrnes against William Oliver, who furnished the report that cost…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Alleged Assault Man Remanded at Kurri
The cane in which Michael Stanley Moroney was charged with having indicted grevious bodily harm on Frederick Joseph Kalousek, was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →West Australian Murder Perth
A shocking tragedy occurred at a farm at Donnybrook to-day. The body of a married woman named Gill was found in her bed, with the top…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →League and Court
The year 192 opens with every promise of a much better understanding between the Nations of the World, but if certain American papers are to be…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Junction School Court
A new tennis court for the Junction Commercial School is almost completed. The Parents' and Citizens' Association, which is responsible…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court Tuesday, January 4. (Before Mr. W. I. Perry, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc
Nine first offenders were dealt with for drunkenness. For behaving in a riotous manner in Belford-street, Newcastle, on January 3, Richard Allan, 19, a labourer,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Had No Money" Youth Who Stole Bicycles Sent to Gaol
A pathetic story of an unsuccessful search for work which, he claimed, forced him to turn to crime, was told by John Alexander King, a young…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Darlinghurst Tragedy Mousset in Court. Sydney
Pierre Mousset, aged 52, a Frenchman, who was arrested last night in connection with the shooting of George Dunn, aged 15, in Little Burton-street,…
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