Cessnock. Police Court
Mr. M. H. Cleeve, P.M., presided at the Cessnock Police Court yesterday. Carl Bates was charged with having failed to return an expired certificate of…
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Courts & crime, 1927
2,114 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 106
Systematic Thefts Salesman Sent to Gaol Four Charges
"How many charges are there? I will plead guilty. I want to get it over as soon as I can and go straight."…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court Tuesday, February 8. (Before Mr. W. I. Perry, S.M.) Drunkenness
One first offender was dealt with for drunkenness. Stole from Baths. Matthew Ballamy, 21, labourer, was…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Not Proven Edinburgh Murder Charge LONDON
The jury in the case at Edinburgh, in which John Merrett was charged with having murdered his mother, returned a verdict of not proven. It…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Insulted the Police Stockton Man Fined
Peter Austin Callen sought to excuse himself from a charge of having used insulting words to the police by telling Mr. Perry, S.M., at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Children's Court. Shocking Case at Lambton
A pathetic story was related in the Children's Court, when four children, two boys and two girls, whose ages ranged from nine to two years, were…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Licensing Court. (Before Mr. W. I. Perry, D.S.M.)
Ernest Robert Peters, licenses of the Racecourse Hotel, Wallsend, was granted booth-licenses for the Wallsend races to be held on February 12…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Small Debts Court. (Before Mr. W. I. Perry, S.M.) Verdict for Plaintiff
Sneddon's Motors, Ltd., proceeded against John Archer, of 83 Ridge-street, Merewether, for the recovery of £6, due for the sale of one motor car tyre. A…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →To Maitland Gaol Harris and Brauner Bondi Assault Sydney
Neville Harris, who is serving a sentence of 10 years penal servitude for a serious crime on a girl at Bondi Junction, has just been removed from…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court Wednesday, February 9. (Before Mr. W. I. Perry, S.M.) Drunkenness
One first offender, charged with drunkenness, was fined 5s, in default, detention to the rising of the court. Stealing Charges…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Peaceful Islington No Police Force Increase
Because, in the opinion of the department, Islington is a law-abiding suburb, the Commissioner for Police has declined to increase its police…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cursed Magistrate Woman Gaoled For Stealing Outburst in Court
Sentenced to six months light labor at Long Bay Penitentiary for stealing May Walsh, 27, a frequent offender, crushed the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Stealing Charge Heifer's Identity in Doubt
Because evidence showed that a black holler, alleged to have been stolen by John Powell, 57. laborer, from Queenie Wilson, could have been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court Thursday, February 10. (Before Mr. W. I. Perry, S.M.) Drunkenness
Upon a charge of drunkenness, one first offender forfeited the amount of his bond, and two others were each fined 5s, in default detention to the rising of the court…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →POLICE v. S.S. GWYDIR
On the Mental Hospital oval on Wednesday afternoon, a team representing the Newcastle Police defeated a team from the steamer Gwydir by 89 runs. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hurled to Death Girl In Side-car Hunter-street Smash Young Man Charged
Vainly clutching at the handle bars of a motor cycle from which the driver had just been hurried, Elsie Parsons, aged 18, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bankruptcy Court (Before Mr. W. I. Perry, District Registrar.)
Re William Collins, labourer, Hamilton Liabilities £90 0s 6d, assets nil. Bankrupt attributed his insolvency to gambling at the races. He had no property. He…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The World Court America's Offer Substantially Rejected (Australian Press Association.) New York
Britain and some other European Governments have replied to the United States' proposal to enter the world court with reservations. The replies are…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →East Maitland Police Court
Mr. M. H. Cleeve, P.M., presided at the East Maitland Police Court, yesterday. Leslie Robert Hipwell was charged that…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court Friday, February 11. Fined £10
Francis Bernard Harper (19), labourer, was charged with, at Newcastle, being an idle and disorderly person having insufficient lawful visible…
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