Police Court
Mr. T. W. Cohen, P.M., presided at the East Maitland Police Court yesterday. In the case of Kathleen Kedwell against Alexander W. Kedwell, for alleged…
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Courts & crime, 1927
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District News Charlestown. Police Court
Mr. W. L. Perry, S.M., presided in Charlestown Police Court on, Thursday. Alfred Ellevson, John Rawlings, Carl Ambrose Eadennis, Cecil John Darrett,…
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The startling report came from Scotland Yard yesterday that eight test tubes, containing germs of anthrax, typhoid, and other diseases, "highly dangerous and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Murder of a Doctor
The controversy in France, whether a doctor should be permitted to end the sufferings of incurable patients, has arisen again as the result of a tragedy at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court (Friday, March 11. (Before Mr. W. L. Perry, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc
One first offender was desk with for drunkenness. Rebecca Jones, 60, was fined 20s, in default seven days' imprisonment, for being drunk. For…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fought Police Armed Man's Battle Drew a Pistol Criminal From Australia LONDON
A violent battle between the police and an Australian criminal led to the latter being sentenced to 10 years' penal servitude…
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At Newcastle Police Court on Saturday, before Mr. W. I. Perry, S.M., eight first offnders were dealt with for drunkenness. John George Gourley, 38, trimmer, was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →False Pretences Seaman Sent to Gaol
William Henry Taylor 26, seaman on committal for trial for alleged false pretences, was sentenced to seven months gaol on charges of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Stolen Shoes Laborer Sent to Gaol
John Jones, 46, laborer, was fined £5, in default two months' gaol, by Mr. Ferry, S.M. at Newcastle Court to-day for having stolen a pair of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Army Murder Body Found in River German Outrage London
A message from the correspondent of "The Times" at Berlin says that another black Reichwer murder case has occurred…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Violent Seamen Tried to Escape Arrest Police Assaulted
Bough and tumble tactics employed by two seafarers in their attempt to escape after arrest by Constables McLeod and Grigor, for indecent…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Convicts Break Loose Gun Battle With Chicago Police Two Officers Killed Allegation Against Mexican Legation CHICAGO
Escaping from a gaol in a suburb of Chicago, desperate convicts re-entered the gaol by the main entrance, overpowered the warders, and secured all the available arms. The convicts made a dash into the city of Chicago, where…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Alleged Assault Woman Attacked Near Beach Laborer Charged
How a man whom she identified in court as Reginald Andrews, 41, laborer, made a serious assault on her near Newcastle beach on January 15…
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A resident of Teralba, Charles Vowmard, was taken to Newcastle Hospital with his skull fractured last night…
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Charged with having stolen a pair of military boots from Carew's Ltd., Charles Makevell (28), laborer, was remanded for a week at Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Who's Coat? Conflicting Stories in Court Police to Inquire
On December 10 last John Mills, a linesman, employed by the Postal Department, left a rain coat in a cart at Waratah. He returned five days later…
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Charles Vowmard, living at Teralba, was admitted to the Newcastle Hospital last evening suffering from a fracture of the skull…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court Monday, March 14. (Before Mr. W.I. Perry, S.M.)
Three first offenders were dealt with for drunkenness. Francis O'Rourke was fined 20s, in default seven days' imprisonment, for drunkenness…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cessnock Assault Case Death Sentence Passed. Sydney
A charge of having committed a capital assault on an imbecile woman at Cessnock on November 12 last was preferred against James M'Burnie (18) at the Central…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Used Strychnine Gloucester Boy Charged Sent to Institution
A boy was charged before the Police Magistrate at Gloucester yesterday with having attempted to poison seven people by putting…
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