Brawl in Bar Man Hit With Pint Pot Seaman Sentenced
If a man attempts to drink your beer, it is sufficient justification for hitting him on the head with a pint pot argued Henry Spriggs 43…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1927
2,114 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 18 of 106
Held Up the Brixlon Police
This man defied the police at Bri[?] England, for five hours, using bricks and [?] as miseiles…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →12 Months' Gaol Motorist's Plea Fails Women Killed by Car Sydney
"I promise not to drive a car again," cried Arthur Douglas Newell, at the Central Criminal Court to-day, when the jury found him guilty of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Hounded by Crooks Burglar's Story in Court
A statement of a man who said he found it impossible to go straight because a gang of crooks with whom he had been associated would not let him…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Sent to Gaol Girl Assaulted Adamstown Case Three Youths Sentenced
Ernest Henry Houghton, John Joseph Friend, and Albert Iver[?], who had pleaded guilty to charges of common assault on a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Adamstown Assault
Ernest Henry Houghton ,John Joseph Friend, and Albert Ivery, three youths, were each charged that, at Adamstown, on January 6, they did assault Elsie…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Assault on Beach
Reginald Andrews, represented by Mr. R. Cowan, instructed by Mr. T. A. Braye, pleaded not guilty to a charge, that at Newcastle, on January 15, he…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fireman Fined for Assault
On February, 1 John Kirkovan, 28, fireman, created a disturbance on the steamer Iron MAster at carrington. At Newcastle Police Court to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →12 Months' Gaol Offence Against Boy
John Moroney, found of an attempted offence against a boy at Willow Tree, was sentenced by Judge Edwards at the Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Serious Charge Alleged Assault on Beach Judge Sums Up
The hearing of the charge against Reginald Androws of having on January 15, assaulted a woman on NEwcastle Beach, with intent to commit…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court Tuesday, March 15. (Before Mr. W. I. Perry, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc
Two first offenders were dealt, with for drunkenness. Leonard Larson, 28, was fined 10s, in default two days' imprisonment, for drunkenness, and £5, with the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two Killed by Car Driver Sent to Gaol. Sydney
Charged with manslaughter in connection with the death of an elderly woman and her granddaughter who were knocked down and killed by a motor car,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wheeler's Claim Court Reserves Judgment
Harold Layton, a wheeler, claimed £3 a week compensation, from July 26, 1926, to August 30, 1926. from the Abermain-Soaham Collieries Ltd.,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Law-abiding Lambton No More Police Needed
"Lambton is a quiet and law-abiding centre," in the opinion of the the Police Department, which was asked by Lambton Council to appoint…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Murder Charge Hospital Cook on Trial Boy's Death Sydney
Whether the shooting of George Francis Dunne. 15, in Little Burton-street. Darlinghurst, on January 3, was accidental or intentional, was the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Left Behind Actress in Court LONDON
An Australian actress, Sylvia Weekley, sued Alfred Lugg, ex-secretary of the Actors' Association for £150, provided to start a provincial repertoire…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Licensing Court. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, Chairman of the State Licensing Board.)
The license of the Shortland Hotel, Newcastle, was transferred from Isabella Lynch to Adelaide Delbridge. Permission was granted to James…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Theft From Wharf Laborer Sent to Gaol
At 12.30 a.m. ,on March 10 Water Police Constables Dean and Martin saw two men on the Market Wharf. One of them, Riley, was carrying a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Adamstown Assault
Ernest Henry Houghton, John Joseph Friend, and Albert Ivery who on the previous day had pleaded guilty to the second count of common assault on a girl,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Police Court Wednesday, March 16. (Before Mr. W. I. Perry, S.M.) Alleged Assault
John Meaney, 2, labourer, who lad been remanded, until March 22, on a charge of assaulting Charley Vowmard, on March 14, occasioning actual bodily…
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