UNSPEAKABLE! Outrage on Girl Man Sent to Gaol "One of the Worst Type" SYDNEY
For having committed an unspeakable, outrage on a girl aged 15, Francis John Simpson, 31, a tramway employee, was sentenced…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1927
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Balkan Spark Murder of Albanian Leader Situation Tense Tribes Arming Along Servian Border
The tense situation in the Balkans, where Italy and Jugo-Slavia are on bad terms as a result of the Albanian revolt, has been further complicated by the murder of an Albanian leader. Public opinion regards the crime as a political one…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Licensing Court. (Before Mr. W. I. Perry, L.M.)
A booth license for the St. Patrick's Day sports to be held on the Newcastle Showground from March 26 was granted to Gordon Seater Luscombe, licensee of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →District Court Tuesday, March 22. (Before His Honor Judge White.) Boxer Sued
Charles Alfred Stanton, who was represented by Mr. T. A. Braye, proceeded against George Cook, claiming £100 damages, and £10 for money lent. There…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Kissed in Court Husband and Wife RECONCILIATION Divorce Case Ends SYDNEY
Separated since 1916, husband and wife met in the Divorce Court to-day, accepted a reconciliation, kissed each other and walked off to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Small Debts Court. (Before Mr. W. I. Perry, S.M.) Summons to Show Cause
The judgment debtor, in the case of F. D. Armstrong, trading as the Apex Tyre Service Company v. Otto Herbert, did not appear in answers to an…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →British Rifles Save Foreigners in China City of Horror Burning Buildings Light Scenes of Blood Wholesale Murder Criminal Mobs Run Riot in Chinese Quarter
The native quarters of Shanghai are filled with ghastly horrors, from which the presence of British troops has saved the European settlement. Murder, outrage, robbery, and in cendiarism are rife in the native city, where the light of burning buildings last night showed demented women and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →False Pretences Eighteen Months' Gaol
Edward Shore, alias Edward Howe Shore, 31, engineer, was sent to gaol for 18 months by Mr. Perry, S.M., at Newcastle Police Court to-day, on two…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, March 23. (Before Mr. W. I. Perry, S.M.) Drunkenness
Two first offenders, who did not appear to answer charges of drunkenness, had their bonds forfeited. Remanded…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hamilton Robberies Man and Woman Charged Remand to Newcastle Sydney
At the Central Court to-day Albert Williamson, alias Riley, 26, a motor driver, and Doreen Scott, alias O'Brien, 22, domestic, were…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cuddling on Beach Husband Trails Wife to Merewether Theft Charge Fails Snatched an Overcoat for "Divorce" Evidence
When Harold Charles William Webb followed his wife and Stanley John Samuel Ellis to Merewether Beach on March 8, and snatched a black overcoat under which they were lying, his idea, according to evidence at Newcastle Court to-day, was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A1 at Lloyd's Collier Galava Coastal Disaster Marine Court Inquiry SYDNEY
In the early hours of the morning of February 9, the collier Galava foundered in a few minutes between Terrigal and Tuggerah…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court Thursday, March 24. (Before Mr. W. I. Perry, S.M.) False Pretences
Edward Shore, alias Edward Howe Shore, 31, engineer, on remand, was charged, by warrant, that at Stockton, on February 9 he falsely pretended to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Car Collision District Court Case Counter Claims
As the sequel to a collision between two cars near the corner of Denison and Hunter streets. G. E. Maroill claimed £100 damages from Ronald…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mustn't Charleston Police at Country Dance YOUNG
In the little township of Monteagle, 10 miles from Young, a crusade against the Charleston has commenced…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bankruptcy Court. (Before Mr. W. I. Perry, District Registrar.)
In re Cecil James Morris builder, of Gosford. Liabilities, £899 18s 10d, assets nil. Messrs. Holdsworth, M'Pherson and Company, Limited, were the only creditors…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Submarine Plans Former Naval Officer in Court Illegal Possession?
A naval officer who was formerly in charge of a submarine base in England, has been charged with having official documents in his possession. It is alleged that be tried to have the plans returned…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wreck of the Galava Marine Court Inquiry Sydney
The Marine Court this morning opened an inquiry into the sinking of the steamer Galava, a collier, which was lost between Terrigal and Tuggerah on February 9…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"Lend Me Fifty" Bookmakers in Court Disputed Debt Never Took "The Knock"
Whether money for which Samuel Lyons, commission agent of Sydney, sued Les Howell and William Black, bookmakers, was lent…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court Friday, March 25. (Before Mr. W. I. Perry, S.M.) Drunkenness
A first offender, who did not appear, to answer a charge of drunkenness, had his bond forfeited. Joseph Woodford, 50, was fined 5s, in default 24 hours'…
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