Out of Gaol 24-Stone Jazz Conductor LONDON, Monday night
Brixton Prison had to open one of its largest doors this morning to let out Teddy Brown, the 24 stone jazz band conductor, who had been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1927
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Traffic Control Police Assistance Wanted
Newcastle Council has discovered that at Blackheath, Orange, Moss Vale and Lithgow, police assistance was given in traffic control…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Taken to Long Bay Petersham Murder Suspect SYDNEY
Norman Clyde McPherson, charged with the murder of Martha Quin, was taken after the court procedure yesterday to Loner Bay, where he will…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Burning "Pen" Amusement in Court
The pen may be mightier than the sword, but a burning cigarette, mistaken for a pen can create more of a disturbance…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Land Court Appeal Cases Settled
A court to consider appeals against land valuations in the Newcastle City area, was held before Mr. Justice Pike at Newcastle Court House…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sold His Car Did Not Notify Police
For having failed to notify the police that he had sold his motor car, R. Atkinson, of Kearsley, was fined 5s. with 8s coats, by Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"A £5 LOAN" Unique Court Claim Widow Must Pay
"That before his death Walter ingle had borrowed £5 from him," was the claim of William Graham, of Allendale-road, Cessnock, at Cessnock…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"Free From Crime" Law-Abiding Newcastle Police Chief's View Increased Force Unnecessary
Police Superintendent (Mr. Childs) told a municipal deputation to-day that Newcastle was remarkably free from serious crime…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →District Court Monday, June 20. (Before His Honor Judge White.) Claim by Miner
Samiuel Black, represented by Mr. R. Cowan, instructed by Mr. L. Warland, proceeded against the Redhead Collieries, Limited, represented by Mr. J. Murrel,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Midnight Chase Police Capture Four Men Stealing Charge
Police figured in an exciting midnight chase in Newcastle East last night. Four men, who were seen to leave…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fight in Pictures Magistrate Issues Warning
For having behaved in a riotous manner in the Royal Pictures, Boolaroo, on May 28, Gordon Shepherd and James Laidlaw were each fined £2…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Costly Coal 'Didn't Know it Was Stealing'
For having stolen 67 lbs. of coal, the property of the Cardiff-Borehole Colliery, and valued at 9d, Arthur Charles Bailey and May Bailey were…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court Tuesday, June 21. (Before Mr. W. I. Perry, S.M.) Drunkenness
One first offender was dealt with for drunkenness. Remanded to Sydney. Spores Goumanis, 40, fishmonger, was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →More Police Sought Wickham Council Deputation
Alderman Toll the Mayor of Wickham, Aldermen Pepper and Clark, and Mr. G. A. Searle, the town clerk, wailed as a deputation from the Wickham…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Presentations at Court London
The following were among the presentations at Court to-day:—New South Wales: Mosdames Sydney Blumer, Frank Berriman, Burton Dibbs, Charles Humphries,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Valuation Court Town Hall Resumptions
A sitting of the Laud Valuation Court was held at Newcastle yesterday, before Mr. Justice Pike. Mr. A. V. Worthington, instructed by…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Shot in Arm City Boarding House Affray Maltese Charged "Only Did it to Frighten Him"
The sensational shooting in a Parnell-place house about 11 p.m. on May 31, was recalled at Maitland Quarter Sessions court to-day. Paul Casha,. a Maltese, was brought up for trial on a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Licensing Court. (Before Mr. W. I. Perry, S.M.)
The license of the Swansea Hotel, Swansea, was transferred from Annie Mitchell, as administratrix of the estate of the late Francis Edward Mitchell, to the said…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Small Debts Court. (Before Mr. W. I. Perry, S.M.)
Hunter District Water Supply and Sewerage Board proceeded against a number of persons for rates, and veridicts, with costs, were given for the board as follows:…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Four Charged Alleged Hotel Theft
About 11.30 p.m. on June 21, two housemaids at the Pacific Hotel, Newcastle, saw a man descending by means of a down pipe from the hotel…
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