Tyre Taken Near Police Station, Too Loss at Cessnock
Proximity to the police station apparently does not perturb Cessnock thieves. Over the week-end Mr. Leo Cullen,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1928
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Brutal Outrage Woman Seized in Street Carried Into Flat Police Arrest Three Men SYDNEY
Two men stepped out and barred the path of a respectable married woman in Bayswater-road, Darlinghurst, last night, while two others pounced on her from behind. Kicking and struggling, she was carried into a flat, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pentridge Gaol Whisky and Wireless. Melbourne
The officials at Pentridge gaol have for some time past been auspicious that the warders have been assisting prisoners to communicate with their friends outside…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cessnock Court
Mr. Reed, P.M., presided at Cessnock Police Court, yesterday. John Hunter, a miner, was charged on the information of Frederick…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle Police Court Tuesday, March 6. (Before Mr. W. I. Perry, S.M.) Drunkenness
Thomas Walsh, 42, labourer, was fined 10s, in default two days' imprisonment, for drunkenness…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Wycheproof Murder Charge Against a Son. Melbourne
A message was received it Melbourne to-night that Detective Bruce has arrested Robert L. Ryan, aged 26 years, and charged him with the murder of his father,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Small Debts Court. Plaintiff Non-suited
In the matter between Kelly's Garage and Taxis Limited, versus Arthur Ball, of 17 Wolfe-street, Newcastle, in which the plaintiff claimed £3 9s 10d, alleged to…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Licensing Court. (Before Mr. W. I. Perry, S.M.)
Booth licenses were granted to Thomas Leslie Fines, Lemongrove Hotel, Wallsend, for Hobart Park on Friday and Saturday; James Cusick, Clarendon…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Griggs Trial Wife-Murder Charge Against Minister Omeo Case Crowd at Sale Courthouse Bets on Result MELBOURNE
The court at Sale was able to hold only a portion of the crowd that turned up to-day to be present at the trial of Ronald Geeves Griggs, Methodist Minister at Omeo, on a charge of having murdered his wife, Ethel Constance Griggs, aged 22,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →On Capital Charges Four Men Appear in Court Alleged Outrage "Hysterical Outburst" says Counsel SYDNEY
There was an electric quarter of an hour at the Central Police Court this morning, when four men appeared on capital charges following the attack on a woman at a Bayswater-road flat on Monday night…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Three Years' Gaol Albert Thompson Sentenced. Sydney
The case in which Albert Herbert Thompson, aged 55, described as a company promoter, was charged at the Darlinghurst Sessions with having obtained…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →For Life Notorious Spy Sentenced Jules Laperre London
Jules Laperre, the "Don Juan of Spies," who-is on trial on the charge of being an agent provocateur, has been convicted of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newcastle Police Court Wednesday, March 7. (Before Mr. W. I. Perry, S.M.) Drunkenness
Two first offenders were dealt with for drunkenness. Joseph Inglis (45), did not appear, and his bond of £2 was forfeited…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Missing Boy Cardiff Police Inquire
William Evans, aged 11, has been missing from his home at the corner of Lowry and Bancroft streets, Cardiff, since Monday, February 20…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Alleged Murder Trial of Ronald Griggs. Melbourne
The trial of Ronald Greves Griggs, 28, a Methodist minister, of Omeo, on the charge of murder of hi wife Ethel Constance Griggs, 22, commenced,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Was in Flat" Alleged Darlinghurst Outrage Fifth Man Charged Sydney
A vigorous, but unsuccessful, appeal to the police to disclose the report of the doctor who examined the woman concerned in the Darlinghurst Flat…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Hinkler's Hour Newcastle Reception Arranged Official Welcome Police to Form Cordon Round 'Plane
Arrangements for die reception of Bert Hinkler at Newcastle racecourse on Saturday were finalised by the Jockey Club committee this morning. Hinkler will arrive on the racecourse at 1.30 p.m., and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Griggs in Box Alleged Murder of Wife Trial at Sale Denied That He Kicked Her MELBOURNE
Undiminished interest was shown to-day in the trial at Sale of Ronald Geeves Griggs, aged 28, the Methodist minister at Omeo, who is charged with the murder of his wife, Ethel Constance Griggs, aged 22, at Omeo, by administering poison…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court Thursday, March 8. (Before Mr. I. Beavers, J.P.) Remunded
George Minter, 20, labourer, was charged with having in his possession, at Wallsend, on March 7, a saddle and bridle, a tent fly, and a rope, reasonably…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →"Brutal Assault" Man Had to be Handcuffed COST £23
What Mr. terry, S.M., described as a brutal and serious assault, cost William Mattsen, 26, a seaman, £23 3s 9d at Newcastle Police Court…
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