Attempted Burglary Arrest at Hamilton
For sheer impudence and coolness, an attempt that was made to burgle the premises of Messrs. T. J. Ormered and Company, general drapers, 27, 29, 31 and…
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Courts & crime, 1928
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Murder in France
Mrs. Florence Wilson, 50, an English woman, has been found brutally murdered in the sand dunes near Le Touquet, where she bad rented a bungalow for the past…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court Monday, May 21. (Before Mr. W. I. Perry, S.M.) Drunkenness
Five first offenders were dealt with for drunkenness. Failed to Attend Drill. Joseph Stanley Simmons, 21, labourer,…
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Mr. D. W. Reed, P.M., presided at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. Francis Edward Jarvis was fined £2, or 14 days, for having been drunk and…
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Following applications were granted by Mr. Perry, S.M., at Newcastle Licensing Court to-day:â Application of William Way Wilson…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Man Detained Silkwood Murder Mystery INNISFAIL
Information received by the police, led them to enter some scrubby country in the vicinity of the scene of the Silkwood murder in search of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In Baulk Inman Assault Case Defendant Bound Over London
Rupert Featherstonehaugh, manufacturer, who is charged with assaulting Melbourne Inman., ex-champion professional billiard player, was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bathurst Gaol Public Service Inquiry Governor to Be Transferred. Sydney
The report of the Public Service Board as to certain charges regarded as constituting negligence and carelessness in the discharge of his duties on the part of…
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Mr. Boyce, the Attorney-General, stated to-day that it was not the intention of the Government to fill the position vacated by Mr. Justice Gordon for the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Girl Killed Sister on Murder Charge Midnight Quarrel Melbourne
A message received by the Baronsdale police states that Rosalyn Foster, a 13-year-old girl at Lake Tyers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Boy Kills Ten Pursuit by Police LONDON
A youth in the village of Pasanant (Tarragon, Spain) induced eight children to come into the fields and watch him shooting…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →With Light on Shopbreaker at Work Police Capture
Returning to his shop in Beaumont street, Hamilton about 8 p.m. yesterday, Mr. T. J. Ormerod heard a noise at the back of the building. He drove…
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Mr. D. W. Reed, P.M. presided, at the Cessnock Police Court yesterday. Charges of riotous behaviour were preferred against John Lowe, Arthur Craft,…
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During question time in the Legislative Assembly this afternoon Sir. Mutch asked Mr. Lee, the Minister for Justice; whether he would lay on the table of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Le Touquet Murder
As a result of an important statement made been strangled and stabbed in who says he saw a man running into the bushes at the scene of Mrs. Wilson's…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"Three Years Agoi" Cattle Stealing Charge
A remand till June 4 was granted which Oliver Lumby (33), a drover, was charged before Mr. S. A. Thornton. J.P., at the West…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Association Social
The eighth annual social of the Newcastle branch of the Police Association will be held at the Masonic Hall to-morrow night…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mr. and Mrs. Gibson the Colombo Assault Colombo
It appears that Mr. Gibson. the Mayor of Newcastle, and Mrs. Gibson were among a party of passengers by the Orama, who engaged motor cars…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court Tuesday, May 22. (Before Mr. W. I. Perry, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc
The bonds of three first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were forfeited. Eliza Johnson, 36, pleaded guilty to having behaved in an offensive manner on…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Police in Church. Vicar's Resignation LONDON
The Bishop of Blackburn (Dr. Herbert) has accepted the resignation of the Rev. Lauria, vicar of St. Cuthbert's, Darwen, Lancashire, where…
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