Trial for Murder
Another pathetic feature of the trial of Mrs. Beatrice Pace, who is charged with the murder of her husband, a Forest of Dean farmer, by administering arsenic to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1928
2,504 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 48 of 126
Car Driver Charged Alleged Dangerous Driving
"I started to walk toward the 'bus when I saw a motor car approaching. When I was about to get into the 'bus an object struck me, and I fell on to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mail Bag Missing Charge of Stealing Karuah Case
It is alleged that there was a robbery at Karuah post office on April 20, when a mail bag, a lock, keys and 2s 6d in money were stolen…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →'Buses Win Owners' Appeal is Upheld Magistrate Decides Councils Ordered to Grant Licenses
A decision in favor of the 'bus owners was given by Mr. Perry, S.M., this morning in the case in which Messrs. Johns and Skinner appealed against the refusal of Carrington Council to renew their licenses…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cessnock. Police Court
Mr. D. V. Reed. P.M., presided at the Cessnock Police Court yesterday. James Willoughby pleaded guilty to stealing a quantity of chaff, valued at 5s,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The French Murder
The trial in Paris of Mestorine, who is charged with murdering Truphenos, a jeweller, who was found lying on the roadside murdered, and a large quantity of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →After the Dance Fined for Assault
At the Kurri Police Court to-day before Mr. Reed, P.M., Leslie Hughes was fined £5 and costs, for having assaulted Tofi Sodi on May 24…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Prussian Police Methods
Herr Weiss, vice-president of the Berlin police force, was assaulted by policemen Berlin Communists were returning from…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court Tuesday, June 5. (Before Mr. W. I. Perry, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc
Six first offenders, charged with drunkenness, forfeited their bonds. Edward Hawson (63), labourer, for having behaved in an improper manner in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Maitland District Street Betting Charge Magistrate's Comment. Defendant Fined £30
The public accommodation at the Cessnock Police Court yesterday was uncomfortably crowded, when before Mr. D W. Read, P.M., a charge of betting in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →"Not the Only Life" Charge of Murder SYDNEY
This is not the only life—the one on this earth—do you think so? I think I will meet Clara in the next would. I must have loved her, or I…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Dog Died Neighbors at War Court Case Fails
"On the Saturday week after he killed my dog he popped his head over my fence and said, 'I got your dog, and if you squeal I…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Small Debts Court. (Before Mr. W. I. Perry.) Verdicts for Rent
Verdicts for rent were awarded Robert E. Scott and Mrs. F. Scott against Percy M'Knight, £11 10s. for premises at Victoria-street, New Lambton: Mrs. E. R…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mechanical Hare Racing Different From Coursing Full Court's Decision. Sydney
A reserved judgment of the Full Court (Sir Phillip Street. Chief Justice; Mr. Justice Ferguson, and Mr. Justice Harvey), delivered to-day, caused…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Judge Protests Children in Court "Shouldn't Be Here" Charge Against Woman
Charged with unlawfully using an Instrument on February 12, Mary Stc[?]art appeared before Judge While, at Newcastle Quarter…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Kurri. Police Court
Mr D. W. Read. P M., presided at the Kurri Kurri Police Court yesterday. Cyril Coxhall was fined 10s, with 8s coats, for having behaved in an offensive…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Five: Charges Alleged Stealing Case Adjourned
When Mr. Wheeler asked for an adjournment of a case in Newcastle Police Court to-day, he said that the defendant's mother, one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Had Rums in Assault at Wallsend
"I had some rums in me and when I take drink I go off my head," John Booth, 66, told Mr. perry, S.M., at Wallsend police Court, when he was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →French Murder Trial London
There was a pitiful scene at the trial of Mestorino on the charge of the murder of the jeweller Truphinos, when Mlle. Charnaux, giving evidence, broke into sobs,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Police Inquiry
Sir William Joynson Hicks, the Secretary of State for Home Affairs, asked in the House of Commons whether the forthcoming inquiry into police methods would…
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