Alleged Murder Parramatta Inquest SYDNEY
The shocking death of Mrs. Rebecca Delaney. 63, whose body bore terrible. Injuries when found at her home. 99 Berry-street. Clyde, on the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1928
2,504 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 49 of 126
Newcastle Police Court Wednesday, June 6. (Before Mr. W. I. Perry, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc
One first offender, charged with drunkenness did not appear, and his bond was forfeited. Harold Adlum (46) was fined £5, with the alternative of one moth's…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →"Danger to Society" Assaulted Little Girl Three Years' Gaol Alibi Disbelieved
"It is quite clear that you are a danger to society," said Judge White in sentencing peter Albert John George Hope to there years…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Supreme Court Judge Mr. Halse Rogers Appointed. Sydney
As forecasted in the "Newcastle Morning Herald" this morning. Mr. P. Halse Rogers. K.C., has been appointed a Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of New South…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Tin Hare Case Appeal to High Court. Sydney
As intimated in the "Newcastle Morning Herald" this morning, the judgment of the Full Court declaring that betting at mechanical coursing meetings is illegal, is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tragedy at Clyde Husband Charged with Murder. Sydney
The death of Rebecca Delaney, aged 63, who was found dead at her home at Clyde on May 16, was inquired into to-day by Mr. H. H. Richardson, the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Solomon Island Murders Six Sentenced to Death. Tulagai
The trial of the principals in the Malaita messacre ended to-day. The Chief Bassiano and five others were sentenced to death, five to live imprisonment, eight…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wallsend Police Court Thursday, June 7. (Before Mr. W. I. Perry, S.M.) Improper Language
Robert Joseph Johnson pleaded guilty to having made use of improper language on May 11. Constable Smith stated the language complained of was used at…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Newcastle Police Court Thursday, June 7. (Before Mr. W. I. Perry, S.M.) Paid the Money
Eric John Henson, 23, labourer, was charged with having refused to pay on demand to Edward Aubrey Dobson, licensee of the Commercial Hotel,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Looking for the "143" Night Officer Hit Porter Assault on Station
An assault by one railway officer from the North Coast on another railway officer, employed at Newcastle railway station on June 4, was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Small Debts Court. Plaintiff Non-Suited'
William Kerr, of Lambton, sued John S. Phelan, picture theatre proprietor, of Wallsend (for whom Mr. Macolmsen appeared) for the recovery of £2 17s 6d…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Bankruptcy Court. (Before Mr. W. I. Perry, S.M.)
In re Arthur Bowditch, miner, of Hannell-street, Smedmore.—Bankrupt attributed his insolvency to sickness in his family. He had been employed as a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →East Maitland Police Court
Mr. D. W. Read, P.M., presided at the East Maitland Police Court yesterday. William Geary was fined £2, with 8s costs, for having failed to affix a duty…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Murder Appeal After 18 1/2 Years in Gaol Man Reprieved London
In the same court at Edinburgh where Oscar Stater was condemned to death for having murdered Miss Gilchrist in 1909, an appeal was begun…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court Friday, June 8. (Before Mr. W. I. Perry, S.M.) Drunkenness
One first offender was dealt with for drunkenness. Fined for Assault. Bernard Albert Roderick Fletcher, 21,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bottled Tea Man Said It Was Whisky Police Trap
A police trap which caught a man who sold two bottles of cold tea for spirit was told at Newcastle Police Court to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →"All True" Miss Savidge's Statement to Police Inspector in Box "No Threats or Blandishments" in Hyde Park Case LONDON
That everything in the statement signed at Scotland Yard truly represented what Mils Savidge said, was the statement of Chief Inspector Collins, when the inquiry into police methods used in the Hyde Park Case was continued to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Brisbane Goes Mad When Fliers Land Wild Scenes Police Powerless with Hysterical Crowd Air Heroes Mobbed Barriers Swept Aside Perfect Landing After Grim Fight in Terrific Storm BRISBANE
All Brisbane went wild to-day when the "Southern Cross" with her heroic crew, Captain Kingsford-Smith, C. T. P. Ulm, Lieut. Harry Lyon and James Warner, landed at Eagle Farm after completing the first flight across the Pacific. The surging crowds broke the barriers and carried Kingsford-Smith shoulder high in triumph…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →French Murder Trial
Sensationalism attended the trial of Mesterino on the charge of murdering the jeweller Trupheme to the end. The jury returned a verdict of guilty under…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, June 9. (Before Mr. W. I. Perry, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc
Two first offenders, charged with drunkenness, forfeited their bonds. Edward Read, 49, labourer, was fined 10s, in default, three days' imprisonment, and…
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