Previous Assault. Suspect Interrogated. Sydney
A man aged 26, who was arrested at Blakehurst yesterday, made reference to the outrage on a child at Sefton Park on March 23, and his statement was regarded…
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Courts & crime, 1928
2,504 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 59 of 126
Newcastle Police Court Wednesday, July 4. (Before Mr. W. I. Perry, S. M.). Drunkenness, Etc
Two persons charged with drunkenness did not appear, and their bonds were forfeited. Alexander Matherson, 37, was charged with having been drunk, but as…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Colombo Assault Mrs. Gibson's Injury Trial of Accused Colombo
Before Mr. Justice Garvin and an English-speaking jury, the trial commenced at Colombo Assizes yesterday of the case in which three men are charged with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Maitland District District Court
The Maitland District Court was resumed at the East Maitland Courthouse yesterday before His Honor Judge White. VERDICT FOR DEFENDANT…
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Shortly after midnight last night, Clarence William Potts, 34, a hairdresser, who had previously been locked up at Newcastle police station for…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →London Police Lord Byng's Appointment Hostile Reception. London
It has been suggested in several quarters that, in view of the hostile reception given to his appointment, Viscount Byng should withdraw his acceptance of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bankruptcy Court. (Before Mr. W. I. Perry, District Registrar.) Adjourned
In re Vivian Malcolm Stewart, jeweller, of Watt-street, Newcastle. The magistrate remarked that the Registrar in Bankruptey had not forwarded him a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Did He Return? Women Slayer Report to Police Mysterious Youth SYDNEY
Did the murderer return to tho scene of his crime? The police have received a report that a young man almost precisely corresponding with the description…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Harbour Collision Admiralty Court's Decision. the St. Albans at Fault. Sydney
Sir Philip Street, Chief Justice, sitting in the Admiralty Court, to-day delivered his reserved judgment in the case in which the United States Shipping Board…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Burglary at Maitland
The West Maitland police were inform-formed yesterday morning that about £[?]was stolen from the till at Messrs. Davies and Herbert's confectionery shop,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wallsend Courthouse Magistrate's Strictures
During the hearing of a case in Wallsend Police Court yesterday afternoon, one of the solicitors said that he was, through an oversight, without his glasses, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Charge Withdrawn Man Sent to Asylum Mayfield Assault
Frederick Staden, 47, laborer, was charged, before Mr, Perry, S.M., at Newcastle Police Court to-day, with having, at Mayfield, on June 20,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wallsend Police Court Thursday, July 5. (Before Mr. W. I. Perry, S.M.) Drunkenness
The bond of a first offender charged with drunkenness was forfeited. Thomas Nelson Harrison, 21; was fined 20s, in default seven days' imprisonment, for…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, July 5. (Before Mr. W. I. Perry, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc
Three first offenders were dealt with for drunkenness. Alexander Matheson, 37, seamen, upon two charges of drunkenness, was fined 10s, in default two days'…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"End of Him" If Man Went to Gaol Fine Reduced
Albert Carroll, 40, laborer, and James Costello, 29, laborer, were each charged, before Mr. Perry, S.M., at Newcastle Police Court to-day, with…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Police Reports "Not for Councils"
A second request by Cessnock Municipal Council to the Chief Secretary's Department, to make available police reports in connection with…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Dulwich Hill Murder No New Developments. Sydney
There have been no further developments in connection with the Dulwich Hill murders of last Saturday night. Large numbers of letters are being received by…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →London Police Lord Byng's Appointment. London
Sir William Joynson Hicks, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, was further questioned yesterday in the House of Commons regarding the appointment…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Women Slayer Police Investigations Nothing to Chance Sydney
Though the police are convinced that the Marrickville double murder was committed by a man who was not a hardened criminal, they are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →STICK-JAW Police Can't Talk Gum Barred London
"What were the grounds for prohibiting the police chewing gum while on duty?" asked Mr. J. H…
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