Police Court Monday, December 31. (Before Mr. T. W. Cohen, R.s.m.) Drunkenness
One first offender was dealt with for drunkenness. Five other persons charged with drunkenness failed to appear, and forfeited their bonds…
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Courts & crime, 1929
2,785 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 140
Gaol for Life Farm Murders Recalled Woman Tells "We Killed Several Boys" Los Angeles
Mrs. Louisa Northcott, 60, has been sentenced to imprisonment for life, following her confession of participation in the so-called…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Drunken Orgy Girls Rescued at Lake Shots Fired Police Report of Incident
"A drunken orgy, during which the girls became afraid of their companions and ran for assistance," is the Newcastle police…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →College Course for Police
A college course for policemen is announced by the University of Chicago. The instructor will be Mr. A. L. Dixon, of London.. Assistant Secretary of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →EXPLOSION Shops Destroyed Fire Follows Police Question Man SYDNEY
A terrific explosion, followed by lire, destroyed, early this morning, a brick building, consisting of two shops and a dance hall, at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Alleged Stealing Remand on Three Charges
Peter Keenahan, 23, laborer, was charged before Mr. Cohen, S.M., at Newcastle Police Court to-day with having at Hamilton on January 1,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Police Station Wardrobe
Apparently some bathers were so intent on celebrating New Year's Day that they forget their personal belongings. Found on the Newcastle Beach in the evening…
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Loss of business due to idle mines was the reason that William Carl Fraser, fish and bacon hawker of Abermain, gave for his bankruptey in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Police Court Wednesday, January 2. (Before Mr. T. W. Cohen, R.s.m.) Drunkenness
Seven first offenders were dealt with for drunkenness. On charges of drunkenness, Stephen Earle, 75, labourer, was fined 20/, in default seven days'…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Maryville Girl's Death Police Silent Analyst's Report
Police investigations into the events leading to the death of Hilda Johnson, the 15-year-old Maryville girl, following a seizure in a moving picture theatre, are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Emptied Dustbins Playfulness Leads to Court
Between midnight and 1 a.m. today, James Brown (29), greengrocer, and two friends amused themselves by running along Hunter-street, between…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Foul Play? Police Inquiries Advance Chocolate Mystery An Early Development is Expected
Newcastle police have, it is understood, discarded theories of suicide and misadventure, and are concentrating on the theory that Hilda Johnson's death may have been caused by foul play…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Court Thursday, January 3. (Before Mr. T. W. Cohen, R.s.m.) Drunkenness
Two first offenders were dealt with for drunkenness. REMANDS. Peter Keenahan (23), labourer, was…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →MURDER! White Ship's Officers Crew Arrested Calcutta
A sensational sequel to the loss of the Irrawaddy Flotilla Company's steamer Ngatsein, in the Gulf of Martaban, on December 20, when, on the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Arrest Made Alleged Assault on Girl Swansea Case Charge at Singleton
A young man was arrested at Singleton to-day and charged with a serious offence on a girl, alleged to have taken place in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mystery Death Police Reticence Increases Developments Soon?
Although police reticence lias increased to-day regarding developments in the mystery death of Hilda Johnson, after eating a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hilda Johnson's Death Due to Strychnine Police Persistent, But Silent
The report of the Government Analyst who examined the contents of the stomach of Hilda Johnson, 15 years of age, of Maryville, who died under dramatic, circumstances early on Saturday morning, was forwarded to Mr. J. Mitchell, the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bankruptcy Court. (Before Mr. T. W. Cohen, District Registrar.)
Re David Williams, house painter, 12, Brett-street, Waratah, Bankrupt stated that insufficient work was the cause of that bankruptcy. He had been a working…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Too Few Police Central Australia How Trouble Starts Alice Springs
In his evidence to the Federal Board, which is inquiring into the shooting of the blacks by a police party in Central Australia, Rev. E…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners' Lodge Funds Police Court Case
Before Mr. T. W. Cohen, R.S..M. in Newcastle Police Court, yesterday, James Mitchell, 22, wheeler, who had been arrested on warrant at Harden, was charged…
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