Boys Charged with Robberies
Yesterday two boys aged 15 years, were arrested as a result of inquiries by Plain-clothes Constable Shumack, of Newcastle, and Constable Thompson, of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1929
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Robbed Friends Youth's Ingratitude Gaol Sentence
Stranded in Newcastle, Joseph Allen Burke, was befriended by two young seamen, who gave him a homo with them…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Trial Postponed Alleged Assault on Girt Merewether Case
Claude Elmer Dart, 28. signalman, was charged before Judge White at Newcastle Quarter Sessions to-day., with having…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Court Monday, February 4. (Before Mr. T. W. Cohen, R.s.m.) Drunkenness &c
Seven first offenders were dealt with for drunkenness. Sylvester Joseph O'Brien, 23, clerk, was charged with having used improper language…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Charge of Murder Accused Committed Sydney
The City Coroner to-day committed Malcolm Mackinnon (63) for trial on a charge of murdering James Blair. Bail was not applied for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sent to Gaol Youth Who Stole Car It Was Damaged
Leonard Kenneth Cross, 19. laborer, was sentenced by Mr. Cohen, S.M., at Newcastle Police Court to-day, to six months gaol, on a charge of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Police Only! Motor License Inspection
From information submitted to the N.R.M.A., it would appear that from time to time the production of motorists' licenses has been demanded by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bruce Higgs in Court
Mention of the Blue Mountains murder some months ago, was made at the Central Police Court in Sydney yesterday, when Bruce Doubleday Higgs, aged 22,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Missing Man Police Continue Search MELBOURNE
There is no doubt in the minds of the detectives that Leslie Williams, the missing Goulburn electrician reached Seymour on his return to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Judge Scores How to Clear Court
As wise as a Judge. During the hearing of unsavoury evidence at Newcastle Quarter Sessions, Judge White noticed some [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motorists Before Court. Paddington Car Recovered
The party of motorists which was arrested at Cessnock on Saturday night, when Mr. H. Tierney's car, which was stolen from Paddington on January 25,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →District Court Many Actions Listed. Sydney
At the opening of the District Court Law Term to-day, Judge Cohen pointed out that 465 actions were listed. Al-though two Judge would sit for a month,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wanted "Tucker" Police Arrest Man S.M.'s ADVICE
Albert Moir, 32, laborer, was discharged by Mr. Cohen, S.M., at New-castle Police Court to-day, on a vagrancy charge…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →To Hang! "Youth With 100 Sweethearts" Murder Charge Mercenary Lothario's Many Dupes LONDON
"The youth with 100 sweethearts," is how the Evening News describes Joseph Clarke, 21, a wireless, engineer, who was sentenced to death at Liverpool, within five minutes after entering the dock. He pleaded- guilty to strangling Mrs. Alice Fontaine,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Court Sensation Bankrupt's Suicide in Counsel's Chamber Melbourne
A dramatic incident marked the opening of the Law Courts' sitting to-day, when Robert Abbott Johnstone, of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Court Tuesday, February 5. (Before Mr. T. W. Cohen, R.s.m.) Assault Charge Lapses
Percy Henry Sandford (34), was charged with having unlawfully assaulted George Harvey, of Broadmeadow, at Newcastle, on February 4, On Harvey…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alleged Assault Belmont Case Singleton Youth on Trial
Allegations of a serious nature were made by girl before his Honor Judge White, at the Newcastle Quarter Sessions yesterday, when George Nicholas…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gaol and Flogging for Criminal Offence Melbourne
Judge Joinarski, in the General sessions this afternoon, sentenced Joseph Herman Carl Hansen, a young well-built man, to 12 months' imprisonment…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Women in Court
Despite the fact that frequent reference has been made by Judges to the presence of women and girls in Court during the hearing of cases in which unsavoury…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Missing Motor Car. Police Chase
The West Maitland police received advice yesterday from Sydney that a Master Six blue sedan Buick motor car, 1929 model, was missing from the Barrington…
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