Fishermen Charged
Charges of having fished with a net within prohibited waters were made against seven men at Teralba Police Court to-day. The men were: Thomas…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1929
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Shop Entered Boys Charged
Walking past a shop in New Lambton at 1 a.m. on March 25, a railway shunter noticed three dark forms in the doorway Events which followed the discovery…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Maitland District a Prisoner's Death Died in Gaol
Mr. D. W. Reed, Coroner, held an inquest in the Maitland Gaol at East Maitland yesterday afternoon concerning the death of Thomas Bell, aged 54 years, who…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Police Court Tuesday, March 26. (Before Mr. J. B. Gibson, S.m.) Sought Imprisonment
The extraordinary conduct of a man who was so insistent in demanding imprisonment that he had to be forcibly removed from the Newcastle police…
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Mr. D. W. Reed. P.M., presided at the West Maitland Police Court on Monday. George White was charged with having received a food order on December 17,…
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The Maitland District Court was resumed before his Honor Judge White at the East Maitland Courthouse yesterday. ALLEGED SLANDER…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →"Hands Up" Police Set Trap Man Committed for Trial
Two silent figures crouched in darkness, a low whistle, stealthy, footsteps along a dim passage way, a curt "hands up" as the room is flooded in light were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MURDER! "In the Name of Prohibition" Brutal Crime Gas-bomb Attack on Citizen's House
To the long list of crime's committed in the name of prohibition, mainly by thugs waiting, for control of the bootleg ring, has been added a new horror, by the attack on the borne of an American citizen by prohibition agents…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Licensing Court. (Before Mr. J. B. Gibson, L.M.)
Licenses to conduct liquor booths were granted to James Cusick, Clarendon Hotel, Newcastle for Wallsend races and March 30 and April 1, and Newcastle,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Small Debts Court. (Before Mr. J. B. Gibson, S.m.) Mistaken Identity
Mistaken identity led to complications in the case in which Mrs. E. Riley, Young-street, Carrington, sued John Joseph Sullivan, 21, Holt-street, Surrey Hills…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Alleged Assault. Claim for £100
A claim of £100 was brought by Edward Mason, of Dungog, against Carl Berry, of Dungog, for injuries he sustained when on January 21, 1929, at Dungog,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Another Sydney Assault. Sydney
Attacked by nine men at Redfern, a timber worker, employed at Mascot, was savagely assaulted to-day. He was kicked about the head and body, and his clothes…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Unlawful Wounding Prisoner Sentenced Melbourne
Angelo Sanna, 32, engineer, who was found guilty last week of unlawfully wounding Edward Thomas Hunt, garage proprietor, at Wandin, was to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →He Wept Sentenced to Death SYDNEY
"Do you think they'll hang me?" Crying bitterly, Arthur Edward Semple. 19, kept asking that question after he was convicted at the Central…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Court Wednesday, March 27. (Before Mr. J. B. Gibson, S.m.). Drunkenness
David Christianson, 36, was fined 10/, in default 48 hours' imprisonment, for being drunk, and three other persons, who did not appear to answer a similar…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maitland District Court
The Maitland District Court was resumed at the East Maitland Courthouse yesterday, before his Honor Judge White…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Riot Sequel Seven Men Charged All Remanded Sydney
Arrested last night for alleged participation in a riot demonstration in George-street, seven men were charged at the Central Court to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Raid Alleged Gaming House
Under Inspectors Stein and Brydon, and a number of constables, a raid was made on an alleged gaming house at Chatham-road, Broadmeadow, on Tuesday…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Man-Woman's Bravado Breaks Down in Court for Trial On Charge of Perjury "Colonel Barker" Faints Court Crowded with Young Women LONDON
Mrs. Valerie Arkell-Smith, who for to long masqueraded as "Colonel Barker," was the central figure to-day in remarkable scenes at the Marylebone Police Court, which was packed with young; women…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bank Robber Sentenced
Described as a hardened criminal with a long record in the United States and in Australia, Albert Single, 28, was sentenced to two years' imprisonment at the…
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