Six Months' Gaol "Lowest Thing on Earth" SYDNEY
Convicted at the Central Police Court to-day on charge of having lived partly on the earnings of a street woman, Sidney Smith Adams, aged 22, was sentenced…
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Courts & crime, 1930
3,806 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 18 of 191
Police Say Medical Exam, for Drivers Not Justified
The N.R.M.A. recently forwarded to the Acting-Commissioner of Police (Superintendent Childs) representations made by a well-known medical man in favor of some form of medical examination for applicants for drivers'…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →She Fainted Woman Witness in Assault Charge Defended Brother Clothes Torn Off in Street Scuffle
While giving evidence in Cessnock Court to-day, Doris Rusden collapsed in the witness-box. She said that she was defending her brother from an attack by William Hedley, a miner, when the latter tare her clothes off…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →High Court Case Commonwealth Intervenes SYDNEY
Dr. H. V. Evatt, K.C., and Mr. E. Miller have been retained by the Federal Government to intervene in the application made to the High Court by the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Balmain Dispute Miners Invoke Police Aid Picketing to Continue Meeting of Engine-drivers SYDNEY
The cause of the dispute at the Balmain colliery, which is being worked by the Miners' Federation under the collective contract system, was explained at a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Account Altered" Scrutiny with Magnifying Glass Payment Claim Incident in Small Debts Court
A receipt purporting to be for £2 was examined by Mr. Gibson, S.M., with the aid of a magnifying glass. He declared that there was no doubt that the account had been altered. Before Mr. Gibson. S.M., in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cessnock Police Court False Declaration
Mr. D. W. Reed, P.M., occupied the Bench at the Cessnock Police Court yesterday morning. William Henry Forrester was charged…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fined for Assault
William Hedley, miner, of Paxton, was charged with having assaulted Aubrey James Rusden, an onsetter, at Parton, on December 22. Mr. L. G. Williams…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Factory Charged Alleged Dangerous Machinery
Following on an accident at the factory of John Cooper and Sons, Ltd., of Union-street, Cook's Hill, on October 22, 1929, when an employee had…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flogging Ordered Razor-slasher Sentenced Melbourne
This afternoon, Judge Woinarski sentenced Albert Hooker, 45 labourer, to 12 months' imprisonment and a flogging of 10 strobes with the cat-o'-nine-tails for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Gaol Sentence Judge Warns Prisoner "War on Society"
"You are quite qualified to become an habitual criminal. It is a matter for yourself whether you will cry war on the community or whether you…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Small Debts Court
Before Mr. J. B. Gibson, S.M., in the Newcastle Small Debts Court yesterday, Frank J. Pullin, trading as the Hunter Furniture Factory, represented by Mr. S…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →For Trial Bank Manager Charged £1266 MISSING Horse Racing Blamed
"I have done most of it on racehorses." This statement, it was alleged, was made to the police by Norman Hood Allen, 35,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Delhi Deadlock Police in Parliament CALCUTTA
The Parliamentary deadlock at Delhi, which resulted from a refusal to allow police inside the assembly. Is likely to come…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ninety Miners Appear Before Kurri Police Court To-day on Mass Picketing Charges Took Drugs Doctor's Admission Heavy Fine Sydney
"In my opinion, a medical practitioner who takes drugs to this extent is a menace to the public," said Mr. T. Robinson, the inspector of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Court Sequel Flying Squad Raids at Weston
A small army marched to the Kurri Court House today, and took up a position in the body of the court…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Alleged Stolen Goods Police Make Three Arrests SYDNEY
Visiting a house in Darlinghurst to-day, the police discovered a large quantity of goods, believed to have been stolen, and, an a result, two men later faced charges…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Insurance Case Four Men Before Court SYDNEY
Evidence was entered upon to-day at the Central Police Court in the conspiracy charges against four men concerning the affairs of the Property Insurance…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Six Months Gaol Brutal Husband Sentenced SYDNEY
Michael James Connelly, aged 37, who, the police stated, had many previous convictions against him, was sentenced to six months' gaol by the magistrate at the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →High-street Burglary
The business premises of Messrs. W. H. Blake and H. J. Payne, in High-street. West Maitland, were visited between 12.30 and 1 a.m. yesterday, by burglars, but the…
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