Resisted Police Ironworker Fined
When Constable Rowan arrested Thomas Dixon, 32, ironworker, for being drunk in Hunter-street on Saturday. Dixon resisted so violently and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1930
3,806 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 36 of 191
Garage Murder Podmore Denies Charge London, March 6
"Did you kill Messiter?" was the question put to William Podmore, who is facing his trial on a charge of having murdered the oil magnate, Vivian Messiter, in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →West-end Blaze Police Give Alarm
Police vigilance was responsible for the speedy extinction of a fire which broke out on business premises at 619 Hunter-street West, Newcastle, occupied by…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Booty Recovered Police Make Arrest Sydney
More than 50 boxes of butter and two motor lorries, alleged to have been stolen during recent weeks, were found carefully concealed in the bush in the western…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Scrap of Paper Leads to Death Penalty Mystery Murder Scotland Yard's Triumph LONDON
A missing sheet from an order-book was the clue upon which Scotland Yard worked in tracing the murderer of Vivian Messiter…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police College British Minister's Scheme (British Official Wireless.) LONDON, March 8
A scheme drawn up by Mr. J. R. Clynes, the Home Secretary, has been adopted in principle by the Police Council. It provides for the establishment of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Theft of £921 Woman Sentenced Brisbane
The case in which Pauline Kulick, 22, was charged with stealing £921 from the Brisbane Supply Company, while employed by the company, concluded to-day, when…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ten Years' Gaol Safebreaker Sentenced Perth
Among those sentenced at the Criminal Court to-day was George McKellar Smith, who had pleaded "Guilty" to several charges of burglary. He was the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Licensing Court
The He[?]nse of the Criterion Hotel, Wickham,. Was transferred front John Maisey to Frederick Edwin Herbert by Mr. Gibson, S.M.. at Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Police Court Monday, March 10. (Before Mr. J. B. Gibson, S.m.) Drunkenness
Two first offenders were dealt with for drunkenness…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Young Women Charged Allegations at Armidale ARMIDALE
When a constable investigated unusual movements in the store of David Beasley, of West Armidale, early this morning, he found, so he said in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Small Court List
Only one case was listed before Mr. D. W. Reed P.M., at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. Raymond Buckman, who did not appear, won fined £1,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Death Sentence. Garage Murder Case London, March 9
Found guilty of the murder of Vivian Messiter a Southampton garage last year, William Podmore, 29, described as an engineer, was sentenced to death at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Old Crime Recalled Chinese is Suspected New Caledonian Murder Sydney
A Chinese, who was recently arrested on a charge of being a prohibited immigrant, is being watched by the police, pending the receipt of in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Aubin Appeal Full Court Argument SYDNEY
Argument in connection with the appeal by E. Aubin for an injunction to restrain Mr. D. W. Reed, P.M., from further proceeding on the conviction made against…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Former Solicitor Called Before Full Court Sydney
Norman Leonard Rex Griffin, whose name was struck off the roll of solicitors on November last, appeared at the Full Court, to-day, to show cause why he…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Removal of Trustee Equity Court Application SYDNEY
Before Mr. Justice Harvey, in the Equity Court to-day, Vernon Henry Silvester applied for the removal of the name of George Pitt Wood from the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Wrong Decree Error in Divorce Court Sydney
A curious story was told in the Divorce Court to-day, when Margaret Hilda Phillips applied for a divorce from Charles Albert Phillips. It was stated that when,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wild Drive Police Chase Stolen Car Excitement in W.A. PERTH
Car thieves and the police night patrol were engaged in a thrilling chase an breakneck speed through Victoria Park last night. The patrol sighted a car…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Men's Appeal Rothbury Convictions Full Court Case Questions of Law Debated SYDNEY
To day the Full Court heard more argument in respect of two further applications for writs of prohibition against the…
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