Imposing on Unemployed Two Men Sent to Gaol SYDNEY
At the Central Police Court to-day before Mr. Williams, S.M., Thomas Lalor, aged 30, and John Edward King, aged 25, both of them mechanics, were…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1931
4,091 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 36 of 205
Gangster Sent to Gaol Capone Convicted of Contempt Judge Scathing Chicago
The King of Chicago's underworld and the publicly declared "first enemy of the State," has sustained a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Student's Death Suicide Theory Doubted Police Criticised London, February 26
A remarkable situation has arisen over the death of the 19-year-old student at Cambridge, Francis Ellis, who was found bound and gagged in his room on…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Police Raid Garage Four Men Arrested Alleged Stolen Goods Sydney
Tobacco and other goods, valued at £200, alleged to have been stolen from A. A. Mark's tobacconist shop, at Circular Quay, on Wednesday night, were found…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Flour Industry Little Unemployment Wage Cut Opposed More Cases Before Court MELBOURNE
Master flour-millers of every State, except Tasmania and Queensland, applied to the Arbitration Court to-day for a 10 per cent. cut in employees' wages…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Girl Garrotted to Stifle Her Evidence Would Have Spoken Against Police Mystery Arrest Made New York
Handsome, red-haired, 32-year-old Vivienne Gordon was garrotted with a clothes line in Van Courtland Park…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Alleged Assault Two Men Charged
Accused of having assaulted James Andres at Newcastle on February 27, Michael Harrison (33). Ironworker, and James Harrison (27),…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Woman's Death Married Woman Charged TAMWORTH
Following the death in Tamworth Hospital to-day, of Mrs. Margaret Josephine Sheridan, of Dungowan, an inquest was formally opened this afternoon, by the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Capone Sentenced Will be Released on Bail Appeal to Be Lodged Chicago, February 27
The notorious Chicago gangster, "Scarface" Al Capone, was to-day sentenced to six months' gaol on a charge of contempt of Court, for having failed to come from…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Court Scenes in the Temple Cessnock Event
Evangelist Van Eyk's "temple" at Cessnock last night was converted a court room. There was the bench, on which sat the "judge" in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →No Snakes Wanted Kangaroos & Dogs Admitted Police Draw Line
Though Hamilton police don't mind accommodating stolen cars and bicycles, stray dogs und even kangaroos, they draw the line at snakes…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Manslaughter Charge Police Sergeant's Death Narrabeen Smash Sydney
Following the car fatality at Narrbeen on Saturday night, when Sergeant Angus McKnight, in charge of Auburn division, was killed,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Struck by Car Police Sergeant Killed Accident at Narrabeen Sydney
Sergeant Angus Leslie McKnight. 48. of Glenview-street, Earlwood, the officer in charge of Auburn Police Station, was fatally injured when he was struck by a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Like Chicago Indian Revolver Duel Police Corner Terrorists Allahabad, February 27
Savouring of Chicago was the scene enacted in Albert Park here to-day, when for nearly an hour police engaged in a fierce revolver duel with suspected…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Four Years' Gaol Coloured Man Sentenced SYDNEY
Convicted at the Darlinghurst Sessions to-day on a charge of having been found in a dwelling at night with intent to commit a felony, Alick Hench, 65, a coloured…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Assault Alleged Constable on Prisoner Five Men Charged Sydney
Allegations of assault by a police constable on a prisoner were made at the Parramatta Court to-day, when Claude West, 35, butcher, Stanley Cook, 20, labourer,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bicycle Theft
Walter Davis (27), farmer, was charged, before Mr. Stevenson. S.M., at Newcastle Police Court to-day, with having at Islington, on February [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Alleged Assault
Charged with having unlawfully assaulted James Andrus at Newcastle on February 27, Michael Harrison, 33, ironworker, and James Harrison, 27,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Maitland District West Maitland Police Court Alleged False Pretences
William Harold Kelly, 42, a stranger, was charged before Mr. D. W. Reed, P.M., at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday, with having, at West Maitland…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Licensing Court
An application by Thomas Edward Linkenbagh for the transfer of te license of the Racecourse Hotel, Wallsend, form George Henry Knowland,…
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