Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Courts & crime, all years

Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1931

4,091 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 63 of 205

Police Court Monday, April 20. (Before Mr. G. A. Stevenson, S.m.) Attempted Suicide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 April 1931 · page 9

"I am not likely to do it again," said Alexander Keddie, 34, labourer, pleading "Guilty" to a charge of having attempted to commit suicide by cutting his throat…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

Food Relief Fraud Man Sent to Gaol Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 April 1931 · page 6

Pleading "Guilty" at the Central Police Court to-day to a charge of having obtained food relief coupons by means of fraud, Thomas Henry Cox, aged 37, was…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Police on Watch Man Used Language

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 21 April 1931 · page 6

At the local Police Court to-day William Hurst, of Shalumah-street, was fined 30s, with 8s costs, in default 14 days' gaol, for having used…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

The Sun Stop Press Police Make Arrests

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 21 April 1931 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.— Senior[?] McEwen, and [?] who have been [?] the murder of [?]…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Perjury Charge Murdered Girl's Father Discharged by Court Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 April 1931 · page 6

Evidence given at the recent inquest concerning the murder of Adelaine Hazel Wilson, 16, formed the basis of a perjury charge against the girl's father, Frederick…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Pathetic Scenes at Kurri Kurri Murder Inquest Romance that Ended in Girl's Death Amazing Story Youth Was Victim of a Hopeless Infatuation, Said Doctor Committed for Trial Grief-stricken Mothers United in Touching Court Scene

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 21 April 1931 · page 1

Declared by doctors to be the victim of a hopeless infatuation which developed into an obsession that upset his mental equilibrium, Basil Rees, a young Kurri wheeler, was the central figure in the inquest at Kurri to-day into the death of his fiancee, Ruby Anderson, who was found strangled near her home in…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Nulkaba Bush Tragedy: Cessnock Miner Found Guilty of Murder Reduced Fares with Feeder Services Arrangements with Swansea 'Buses

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 21 April 1931 · page 5

Newcastle Transport Trust has completed arrangements for the Swansea motor 'has feeder services to the trams, and this…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Don't Think Missing Boy Is Lost Police Theory in Leura Case Leura

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 21 April 1931 · page 6

Though it was rumored last night that Roland Beale, for whom police and civilians have been searching in the rough country between Leura and…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Cessnock Police Court Trouble in a Hotel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 April 1931 · page 9

Mr. D. W. Reed, P.M., presided at the Cessnock Police Court yesterday morning. William Anderson was charged with having used indecent language, and with…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

Gaol for Horse Thief Bathurst

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 April 1931 · page 11

Sentence of 12 months' imprisonment was imposed on Harry Harlow, aged 32, when he was convicted at the Bathurst Police Court to-day on a charge of…

Continued on Trove, page 11 →

Police Receive Warning

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 22 April 1931 · page 3

The following flood warning has been received by the Newcastle police from the weather bureau:—…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Licensing Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 April 1931 · page 3

Thomas Leslie Fines, licensee of the Lemongrove Hotel, Wallsend, was granted a booth licence for the Soccer football ground, New Lambton, on Saturday…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Youth Charged Capital Offence on Girl ARMIDALE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 April 1931 · page 8

Before Mr. Justice Davidson at the Armidale Circuit Court to-day, Leslie James Morley, a youth, appeared on a charge of having committed a capital…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

"Tilly" Devine Sent to Gaol for Month Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 22 April 1931 · page 1

Tilly Devine was to-day sentenced to one month's imprisonment for assualt on Elsie Conway by Mr.Laidlaw, C.S.M., On April 6, Devine was…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Man Who Was Shot Charged with Fraud Melbourne

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 22 April 1931 · page 3

Hugh Charles Gulliver, 38. business agent, who wan shot in the chest at the door of his home in Cyril-street, Elwood, on the night of April 7, was…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

St. Kilda Murder Two Men Remanded MELBOURNE

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 22 April 1931 · page 3

Forbes and Bazley, who were arrested in a raid by the police who were investigating the fatal shooting of Richard Campbell, 34, at St. Kilda…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Issue of Blankets "Apply to Police"

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 22 April 1931 · page 2

Persons in needy circumstances who wish to make application for an issue of blankets, should apply to the police. In urgent cases the police officers are…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Small Debts Court Islington Incident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 April 1931 · page 3

In respect of an accident in Islington on December 1. the Metropolitan Transport Trust sued George Reeves, Denison-street, Carrington, for the recovery of…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Murder Charge Death of Ruby Anderson Kurri Tragedy Evidence at Inquest

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 April 1931 · page 4

The story surrounding the death of Rugby Anderson, a young Kurri woman, who was found strangled on the footpath in front of an empty house in Coronation…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Carlton Murder Old Pensioner's Death Warrant Out for Stepson Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 April 1931 · page 8

Superintendent Walsh, Chief of the Criminal Investigation Branch, made a definite statement to-day that one man was responsible for the killing of…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →