Peden Acquitted of Perjury Circuit Court Witness
William Peden, engineer, of Cessnock was discharged at Maitland Circuit Court to-day when a jury after retirement of half an hour found him…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1931
4,091 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 64 of 205
"Was Forced to Turn to Burglary Because Hard Up" Claims to Be B.A. of Sydney Caught in London London
Charged with burglary at offices in Westminster, Gerald Kirk Ashworth, aged 23, stated that he was educated at a college in Brisbane and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Returned Soldiers' League Charges Police Constable False Representation Alleged Muswellbrook Case
Charged with having falsely represented himself to be a returned soldier, Constable Harold Douglas Kenny, of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Death Sentence Case of John W. Eade Maitland Circuit Court
The Maitland Circuit Court was opened at the East Maitland Courthouse yesterday. Mr. Justice James presided, and Mr. W. J. Dignam, instructed by Mr. W. H…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle Programme For Anzac Day Celebrations Next Saturday Bought a Baby for a Florin Used It As Aid to Begging Couple Sentenced London
Evidence in the Chichester Court when Henry and Marv Bidwell were sentenced to 28 days for exposing their child so as to cause suffering,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Found by Police with Memory Gone Young Girl's Plight in Sydney Photo Collection Sydney
With her memory gone, a 20-year-old girl was found by the police walking aimlessly in Surry Hills at 3.26 a.m. on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Court
Mr. D. W. Reed, P.M., presided at the Kurri Kurri Police Court yesterday. Patrick Harold was fined £5, with 8/ costs, on a charge of having represented…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Ownership of Bicycle Magistrate Decides
The ownership of a bicycle which has been in the possession of Wickham police for some time was decided at Newcastle Summons Court to-day,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Burglary Charge Australian in London LONDON, April 21
Charged with burglary in offices at Westminster Gerald Kirk Ashworth, 23, stated that he was educated at a college in Brisbane and graduated with a B.A…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Matilda Devine Imprisonment for Theft SYDNEY
Shooting hysterically and screaming, Matilda Devine was removed from the dock at the Central Police Court to-day to serve a month's imprisonment imposed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Court Wednesday, April 22. (Before Mr. G. A. Stevenson, S.m.) Alleged Vagrancy
Upon charges of vagrancy, Norman Mc-Namee, 26, salesman, and Albert Monaghan West, 43, broker, were each remanded to April 28. Bail in each case was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Court Interpreter
"You are charged with having at Broadmeadow on or about March 4, maintained an appliance for the purpose of receiving messages by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Go Straight" Accused Regrets Theft Brisbane Hotel Robbery Brisbane
In the Brisbane Police Court to-day, George Harold Newsome, 43 an engineer, was charged with stealing jewellery and an attache case, valued at £1432, the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Stole Pistols and Staged Hold-up Daring Theft From Shop Window Brisbane
A daring theft of pistols last night was quickly followed by two hold-ups. Breaking a plate-glass window at C. Scholtz's shop about 8.30 p.m.,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Murder Mystery Men Refuse to Speak Shooting at St. Kilda Melbourne
John Forbes and Arthur Bazley appeared at the City Court to-day, charged with vagrancy and being in possession of an unregistered pistol. Forbes was also…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Not Perjury Two Men Acquitted Maitland Circuit Court
The cases of William Peden, of Cessnock, and Stuart Vincent Lunney, of Singleton, who were committed for trial by Judge Sheridan on charges of perjury…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Like Movie Chase Fugitive Too Slippery Eluded Police Melbourne
4 The story of a police chase after a burglar at Box Hill last night reads like a movie scenario. Twice constables had their hands on the fugitive as he was scaling a fence, but he wriggled free, leaving first his overcoat,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Senate's Veto Transport Regulations High Court Application Sydney
The High Court to-day heard argument on the question of whether the action of the Senate in disallowing the Transport Workers' (Waterside Workers)…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Action for Damages Settlement Out of Court ARMIDALE
An action for malicious prosecution against his father-in-law, Henry William Pearson, was commenced before Mr. Justice Davidson in the Armidale Circuit…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sentenced "Till the Rising."
Women who crowded into the Town Hall lift yesterday afternoon, overtaxing its capacity, automatically sentenced themselves to imprisonment in the said lift…
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