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, 1932

4,218 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 38 of 211

Dartmoor Convicts 32 Formally Charged Remand Till March 16 LONDON, March 8

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 March 1932 · page 5

Thirty-two Dartmoor convicts were to-day paraded under a strong guard before Superintendent Smith, and formally charged with offences arising out of the…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Theft of Hawaiian Relic University Student Arrested Came From Capt. Cook London

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 10 March 1932 · page 8

a student of Gottingen university has been arrested, says "The Times" correspondent at Berlin, in connection with the theft of the…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Young Man on Trial for Murder Yagoona Railway Tragedy Crown Case Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 10 March 1932 · page 7

"On his own showing he is a burglar, and on his own showing he would stop, at nothing," said the…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Naylor Case Appeal to High Court SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 March 1932 · page 5

Mr. Rule Naylor has instructed Messrs. R. D. Meagher, Sproule and Company to apply to the High Court in Melbourne for leave to…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Court May Sit on Sunday Melbourne Trial Melbourne

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 10 March 1932 · page 6

There is a probability that the Criminal Court will sit on Saturday and Sunday to hear evidence against the six men who are charged with…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Elderly Agent in Court Real Estate Fraud Alleged £1000 Loan Involved Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 10 March 1932 · page 8

Charles Raymond Staples, 79, of Staples and Co., real estate agents, George-street, was charged at Central Police Court yesterday, before…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Detroit Riot Many Arrests Made Girl Leads Mob Police Action Defended (Australian Press Association.) DETROIT, March 8

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 March 1932 · page 5

There was a counting of the cost to-day in the "Red" labour disturbances, possibly the most acute since the famous Haymarket riots. The National Guard…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Lindbergh Baby Back Home Says Boston Mayor Time Given Bandits Police and Family Deny Story Much Activity New York

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 10 March 1932 · page 1

The Mayor of Boston announces that he has been reliably informed that the Lindbergh baby was…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Vital Empire Economic Conference Reckless Fight for Freedom Snatches Police Gun and Kills Two Second Attempt Fatal New Orleans

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 10 March 1932 · page 8

Snatching a policeman's revolver while being searched at the police station here, a negro shot two…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

"Evaded Payments" Magistrate's Strictures Moratorium Court Case Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 March 1932 · page 10

"There is not the slightest excuse for your having evaded the payments. There are hundreds of people in the city who sometimes allow themselves to go without…

Continued on Trove, page 10 →

Assault Charge Case

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 11 March 1932 · page 1

In the evidence of Lily Caroline Perry, of Scott-street, Carrington, on Wednesday, she was reported to have said in an assault charge case…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Woodley's Collapse in Court Cell Yagoona Murder Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 11 March 1932 · page 8

Though Reginald Frederick Woodley, 19, who at the Central Criminal Court last night was sentenced to death for the Yagoona murder,…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

"Threw Stick But I Missed" Woman's Story in Court Assault Charge

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 11 March 1932 · page 8

Jane Isabella Shelley, of Whitebridge, charged Victor Cousins, of Whitebridge, with assault at Charlestown Summons Court yesterday…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Woman on Murder Charge Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 March 1932 · page 10

At the City Police Court to-day, Mrs. Catherine Masterton, of Mary-street, Richmond, was remanded for a week on a charge of having murdered Dorothy Mary…

Continued on Trove, page 10 →

Charred Bones Murchison Murder Trial PERTH

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 March 1932 · page 9

The hearing of the charge against J. Smith, better known as "Snowy" Rowles, of having murdered Louis Carron in the scrub country on the Murchison, was…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

Secret Witness Thrilling Murder Story Victoria Theatre

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 11 March 1932 · page 3

A policeman listening in on a busy wire at the ground floor switchboard of an apartment house, rushes up to the penthouse,…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Yagoona Crime Woodley Found Guilty Sentenced to Death Jury's Recommendation SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 March 1932 · page 9

Reginald Frederick Woodley, 19, was found "Guilty" of murder at the Central Criminal Court to-night, and was sentenced to death…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

Maitland and District News Private Inquiry Gaol Disturbance One Warder Resumes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 March 1932 · page 11

A private inquiry was held by Mr. F. D. H. Sutherland, P.M., in the Maitland Gaol yesterday morning, to deal with the two prisoners who caused a disturbance in…

Continued on Trove, page 11 →

Hurt in Mine Then Sent to Gaol Compensation Claim Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 March 1932 · page 10

An unusual case came before the Workers' Compensation Commission to-day, when Henry Ferris, an employee of the North Broken Hill Mine, Ltd., claimed…

Continued on Trove, page 10 →

Wife Alleges Assault She Was "Stupid Drunk" Says Husband S.m. Dismisses Case

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 11 March 1932 · page 7

Ruby McCray, of William-street, Hamilton, charged her husband, Reuben McCray, of Nobbys, with assault at Newcastle Summons…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →