River Murder Police Interview Campers Little Headway Made Wagga
Detectives McRae and Crosbie and Wagga police yesterday interviewed a number of women concerning the finding of a man's body in the Murrumbidgee…
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Courts & crime, 1934
3,757 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 188
Police Transfers
Several transfers of constables in the north-eastern police district were announced on Saturday. Constable J. Robertson, who for some years has been…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Police Report at Cessnock Increase in Cases
An increase of 22.5 per cent, in the number of cases dealt with is disclosed in the Cessnock crime report for 1933. The total number of cases…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →No Serious Crime Newcastle Police District Increase in Offences
While an increase of 260 offences is shown in the year's report of district crime, issued by the Newcastle police, there were some remarkable decrcases in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Quiet New Year's Eve Light Court List
Ten celebrants of the New Year commenced 1934 by making contributions to consolidated revenue, in lieu of gaol penalties, at Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Quarrel at a Weeding Police Had to Be Called London
Because a bridal party quarrelled at the altar in a dispute as to who should be first bridesmaid, the clergyman, Rev. C. Baber, of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Were Kept Busy No Holiday for the Police Long List of Cases
In contrast to the exceptionally quiet conditions during the Christmas holidays, the Newcastle detectives were faced…
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Before Mr. Soane, S.M., at Newcastle Police Court to-day, Arthur Allan Taylor (24), laborer, was remanded to January 9, on a charge of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →River Murder Suspected Victim Alive Body Secretly Buried Police Theory Exploded WAGGA
The task of solving the mysterious murder of the man, Whose body was recovered from the Murrumbidgee River on Christmas Day, is proving more difficult than…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Theft of Watches Hunter-street Window Smashed
One of the Hunter-street windows of Pearce's jewellery shop was smashed yesterday morning and watches valued at £80 were stolen. The matter was reported to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Licensing Court
Arthur John Balks, of Beaumont and Tudor streets, Hamilton, was granted a billiard license, at Newcastle Licensing Court to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Kurri Police Had Real Holidays
During the Christmas holidays not one arrest was made at Kurri, and no complaints were received by the police…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Murder Plan Recoils Jim Honeyman's Failure Sydney
Jim Honeyman, a champion cyclist, took a week to plan the killing of Irene Ryan, of Paddington, in the early hours of the New Year. Part…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Chaff Bag Murder Detectives at Standstill Wagga
Although it is certain that the body found in the Murrumbidgee River has been identified on the fingerprints nothing further can be ascertained…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cessnock Police Return Increase in Cases
The annual report of the Cessnock police district show an increase of 93 on the number of cases dealt with for he period. The total amounted to 505,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Dramatic Story in Court Brisbane
A hand shot suddenly out of the darkness with a gleaming blade and slushed him across the face so that his jawbone was laid clear from ear…
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Two women informed the police to-night that, while walking across the Sydney Harbour Bridge, they saw a young man climb the railing on the eastern side and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Smart Work Police Arrest Two Men Unusual Circumstances Sydney
Police arrested two men, one at Moss Vale and another in the city, in unusual circumstances to-night. A man broke a showcase window at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bluff Did Not Work Bandit's Trick Frustrated Claimed to Be Police London
Adopting a new trick today at Wimbledon, motor car bandits attempted to stage a "hold-up," but the intended…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Secret Power (Published by arrangement with Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, London and Melbourne.) CHAPTER I. the Train Murder
Leaving the restaurant car, Norrey Perris began to make his way down the train in the direction of his own compartment. As he reached the end of…
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