First Legal Headache Big Celebration in New York the Police Look on New York
New York enjoyed its first headache without breaking the law after one of the most light-hearted celebrations it has had in…
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Courts & crime, 1934
3,757 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 188
Newcastle Court Monday, January 1 (Before Mr. T. A. Doolan, J.p.) Drunkenness
The bonds of for offenders, who had been arrested for drunkenness, were forfeited. Minor penalties, or the rising of the Court, were imposed on five other…
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Mr. E. A. Mahony, P.M., presided at the Cessnock Police Court yesterday. Clarence George McDonald, 22, was charged with having inflicted grievous…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Arrested at Gun Point Shot Fired by Watchman Police Court Story
A gun-point arrest, made by a night watchman employed at Morison and Bearby's workshops at Carrington, on the night of…
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Mr. E. A. Mahony, P.M., presided at the West Maitland Licensing Court yesterday. District auctioneers' licences were granted to Robert L. Lindsay and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cross Charges of Assault Punch on Nose Discussed
After medical evidence had been heard, Mr. Soane, S.M., at Newcastle Summons Court this afternoon, adjourned to January 22 the cases in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Police Court Tuesday, January 2 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Illegal Betting
Pleading "Guilty" to having made a bet, a Belmont, on a horse race, run at Randwick on December 23, in contravention of the Totalisator Act, Ambrose…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →For Life Disqualification at Wyong Attempted Assault on Rider
When the horses had returned to the enclosure after the Encourage Six at Wyong races yesterday, spectators were astounded to see a man attempt to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Body in River Murder Mystery Unsolved SYDNEY
No further developments occurred to-day in connection with the finding of the body of a man in the Murrumbidgee River, near Wagga, on Christmas Day…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Murrumbidgee Murder New Line of Inquiry? Wagga
The scene of investigation is changing in the Murrumbidgee River murder, and Detective-Sergeant McRae and Detective Crosbie have decided…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Licensing Court Billiard Licence Granted
An application by Arthur John Balks, for a billiard licence in premises at the corner of Beaumont and Tudor Streets. Hamilton, was granted…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Small Debts Court Claim for Rent
A claim foe £16/6/9, rent alleged to be due to him for a property in Second-street, Boolaroo, was made by William Watson, executor of the estate of the late…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sergeant Said He Was Kicked Wild Scene at Police Station
The story of a wild scene at Hunter-street West police station, in the course of which a police sergeant was kicked in the stomach and had his…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Slashed with Razor Court Story of Attack BRISBANE
The story of a vicious assault on a man who went to the aid of a woman, who was being subjected to threats by another man, was told at the Brisbane…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"Wipe Out Crime" Ultimatum to Police Force New York's New Mayor New York, January 1
The new city administration of the Mayor (Mr. Fiorello Laguardia), who was inducted into office to-day, immediately started to function, despite the holiday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Terrorist Plot Indian Trial Disclosures Murder of Magistrate Calcutta, January 3
Disclosures of the growth of a revolutionary conspiracy at Midnapore, in East Bengal, were made at the opening of the trial of 13 youths, mostly students,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fined for Theft
A fine of £5, with expenses amounting to £1/2/6, in default imprisonment for 13 days, was imposed on George White, 33, labourer, when he was convicted of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Theft of Cement
When George Jackson, 32, labourer, was charged with the theft of a bag of cement, valued at 4/1, the property of the Public Works Department, on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →High Court Itinerary
Arrangements made by the High Court for sittings in all the capital cities this year would suggest a return to prosperity. As an economy move in 1929, the Full…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Court Wednesday, January 3 (BEFORE Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Committed for Trial
After evidence for the prosecution had been given in a case in which Thomas Cullen, 31, labourer, was charged with having assaulted Sergeant W. A. Stubbs, and…
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