Theft of Bicycle
Mervyn Rigby 22, labourer, was fined £4, ordered to pay compensation £1, in default imprisonment for 10 days, when he pleaded "Guilty" to the theft of a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1935
4,154 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 208
Alleged Assault Man Committed for Trial SYDNEY
Alleged to have assaulted a man so seriously that it was necessary to insert two stitches in a head wound, Albert Thomas, 22, labourer, was committed for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Police Court Monday, December 31 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Imprisoned for 21 Days
Sentence of imprisonment for 21 days was imposed on George Kirkland, 62, artificial flower maker, who was convicted of being a suspected person found in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Supreme Court Inquiry Sydney
The inquiry into the training and managing of the gelding Supreme Court was concluded to-day by the A. J.C. Stipendiary stewards…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Maitland Police Statistics Increase in Cases Recorded
An increase of 68 in all classes of offences is shown in the crime report of the Maitland police district for 1934. The total number of cases…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Murder Suspect Now in Mental Hospital Waverley Tragedy Recalled Sydney
Police believe that they know the identity, of the man who shot Paul Drasdoff, 45, a Russian, in his shop at Waverley on September 1…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →District's Crime Police Report for 1934 5107 Cases Heard Few Unpunished Offenders
The annual police report for the Newcastle sub-district, which is a guide to the district's behaviour in 1934, shows that 5107 cases were heard in Newcastle Courts…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Theft From Cabin of Steamer Man Sent to Gaol
Charged with having stolen a silk shirt, a pair of trousers, and £4 fn notes at Carrington on November 9, the property ot Rasendo Vilar,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Stabbed in Back Woman Fatally Injured Darlington Hotel Man Charged with Murder SYDNEY
Mrs. Maude Joel, 38, proprietress of the Darlington Hotel, Darlington, was stabbed in the back with a carving knife to-night. She died soon afterwards. A…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Licensing Court
At the Newcastle Licensing Court this afternoon the application of James Loskie. licensee of the Central Hotel. Newcastle, to make alterations…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Intent to Murder Charge Sydney
Henry Bernard Fulton (23), clerk, appeared before Mr. Gibson, S.M., at the Paddington Court to-day, charged with having maliciously wounded…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →No Serious Crime Annual Police Report
The annual crime report, compiled by the West Maitland police, for last year showed an increase of 58 cases. There were 411 cases dealt with at the West…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sergeant Turner Cessnock Police Officer Retires
Sergeant S. Turner, who has been in charge of the police in the Cessnock district for the past few years, is retiring after over 30 years service. He has not…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Monkeys As Chief "Witnesses" at Murder Trial London
Two performing monkeys way be the chief "witnesses" for the prosecution at the trial of two natives who are charged with the murder of a showman, states the Calcutta correspondent of "The Daily Sketch."…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Commissioner of Police Mackay's Appointment Probable Sydney
A report has been current in police circles for some days that a special claim to the post of Commisimissioner, shortly to be vacated when…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Jews Attacked Outburst in Russia Sequel to Kirov Murder London, January 1
The correspondent of the "Daily Express" at Warsaw says that for the first time since the Soviet regime was established, anti-Jewish fighting occurred in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"Wife Fell on Knife" Hotelkeeper on Murder Charge Bail Was Granted Sydney
Charged with having feloniously and maliciously murdered his wife. Maud Beatrice Joel, at Darlington on January 1. Leslie Joel,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Police Raid 400 Club Manager and Waiter Heavily Fined Sydney
The story of a police raid on the 400 Club in Phillip-street, early on New Year's Day, was told in the Licensing Court to-day by…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mother's Ordeal in Court Two Sons Meet Violent Deaths Sydney
The sympathy of the crowded court to-day went to a mother who had twice to enter the witness box at the Coroner's Court to tell of the deaths…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Assault Charge
An adjournment until January 9 was granted at Newcastle Summons Court to-day in the case in which Isaac Burgess, of Maitland-road…
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