Licensing Court Booth Licences
Percy George Preston, of The Rest Hotel, Milson's Point, was granted booth licences for Newcastle Showground on February 24, 25, 26, and 27…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1937
3,769 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 25 of 189
Small Debts Court Claim for Rent
A verdict for the amount claimed, with £1/4/ costs, was returned in favour of the plaintiff in the case in which F. W. Edwards, of Bar Beach, sued James…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Naval Officer's Wife Tells of Assault Alleged Outrage Followed All-Night Party HONOLULU
A naval officer's wife, Mrs. Bennett Copping, 24, has repeated to the police a sensational story of alleged assault. She said she was dragged from her hotel cottage across an open yard into a garage, where she was attacked…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Murder Hoax Native Town Mohammedan Fakir Tricked Malays Singapore, February 4
An aged Mohammedan fakir, his three juggling monkeys, and four Javanese, were the "leading players" in a murder hoax perpetrated in one…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Prisoners Tortured Charges Against Japanese Police TOKIO, February 16
There was a sensation in the House of Peers when Mr. Kishichi Kokubo, a septuagenarian who had been twice imprisoned for political activity, called…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Escapee at Dunedoo Police Hunt in the Hills Sydney
Headed by Inspector Nicholls, a large party of police is searching for a man who last night attacked Sergeant Kemp…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Theft Reports to the Police
The police have been informed by Phillip Peebles, of Everton-strcet, Hamilton, that 10 sheets of corrugated iron valued at 18s have been…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Theft of Bicycle
Claude Baker, 19, labourer, pleaded "Guilty" to a charge, by warrant, of having stolen at Narrabri, on January 16, a bicycle, valued at £7, the property…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd. P.m.)
William Arnott Wallace, of 14 Bourke-street, Mayfield, pleaded "Guilty" at the Kurri Kurri Police Court yesterday to a charge of having behaved in an offensive…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Police Court Wednesday, February 17 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Drunkenness
Ada Caldwell, 54, was fined £2, in default four days' imprisonment, for drunkenness…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Appeals Sydney
The State Executive Council yesterday appointed Mr. M. C. Nott, Under-Secretary for Justice, as nominal defendant on behalf of the Government in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"In Hold-up" Titles Office Murder Alleged Admission Melbourne
Giving evidence to-day in the case in which William a John Cody, 24, a labourer, and Rupert Davies, 28, are charged with the murder of James Seriven, a Titles…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Warships Back Ratings' Grievances Police Watchful No Communist Influence SYDNEY
Although it was thought Communists would endeavour to aggravate the discontent which is alleged to exist in the Royal…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Police Believed More Experience Than Doctor Motorist "Under Influence" Sydney
Conflicting evidence was given at the Paddington Court today when Charles Albert Simms, 53, was charged with having driven a car while he was under the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Brush in Coroner's Court Police Prosecutor and Solicitor
There was a warm verbal exchange between the Police Prosecutor (Sergeant J. L. Phillipson) and Mr. F. A. L. O'Donnell, solicitor, in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Death Sentences Verdict in Titles Office Murder Case Dramatic Court Scenes Melbourne
Dramatic scenes to-night followed the conviction of Rupert Davies, 28, a storeman, and William John Cody, 24, a labourer, for the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Clear Road and Speed Comments by Magistrate
"Drivers don't think. They see a clear road and put their foot on the accelerator, not realising that if a vehicle comes…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bankruptcy Court
The public examination was concluded of Robert Leonard Moxon, of Dumaresq-street, Hamilton. Moxon ascribed his bankruptcy to unemployment and sickness…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Police Court Thursday, February 18 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Seaman Discharged
Albert Walter Newby, 34, seaman, pleaded "Not guilty" to having behaved offensively in the bar of the George Hotel, Newcastle, on January 8, and was…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Two Children Attempted Murder Charge Wellington (N.z.)
Originally charged, under the name of Petrina Peterson, with having attempted to murder her two young children by cutting their throats, a woman appeared…
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