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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
1,748 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 22 of 88
A force of the Republican army surrounded Cork Gaol last night, and made a desperate But unsuccessful attempt to liberate the prisoners…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →At the Newcastle Court this morning, John Edward Johnson (20), laborer, was charged with the theft on March 27 of two sleeve links, a lead…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A message from Atlaqta, Georgia, states that agents of the Department of Justice are investigating an alleged peonage system in Jasper County, under which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Four first offenders, for drunkenness were each fined 5s, in lieu of detention to the rising of the court. John Lee (41), fireman, and Stephen Earl (66), miner,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →While Parnoll-street, Dublin was crowded on Saturday three bombs were thrown at a motor car carrying Crown forces. Two of the occupants and two…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →To-day was the second day of the dog at the Royal Show. Last week [?] yelping and whining of the terrier was this morning replaced by the baying…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Albert Woods, of Beaumont-street, Hamilton, told the Newcastle Court to-day that at two o'clock on a recent morning he saw a young man trying to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A fine of 5s, with the alternative of' detention until the court rose, was imposed on each of three persons who had been charged for the first time with…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Persons who have questioned, the suitability of women jurors for murder trials have been answered sufficiently by the way in which three women…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Twenty-seven persons, charged with drunkenness for the first time, did not appear, and their ball deposits were forfeited. A female first offender, who appeared…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The magistrate consented to an application by Catherine Davies. Merewether, for the issue of execution against the goods and chattels of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →In the High Court to-day the Chief Justice (Sir Adrian Knox), in giving judgment in the claim of the Minister for Customs v. Australasian Flims…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The licenses of the Royal Crown Hotel, Dudley, Arthur Bradford, licensee, and the National Hotel, Wallsend, Annie White, licensee, were renewed…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Seven hundred prisoners escaped from the Central gaol at Rajshahi, in Bengal. They overpowered the warders, snatched their guns, and rushed the gates. A…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Found guilty of having slain a young woman who had died from the effects of an illegal operation. Ellen Brans-combe, aged 45, a masseuse, was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Phyllis Hume, who was found guilty of having fatally stabbed her lover during a drunken underworld quarrel was sentenced by Sir William Cullen…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →One person charged with drunkenness for the first time had his bail deposit forfeited. For drunkenness and disorderly conduct Robert Middlemiss (21), seaman,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Stinie Morrison, one of the most famous figures in criminal history, died in Parkhurst Prison, reports the London "Evening News."…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →One person charged with drunkenness I for the first time did not appear, and his bail deposit was forfeited. Bernard Dunlop (39), seaman, and John…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →At the Central Criminal Court to-day, before the Chief Justice, the trial took place of Daniel O'Keefe, saged 46, caretaker, who was charged with…
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