Vagrancy Alleged Two Men Charged
"This man Kellaher is a menace to society and a convicted thief; I have said Plain Clothes Constable McCarthy…
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Courts & crime, 1926
1,903 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 14 of 96
Missing Notes Sydney Mail Theft SYDNEY
Detectives have discovered that In registered letters stolen from the parcels office near the Central railway station last Tuesday night were £320…
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When Henry Richards, 29, a miner, was locked up at Islington on Saturday night for being drunk, he got a tub and hit it against the door of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court Saturday, February 27. (Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, S.M.) Alleged Breaking and Entering
William Craig, 22, Richard Armour, alias Frank Fieldwick, 21, and Edward Burman, alias James Riley, 23, labourers, were charged with, at Lake Munmoah,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In Hands of Police King Jostled in Crowd LONDON
The King's car, en route to [?] enham football ground, was forced to join a queue a mile long. The traffic [?] prevented the car reach…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →West Maitland Police Court
Mr. M. H. Cleeve, P.M., presided at the West Maitland police Court yesterday. Henry John Peacock pleaded guilty to having ridden a motor cycle without a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court Monday, March 1. (Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc
Nine first offenders were dealt with for drunkenness, and on similar charges, Norman Phillips, 39, and Charles Gautier, 27, were each fined £2, or one month's…
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Nine men from the British steamer Willaston were brought before Mr. Shropshire, S.M., at the Newcastle Police Court to-day…
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Mr. M. H. Cleeve, P.M., presided at the Cessnock Police Court yesterday. Harry Duggan was charged with having been found on the licensed premises…
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It is reported from Paris that the hobby of a youthful stamp collector resulted in his embezzling half-a-million francs of State money…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court Tuesday, March 2. (Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc
One first offender was dealt with for drunkenness. On a similar charge Denis Seanlon, 48, was fined 15s, or seven days' imprisonment, Michael Fitzgerald, 23,…
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The Newcastle police are anxious to get into touch with Mr. Frank Andrews, who was last seen at the West-minister Hotel, Hunter-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Small Debts Court. (Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, S.M.) Alleged Slander
Mary Ellen Haddow, of Lake-road, Wallsend, sued John Rawlings, of "Jubilee," South Wallsend, claiming damages of £10 for a slander contained in the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Daylight Theft £5000 Jewel Robbery Impudent Bandits London
An Impudent daylight haul of £5000 worth of Jewels from Baron Schroder's Mayfair mansion is the latest exploit of an International gang of robbers,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bloodstained Letter Sent to Gaol for Libel LONDON
"You sent an offensive letter apparently covered with human blood and unfit to be handled by decent people," said the recorder (Sir Ernest Wild)…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newcastle Police Court Wednesday, March 3. (Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, S.M.) Improper Language
Patrick Cooney (49), coal trimmer, was charged with using improper language, in Perkin-street, Newcastle, and with resisting Constable Walters while in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Traffic Control Council and Police
"It any of your officers see a breach of the Motor Traffic Act, and report the same to me, action will be taken by the Police Department,"…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →VANISHED! Missing Hotelkeeper Police Search Is He In Sydney?
Mr. Frank Andrews, formerly licenses of the Toronto Hotel, walked out of the Westminster Hotel, Newcastle at 9.30 a.m. on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bogus Millions Tamworth Girl Duped Lover in Court
A remarkable story has been told to the Newcastle police by a pretty young Tamworth girl who cante to Newcastle thinking that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Burglary in Newcastle Mullally & Co.'s Premises £730 Worth Stolen
Messrs. Mullally and Company, drapers and mercers, Nos. 615 and 617 Hunter-street, Newcastle, were the victims of one of the biggest burglaries in…
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