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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1929

2,785 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 140

Missing Girl Left Home at Kurri on Monday Police Search Farewelled Little Brother on Bridge

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 17 January 1929 · page 7

Leaving her home in Lang-atreet, Kurri, on Monday afternoon during the absence of her parents, Ethel Stevens (14) has not been heard of since. She was last seen by her little brother. Frank, walking…

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Barrister Sentenced for Fraud

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 4

At the Central Court, Sydney, yesterday, John Patrick Shiel (32) a barrister, was sentenced to nine months' imprisonment on three charges of having obtained,…

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Police Court Thursday, January 17. (Before Mr. T. W. Cohen, R.s.m.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 12

A first offender was dealt with for drunkenness Claude Jewkes (34) was fined £1, in default seven days, and, Lachlan Neilson (38), 10/, in default…

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Arson and Murder Sensational Case Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 5

Sensational evidence was given for the prosecution in the Police Court to-day, when Joseph Stanislaus Philipson, 21 a draughtsman, and Isabel…

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Murder in Lyons Mysterious Case Lyons

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 5

The body of Madame Marguerite Hoddyer was found naked in the River Rhone, with a thin cord tied tightly round her neck…

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Southampton Murder Motor Mechanic Sought London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 5

In connection with the murder of Vivian Messiter, Scotland Yard is anxious to trace William Frank Thomas (32), a motor mechanic, who lived in Southampton with…

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Thief's Ruse "Went for Police" STOLEN a WATCH But He Didn't Return

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 5

Accused of having stolen a gold wristlet watch in a house in King-street. Newcastle Harold Collier (44) laborer according to a woman…

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Missing Girls 23 Left Home Since November Police Kept Busy Kurri Child Returned to Parents

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 5

Police in Metropolitan and Northern. Districts have had a busy time during the last three months searching for girls reported missing from their homes. Since November 23, 23 girls have been missed. Two were added to…

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Famous Swimmer Charged

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 January 1929 · page 4

Richmond Cavill (45), former swimming champion, and now proprietor of Greenwich Baths, appeared at the Central Police Court in Sydney yesterday to…

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Police Court Friday, January 18. (Before Mr. T. W. Cohen, R.s.m.) Seaman Remanded

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 January 1929 · page 2

Patrick Keegan (45), seaman, was charged with having used insulting words to Constable C. T. Noble at the Dolphins. Wickham, on January 16, and with…

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Not Strangled ? Lyons Murder Mystery LYONS

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 19 January 1929 · page 1

The mystery surrounding tho death of Madame Marguerite Hodoyer, whose naked body was found in the River Rhone, with a thin cord tied…

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Premier and High Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 January 1929 · page 4

A suggestion not taken seriously in political circles was made in Sydney early this week, to the effect that Mr. T. R. Bavin, the Premier of New South…

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Scrub-cutter's Death Confession of Murder Thursday Island

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 January 1929 · page 5

In the Police Court to-day, James Maurice Kelly was remanded to Cairns on the charge of having wilfully murdered Charles Walter at Boonjie, Malanda, about…

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Murder of Police by a Suspected Anarchist Amsterdam

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 January 1929 · page 5

A man named Wykstra, suspected of being an anarchist, shot four policemen this morning, cut their throats, and dragged their bodies into his house, which he then…

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Tragedy in Sydney Victim Terribly Injured Man Charged with Murder Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 January 1929 · page 5

With terrible injuries to his face, neck, and left arm, James Blair, aged 50, who lived at a boarding house in Erskine-street, City, was found in his bedroom…

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Sent to Gaol "Nuisance on Ships"

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 21 January 1929 · page 5

Patrick Keegan, 45, seaman. wan sentenced to three months' hard labor by Mr. Cohen, S.M., at Newcastle Police Court to-day, on a vagrancy…

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Murder Charge SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 21 January 1929 · page 5

Malcolm McKinnon, 63, rigger, was charged at the Central Police Court to-day with having, on January 19, murdered James Logic Blair…

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Acquitted of Murder Shot a Drunken Husband Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 January 1929 · page 5

Madame Grappe, who was charged with murdering her husband, has been acquitted, though she admitted she fatally shot him…

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Tennis Wallsend Tournament. Majestic Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 January 1929 · page 9

With a total of 24¾ points (games 23 and concession 1¾), Chamberlain and Carr were the winners of a restricted men's doubles tournament, which was…

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Dead in Bed Newcastle Nurse Police Inquiry

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 21 January 1929 · page 5

Nurse Tuck, a well-known' Newcastle [?]urse, was found dead in bed at her home in Military-road, this morning…

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