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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
3,806 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 42 of 191
"My Lord, I never murdered my mother," cried Sidney Harry Fox, after he had been found guilty of murder and sentenced to death by Judge Rowlatt, at the Old Bailey…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Further evidence was given for the defence at the trial of Frank Green at the Darlinghurst Sessions today on a charge of having murdered Bernard Hugh…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Sydney Harry Fox was found guilty at the Old Bailey to-day of the murder of his mother at the Metropole Hotel, Margate, on October 3 last. Sentence of death was…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →After having been locked up since 2.10 p.m. yesterday, the jury was unable to agree in the case in which Frank Donald Grccn, 25,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Three charges of drunkenness were the only cases with in Newcastle Police Court on Saturday morning. Roy Simpson (26), who was charged with having…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cyril Henrys 26, clerk, as arrested to-day on a charge of stealing £1115 during the last two years from the Vacuum Oil Company while a servant of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →After having discussed the case for a little over 19 hours, the jury in the case of Frank Donald Green, aged 25, charged with the murder of Bernard Hugh Dalton,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Construction of an additional building on land adjoining Newcastle Courthouse, to be used for the hearing of industrial matters, was strongly advocated by a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →James Fitzgerald, the principal witness against the 10 persons accused of murdering Laurence Griffon, an Irish postman, has mysteriously…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Any attempt to interfere with the salaries of the police will be a very serious step for any Government to take. We had been expecting a general increase…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Edward Lyons, 3G. laborer, Cuthbert Charlton, 21, laborer, and a friend were eating fish and chips on the kerb in Laman-street late…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The jury which pronounced Sidney Harry Fox guilty of the murder of his mother, at the Metropole Hotel at Margate on October 23 last, was absent from the Old…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Anxious moments were experienced by William Sharpe, of Belmont, at his home in the early hours of March 4, according to the story he told at Newcastle Police Court to-day. He alleged that Constantine. Amanda, 62, gardener,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. D. W. Reed, P. M., presided at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. Cyril Spencer Southon pleaded "Guilty" to a charge of having cruelly ill-treated a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →At the West Wallsend Police Court on Thursday, the following cases were dealt with: W. C. Fisher, of the Royal Hotel, for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →William Charles Mullineaux (32), labourer, pleaded "Guilty" to a charge of having stolen a face towel, valued at 3/6, the property of the Government…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Six persons charged with drunkenness failed to appear, and their bonds were ordered to be forfeited…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"In New South Wales we have been politically helpless because we have never seriously challenged liquor's control of Parliamentarians. We must make it clear…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Permission to make alterations and additions to licensed premises at Maydeld was granted to Nathaniel C. S. Mawkes. by Mr. Glbson, S.M., at Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sentence of death was passed at the Central Criminal Court today on Sydney Edward Solomon, 25, a steward after he had been found guilty of murdering his…
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