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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
3,806 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 48 of 191
That the police are firmly of the opinion that cocaine is being brought into this country by the crew s of Chinese vessels, was stated in the Central Court to-day, when Frederic k Gilbert, 38, a laborer, and Ah Chee, 39, a fruiterer, were charged with having had cocaine in their possession…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sickness in the family, and lack of work were given by Jeremiah Joseph Kaylor (laborer), of 12 Railway-street, Newcastle, as reasons for his…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →One person charged with drunkenness failed to appear and his bond was ordered to be forfeited…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Roland Green (C.P., Richmond) asked the Prime Minister if any announcement could yet be made as to the appointment of a High Court Judge to fill the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Three witnesses, including the wife of the accused, who gave evidence for the Crown at a previous trial, were absent to-day when the second trial…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Arthur Munn, a member of the Northcote Council, was committed for trial on a charge of having murdered. his wife…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Even when an obvious mistake has been made, once a summons is served for a man's attendance at court he must do so…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mr. Justice Pike, in the Land Court, has delivered reserved Judgment in two cases heard in Newcastle recently…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →An audacious plan to rob the office of Workers' Cash Orders, in the Bank of Australasia Buildings,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newsboys--hundreds of them--haunted the porches at Newcastle Court-house yesterday. They were renewing their street-selling licenses…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →That he was kept a prisoner for 12 days, and subjected to brutal treatment in an endeavour to make him write certain letters, was the amazing charge made…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →To have been held a prisoner in a lonely house in the bush, battered about and bound in chains and compelled, under threats of being shot, to write letters, were the experiences said to have befallen Vigilio Case, chief Crown witness in a recent…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Six persons were killed and over 100 injured in a remarkable riot at Calcutta yesterday. The casualties occurred when the police opened fire on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Deep mystery surrounds the disappearance of Mr. E. O. Sanders, whose belongings were found in a cabin of the [?].s…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Joseph Dudley Prendergast (21), restaurant proprietor: Albert Edward Christian George Runnalls (32), labourer, and Frederick Sydney Lee (42), engineer, were…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →That he took a saw from the works with the intention of doing some work at home, and returning it yesterday, was the defence of Robert Storey, 43,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →One first offender was dealt with for drunkenness…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Sentence of six years' imprisonment was passed at the Central Criminal Court to-day on William Ralph. 37, a laborer, who was convicted of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →In a garnishee order, with F. S. Atkinson judgment creditor, J. O"Donnell judgment debtor, and Wallsend Brick Company garnishee, £1/4/1 paid into…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Frederick C. Fryer proceeded against F. Lipsey with a claim for £9/15/, alleged to be due as the balance of rent in respect of the tenancy of a cottage at…
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