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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
4,218 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 67 of 211
Mrs. Thalia Massie, one of the witnesses in the Honolulu murder trial, reached the final stage of her defence in the Court to-day. The acused are Lieutenant Massie,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →After having been questioned by detectives for nearly 12 hours, William Fletcher, alias Moxley, was charged by warrant at the Central Police…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →During tho hearing of a case the celling of the Correctional Court collapsed in a solid mass, burying the magistrate, barristers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Reginald Griffiths, Estelville, pleaded "Not guilty" to an amended charge of having been in Charlotte-street, Holmesville, on April 2. for the purpose of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Haden Clark, a young aviator, was found shot dead on the porch of the bungalow he shared here…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The High Court to-day dismissed both the applications by the New South Wales Government directed against the validity of the Financial Agreement Enforcement Act…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Charged with the theft of 26cwt of coal, the property of the Railway Department, on April 14, Victor Skinner, 21, labourer, was fined £5, in default imprisonment for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Arthur Victor Brown, 24, laborer, was remanded by Mr. Chiplin, J.P., at Newcastle Police Court to-day, on three charges of stealing and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Rita Olive Ethel Nelmes, 34, was fined £2, in default imprisonment for four days. when she pleaded "Guilty" to the theft of a frock and two other articles of wearing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Keen public interest was taken in the appearance of William Cyril Moxley, alias William Fletcher, alias William Moore, alas Charles Harris, alias Murphy, at…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Boarders at a house in Swanston-street, Carlton, had an exciting adventure at 3 a.m. to-day. Harold Douglas was proceeding to the bathroom when he saw…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Developments are expected today by detectives investigating the attempted murder of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Saywell in the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The hearing of the case in which Gordo Hector Swain, 25, clerk, is charged with having embezzled £316, the properly of the Crown, was continued before Judge…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A sensational incident occurred outside the Second County Court today, when a man was attacked by his brother, against whom he had appeared to give…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →"Mummy! Mummy! "Don't let them take me!" cried Henry Callender, a young man, on his way to the lock-up this morning. He had been sentenced to two…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A poignantly-worded letter posted at Cessnock was quoted in the Sydney Divorce Court to-day, when Roy Aubrey Burgess, of Adelong, asked Mr. Justice…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Few buyers who attended the police auction sale of unclaimed goods at Newcastle police station to-day in search of bargains…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The ceiling of the Correctional Court collapsed in a solid mass during a case, burying magistrates, barristers, and the public, and killing at least 15, including…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Three policemen were killed and the gunman Mancini was wounded in a desperate revolver battle at a suburban post office outside…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Quarter Sessions were concluded to-day before Judge Sheridan. An appeal by Andrew Collison, of Moonan Flat, against his conviction at the…
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