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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
3,714 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 16 of 186
A SENSATIONAL but ill-fated gaol "break" is described by Courtney Cooper in this article of his series on the world's most desperate criminals. He continues the story of "Jelly" Frank Nash,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mr. Keith Williams, the company promoter, who unsuccessfully sued Mr. Jack Trevor for £10.000 arising out of losses at a charity gambling party,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mr. Henry, William Whyte. aged 70, of Porcher-street. Hamilton South, collapsed at Merewether to-day and was dead when the ambulance…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Charges of having had in their custody, at Carrington, on January 18, a screwdriver, a bolt, and a piece of iron, with intent to break into a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On a charge of having assaulted a constable. Cecil Patrick Maher (30), laborer, was sentenced to three months' imprisonment at Newcastle Police…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Two residents of Leura were seriously injured at Katoomba last night when struck by a motor-car. Police arrested two young men and preferred several…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →When Frank Borg, 28, farmer, was remanded until February 10 at the Central Police Court today on a charge of having…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Convicted at the Burwood Police Court to-day on a charge of having stolen money, jewellery, and clothing at Concord on November 18, Charles Edward Martin, 23,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Donald Alexander Edward Kenney, of West Gresford, was charged with having, at East Gresford, on December 26, assaulted Constable E. W. Honeysett while…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Charles Charlesworth, 29, a labourer, was charged with vagrancy at Lochinvar. Charlesworth, who pleaded "Guilty," was sentenced to 14 days' imprisonment…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Details of the smart work performed by Plainclothes Constable C. E. D. Evans and Constable J. Colelough last Thursday, when they arrested a well-known criminal,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →At Newcastle Licensing Court to-day, James Russell Barr was granted a transfer of the licence of the Cosmopolitan Hotel. Carrington, from Robert…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sentence of three months' imprisonment was imposed on Cecil Patrick Maher, 30, a labourer, who pleaded "Guilty" to a charge of having assaulted Constable G…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Jewellery valued at £600, carefully selected by the thieves, was stolen from a shop early this morning, it is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The plans made for the latest assault on Mt. Everest, the unconquered peak of the Himalayas, may extend the world's knowledge of how…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The police have identified Charles Lacroix, who has been detained in connection with the shooting, in London, of Max Kassel, a "white slave" gang…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The police have taken possession of a flat in Little Newport-street, Soho, in which they believe that Max Kassel, leader of a "white slave" gang, was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →After a futile all-night search from cellar to roof the police were compelled to abandon the hunt for the man who shot a watchman in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Severe criticism of the Northern Territory Police Department heads at Darwin was made by the Coroner (Mr. N. C. Bell) this afternoon, at an inquest into the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →In the High Court to-day, before Mr. Justice Evatt, an application was made by Eliot Valens Elliott, seaman, of Wareemba-street. Five…
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