Constable Yorke's Death Police Funeral To-morrow
Constable John Frederick Yorke, of the Newcastle police, died at his home in Morgan-street, Adamstown, this morning, at the age of 44 years. He…
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Courts & crime, 1936
3,714 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 186
Sergeant Young Fine Police Record Broken Hill Memories
Sergeant G. R. Young, of the Newcastle police force, entered upon longservice leave at the beginning of the week. On the expiration of this he will…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Armed Assault Is Charged Shopkeeper's Story
At Newcastle Police Court this afternoon, Wallace Sydney Reid (21). laborer, was charged with having been armed with a rifle and having…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Gilgandra Murder Police Hope for Early Arrest Gilgandra
Though at the moment the murder yesterday of John Hewett (94), who was battered to death at Gilgandra, is a complete mystery, the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Jewellery Theft Melbourne
Jewellery valued at £50 was stolen by thieves from the home of Alan McLellan, of Gardenvale, last night…
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Mr. Leslie White 51, residing with his brother-in-law (Mr. R. Pinfold, of High-street, West Maitland) left the house on Thursday night and did not return. The…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Vicarage Murder Inquiries Melbourne
Police are still making every effort to apprehend the murderer of the Rev. Harold Laceby Cecil, who was killed on December 12. Many objects from the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Police Cadets Wanted
The Commissioner of Police (Mr. W. J. Mackay) is seeking applications for 28 vacancies which exist for cadets in the police force. Cadets should be…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Assault on Seaman Struck Down in Busy Street Volunteer Victim
In full view of lunch hour crowds and passing motor and tram traffic, a man, who the police say is a volunteer…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sent to Gaol Stavisky's Accomplices Prominent Personalities Paris, January 18
The heaviest sentences imposed on those found guilty of complicity in the Stavisky frauds were terms of seven years each for Gustave Tissier, formerly…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Busy Day at Court
With a long list of charges, Summons Court cases, and Children's court cases, the Magistrate (Mr. Soane, S.M.), was kept busy to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Police March Funeral of Constable Yorke
Headed by the band of the 2/35th Battalion, 70 members of the Newcastle police force, led by Constable S. Pender, marched Yesterday at the funeral of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fight Near Swansea Bridge Sequel in Court
A fight between two men at Swansea Bridge on Saturday culminated in trouble for two young men, after the police had been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Criminal Court Survival of Old Customs Scarlet and Ermine
Of all the law courts, the Criminal Court occupies a unique position. IT is the only court at which the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Incident on Tram Seaman Before Court Benefit of Doubt
Sidney Fairhall, 34, seaman, was given the benefit of the doubt by Mr. Soane, S.M., at Newcastle Court to-day, on a charge of offensive behavior following an…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Charged with Murder Pensioner's Death at Gilgandra Bail Refused by Court Gilgandra
James Earsman, 67, a pensioner, who was arrested to-day, by Detective-sergeant McCarthy and Detective Frankish (Dubbo),…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Police Court Car Driver Fined
Mr. E. A. Mahony, P.M., presided at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday morning. Leslie Alan Hughes, of Station-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Assault Charges
On charges of having unlawfully assaulted George Mackie, at Wickham, on January 19, James Gunn, 33, a fireman, and Frank Callinan, 20, a collector, were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →East Maitland Police Court Constable Assaulted
John Allister Wright, of High-street, East Maitland, was charged before Mr. E. A. Mahony, P.M., at the East Maitland Police Court yesterday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Police Court Monday, January 20 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Illegal Betting
For having committed a breach of the Totalisator Act at Hexham, on Saturday, Joseph McIntyre, 50, a labourer, was fined £20, with 10/ costs, in default 41 days'…
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