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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
3,769 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 189
A protest against the action of the police in preferring a charge of having wounded Superintendent Brophy against William John Cody, 24, laborer, of King-street, City, and Geoffrey Davies, 32, cook, of Perry-street, Collingwood, was made by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The search for clues in the murder mystery at Wedderburn (Vic), where a skeleton was found in a mine shaft. The top photograph shown detectives searching the road, near the shaft. The murdered man's kit is shown in the bottom photograph…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Further economy has been introduced into Bathurst Gaol following recent cuts in the carpentering and other departments. The boot department has…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Detectives M. Emerson and D. Sutherland both described James Hill (25), miner, as a violent man in evidence against him at Newcastle Police Court…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A revolver and a set of wrenches were stolen from a car parked in Beaumont-street, Hamilton, it was reported by Mr. M. Hopkins, of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Only one person was committed for trial from West Maitland Police Court last year. The annual return of business…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Shortly after dining at a guest house in Wagga, last night, 20 people became ill. At midnight they were rushed to hospital where they were treated for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hopes of further progress in the mine shaft skeleton mystery now rest on the report of the Government Analyst's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A fatal accident on Main-road, Cardiff, on November 27 last year was recalled by the appearance at the Newcastle Summons Court…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Special promotions for heroic deeds are not favored by the New South Wales Police Association…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police to-day confiscated copies of the film of the wedding of Princess Juliana and Prince Bernhard. It was stated that the action was taken "on political…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →All S.O.S. message written on a scrap of paper and purporting to have been placed in a bottle thrown from the missing yacht Viking and found…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Described by the police as one of the most notorious "hotel barbers" in New South Wales, Percy Smith, 27, was sentenced to three months' imprisonment at…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →After having read the accused's record card, which showed a long list of convictions in New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, and Western Australia, the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Alwyn Rainton Keys, 25, a labourer, of Oakleigh, was committed for trial by the Oakleigh Court to-day on a charge of having criminally assaulted a woman at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Since the return of the Commissioner of Police (Mr. W. J. Mackay) from abroad, it is stated that several responsible officers have been informed that modern…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A rickshaw "boy" has been arrested in connection with the murder of Pamela Werner, the 17-year-old girl whose mutilated body was found…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Until they identify the murdered man, detectives will be unable to make much headway to the solution of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →In a further effort to reduce the number or road Accidents in London, the Commissioner in Police (Sir Philip Came) has formulated a scheme of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Though fewer cases were dealt with in Cessnock Court last year than in 1935, nearly four times as many people were committed for trial…
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