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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
3,665 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 44 of 184
Believed by the police to have hanged himself while engaged in a game. Keith Edward Jennings, 13, was found by his mother this afternoon hanging by a…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Bernard Vincent Kenny, 53, was remanded until next Tuesday by Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd. P.M., at the Wet Maitland Police Court yesterday morning on charges…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Sergeant Magnay, Police Prosecutor, at the Central Court to-day, opposed ball for James George Benhom, 41, seaman, who was charged with having,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →For having made a bet on the Flying Welter Handicap, Kensington, at. Broadmeadow on March 30, Henry John Cook, 36, labourer, was fined £10, in default…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Evidence was concluded this morning in the re-trial at Goondiwindi of Harold Thomas Mullen, who was charged with the wilful murder of Ernest Henry Brown,…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Mr. Acting Justice Edwards will hear a long list of cases, mostly undefended in the Newcastle Divorce Court beginning at 2 p.m. next Wednesday, and continuing…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Following the death of Henry Richard King, 34, on March 20, the City Coroner to-day committed Isabella Johanson for trial on a charge of murder…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →In an effort to reduce the number of road accidents, and at the same time educate motorists in road courtesy, a special police courtesy squad is being…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →A police courtesy squad is being formed, with the approval of the Minister for Transport, Mr. Bruxner, in an effort to reduce road…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →When the case of Eric Gregory Chatfield, 20, marine steward, who is charged with hacing murdered Jules Armour Waltby on March 19, was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Startled from sleep shortly after midnight on Wednesday, a married woman in Darwin found a black hand grasping her leg…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →After further evidence had been taken in the part-heard case in which Frederick Ronald Turnbull of Morgan-street. Adamstown, claimed £25 from J. Wilson, of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Superintendent W. P. Prior, Chief of the C.I.B., known throughout the Police Force as "William the Silent," will remain…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Pleas of "Guilty" Were entered by six Young men at the Auckland Police Court to-day when charges of having obtained money by falsely presenting that they…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The Newcastle District Retired Police Association held its annual smoke social at the Illoura Hall last night. The function, attended by 120 guests, was happy…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Full Court laid down an important principle to-day when it held that the processes of contempt could not be allowed to be used with the practical effect of…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The High Court to-day reserved its decision on the question whether the Crown could dismiss a member of the police force at its pleasure, or whether it was…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →By a majority verdict, the Full Court of the Supreme Court to-day dismissed the appeal of Edward Irvine Bailey, a police constable, for a new trial, limited…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The rights of a grazier to shoot a dog which had attacked sheep were argued before the Full Court to-day. Alfred George Cook, grazier, had…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Marine Court has called upon Charles Henry Rosman, master of the launch Rodney, which sank in Sydney Harbour, to show cause why he should…
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