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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
2,563 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 17 of 129
SYDNEY: Less than five hours after the murder of Mrs. Jeanette Wicks in her tobacco kiosk in a York Street building on January 2 lights were seen in her flat at The Garrick, Macleay Street, Pott's Point…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LONDON, Feb. 18. A.A.P.—Mrs. Dorothy May Hilton, 30, who was the editor of the British Union of Fascists' newspaper before the war,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →OTTAWA, Feb. 18.—A young Russian, M. Ivor Gosenko, who was formerly employed at the Russian Embassy in Ottawa, is held for questioning with 26 Canadians, in connection with disclosures of atomic energy secrets to a foreign power, says the "Morning…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lillias Ethel Murnain, 40, machinist, was charged at Newcastle Police Court with stealing, between February 18 and 19. 12 volumes of books…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Eric F. Bowles, 19, laborer, who was remanded to today for sentence at Newcastle Police Court, on a charge of stealing a £10 pay…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →DISCHARGED.—The police had no evidence to offer when John Arvid Simonsson, 47, rigger, was charged with having driven a car in a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SYDNEY. — Joe Xuereb, a Maltese, who told the police he fired a doublebarrelled shot-gun at Paul Grima when his life was threatened, was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SYDNEY: Excitement was caused at the kiosk murder inquest today during the cross-examination of Detective-Inspector Boswell by Mr. Kinkead (for Morris) when the Coroner (Mr. Cookson) said: "There are one or two matters which give me great perturbation. I heard certain…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"The relatives of this man desire that he should be medically examined," said Mr. H. L. O'Neill, who was appearing at Newcastle Police…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SYDNEY: His refusal to manufacture batteries for use on racehorses led to a break in his friendship with a racehorse owner, a bankrupt told…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Counsel for Douglas Ronald Morris caused a stir at the kiosk murder inquest to-day when he accused police of trying to manufacture a case against Morris by seeking to prove he was hopelessly in debt…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Eric R. Hudson, 24, Royal Marine, was remanded to tomorrow by Mr. E. M. Debenham, J.P., at Newcastle Police Court, on a charge of stealing…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Peter Doyle, 39, seaman, was charged at Newcastle Police Court with inciting a man to resist arrest by Constable Macalister Clark…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →When a case against Clarence Hector Bramble, of Smith's Lake, Forster, was called for the Newcastle Summons Court yesterday, Mr. N…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →HONGKONG, Feb. 20. A.A.P.—In the first formal local action against accused collaborators with the Japanese, a summary court-martial…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →GAOL FOR YOUTH.—Remanded from Tuesday for sentence. Eric Francis Bowies, 19, labourer, was ordered four months' gaol on a charge of having…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Police are still guarding a man admitted to the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital last night after complaining that he had…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SYDNEY, Wednesday.—By consent of both parties, an order directing Broken Hill Pty. Ltd. to reinstate a man named Frank Ward was set aside…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ADELAIDE, Wednesday.—The Crown regards this as an ordinary case of obtaining money under false pretences, despite the fact that Mrs…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SYDNEY: Following a warning by the Coroner that he need not answer questions, Major Gadd, of Katoomba, who gave evidence at the hearing earlier returned to the witness box and…
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