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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
2,001 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 61 of 101
SYDNEY: Bail was refused four men, described by police as "violent types' one of whom is at present released from gaol on licence, when they were charged at Central Court today with armed robbery in company. They are: William O'Connell.,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →TRESPASSER.—James Callaghan, 45, labourer, was fined £1/10/ for having wilfully trespassed on railway property. Patrol Officer…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Convicted on a charge of negligent driving, Peter Wynn Button, Pulver st., Hamilton, was fined £2 with 12s court costs and £2 7s witnesses…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →MELBOUNE, Friday.—Three prisoners who escaped from Beechworth Gaol on Wednesday were recaptured while walking along a dry…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Since the "kidnapping" incident in Hunter St. on Tuesday night, police have received considerable information by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →BRISBANE, Friday.—Police have begun investigations into the identity of the person who lodged money to pay the fines of three men…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →REMANDS.—John Lawrence Bignell, 21, hairdresser, and Richard Thomas Taylor, 21, seaman, were each charged with having, on…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →SYDNEY: Police interrogation of a man, between the time he was taken into custody and a charge laid against him, took the form of a cross-examination with the sole object of obtaining…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →BRISBANE, Sunday.—Because he is a "convicted person," the barrister, Mr. Max Julius, has been refused permission to visit a client…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Passing the Gully Line on Saturday night a man and his wife saw a girl, aged about 2½, sitting under an advertising sign at the corner…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →DARWIN, Sunday.—Police are inquiring as to the safety of Mr. and Mrs. W. Williams and their children, who were last seen leaving…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY, Sunday.—A Catholic priest captured a man in the Presbytery of St. Mary's Cathedral early this morning and held him until…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"I was definitely upset and had been receiving treatment for war neurosis." was the explanation offered by James Oliver O'Connell, 30…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →EMPORIA (Kansas), Mon. (O.S.R.): Herbert Kindred, 61-year-old financier, hired someone to "murder him" so that his wife could collect insurdnce policies worth nearly 200,000 dollars (£62.500). Police are convinced of this…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Latest police transfers in the North-eastern Division are—Senior Constables W. A. Sowter, Wallsend, to officer in charge,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The strength on Newcastle Water Police is to be increased by two uniform men and two members of the Pillage Squad in plain clothes…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A public meeting at Teralba last night decided to ask the Minister of Justice (Mr. Downing) if it was intended to move the Teralba Court…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Charged with having conducted Illegal betting on a boxing match between Clem Sands and Jack Smith at Newcastle Stadium on July 31…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SYDNEY.—The Federal Arbitration Court today was asked to intervene in the dispute which is causing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY: A High Court challenge on the Full Arbitration Court's decision that tea breaks and rest periods taken within working hours do not alter the standard working week will be made by…
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