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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
2,712 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 22 of 136
GOSFORD: In the Fair Rents Court today, John Albert Hibberd, secretary of the Newcastle Jockey Club, admitted that the minutes of his committee disclosed; that the committee, was prepared to withdraw from…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →SYDNEY, Friday.—The State Full Court, in a reserved decision to-day, reduced the three-year sentence on Laurence Louis Sharkey,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Proceedings were brief at Maitland Court today when Alfred Henry Roeth, 21, laborer, of Scott's Flat,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →James Fitzpatrick, 32, labourer, said in Newcastle Court yesterday that Constable L. E. Andrews had assaulted him and had called him…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Alfred Henry Roeth, 21, was recaptured at Vacy, about 18 miles from Maitland, late yesterday afternoon, less than four hours after…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MELBOURNE, Friday.—Oscar Skyers 57, of Cardiff, Wales, a Jamaican-born seaman, was sent to gaol to-day for eight years for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →QUEBEC, Feb. 24. A.A.P.—J Albert Guay, 32, charged with having killed his raven-haired wife, Rita, 29, by planting a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →SINGAPORE, Feb. 24. A.A.P.-Reuter.—Six Malay police besieged by a large force of Communist guerillas in a police station at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MADRID, Feb. 24. A.A.P.—The Spanish police yesterday arrested the Duchess of Valencia, says Reuters…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →SYDNEY, Friday.—Two C.I.B. detectives to-day took statements from several persons in connection with charges of bribery made…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →BRISBANE, Friday.—The Chinese freighter Union Star (3800 tons) was freed by Mr. Justice Mansfield in the Supreme Court…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY: While doctors are fighting to save the life of a 72-year-old widower, C.l.B. detectives are trying to solve the mystery of how he came by serious head injuries at Erskineville last night. The man is Charles McDug-…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY, Friday.—Two detective Sergeants of the Criminal Investigation Branch left Sydney to-night by airliner for Karachi with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →REMANDED.—George Richard Jackson, 69, pensioner, was remanded till March 17, on £10 bail, on a charge of laving knowingly had in…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →NEW YORK, Sunday, (A.A.P.): Charles Stancil killed his wife at Ringold (Georgia) by tying a wire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Charged with having broken prison on Friday by escaping while working on the prison farm at East Maitland, Alfred Henry Roeth, 21,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →TOKYO, Feb. 26. A.A P.-Reuter.— Securely handcuffed, General Hitoshi Imamura yesterday stalked along on his own as he began the journey to Manus Island to complete the 10-year sentence…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Allegations that Rodney Francis Thorley, 34, laborer, had tried to rape a young woman in the Brisbane Express between Maitland and Greta on Jan. 18 and that she had jumped from the train to escape…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Maitland police dragged a dam at East Greta for several hours early Saturday morning for two boys who had been seen…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY.—A policeman on a surf board in Queenscliff lagoon today found the body of a four and a half-year-old boy who…
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