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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
2,083 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 56 of 105
SYDNEY: Positive evidence would be called by the police to prove that John Frederick (Chow) Hayes, 39, laborer, of Thomas-st., Ultimo, was present in the Ziegfeld Night Club on May 29, when ex-boxer William John (Bobby) Lee was fatally shot…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →DISMISSED.—The police had no evidence to offer when Frederick John Avery 29, mechanic, was charged with having driven a car…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →BUILDING BREACH.—For having erected a building without the consent of Lake Macquarie Shire Council Keith Orr, of Government-road…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SYDNEY, Friday.—Bail of £500 was granted to John Joseph Quinn, 20, bookmaker, by the Supreme Court to-day on a charge of murder…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SYDNEY: Police have intensified their search for the "man on the stairs," who they believe may be able to lead them to the murderer of the elderly wharflaborer, George Brett. Brett, 81, was found batter-,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Richard Wilkinson, 32, farmer, of Paterson, was committed yesterday for trial on a charge of assault. The original charge in Paterson…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SYDNEY, Friday.—A man charged with having murdered a former boxer in a Sydney cabaret on May 29 was remanded to-day till August 15. The man, John Frederick…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →QUIRINDI, Friday.—A wealthy grazier was charged at Quirindi Court to-day with the murder of its wife…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police so far have found few clues to the identity of the killer who shot 48-year-old ex-boxer and pensioner John ("Slack") Maher near his home in the crude shanty town of Hollywood at Jesmond…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →NEW YORK, July 13.—Elwood North, an undertaker, has been arrested and charged with the murder of a wealthy widow, who had…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LONDON, July 13. A film of a crowd outside "Sugar" Ray Robinson's hotel, taken by Mrs. Robinson, may provide a clue in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SYDNEY, Friday.—The Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) refused to-day to intervene in the Glen Davis shale oil plant dispute. He said that, at a compulsery…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY: A 27-year-old [?] maker was charged today with the murder on Thursday night of George [?]ett (74) in s Miller's P[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →SYDNEY, Sunday.—Two men were charged after road accidents yesterday. An aero engineer, aged 30, was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SYDNEY: Detectives investigating the murder of 74-year-old George Brett in a Miller's Point…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Detectives and other police made extensive inquiries at the week-end into the murder of John Maher, 46, of Hollywood settlement, near Jesmond, last Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police are hoping to make an early arrest in the Jesmond mine-shaft murder case, but are determined to leave no loose ends in their case before taking action…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police had no evidence to offer against William Francis Reginald Leedham, 38. laborer, on a charge of being found in the enclosed yard…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ADELAIDE, Monday. — Alexander Orlovs, 33, chain man employed at Millicent water supply depot, was to-day charged with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SYDNEY, Monday. — Detectives to-night charged a man with manslaughter following the death of Mrs. Alice Blanche Livina…
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