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Bomb case at Newcastle police court heard on Thursday
Five witnesses testified in the West Wallsend bombing conspiracy case. Detectives described a gelignite device in a tin near Lowe's home and warned of potential mass damage if it exploded. The four defendants Albert Augustus Smith Bernard Joseph Brown Samuel Brown and Thomas Cecil Brown face charges of conspiring to murder Lowe and others. testimonies covered the bomb’s construction placement and possible amateur expertise while cross examinations probed statements and evidence handling.
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M Ms. Soane
Newcastle Police Court
West Wallsend
TE. Parsons
Ives
Lowe
Albert Augustus Smith
Baker
Bernard Joseph Brown
Samuel Brown
Thomas Cecil Brown
Ernest Falding Lowe
Margaret Lowe
John McKenzie Lowe
Mary Meay
H. J. Studdert
N. Cragg
Messrs
Braye
Cragg and Cohen
Alpert Augustus Smith
A. S. Borthwick
Dungog
W. Toole
Sydney
G. A. Emmett
Emmett
Newcastle
Shumack
O'Keeffe
Green
Emmerson
Studdert
Delaney
Smith
Tila
Stilness
Salil Ue
Gortuwick
B. J. Brown
Brown
Mr. Borthwick
Pare
Gloucester
Sergeant Toole
Caldwell