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Northern Rivers · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1909

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A Hugo Demonstration. Charges Agaisnt the Police Speeches by Strike Leaders

Northern Star · Friday 15 January 1909 · page 4

In the afternoon a monster pr[?]cession left the Trades hall and marched through the length of Argent-street, thence to Central Pack. The pracession consisted…

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Women in Court

Northern Star · Saturday 16 January 1909 · page 4

When a cortain case was called at the Water Summons Court on Tuesday, Mr. Macfarlane, S.M., haveing been inforwed that the [?] would disclose some…

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The Cavanba's Accident. Marine Court Inquiry. Sydney

Northern Star · Saturday 16 January 1909 · page 9

The Marine Court held an inquiry into circumstances att [?] the serious damage to the boilers of the steamer Cavanba on October 7…

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Sheds for the Police

Northern Star · Monday 18 January 1909 · page 3

Although work was not supposed to cease on Block 10 until midnight on Thursday, there was practlcally a strike among a section of the workers on the mine on…

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German Governess Sentenced to Four Years for Treason. London, Friday afternoon

Northern Star · Monday 18 January 1909 · page 3

Fraulein Peterson, a governess in a German naval family, an accomplice of Dictrich, has been sentenced to four years for treason, at Leipzie. Her espionage, it is…

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Police Denounced. Resolutions of Protest

Northern Star · Monday 18 January 1909 · page 3

An indignation meeting was held in the Broken Hill Town Hall on Wednesday afternoon for the purpose of discussing "the brutal action of the police towards…

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Lismore Police Court

Northern Star · Tuesday 19 January 1909 · page 2

At the Lismore Police Court yesterday before Mr. M. H. Fitzhardinge, P. M., two, first offenders were find 1s or the rising" for drunkenness, and John Wharton…

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The Assault on Officials

Northern Star · Tuesday 19 January 1909 · page 3
Also in The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser

The special reporter of the "S. M. Herald" writes: Since the police dealt so effectively with the crowd that assailed them with stones on Saturday, the town has been…

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Magistrate Talks Straight. "Disorder Must Be Put Down."

Northern Star · Tuesday 19 January 1909 · page 3

Before giving his decision at Broken Hill on Thursday morning in the case of Thomas Payne, charged with assaulting the police, Mr. Barnett, S. M., called the accused…

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Marine Court Inquiry. the Drowning of Men-of-warsmen. Evidence of Master of S. S. Dunmore. Sydney

Northern Star · Tuesday 19 January 1909 · page 3

A Marino 'Court of Inquiry was opened to-day into the recent naval disaster. Capt. Hansen, of the s. s. Dunmore, deposed that he gave a blast just before the…

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Horse Thief Sentenced

Northern Star · Wednesday 20 January 1909 · page 2

At the Leeds Assizes, Chas. Thornton, 22, a labourer, was sentenced to two months' imprisonment with hard laber for stealing a horse; valued at £12…

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Murder at Jundah

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 20 January 1909 · page 3

A telegram from Jundah (Q.) states that Mrs. Evitts, a widow, about 30 years of age, went out on horseback three miles from Jundah, searching…

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Broken Hill Trouble Assault on the Police. Company's Reply to Union Claims. Sydney

Northern Star · Wednesday 20 January 1909 · page 5

The men arrested in connection with last night's assault on the police at Broken Hill have been remanded until Friday. The Broken Hill Proprietary Company…

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Another Fortune Teller Sentenced. Sydney

Northern Star · Wednesday 20 January 1909 · page 5

Mary Scalcs, an alleged fortune teller, has been sentenced to a month's hard labor but ordered to be released on entering into sureties for her good behaviour…

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Detaining a Letter. Young Woman Sentenced. Sydney

Northern Star · Wednesday 20 January 1909 · page 5

Hilda Gordon or Lewis, a young married woman, was fined £25, or in default six months' imprisonment for having wilfully detained a letter that had been wrongfully…

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The Police Boycott

Northern Star · Wednesday 20 January 1909 · page 7

At Broke Bill on Tuesday in connection with the boycott of the police, it was stated that the tobacconists in the town have now refused to supply the constables with…

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Theatre and Halls Act. Police Made Mistake Yesternight Grafton

Northern Star · Wednesday 20 January 1909 · page 5

The member for the Clarence, Mr. John McFarlane, wired to-day that the police had no authority to prevent Mr. R. T. McKay delivering his lecture on irrigation…

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Licensing Court

Northern Star · Thursday 21 January 1909 · page 3

At the Licensing Court yesterday, Messrs. M. H. Fitzhardinge and J. Barrle, L.Ms., on the Bench, the transfer of a billiard license from Edward Johnston to Herbert…

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Lismore Polie Court. Wednesday, January 20th

Northern Star · Thursday 21 January 1909 · page 4

Before Messrs. M. H. Fitzhardinge, P.M., and W. H. Thorno, J.P. DRUNKENNESS. Charles Anderson was fined £2, or one…

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