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Northern Rivers · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1912

1,152 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 2 of 58

Local and General Police Court

The Kyogle Examiner · Wednesday 10 January 1912 · page 2

ON Monday before Mr J. H. Allen J. P, Frederick Murray for being drunk was fined 5s, and for expressing his sentiments in language calculated…

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Alleged Criminal Assault

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 10 January 1912 · page 6

Information was received by the Kyogle police to the effect that a serious offence had been perpetrated on a girl at Grady's Creek. Senior…

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Remarkable Murder Trial

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 10 January 1912 · page 4

In Springfield, Massachusetts, an extraordinary murder trial engaged attention, chiefly because of the remarkable Jekyll and Hyde existence…

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Burglary at Post Office. a Nice Little Haul. Murwillumbah

Northern Star · Wednesday 10 January 1912 · page 5

Last night or early this morning the post office at the railway station Burringbar was broken into. An entry was effected through the ticket office window. The…

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News of the Day. Police Forage

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 10 January 1912 · page 6

Tenders for the supply and delivery of forage, consisting of corn, maize and chaff, for police stations throughout the State, will be received at the…

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Sentenced to Death. a Clergyman's Callous Crime. Boston

Northern Star · Thursday 11 January 1912 · page 5

The Rev. L. Richeson, a clergyman, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to death for the murder of his sweetheurt Avis Linnell…

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Police Superintendent Arrested

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 2

Superintendent Kenny, who a few months since was transferred from Lismore to the West, had an experience the other day which seldom…

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An Inhuman Mother. Verdict of Murder Returned. Sydney

Northern Star · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 5

A verdict of wilful murder against some person or persons unknown was recorded at an inquest concerning the death of a male child which was found at Balmain,…

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Court Stories. a Judge's Tales From the Bench

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 10

Judge Parry, some time of Manchester County Court, and now of Lamboth, tells some delightful stones in his new book, just published by Messrs…

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A Heartless Boy. Brings Tipton Woman to London on Fruitless Journey. Magistrate Wishes He Could Order Him a Thrashing

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 10

One of the most heartless and senseless cases of deception ever practised was revealed during the hearing at Willesden on Saturday, of a remanded charge against…

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Short and Sharp Strike Members in Hands of the Police. Paris

Northern Star · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 5

The Syndicatis Union has declared unsuccessful the 21 hours strike as a protest against the trial of three members for inciting soldiers to desert. The…

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General News. Police Court

Northern Star · Saturday 13 January 1912 · page 4

At the Police Court yesterday, before Mr. J. B. Gibson, J.P. John Vincent Dawson pleaded guilty to a charge of being drunk nnd disorderly, and was fined…

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Ipswich Murder Case

The Kyogle Examiner · Saturday 13 January 1912 · page 8

JOHN Gotlieb Jenner, who chained with the murder of a housemaid named Annie Holzwart at a boarding house in Ipswich on the 23rd…

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Coraki Police Courts

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Tuesday 16 January 1912 · page 2

(On Thursday, before Mr. J. P. Piesley, P.M.) Forest Guard V. John Samuel Green, breach of forestry regulations. Mr. J.J…

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Lismore Police Court. Monday, January 15. (Before Mr. A. J. Peisley, P.M.)

Northern Star · Tuesday 16 January 1912 · page 4

John Kelly, for being drunk in North Lismore, was fined 5s, in default 24 hours, and for using indecent language was ordered to pay 10s with the alternative of…

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Arresting a Police Superintendent

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Tuesday 16 January 1912 · page 2

Superintendent Kenny (late of Lismore) was whiling away an idle hour in Adelade the other day, waiting for the train that was to whirl him off to Broken Hill. He…

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A Strong Man. Rough Time for the Police

Northern Star · Tuesday 16 January 1912 · page 6

In the course of a case heard at the Central Police Court on Thursday last remarkable statements were made by the prosecuting police regarding the physical…

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Licensing Court. (Before Mr. A. J. Peisley, P.M., and J. Barrie, L.M.)

Northern Star · Tuesday 16 January 1912 · page 4

A renewal of the license of the Imperial Hotel was granted to E. J. Howell, and the assessment was fixed at £315. Mrs. B. Harley, for whom Mr. McIntosh…

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Not to Persecute. Police Magistrate's Comments. Sydney

Northern Star · Wednesday 17 January 1912 · page 5

The Police Magistrate at Maitland, in fining an employer for a technical breach under the Shop Assistants' Award, said the intention of the Act was not to…

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Murder in High Life

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 17 January 1912 · page 3

Robert, son of Baron do Convrigny, has been sentenced to 20 years' imprsoniment in Paris for shooting his father at his mother's…

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