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Northern Rivers · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1912

1,152 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 6 of 58

The Tramway Strike. Scenes of Violence. the Police Receive Reinforcements. Will Melbourne Join In. Anxiety at the Trades Hall. Sydney May Be Involved. a Constabuary Force to Be Raised. Meeting of the Cabinet. Brisbane

Northern Star · Friday 2 February 1912 · page 5

At last the reign of order is over, and mob law has asserted itself. For the first time the strike is assuming a serious aspect. Several disquieting incidents…

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Aggressive Tactics. the Mob Charged Police Assaulted Sydney

The Kyogle Examiner · Saturday 3 February 1912 · page 4

The strikers attempted to prevent a lorry carrying beer from Brisbane railway station to the brewery. The police…

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Murder and Sudden Death

The Kyogle Examiner · Saturday 3 February 1912 · page 5

Robber bands are displaying disqui[?]tening activity in Bulgaria. They have killed Tour men and two women, and…

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Glebe Road Murder. SYDNEY

The Byron Bay Record · Saturday 3 February 1912 · page 8

The trial of Campbell Nairn Moir, charged with the Glebe Road murder, was continued this morning. A large number of the public was…

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Police with Fixed Bayonets Ball Cartridges a Batton Charge

The Kyogle Examiner · Saturday 3 February 1912 · page 5

A crowd numbering seven thousand persons gathered at the Trades Hall, Brisbane, this morning, awaiting orders…

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Bank-note Comedy the Old Gentleman and His Debt. Dramatic Scene in Court

The Kyogle Examiner · Saturday 3 February 1912 · page 6

To the curious and the enterprising Mr Justice Phillimore's court on 17th November presented a picture reminiscent of a novel by Mr W. W…

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The Brisbane Strike the Latest Developments. Arrests for Disorderly Conduct. Alleged Acts of Violence. a Serious Position. Police Use Batons. Sydney

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 3 February 1912 · page 2

The Brisbane tram strike has assumed a serious aspect. All efforts to arrive at peace have failed. Fourteen thousand hands are already affected…

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Espionage. Stewart Sentenced. Berlin.. Sunday."

Northern Star · Monday 5 February 1912 · page 5

The trial of Bertrand Stewart, a London solicitor, on a charge of espionage, was concluded yesterday. Stewart was sentenced to detention in a fortress for…

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Cotton Weavers Dispute. More Police Protection. London

Northern Star · Monday 5 February 1912 · page 5

The masters have refused the cotton weavers' application "to increase wages until peace is restored. The operatives decline those terms, and a general strike is…

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Continued Lawlessness. the Police Perfectly Paralysed Vancouver

Northern Star · Monday 5 February 1912 · page 5

Hold-ups continue, and the police are powerless to trace a single one Armed unmasked men hold up two hotels at midnight and escaped with large sums after…

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Lismore Police Court. Monday, February 5th

Northern Star · Tuesday 6 February 1912 · page 8

Harry Capps pleaded guilty to drunkenness, and Was fleed 5s or 24 hours. For behaving in an indecent manner on Feb, 3rd in Terania-st, he was fined 10s, in…

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Small Debts Court. Monday, February 5

Northern Star · Tuesday 6 February 1912 · page 4

McIntosh and Best v. James Gray. Claim for £2 4s, balance of account. Mr. Baker appeared for defendant, and consented to a verdict for the amount…

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The Starvation Cure. Guilty of Murder. Vangouver

Northern Star · Wednesday 7 February 1912 · page 5

They Hazzared case has resulted in the accused being found guilty of murder. She has been released on a two thousand pounds sterling bail, pending appeal to…

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Murder and Suicide. a Dangerous Passenger. Moosejaw Saskatchewan

Northern Star · Wednesday 7 February 1912 · page 5

A lunatic bourded a train on the Canadian Pacific line bound cast and shot a passenger named John Klundt, a land seeker and then committed suicide…

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Police Court

Mullumbimby Star · Thursday 8 February 1912 · page 4

On Tuesday, before the Police Magistrate, Mr J. Laidlaw. Ewen Norris was charged with behaving in a riotous mauner in…

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Small Debts Court

Mullumbimby Star · Thursday 8 February 1912 · page 4

In three in which Mr Moriarty appeared for plaintiffs, at his request appeared for plaintiffs, at his request they were postponed to next regular Court, with a view to settlement…

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Assault of Aboriginals. Road Gang Pelt a Warder. Sydney

Northern Star · Thursday 8 February 1912 · page 5

An audacious and successful attack was made by the native prisonoers at Wyndham, W.A.,, on a warder in charge of the road-making gang working a mile from…

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Killing No Murder. Scathing Attack. on Christian Science

Northern Star · Thursday 8 February 1912 · page 2

The remarkable declaration of a prominent London surgenn that "no evidence is forthcoming to prove that Christian Science has over cured a single case," has…

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Alleged Theft. Comments of the Judge. Sydney

Northern Star · Friday 9 February 1912 · page 5

A young man named George Black was charged at the Sessions with the alleged theft of £34 from Herman Mainhardt. The latter deposed he was buying a ticket at…

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Stewart Spy Case. a Doubtful Witness. Long Career in Gaol. London

Northern Star · Friday 9 February 1912 · page 5

The "Evening Mail" states that Arsene Marie Verrue, the informer in the Stewart case, was sentenced to eight months for robbery at 'Brussels and four years for…

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