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Northern Rivers · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1913

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Copmanhurst Murder. a Chain of Coincidents. Grafton

Northern Star · Thursday 16 January 1913 · page 5

Mr. J. G. Phillips, Deputy Coroner at Copmanhurst, who conducted the recent murder inquiry there, opened in 1873 the first Copmanhurst police station, and he…

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Suspected Murder. Mother Has Son's Body Exhumed. London

Northern Star · Thursday 16 January 1913 · page 5

Hugh Trevanion, of confirmed insomnious habits, died at Hove, a suhurb of Brighton, in September last, the verdict being that death was caused from the affects of…

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Military Police. Their Scope and Duties. Enforcing Defence Obligations

Northern Star · Thursday 16 January 1913 · page 7

The scope of the duties of the new military police is shown in military orders issued from headquarters last Wednesday. The establishment for 1912-13 will consist…

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The Trotter Tragedy. Accused Before the Court. Another Arrest Expected Shortly. Melbourne

Northern Star · Thursday 16 January 1913 · page 5

Harold Thompson was brought before the Melbourne City Court this morning, and charged with the wilful murder of Arthur Trotter at Fitzroy. Accused was…

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Sentenced to Death. London

Northern Star · Friday 17 January 1913 · page 5

Sedgewick, the porter at Eton College, who stubbed a servant girl named Davis, employed at one of the boarding houses, to the heart in November last, has been…

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Fitzroy Murder. Fruitless Examination. Melbourne

Northern Star · Friday 17 January 1913 · page 5

The Victorian police detained a young man and woman in connection with the Fitzroy murder. They had been seen together recently. Although the man and…

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General News. District Court

Northern Star · Friday 17 January 1913 · page 4

It has been decided to establish a District Court at Bellingen, and the boundaries for same are gazetted…

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Evading the Police. Mexico City

Northern Star · Friday 17 January 1913 · page 5

Rochetts, the French banker, has been here awain, but the police were unable to secure him before, he again disappeared…

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The Melbourne Murder

The Byron Bay Record · Saturday 18 January 1913 · page 8

The Victorian police believe they have a clue to the Trotter murder, which has given them reason to suspect a woman. The suspect is not a relative of the…

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Selling Secrets. Gunner Parrott Sentenced. London

Northern Star · Saturday 18 January 1913 · page 7

Gunner Parrolt, who was charged with having sold naval secrets to a foreign Powell and pleaded not guilty, but ait mitted that he told lies to screen a…

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Court Cases

Northern Star · Saturday 18 January 1913 · page 6

At teh Lismore Police Court yesterday, before Mr. [?] B. Gibson, J.P., Frederick Baker was fined 10s for drunkenness and £1 for using obsene language; and…

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Casino Police Court. Wednesday, January 15. (Before Mr. A. J. Piesley, P.M.)

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 18 January 1913 · page 4

Frederick Riley was proceeded against by Adjutant T. Winterton for failing to render personal service under the Defence Act, and pleaded…

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Indian Murder Trials. AGRA' Jan. 8

The Byron Bay Record · Saturday 18 January 1913 · page 9

The preliminary hearing of the ease against Clark, an officer in the Medical Department at Allahabad, and Mrs. Fulham. for the alleged murder of the…

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Casino Licensing Court

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 18 January 1913 · page 4

At the Quarterly Licensing Court (before Messrs. A. J. Piesley, P.M. and J. P. Carlton, J.P.) on Wednesday…

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Haunted by Spooks. Jack Johnson in Gaol. Chicago

Northern Star · Saturday 18 January 1913 · page 7

Jack Johnson, who has been released on ball, complains that he was Incarcerated in the death cell of a country gaol, and that spooks haunted him o' nights and…

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Anarchisti's Crime. Torture and Murder. Strange Paris Story

Northern Star · Saturday 18 January 1913 · page 5

An acc[?] of the dredful revenge car[?] out by a French a[?] nar[?] [?] last month agairst another an[?] whom he suspected of having…

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Umbrellas and Hat Pins. Women Attack Police. New York

Northern Star · Monday 20 January 1913 · page 5

Hatpins and umbrellas were the women's weapons in a fierce attack on the police in connection with the garment workers' strike. Dozens of women were arrested…

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Home Rule. Disturbances in Belfast. Police Commissioner Kicked. London

Northern Star · Monday 20 January 1913 · page 5

When the news of the third reading of the Home Rule Bill having been passed by 367 votes to 257 in the House of Commons was received there was tremondous…

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Lismore Police Court. Monday, January, 20. (Before Mr. A. J. Peisley, P.m.) Inebriation

Northern Star · Tuesday 21 January 1913 · page 4

George Paxton, against, whom a prohibition order is in force. Pleaded guilty to being drunk on Saturday, 18th inst., in Molesworth-street. There were five…

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Small Debts Court

Northern Star · Tuesday 21 January 1913 · page 4

In the Small Debts Court yesterday, before Mr. A. J. Peisley, P.M., Lance and Coy, obtained a verdict against R. S. K. Balmer for £1 19s and 5s costs. A case of…

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