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Northern Rivers · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1914

1,711 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 2 of 86

Chinaman Shooting Case. Lower Court Evidence. Accuseds Committed for Trial

Northern Star · Wednesday 7 January 1914 · page 4

At the Lismore Police Court before Mr. A. J. Peisley, P.M., yesterday two young men named Frank Ernest Leigh and Hugh Su[?]green were respectively charged…

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A Gaol-breaker [?]

Northern Star · Thursday 8 January 1914 · page 4

A well-dressed man walked up to the doorkeeper of Springfield Gaol, Essex, recently, and asked for the gate to [?] opened as be had finished repairing the organ. He…

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Murder and Suicide. LONDON

Tweed Daily · Thursday 8 January 1914 · page 3

A domestic tragedy is reported at Berdegal, Spain. Senor Palacae died recently leaving a fortune of over a million sterling. Most of this under his…

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Zabern Incident. Court [?] the [?] of the [?] [?]

Northern Star · Thursday 8 January 1914 · page 5

The chief [?] of to-day a [?] in the court martial of [?] von [?] [?] was a sharp [?] between the statements of [?] and…

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South African Miners. Drawing the Court Line. Capetown

Northern Star · Thursday 8 January 1914 · page 5

The Transvaal Miners' Association has issued a statement to the effect that it will refuse to admit colored men to its ranks in spite of the Labor Party Conference…

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Casino Police Court. a Case of Assaulting a Constable

Northern Star · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 8

At the Police Court, Casino, on Wednesday, before Mr. A. J. Peisley, P.M., William McLean was proceeded against for assaulting Arthur Herbert Standen whilst in…

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Police Records

Tweed Daily · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 2

The following figures show the number of convictions at the local Police Court for the yer just closed were: Drunkenness 328, drunk and disorderly…

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Millionaire Police Chief

Northern Star · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 7

The police force at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, says the New York correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle," is to have a millionaire at its head, and great things are…

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Poorly Paid Police

Northern Star · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 7

The Paris police, some of whose members have fallen into disgrace, are poorly paid. The maxin[?] salary attainable by a "sergeant de ville" is £72 a year. In view of…

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Young Girl's Story. Robbery and Assault. Adelaide

Tweed Daily · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 3

A young girl, aged 17, living at Bowden, told the police she came in to the city to meet a young man. He failed to keep the appointment, and…

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Liverpool Murder. Eltoft to Give Evidence. London

Northern Star · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 5

The prosecution at the inquest on the body of Miss Bradfield, who was thrown into a canal, will call upon Eltoft, who was arrested in connection with the case,…

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The Liverpool Murder. Sumner and Eltofts Committed. London

Tweed Daily · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 3

At the inquest into the murder of Miss Bradfield in Liverpool, a verdict of wilful murder was returned against George Ball, alias Sumner, and Samuel…

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A Unique Trial. Reviving Edwin Droods Murder. Enthusiastic Dickensonians. London

Tweed Daily · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 3

An unorthodox court was constructed at King's Hall, Covent Garden for the trial of John Jasper, for murdering his nephew, Edwin Drood…

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Long List of Crimes. Housebreaker Before the Court. Sydney

Tweed Daily · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 3

At the Burwood Court to-day, Frank Taylor, who was the central figure in a big haul of jewellery which was discovered at Paddington last November,…

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Sly Grog Shaties. Protest of Railway Workers' Conference. the Police Condemned. Sydney

Northern Star · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 5

A debate, on the liquor question occupied the attention of the annual conference of the Railway Workers and General Laborers' Association. Ultimately it was…

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The Zabern Incide[?] Court-martial on Co[?]von Reuter. Action of the Crown [?] Berlin, T[?]

Tweed Daily · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 3

At the court-martial on Council [?] Reuter who is charged with [?] executive power and infringing the liberty of the subject in connection…

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Casino Police Court

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 8

Before Mr. A. J. Kesley, P.M., on Wednesday last, Martin O'Keeffe pleaded guilty to charges of drunkenness and using obscene language,…

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Carrotters Beware. Magistrate's Remarks. Sydney

Tweed Daily · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 5

In refusing ball to some young men charged with robbery and garrotting, Magistrate Payten said that garrotting seemed to be on the increase again,…

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The Zabern Incident. Colonel Von Reuter Sentenced. Berlin

Tweed Daily · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 5

Colonel Von Reuter was sentenced at Strassburg to seven days gaol for wrongful imprisonment of Schab; three days for assault, and the other charges…

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Chairmakers' Strike. Furious Fight with the Police. London

Northern Star · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 7

A thousand chairmakers at Highway Cambe on strike attacked the factories and smashed the windows. A furious hand to hand fight ensued with the police, who were…

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