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Courts & crime, 1914

1,711 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 7 of 86

An Extraordinary Murder

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 24 January 1914 · page 4

An extraordinary murder case at Philadelphia, has resulted in a life sentence being passed on William Eberwein, a civil war veteran, aged…

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Kyogle Police Court Friday, 23Rd January (Before the P.M)

The Kyogle Examiner · Saturday 24 January 1914 · page 4

GEO Collins, an aboriginal, pleaded guilty to a charge of assaulting Jack Barren, at the Aboriginal Station on Monday night last…

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Police Protection

Tweed Daily · Saturday 24 January 1914 · page 4

[?]dence at the application [?]ase yesterday, Mr. P. W. [?]dmitted that the presence [?]at Usi without police…

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Attempted Theft. One Man Wounded. Sydney

Northern Star · Saturday 24 January 1914 · page 7

A night watchman named Thomas Semmans surprised two men who were attempting to steal some colls of copper wire, which were lying on a vacant allot[?]ent at…

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Licensing Court

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 24 January 1914 · page 4

At the Licensing Court, Casino, on Wednesday last, before Messrs. A. J. Piesley, P.M., W. G. Simpson and G. J. Mortimer, John Pidcock, grazier,…

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Breaches of the Tick Act. a Grazier Charged

The Kyogle Examiner · Saturday 24 January 1914 · page 4

AT the Police Court yesterday, before Mr A. J. Piesley, P.M., Samuel Gay, grazier, Ettrick, was charged at the instance of G. B…

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Alleged Theft. by Means of Valueless Cheques. Sydney

Northern Star · Saturday 24 January 1914 · page 6

A man named Frank Dutton, alian Louis Frost, agee 36 years, was charged at the Police [?]ourt this morning with stealing £900, the property at the Bank of…

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Brutal Assault. Married Woman's Resistance. Beaten Into Usconsciousness. Ferth

Northern Star · Saturday 24 January 1914 · page 7

While a married woman named Minnie Thomas was returning in the train from Perth to Fremantle, a man, who was sitting opposite her, grasped her by the…

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Murder in a Pit. Coroner's Finding. London

Tweed Daily · Saturday 24 January 1914 · page 5

The inquest into the death of the Sydney engineer, Thomas Reekes, was opened yesterday. The Coroner declared that the…

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Court Matters. (Before Mr. Hamblin, P.m.) Friday, 23rd January. Warden's Court

Tweed Daily · Saturday 24 January 1914 · page 4

An application by Andrew Rison for authority to enter por. 33, Bilambil, was granted; rental 7s 6d per acre. P. Moloney was granted permission to graze…

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Wolverhampton Tragedy. a Brutal Murder. an Australian the Victiom. London, Thursday Afternoon

Northern Star · Saturday 24 January 1914 · page 7

The inquest on the body of Reeks, an Australlan, whose body was found at the bottom of a pit near Wolverhampton, has been adjourned. The Coroner remarked…

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A Brutal Murder. Fate of a Sydney Man in England. London

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 24 January 1914 · page 2

Thomas Recks, a native of Sydney, and a ship's engineer, has been found in a disused pit near Wolverhampton with a bullet wound in his forehead…

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Restrictions Relaned. Trades Hall Men in Court. Johannesburg, Thursday Afternoon

Northern Star · Saturday 24 January 1914 · page 7

Martial law restrictions are being [?]laned on the Rand area encepting part of the East Rand. Several Trades Hall members have been…

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Licensing Court. (Before Messrs. Hamblin, Marks and Chambers, L.Ms.)

Tweed Daily · Saturday 24 January 1914 · page 4

The case of L. Moses, application for publican's license for Tyalgum was postponed for a fortnight. John Fowler Fitzhenry applied for…

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Resisting the Police. Charge Not Susianed. [?]Ades Hall Defenders Acquittld. Capetown

Northern Star · Saturday 24 January 1914 · page 7

The report of the decision to call the general strike off has been confirmed. Five of the men who were beleuguered in the Trades Hall have been charged with…

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Horrible Murder. Robbery the Motive. Shanghai

Northern Star · Monday 26 January 1914 · page 5

Mrs. Snoumann, a wealthy German buthcer's wife, was found in her bedroom with her head s[?]vered and her arm hacked off. Her fingers were cut off in order the…

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South African Strike. Memher of Parliament. Sentenced. Appeal Impossible. Johannesburg

Northern Star · Monday 26 January 1914 · page 5

The Labor leader, Mr. H. F. P. Creswell M.L.A., who was arrested while attemping to address the strikers, declared in court that owing to the proclamation of…

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The African Trouble. Member of Parliament Sentenced. No Appeal Possible. Capetown

Tweed Daily · Monday 26 January 1914 · page 3

Mr. Cresswell, leader of the Labour party in the Transvaal Parliament, has been sentenced to a month's imprisonment and fined £20 for…

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The Ghose Murder. Accused Confesses His Crime. Calcutta

Northern Star · Monday 26 January 1914 · page 2

Nirmol Kanto Roy was charged with the murder of Inspector Ghose. The case was heard in camera as the evidence was sensational. It is understood that Roy…

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Labor Legislators. Before the Court. Durban

Northern Star · Monday 26 January 1914 · page 5

The preliminary examination has been opened, and Mr. Boydell, a Durban Labor legislator, and Mr. Kentridge, the Chairman of the Labor Party, who are charged…

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