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Northern Rivers · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1915

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Small Debts Court. Before Messrs. A Loder and R Freeman, Js.P. SCAMMELL V. COOPER

Tweed Daily · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 4

Henry Seammell sued Mackenzie cooper for [?] of rent due £14 5s Derendant in his set oil claimed a credit of paid and 3 10s for repairs…

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Theft of Papers

Northern Star · Monday 11 January 1915 · page 2

SYDNEY, Saturday.—At the Police Court to-day George Wilson, a newspaper seller, was fined £3 for stealing 24 papers from Mary cunningham. Mary…

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Charge of Murder

Northern Star · Monday 11 January 1915 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Saturday.—An Inquest was held in Melbourne, to-day concerning the death of Lucy Karisen, known as Lucy Gorman, who was found dead in a…

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Condemned Unheard Bishop Sentenced to Death. London

Tweed Daily · Monday 11 January 1915 · page 2

The Roman Catholic Bishop of Haiffa[?]d sentence of death passed upon him for preaching in favor of the Allies…

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Star Court Pictures

Northern Star · Monday 11 January 1915 · page 2

The management of the Star Court Pictures presented an extremely well varled programme before a large gathering of the public who occupied all available space…

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Kaiser's Murder Message. to Spare Nothing. London

Tweed Daily · Monday 11 January 1915 · page 2

The Kaisers latest proclamation, found on some prisoners, says if we are compelled to leave Poland we must leave standing neither house nor town,…

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R0umania Mobilising. Russians Forcing the Pace. Austria's Gloomier Outlook. Sedan Overshadowed; Turks' Vigorous Offensive. Enemy Fails in Poland. Hurling Troops at Warsaw. Servia's Nerve-Racking Task. Kaiser's Murder Message. The Filthy Him. Revolting and Unspeakable Horrors. Cowardly and Ferocious Tortures. Poland Operations. German Plans Fail. Heavy Fighting on New Years Day. Life Sacrificed Like Water. London

Tweed Daily · Monday 11 January 1915 · page 2

The London correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" in Poland, descripting the lighting from Cracow to Rawka, states that for, 36 hours the bathe…

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Bishop Sentenced to Death

Northern Star · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 3

CAIRO, Saturday.—The Catholic Bishop at Halfa has had sentence of death passed on him in absentia for preaching in favor of the Allies…

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"Guilty." Germany Before Court of Civilisation

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 2

If the evidence submitted by the official 'white,' 'orange,' and 'grey,' Books of the nations at war were analysed as a lawyer analyses the…

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A Farm Murder

Northern Star · Wednesday 13 January 1915 · page 5

PERTH, Tuesday.—A girl named Bell, aged 12, living at a farm, was found in led this morning with her head almost severed. A man who had been in the…

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Star Court Pictures

Northern Star · Wednesday 13 January 1915 · page 2

There was a crowded house at the Star Court both on Monday and last night, when, on each occasion, a first class programme was screened. The star for…

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Brutal Murder Girl's Head Almost Severed. a Maltese Suspect Escapes. Perth

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 13 January 1915 · page 5

A girl named Bell, aged 12, living on a farm, eight miles from Dwelling up, was found in bed this morning with her head almost cut off…

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Masquerading as a Woman. Man Before the Court. Gulling the "Heads" of Adelaide. Motor Rides and Suppers. Adelaide

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 13 January 1915 · page 5

At the Adelaide Police Court to-day Lindsay Campbell was fined: £2 for having masqueraded as a female. He stepped into the dock fashionably…

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Lismoee Police Court. Monday, January 11th, 1913. Before Mr. A. J. [?] P.M. Alleged Theft

Northern Star · Thursday 14 January 1915 · page 4

Matllda Burr was charged with stealing on the 6th Janaury, in the Court House Hotel, Lismore, one gold bangle and one pair of gold earrings, of the total value…

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Stealing Notes. Commonwealth Clerk Committed. Melbourne

Tweed Daily · Thursday 14 January 1915 · page 3

Solley Burhill, 30, clerk in the Commonwealth Treasury Pensions Office, Sydney, was remanded on a charge oi having, on December 4, stolen two…

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Small Debts Court

Northern Star · Thursday 14 January 1915 · page 4

Joseph Quilty v. W. Flynn, Claim £8 18s 1d for goods supplied Verdict for plaintiff with costs. Muncicipality of Lismore v. A. Allah…

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Amusements. Star Court Pictures

Northern Star · Thursday 14 January 1915 · page 2

The commodious Star Court was filled with patrons last night, when the management screened a programme fo the most attractive pictures, quite up to the…

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Young Man Before the Court

Northern Star · Thursday 14 January 1915 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—A young man named Solley Burvill was charged at the Melbourne Police Court with stealing two packets containing notes valued at £2000…

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Reforms in Police Force No Future Distinctions. Sydney

Tweed Daily · Thursday 14 January 1915 · page 3

Mr. Cann. announced to-day that important reforms were being carried out in the New South Wales police force, including re-organisation and a closer…

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Licensing Court. Before Messrs. A. J. Peisley, P.M., [?] Garrard and Thos. King

Northern Star · Thursday 14 January 1915 · page 4

Ed. J. Howell (represented by Mr. J. C. McIntosh) applied for the renewal of the license of the Imperial Hotel, Lismore. This was granted, the annual…

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