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Northern Rivers · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1917

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A Fight in Court. Solicitors in Holts. MELBOURNE

Tweed Daily · Saturday 20 January 1917 · page 5

At the District Court, during the Hearing of a case, Mark Lazarus, a solicitor, suddenly declared that he would not allow any man to call him a liar, and…

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Alleged Assault

Northern Star · Monday 22 January 1917 · page 4

In addition to the report which appeared in Saturday's issue of a case of alleged assault, heard at Ballina on Friday last, the following further information is taken from…

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A Women's Court

Northern Star · Monday 22 January 1917 · page 4

The Assistant Minister for Justice stated on Friday morning that he had been giving the matter of reforms in police court procedure further serious consideration, and had…

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Star Court Pictures

Northern Star · Monday 22 January 1917 · page 4

Despite the unsettled condition of the weather the Star Court was again packed on Saturday night, when Wm. S. Hart was presented in "Hell's Hinges,'' and he more…

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Police Court

Northern Star · Tuesday 23 January 1917 · page 2

At the Lismore Police Court yesterday morning before Mr. A. J. Peisley; P.M., Samuel Browning was charged with being drunk on the 20th January. Browning,…

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Grafton Police Court. Raid on a Melon Garden. Fast Driving

Northern Star · Tuesday 23 January 1917 · page 2

GRAFTON, Monday.--At the Police Court to-day two youths were fined £3 each and costs for raiding a melon garden or one month's imprisonment with hard labor…

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Filthy Foreigners. the Magistrate's Worst Case

Northern Star · Tuesday 23 January 1917 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday.--Anthony Pontluss and George Papas were each fined £5 at Bathurst Police Court for having allowed filth and refuse to remain scattered on their business…

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Star Court

Northern Star · Tuesday 23 January 1917 · page 2

The Star Court was again well filled last night the witness the screening of the Metro programme, which has become a feature programme every Monday night. Francis X…

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Police Court

Northern Star · Wednesday 24 January 1917 · page 4

At the Lismore Police Court yesterday morning before Mr. A. J. Peisley, P.M., man was,charged with being deemed to be of [?]nsound mind and not under proper care and…

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Local and General Police Court

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 24 January 1917 · page 2

At the Police Court yesterday, Harry Thomson, for being drunk, was fined 2s 6d, and for using indecent language, was fined £1…

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A Serious Charge. Accused in Police Court

Northern Star · Wednesday 24 January 1917 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday. -- Ethel Humphreys was charged at the Police Court with having used unlawful means to procure a certain event on a young woman at Mascot, and…

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Bigamy. Both Sent to Gaol

Northern Star · Wednesday 24 January 1917 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday. -- At the Sydney Quarter Sessions; before his Honor Judge Docker, a returned soldier named George Harold Asquith and Blanche Edith Farran pleaded…

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Alleged Embezzlement. Naval Clerk Charged

Northern Star · Wednesday 24 January 1917 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- David Flynn O 'Donoghue, formerly a clerk employed by the Navy Department, appeared at the City Court, Melbourne, to-day on six charges of…

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A Soldier Killed. Cab Driver Charged. Sydney

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 24 January 1917 · page 2

Owing to a taxicab in which he was seated colliding with a verandah post, in Darlinghurst, early this morning, a young soldier, named Arthur Patrick…

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Amusements. Star Court

Northern Star · Wednesday 24 January 1917 · page 5

Last night this popular place of amusement was again packed to witness the screening of Greorge Beban in "The Pawn of Fate," a feature drama by the World…

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Czechs and Austria. Widespread Dissatisfaction. Leaders Arrested and Sentenced. LONDON

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 24 January 1917 · page 3

A report from Munich states that judgment has been pronounced at Vienna, sentencing Dr. Kramarz and other Czech leaders to penal servitude. This…

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Big Military Scandal. An Officer Charged. £50,000 in Question. SYDNEY

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 24 January 1917 · page 2

Lieutenant David Howell-Price, until recently on the staff of the Victoria Barracks, was arrested this afternoon, and charged with having knowingly claimed…

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A Naval Case. £10,000 Alleged to be Embezzled. A Staff Clerk Charged. MELBOURNE

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 24 January 1917 · page 2

On six charges of embezzling from the Navy Department sums amounting to £2843, David Flynn O'Donoghue, formerly a staff clerk, employed by the Navy…

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Police Court

Tweed Daily · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 2

At the Police Court yesterday, J. Everest, pleaded guilty to being drunk, and using indecent language in the lane leading to the Club House Hotel yard,…

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Police Court. Gambling Cases

Mullumbimby Star · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 2

On Tuesday, before the P. M., Mr H. W. Fletcher, a case in which considerable interest was taken was heard. Four men were charged with…

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