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Northern Rivers · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1920

2,136 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 10 of 107

District Court Bench. New Appointments. SYDNEY

Tweed Daily · Friday 6 February 1920 · page 3

Mr. Mocatta, one of the best known members of the New South Wales Bar, was to-day elevated to the position of Acting District Court Judge for…

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Brutal Assault

Northern Star · Saturday 7 February 1920 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday.—Florence Shaw, 17, was brutally assaulted by an unknown man at Gladesville last night. She had just left a tram and was proceeding towards her…

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Alleged Cattle Stealing

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 7 February 1920 · page 2

Michael Secry was charged with that he did in September, 1919, at Wyan, steal one bullock the property of Henry Clark…

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Sentenced in Two Countries

Tweed Daily · Saturday 7 February 1920 · page 6

Werner Horn, the German agent who blew up the international bridge at St. C[?]ix in 1915, has been sentenced to ten years in a penitentiary, by the…

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Licensing Court

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 7 February 1920 · page 2

Before the Police Magistrate and Mr. J. B. McDougall, Bert White and Son were granted a pawnbroker's license; Najeeb Hillway, Sam Anthony,…

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Cowardly Assault. Attack on Young Girl. SYDNEY

Tweed Daily · Saturday 7 February 1920 · page 5

While on her way home last night a girl of 17 years was the victim of a cowardly assault. Arriving by tram at Gladesville, she walked along a street,…

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Tabulam-Sensation. an Arrest Effected. Emil Schellie Charged

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 7 February 1920 · page 2

Emil Schellie, formerly manager of the New England Motor Co., Casino, was arrested a few miles from Tenterfield on Wednesday morning in…

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Bomb in Police Office

Tweed Daily · Saturday 7 February 1920 · page 3

An extraordinary affair occurred at Leicester (England) City Police Station recently. Two constables had arrested a man in connection with maintenance…

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Star Court Pictures

Northern Star · Saturday 7 February 1920 · page 4

America's favorite opera singer, Geraldine Farrar, appears to-night at the Star Court in the famous photo play of Monte Carlo, entitled "The Turn of the wheel." It is…

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Police Court. Friday, February 6, 1920. (Before Mr. A. J. Piesley, P.m.) Failed to Register

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 7 February 1920 · page 2

H. O. Hollingworth, Chas. A. Blanch and Henry Hartley were fined 10- and 6- costs for failure to register their dairies…

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Alfred Park Tragedy. Story Unfolded at Coroner's Court. SYDNEY

Tweed Daily · Saturday 7 February 1920 · page 5

The story of the shooting affray at Prince Alfred Park on January 29th, resulting in the wounding of a girl and the death of a youth, was unfolded at…

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Charged by a Bull

Northern Star · Monday 9 February 1920 · page 5

SYDNEY, Sunday.—While Mrs. Charles Groch, of Walla, was milking a cow she was charged by a bull and tossed several yards. She was badly ripped in the side…

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Alleged Murder. a Drinking Bout

Northern Star · Monday 9 February 1920 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Saturday.—Joseph Smith, aged 40, a laborer, was charged at the Brunswick Police Court with having murdered Hledley Dunlop, 30, also a laborer. He…

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Star Court

Northern Star · Monday 9 February 1920 · page 4

The Star Court management advertise two special attractions for to-night—"The Doctor and the Woman," featuring Mrs. Charlie Chaplin, and "Mail's Mail,"…

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"Agent for Police Officer.''

Tweed Daily · Monday 9 February 1920 · page 2

Ida Abbott and May Ryan were charged at the Sydney Central Police Court last week with selling beer without holding a license, and not being the…

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Charge of Stealing

Northern Star · Tuesday 10 February 1920 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday—Charles Evans, 17, was remanded at Newtown Police Court charged with stealing property worth £32 from the residence of Charles Harrison, of St…

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Alleged Cattle Stealing

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 10 February 1920 · page 6

At Casino Police Court on Friday, before the P.M., Michael Seery was charged with that he did, in September, 1919, at Wyan…

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VAGRANCY. An Afghan Sentenced

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 10 February 1920 · page 2

Joseph Khan, a native of Afghanistan, who had been remanded, was at the Murwillumbah Police Court yesterday, on a charge of having insufficient…

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Alleged Murder

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 10 February 1920 · page 2

An incident which occurred on Friday evening in Brunswick (Vic.), and resulted in the death of a married man named Hedley Dunlop, living at Victoria…

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Star Court

Northern Star · Tuesday 10 February 1920 · page 4

Mrs. Charlie Chaplin appears tlo-night at the Star Court in her latest and host production. "The Doctor and the Woman," a piccurisation of Mary Roberts Rinehart's great…

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