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Northern Rivers · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1922

2,299 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 2 of 115

Daring Robberies Theft From Granger's Shop. £83 Worth of Goods Stolen. R.C. Presbytery and Private Residence Visited

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 4 January 1922 · page 2

The premises of Mr. W. A. Granger, jeweller, situated in Wallace's Buildings, in Walker-street, were entered by a thief early on New Year's…

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Valuation Court. New Land Legislation. "Close of an Epoch."

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 4 January 1922 · page 3

The establishment of the Land and Valuation Court, which is to be presided over by Mr. Justice Pike, "definitely marks the closing of an epoch in the…

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Work of One Man. What the Police Think. Undesirables From Queensland

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 4 January 1922 · page 2

The robberies had given the police enough to do to set them working overtime. One after the other the robberies were reported in quick succession. The…

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Theft From Presbytery

Northern Star · Thursday 5 January 1922 · page 4

A second week-end robbery in Casino has been reported to the local police, the thieves in this case having secured an entrance to the local Presbytery, where the sum of £25…

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Melbourne Murder Detectives Baffled

Tweed Daily · Thursday 5 January 1922 · page 2

The murderer of the 12-year-old girl Alma Tirtschke in Melbourne last week is still at large. The body of the little victim was buried at Brighton, only…

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Amusements. Star Court Theatre

Northern Star · Thursday 5 January 1922 · page 4

There will be a thrilling racing drama to-night at the Star Court, "A Rank Outsider," from the pen of the late famous Nat Gould. The sporting public will thoroughly enjoy…

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Horrible Murder. Theory of Doctor. Work of Indians

Northern Star · Thursday 5 January 1922 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Concerning the horrible murder of a 12 years-old girl named Alma Tirtschke, a doctor advances, the theory that the murder was the work…

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Strange Mysteries. Magistrate's Clerk Arrested Woman Killed in Paris. Signs of Terrific Struggle. (Published in the "Times.")

Northern Star · Thursday 5 January 1922 · page 7

LONDON, Tuesday.—The beginning of the New Year was marked by strange intersexual mysteries. Herbert Armstrong (50) a respected magistrate's clerk of Breconshire,…

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Gun Alley. a Man Assaulted. the Police Make an Arrest

Northern Star · Thursday 5 January 1922 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Two detectives observed two men follow and garrot another man in Gun Alley, Melbourne, the scene of the recent horrible murder,…

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Casino Police Court

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 6 January 1922 · page 2

At the Casino Police Court yesterday, before Mr. A. O. Butler, P.M., and Mr. G. E. Gayfer, J.P., charges of riotous conduct on December 12, against…

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The Burglary Epidemic

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 6 January 1922 · page 2

Following on the local burglaries already reported, what appears to have been an attempt to enter premises situated in Walker-street, and occupied…

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General News. Charge of Stealing

Northern Star · Friday 6 January 1922 · page 4

Tim Lee, a Chinese, was remanded at the Lismore Police Court yesterday afternoon on a charge of having stolen a watch at North Lismore on or about January 2, valued…

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The Melbourne Murder

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 6 January 1922 · page 7

SYDNEY, Friday.—Extraordinary scenes wore witnessed yesterday afternoon in the vicinity of Gun Alley, Melbourne, where the body of the murdered…

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The Hindoo Murder

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 6 January 1922 · page 2

A startling development has occurred in connection with the murder charge against Joalla and Hudgery, a fellow-countryman of a Hindoo named Roor…

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Star Court Theatre

Northern Star · Friday 6 January 1922 · page 4

The "sports" will be well catered for to-night at the Star Court, as No. 1 attraction is a very fine racing drama picturised from one of Nat Gould's famous books, "A…

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The Gun Alley Murder Melbourne in Hysterics. Wild Rumors Afloat. Three Men Detained. MELBOURNE

Tweed Daily · Friday 6 January 1922 · page 3

Melbourne has worked itself up to a pitch, of extraordinary excitement in connection with the brutal outrage and murder of the 12-year-old girl Alma…

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Police Court

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 7 January 1922 · page 2

There was a number of small and unimportant matters for Mr. A. Ormonde Butler, at the Police Court, on Thursday. With Mr. Butler on the…

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Assaults on Police. Becoming Too Prevalent. Police Magistrate's Comment

Northern Star · Saturday 7 January 1922 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday.—Mr. Gates, S.M., in sentencing Edward Lambert, a powerfully built man, to one month's hard labour for unlawfully assaulting Constable Newall, remarked…

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Casino Court Days

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 7 January 1922 · page 2

Mr. A. Ormonde, Butler, Police Magistrate, said on Thursday that, acting under instructions from the Justice Department, he would in future hold…

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Amusements. Star Court Theatre

Northern Star · Saturday 7 January 1922 · page 4

Every preparation for the usual Saturday crowd at the Star Court has been made, a very fine programme of pictures hag been selected, including a beautiful Metro special,…

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