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Northern Rivers · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1922

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Alma Tirtschke Melbourne Murder Mystery. ''A Well-dressed Man.''

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 11 January 1922 · page 3

A Melbourne man has come forward with the information that at 1.45 p.m. on Friday week he saw a girl, who, he feels positive, was Alma Tirtschke,…

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Divorce Court Working Over Time

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 11 January 1922 · page 2

During 1921 there were 715 decrees absolute pronounced in the Divorce. Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of N.S.W. There were 1353 petitions…

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Attempted Murder Charge Against Lawyer. Arsenic in the Scones. LONDON

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 11 January 1922 · page 5

The case in which a solicitor named Armstrong, the clerk of the Court at Hay, in Wales, is charged with having attempted to murder another solicitor…

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Roor Singh Rock Valley Mystery. Police Inquiries Proceeding

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 11 January 1922 · page 2

Since Detective-Sergeant Robson started his further investigations into the Rock Valley mystery, last Friday, each day has brought forth additional…

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Police Magistrate. No Appointment for Murwillumbah

Tweed Daily · Thursday 12 January 1922 · page 2

The Under Secretary for Justice writes Mr. Perdriau as follows:-In reply to your personal representations to this Department in relation to the question…

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Lismore Police Court

Northern Star · Thursday 12 January 1922 · page 4

At the Lismore Police Court yesterday morning before Mr. A. Ormonde Butler, P.M., Henry Thomas Thrower (77) pleaded guilty to having been drunk in Wpodrark-strect…

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Local and General. Police Court

Tweed Daily · Thursday 12 January 1922 · page 2

Anthony Lahood was granted a hawker's license at the Murwillumbah Police Court yesterday and a similar license was issued to Herbert Bertram Holmes…

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Star Court Theatre

Northern Star · Thursday 12 January 1922 · page 4

A splendid double star programme will be screened at the Star Court to-night. "Holy Orders," as the name indicates, is one of those beautiful stories which touch the heart…

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Bogus M.d. Charged with Bigamy. Committed for Trial

Northern Star · Thursday 12 January 1922 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday,—David Robertson Rae, who is serving a, sentence in connection with his adoption of the role of an M.D., was before the Central Court to-day…

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Son's Mean Theft. Rings Stolen From Mother. No Evidence Offered

Northern Star · Thursday 12 January 1922 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Neville Sturmer (21) was charged in the Police Court with having in his custody three diamond rings which might reasonably be suspected of…

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Robbed in Train Two Men Charged. Working the "Madman Act." SYDNEY

Tweed Daily · Thursday 12 January 1922 · page 2

Walter Webb and John Cohen were charged at the Central Police Court today with having stolen £15 the property of Otto Hoffer…

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Court Days. The P.M.'s Instructions

Tweed Daily · Thursday 12 January 1922 · page 2

An important announcement with regard to the dates upon which court business will in future be dealt with at Casino was made by the P.M., Mr. A. O…

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Casino Police Court

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 13 January 1922 · page 4

A list of minor offences comprised the cases dealt with by Mr. A. O. Butler, P.M., at the Casino Police Court yes-terday. The adourned case of riotous…

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Assaults on Police. Two Men Sent to Gaol. Maximum Sentence Imposed

Northern Star · Friday 13 January 1922 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday.—So frequent have as saults been made on the police of late that Mr. Gale, magistrate at the Central Police Court, has decided to stop imposing fines and…

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Heavy Fine for Assault

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 13 January 1922 · page 4

Charles Stoner, manager of the Casino Dairy Co., Ltd., proceeded at the casino Court yesterday against Alfred Wylie, a former factory employee, for…

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Arsenic in Pocket. Charge Against Magistrate's Clerk. a Court Sensation. (United Service, Ltd.)

Northern Star · Friday 13 January 1922 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday. — In connection with the charge against Herbert Armstrong (50), a magistrate's clerk, of attempting to poison Oswald Martin, a solicitor and…

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Arrested for Murder

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 13 January 1922 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday.—The detectives investigating the Gun Alley murder mystery in Melbourne went out to Ballarat Road, West Footseray, and…

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Byron Bay News. (From our own District Representative.) Police Court

Northern Star · Friday 13 January 1922 · page 6

On Tuesday at the Police Court, before Mr. A. Ormond Butler, P.M., Clarrie Curtis was charged with furiously driving a horse and sulky in Johnson-street on 28th…

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Gaol Fails. Habituals Will Not Reform

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 13 January 1922 · page 6

The failure of the reformative system, from which so much was expected, is beginning to be realised by those who run our gaols. The gentle art of…

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Star Court Theatre

Northern Star · Friday 13 January 1922 · page 4

To-night's attractions at the Star Court will be "Holy Orders" and the 2nd and 3rd episodes of "The Vanishing Dagger," and in support an amusing comedy, also an…

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