The Police
There are plenty of rumblings just now, emanating from the police force, and it is said that the discontent which is undoubtedly rampant is not likely to be suppressed…
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Courts & crime, 1924
2,959 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 9 of 148
Theft in Night Recovery of Gobelin Tapestries Versailles Palace Entered
LONDON, Friday.—The impunity with which the two recovered Gobelin tapestries were stolen from the Palace of Versailles shows up more strongly still now that the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fight in a Gaol Prisoner Badly Wounded. Attacked With Knife
BRISBANE, Friday.--Further details of the trouble at Boggo Road Gaol between two prisoners on Christmas Eve were disclosed to-day when George…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fracas in Gaol Attack on Prisoner Alleged Christmas Eve Episode
BRISBANE, Friday.—Further details of the trouble at Boggo Road gaol between two prisoners on Christmas Eve were disclosed to-day, when George Turner, alias…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Eskimo Methods Modern Prehistoric Man Punishment for Murder
WIISTNEPEG, Friday.—White men's laws and cus[?]oms are not, and cannot be, understood by the Eskimos of the far North, according to Inspector Reames and Staff Sergt…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Thief's Treasure. Police Make a Haul
MELBOURNE, Friday.--The police visited a house in Flemington at 4.30 this morning and arrested a man in bed. They seized two carloads of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Prison Tasks British Gaol Reform Is in the Direction of Giving Flons Congenial Work
In what direction is the next prison reform needed? That there is always room for improvement is certain, one important alteration being suggested by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Ku Klux Klan. a History of Murder, Rapine, Outrage. I.
The enthusiasm of certain politicians in the cause of the "Ku Klux Klan" is rather mystifying. The Klan, in its later history, has…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Drug Taker Twenty-four Ounces a Day. Woman's Plea in Reply to Theft Charge
SYDNEY, Friday.-- When Ada Raynor (32) was charged at the North Sydney police court to-day with having broken into dwelling and stolen £40,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hold-up Suburban Post Office Robbed Police Pursuit Under Fire
PERTH, Friday.—A sensational hold up of the postmaster at Hay-street West, Perth, occurred at 5.45 p.m. yesterday. A man entered the post office and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →4An Hour Claim of Carpenter's Union. Application to Arbitration Court
SYDNEY, Wednesday.--The Carpenters and Joiners' Union is applying to the Federal Arbitration Court for a new award. At present the union is working…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Czarina's Friend Life at the Russian Court. Stories of Czar's Family
Mme. Anna Viroubova, the intimate friend of the Czarina, and once depicted by ignorant scandal-mongers as a monster of depravity, in her"Memories of the Russian Court"…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Magistrate's Bouquet
A flower-seller who was fined 2s 6d at Greenwich, England, for causing an obstruction said she had no money. The Magistrate, (Mr. Ratecliffe Cousins) said that he would…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Alleged Cattle Stealing
Henry Plummer, of Coper, was remanded by Mr. Goldie C.P.S., in the Grafton Court on three charges of cattle stealing and an additional charge of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hotel Management Magistrate's Scathing Attack
MUDGEE, Saturday.—The district licensing magistrate, Mr. E. Prior, made a scathing attack upon the conditions existing in some hotels. He said that nearly every…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Double Murder. Man's Fiendish Crime
By arresting Warren Lincoln, second cousin of President Abraham Lincoln, the police solved one of the strangest cases of double murder…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Student's Crime. Murder in Calcutta
An armed Bengalese ran amok and shot Mr. Ernest. Day, an employee of Kilburn. and Co., who died. during the afternoon. [?]ror was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Amusements Star Court Theatre Circus-picture Programme
The Clivalli Miniature Circus Company which is to play in conjunction with the picture show at the Star Court Theatre to-night is a clever and amusing show…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Lismore Police Court
In the Lismore Police Court yesterday, before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, P.M., John Dixon was fined 10s for drunkenness at Lismore; and F. D. Piggott £1, with 8s costs,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coraki Police Court
On Friday before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, P.M. Sunday trading licenses were granted to Monica Turner, Joseph Moses, and…
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