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Northern Rivers · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1926

3,055 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 7 of 153

Ballina Police Court Maximum Penalty Imposed Ballina

Northern Star · Saturday 16 January 1926 · page 9

Mr. Sutherland, P.M., occupied the bench at the Ballina Police Court on Wednesday. RECKLESS DRIVING W. K. McKenzie pleaded guilty to…

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Brutal Assault. Man's Skull Fractured

Tweed Daily · Saturday 16 January 1926 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday.--Jack Krassv[?] (36) was walking home with his mother in-law, Mrs. Murphy, in Riley-street, City, last night, when three…

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Murder Charge Withdrawn Melbouene

Northern Star · Saturday 16 January 1926 · page 6

The coroner to-day found that Thomas Jackson, a labourer, who died on New year's eve from the effects of a wound in the head, sustained during a brawl the same…

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"A Retrograde Step." Depriving Police of Handcuffs. Detrimental Effect on Police Work. Association Secretary Protests

Tweed Daily · Saturday 16 January 1926 · page 5

Sydney, Friday.--Mr. Fortescue (general secretary of the Police Association), declares the proposals of the Commissioners of Police (Mr. Mitchell),…

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Police Handcuffs Deprivation Move Criticised Sydney

Northern Star · Saturday 16 January 1926 · page 6

Mr. Forteaque, the general secretary of the Police Association, declares that the proposal of the Commissioner of Police to deprive police of handcuffs is a retrograde…

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Fell on Bottle. [?] of Drunken Brawl. Accidental Death. Murder Charge Withdrawn

Tweed Daily · Saturday 16 January 1926 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Friday.--The City Coroner to-day found that Thomas Jackson, labourer, who died on New Year's [?] from the effects of a wound, in…

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Tickled Tilly. With a Razor. Man Charged with Inflicting Grievous Bodily Harm. King Street Incident

Tweed Daily · Saturday 16 January 1926 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday.--John Morangon (31), was charged at the Central Police Court to-day with having maliciously inflicted grievous bodily harm on Tilly…

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Java Murder. Still a Mystery

Tweed Daily · Monday 18 January 1926 · page 3

WELTEVREDEN, Friday. The Press reports that Wangsa, the hotel boy, at Garot, who originally declared that he saw two natives commit the…

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Police and Handcuffs. Practice in Older Countries

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Monday 18 January 1926 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday.— The Chief Commissioner of police said on saturday that is views on the carrying of handcuffs by the policeman were unchanged…

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Abbe Desnoyers Examination in Court Paris

Northern Star · Monday 18 January 1926 · page 5

Abbe Desnoyers, who was assaulted recently by people who believed him to be guilty of witchcraft, appeared before the court, and was examined for three hours…

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Auburn Hold-up Men Before the Court Sydney

Northern Star · Monday 18 January 1926 · page 6

George Cannale and Thomas Rogers were remanded at the Central Police Court to-day, charged that, armed with a revolver and sandbag, they assaulted George Gollen,…

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Eloped with Princess Death of Musician Recalls Romance of Court of Saxony

Tweed Daily · Monday 18 January 1926 · page 3

FLORENCE, Saturday. The death has occurred of the musician Enrico Toselli, formerly attached to the Court of Saxony, whose intimacy with the…

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Coraki Police Court

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Tuesday 19 January 1926 · page 3

On Friday before Mr. F. D. H. Sutherland, P.M. Lloyd Deegan was charged with carrying away liquor from the Club Hotel…

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Lismore Police Court Yesterday's Cases

Northern Star · Tuesday 19 January 1926 · page 4

There was a short list before Mr. F. D. H. Sutherland, P.M., at the Police Court yesterday morning. Thomas P. Geraghty, licensce of the…

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Rita Ranke's Death the Inquest Fiance's Housekeeper Charged with Murder Adelaide

Northern Star · Tuesday 19 January 1926 · page 5

The inquest on Rita Ranke, who died at Bute Hospital on January 9, was opened to-day. Hannah Ollie Commons, who was charged with murder, was present in…

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Committed for Trial Two Men Charged with Conspiracy to Defraud City Financier

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 19 January 1926 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.--The case in which George were Ward Terrill (26), accountant, and Frederick Edward Fontaine (35), manager, were charged…

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"For the Man I Love." Alleged Statement by Woman Detained on Murder Charge. Inquest on Death of Rita Ranke

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 19 January 1926 · page 3

ADELAIDE, Monday. The inquest on the death of Rita Ranke, who died at Bute Hospital on January 9, was opened to-day. Hannah Ollie Commons, who…

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Magistrate Puzzled

The Kyogle Examiner · Wednesday 20 January 1926 · page 1

Mr. Shropshire, in the Wallsend Police Court on Thursday afternoon, was puzzled over a charge of offensive pehaviour, which after evidence,…

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General News. To-day's Police Court

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Wednesday 20 January 1926 · page 2

At the Caisno Police Court this morning, before Mr. O. W. Small, J.P., Laniel Corrigan, for being drunk in Walker-street yesterday, was fined 10/…

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Collected Drapery. Man Sentenced

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 20 January 1926 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Tuesday. When Robert McGowen (65) was charged at the City Court to-day with unlawful possession, the police stated that accused,…

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