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Northern Rivers · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1927

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Husband's Money Woman Charged With Stealing

Tweed Daily · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Friday.--On a charge of having stolen £308, the property of herr husband, Amy Pederson, who was arrested in Sydney, was committed for…

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Mullumbimby Police Court

Tweed Daily · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 4

At the Mullumbimby Police Court on Thursday, before Messrs. W. A. Haas and J. Collins, J's.P., Thomas McMillan, who created a disturbance at Brunswick Heads on Wednesday, was…

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Police Court Cases

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 2

In the Casino Police Court, Edward Eastment was fined £2 or three days, for drunkenness; £3 or seven days for having used language: and £2 or seven…

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Double Murder

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 4

Another terrible tragedy has been recorded in the annals of Queensland crime. Shortly after 7 a.m. on Friday of last week the dead bodies of…

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£1000 Damages. Alleged Assault

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday.--John Keegan, M.L.C., has instructed his solicitor to issue a writ against Voltaire Molesworth, ex-M.L.A., claiming £1000…

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Wife's Alleged Theft Melbourne

Northern Star · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 5

On a charge of having stolen £308, the properly of her husband, Amy Pederson, who was arrested in Sydney, was committed for trial at St. Kilda Police Court to-day. It…

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Brisbane Double Murder

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 2

BRISBANE, Friday.--Although a week has now passed since Sergt. Cummings and Mrs. Walsh were found murdered in a paddock at South Brisbane…

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Joan Smith's Murder Police Reticent Regarding Their Activities.. Startling Developments Expected at Inquest

Tweed Daily · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 5

BROKEN HILL, Friday.--James Hughes,, the 16-year-old youth who is charged with the murder of Joan Smith, will remain in Broken Hill gaol until…

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Theft of a Car Chase at Tenterfield

Tweed Daily · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 5

TENTERFIELD, Friday.--At the Tenterfield Police Court yesterday a man giving his name, as Robert Skelton was charged with having stolen…

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Arctic Police Epic Stories

Northern Star · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 7

Wrapped in furs killed and cured by themselves, living on seal meat when their tinned supplies give out, far removed from all companionship, aid, or control, amid summer fogs…

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Bankruptcy Court Returns

Tweed Daily · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday.--The official return of the Bankruptcy Court, for the year ended to-day, shows thar 781 petitions were presented during the…

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In Heart and Pocket Magistrate Touched by Beggars Pitiful Tale

Tweed Daily · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Friday.--At the Police Court, today, John Grey, an elderly man, was sentenced to one month's imprisonment for having begged alms…

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Revolvers Drawn Attempted Murder Charge Sydney

Northern Star · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 5

At the Central Police Court to-day Phillip Jeffers (31), a pastry cook, was charged with having maliciously shot at William Fisher, a contractor of Leichhardt, with the…

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Bankruptcy Court Sydney

Northern Star · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 5

The official return of the Bankruptey Court for the year ended to-day showed, that 781 petitions were presented during the year, as against 716 last year. The aggregate…

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Murder of Sirdar Fahmy Bey Hanged. Ninth Execution

Tweed Daily · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 4

LONDON, Thursday.--A Cairo message states that Fahmy Bey was hanged to-day. He displayed remarkable sang froid, even assisting the gaoler to…

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Happy Isle No Police No Crime

Northern Star · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 8

There are some aspects of life on the lonesome island of St. Kilda in the Outer Hebrides, which might commend it to the social reformer…

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Publication Tax Appeal to High Court

Tweed Daily · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday.--The Sydney daily newspapers have decided to appeal to the High Court against the newspaper tax of ½d per copy…

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Laughter in Court Humour of Bench and Bar

Northern Star · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 7

The layman may properly regard proceedings in the courts of Victoria as being somewhat dull and pedantic in character, yet it is rarely that the sombre atmosphere of a…

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Newspaper Tax an Appeal to High Court Sydney

Northern Star · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 5

Sydney daily newspapers have decided to appeal to the High Court against the newspaper tax of id a copy. A writ was issued to-day out of the Supreme Court on behalf of…

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Shrouded in Mystery Mutton Park Murders. No New Development Reported by Police

Tweed Daily · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 5

BRISBANE, Friday.--Although a week has passed since the finding of the bodies of Acting-Sergeant Marcus Cumming and Mrs. Eileen Gladys…

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