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Northern Rivers · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1928

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Local and General Tweed Heads Police Court

Tweed Daily · Monday 2 January 1928 · page 2

At Tweed Heads Police Court, on Saturday last, Herbert Lionel Jones (28), of Brisbane, was charged with having an unlicensed revolver in his…

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Fiendish Murder. Outrage by Bandits

Tweed Daily · Monday 2 January 1928 · page 4

LONDON, Thursday.—An Odessa message states the Italian Vice-Consul, Signor Kozzio, who is a bachelor, has been fifiendishly murdered,…

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[?] New [?]R Ushered in Plenty of Noise in Sydney Police Stop Bon Fires Sydney

Northern Star · Monday 2 January 1928 · page 5

New year was ushered in last night in the city with plenty of noise, but no larrikinism. Thousands of people remained in the city until the…

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Police Court Cases

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 3 January 1928 · page 2

On Wednesday of last week, before Messrs. A. J. Buckland and S. J. Sargent, J's.P., Lyndon Everingham was fined 10s or three days for being…

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Stoker Arrested. Assault on Quartermaster

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 3 January 1928 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—Answering what proved to be a bogus message, Reginald Mills, Quartermaster on R.M.S. Orama, stepped from his cabin on Saturday…

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Grievous Bodily Harm. Husband Charged

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 3 January 1928 · page 2

Sydney, Tuesday. -- At Ballarat yesterday John Patrick Murphy (37) was charged with having occasioned grievous bodilly harm to his wife, who…

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Police Use Batons Adelaide

Northern Star · Tuesday 3 January 1928 · page 6

When a man was being arrested on Saturday night for riotous behaviour the crowd surged around and hooted the police who used their batons. Several women and children…

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Police Set on Riotous Scenes in Adelaide

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 3 January 1928 · page 2

ADELAIDE, Sunday.—A disturbance that presented the possibilities of a riot occurred in King William street on Saturday evening. When the police…

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Tram Conductor Robbed Man Before the Court. Sydney

Northern Star · Tuesday 3 January 1928 · page 5

William Thompson (24), wharf labourer, was charged at the Central Court with having assaulted Claude Riley and robbed him of £0 14s a tramway cash bag and a book…

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Alleged Robbery and Assault Sydney

Northern Star · Wednesday 4 January 1928 · page 7

A second man, Thomas Craig (28), a wharf labourer, was charged at the Central Police Court to-day with having assaulted Claude Riley, a tram conductor, and robbed him…

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Fractured Jaw. Alleged Assault at Murwillumbah

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 4 January 1928 · page 2

BRISBANE, Tuesday. -- Charged that he assaulted William Vernon Boardman, at Murwillumbah, on September 19, 1927, causing bodily [?]arm. George…

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The Greycliffe Marine Court Inquiry Address by Counsel

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 4 January 1928 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday. -- The special Court of Marine Inquiry into the Greycliffe disaster entered the final stages to-day. When the court resumed,…

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Final Stages Greycliffe Inquiry Counsel Addresses Court Tahiti Men Criticised Sydney

Northern Star · Wednesday 4 January 1928 · page 5

The special Marine Court inquiry into the Greycliffe disaster entered the final stages to-day. When the court resumed, Dr. Brissenden, for the Union Steamship Company,…

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Chase by 'Plane First Time in Australia Car Thieves Caught Drama on Queensland Border Enterprise of Police Longreach

Northern Star · Wednesday 4 January 1928 · page 5

For the first time in the history of Australia an aeroplane was used to overtake criminals fleeing from arrest. The incident happened on Christmas Day on…

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Murwillumbah Police Court

Tweed Daily · Thursday 5 January 1928 · page 2

Ernest Miller appeared before Mr. W. C Geikie, P.M., in Murwillumbah Police Court yesterday, charged with having been found drunk on January…

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Insanity Plea Los Angeles Murder Trial

Tweed Daily · Thursday 5 January 1928 · page 3

LOS ANGELES, Tuesday.—Hickman, when arraigned before Court here today, on charges in connection with the death of Marion Parker, pleaded "not…

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Insanity Plea the Los Angeles Murder Los Angeles

Northern Star · Thursday 5 January 1928 · page 5

Edward Hickman was arraigned before the court here to-day and pleaded "not guilty by reason of insanity to the kidnapping charges." January 25 was set as the date…

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Greycliffe Disaster Court of Marine Inquiry Counsel's Addresses

Tweed Daily · Thursday 5 January 1928 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—When the Court of Marine Inquiry into the Greycliffe disaster was resumed to-day, Mr. Manning (for Sydney Ferries Ltd),…

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Hotel Sanitation Grafton Court Ruling Policy of Licensing Bench Septic Tank System GRAFTON

Northern Star · Thursday 5 January 1928 · page 5

The policy of the State Licensing Bench regarding sanitation in hotels was declared by the chairman (Mr. F. G. Adrian) in giving n decision at Grafton Court this…

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Motor Traffic Offences Police Court Cases

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 2

At the Police Court on Wednesday before the P.M., Albert John Wade pleaded guilty to a charge of driving an unregistered motor vehicle, and…

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