Motor Car Theft
Sydney, Friday. -- Five men were arrested at Gundagai yesterday and charged with the theft of a motor car, valued at £600, the property of…
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Courts & crime, 1928
3,215 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 2 of 161
Murder and Terrorism. Police Unearth Plot Indians on Trial
CALCUTTA, Wednesday.- A countrywide conspiracy for the committing of murder and terrorism, and the securing of arms to wage war against the…
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At the Police Court on Wednesday before the P.M., Mr. F. Sutherland, William McDermid was arraigned on a charge of behaving in a riotous…
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Sydney, Friday. -- The Gundagai police arrested five men, viz., James Spencer (16), John Sargent (78), Harold Pugh (35), Wesley Sargent…
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At the Kyogle sittings of the Licensing Court on Wednesday the P.M. granted the application of William Marwick for an auctioneer's license…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Criminal Instincts Old Man's Bad Record Sent to Gaol Again
BRISBANE, Thursday.— "Despite his venerable age, this man still seems to possess the criminal instinct," said Sub-Inspector Coman in the Police…
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On November 3, 1927, Percy James MeCraeken, tobacconist, was convicted and fined £30 in Murwillumbah Police Court on the charge of having allowed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Indian Plot War on Government Arms and Ammunition Found Sequel to Police Raids Calcutta
A countrywide conspiracy of committing murder, terrorisation and securing arms to wage war against the Government was disclosed at the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tweed Heads Police Court
At Tweed Heads Police Court yesterday, before Mr. W. C. Geikie, P.M., Archie Vines pleaded guilty to a breach of the motor traffic regulations, and…
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LONDON, Friday.—Detectives boarded a steamship from Australia at Tilbury Docks, says the "Daily Express," and interviewed seamen at some…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Cheeky Theft
Walking into Lucas and Co's. cafe in Chinatown, Innisfail, on New Year's Eve, John Joseph Duffy (24),' laborer, calmly picked up the cash register, in…
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The modern, thief is catholic in his tastes. He will devote just as much attention to furs and dresses as to cash, plate and jewellery. But his latest "line" in robbery…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Assault Case. Remanded to Murwillumbah
BRISBANE, Friday.—George Jennings, a young man, appeared before Mr. Ferguson, P.M., on a charge of having assaulted William Vernon…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →18 Months' Gaol Ingenious Shoplifter
SYDNEY, Friday.-An ingenious method adopted by a shoplifter was disclosed at the Central Court to-day, when Frederick Collins pleaded guilty…
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MONTREAL, Thursday.--A Los Angeles message states that Edward. Hickman pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to the indictment charging…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Five Arrests Car Stealing Alleged Other Serious Charges
GUNDAGAI, Friday.—At the local Police Court this morning, James Spencer (16), John Sargent (18), Harold Pugh (35), Leslie Sargent (22) and…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Stewart Young, (22) was sentenced to six months' imprisonment at the Central Court today on a charge of having stolen a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hickman Again. Another Murder Charge
MONTREAL, Thursday.—A Los Angeles message states that Edward Hickman pleaded "not guilty by reason of insanity" to an indictment charging…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Murder of Boliceman London
Detectives hoarded a steamship from Australia at Tilbury Docks, says the "Daily Express," and interviewed certain seamen at some length concerning happenings…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Alleged Murder of Seaman Newcastle
The coroner held an inquiry concerning the death of William Patrick Sullivan, a seaman who was atally stabbed hi the neck at Carrington. After bearing evidence the ceroner…
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