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Northern Rivers · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1929

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Charged Train Elephant Gets Impatient Hobart

Northern Star · Thursday 10 January 1929 · page 5

An elephant belonging to Wirth's circus and ridden by an attendant, E. Weeks, charged a moving train while waiting to cross a level crossing at…

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Persistent Police Trail Woman to Catch Man

Tweed Daily · Thursday 10 January 1929 · page 4

Sydney detectives seeking "the where abouts of a man wanted in, Queensland on a charge in which £400 is involved knew he was in Sydney with a woman,…

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Two Dogs Poisoned Police Make an Arrest Melboubne

Northern Star · Thursday 10 January 1929 · page 6

The police have arrested a man pending an inquiry into the poisoning of two dogs. The man is stated to have called at…

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Three Charges Two Dismissed Christmas Eve Incident Murwillumbah Court

Tweed Daily · Thursday 10 January 1929 · page 2

There was a sequel to an incident- in Murwillumbah's main street on Christmas Eve in Murwillumbah Police Court on…

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The Turf Bootlegger Case Queer Story in Court Injunction Granted

Tweed Daily · Thursday 10 January 1929 · page 3

BRISBANE, Wednesday:--The race horse Bootlegger, which was stated, to be worth £1000, was the subject of an application to Mr. Justice…

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Secret Signs Delegates Checked Salvation Army Council Opens Sunbury Court London

Northern Star · Thursday 10 January 1929 · page 5

Commissioner Higgins presided at the opening stages of the meeting of the High Council, but vacated the chair when the council…

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Court Episode Prisoner Insults Magistrate

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 7

SYDNEY, Friday.—When Eria Cariton was sentenced to two years imprisonment at the Camperdown, court Victoria, on a charge of housebreaking, the…

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Court Episode Prisoner Insults Magistrate

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 7

SYDNEY, Friday.—When Eric Carlton was sentenced to two years imprisonment at the Camperdown court, Victoria, on a charge of housebreaking, he…

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Contemptuous Prisoner Abuses Magistrate

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 4

Sydney, Friday.--At the Camperdown (Vic.) police court Eric Carlton was sentenced to two years' imprisonment on a charge of…

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Alleged Assault on Child Sydney

Northern Star · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 5

A girl aged four years, it was alleged, was the victim of a serious offence by a half-caste aborigine in the backyard of premises off Anzac-parade,…

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Effective Police Radio

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 8

Here is a transmitter which has a mysterious look. No wonder; it is used for communicating with the police patrol ears and the water police launch telling…

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Alleged Arson Boot Repairer Charged Earl Wood Fire

Tweed Daily · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday.--Frank Edward Massey (32), boot repairer, was remanded at Campsie Court on the charge of having maliciously set fire…

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Small Debts Court

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 4

At the Kyogle sittings of the Small Debts Court on Wednesday, before the P.M., Kyogle Shire Council proceeded against a number of…

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"Wanted" Man Broke Gaol in Sydney Arrested in France

Tweed Daily · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 3

BORDEAU, Wednesday.--The Australian, John Parker, who was arrested on October 25 on arrival of the steamer Mosella, in accordance with a…

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Thrilling Life Police Inspector's Story

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 4

Secret service exploits of the foreign branch at Scotland Yard were described to me by Inspector McIntyre, who is living in retirement at Wostcliff…

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Thrilling Life Police Inspector's Story

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 4

Secret service exploit of the foreign branch at Scotland Yard were described to me by Inspector McIntyre, who is living in retirement at Westeliff…

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"I'll Get You" Accused Desperate Alloged Attempted Murder INVERELL

Northern Star · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 5

When Maurice Gill (20) was ch[?]rged at Inverell Police Court With having shot at Stanley Hallam at Bonshaw with Intent to…

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Human Bear Cat. Plays Up in Court. Sydney

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 5

Maurice Gill, 20, when charged at Inverell police court with having shot at Stanley Hallam, at Bonsbaw, with intent to murder, created a sensation by…

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To Catch Thieves Police Rely on Make-up "Bad-looking Birds"

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 3

"That's a bad-looking bird you've got there, Sergeant. What's he in ford Assault, I suppose." The inspector who had strolled into…

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To Catch Thieves Police Rely on Make-up "Bad-looking Birds"

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 3

"That's a bad-looking bird you've got there, Sergeant . . "What's he in for Assault, I suppose." The inspector who had strolled into…

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