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Northern Rivers · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1930

3,023 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 6 of 152

Kyogle Police Court Cases Christmas Eve Fracas

Northern Star · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 14

At Kyogle Police Court on Wednesday. the greater part of the sitting was taken up with the hearing, before Mr. A. E. Chapman, P.M., of a charge…

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Police Will Do Their Duty

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday.--The Chief Secretary (Mr. Chaffey) said this morning that the police were responsible for the preservation of peace and good order…

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Murder and Suicide. Deranged Mother's Awful Deed Coroners Inquiry

Tweed Daily · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday.--The death of Florence May Osborne (28) and her daughter, Phyllis (4) was inquired into by the City Coroner (Mr. E. A. May)…

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Stripped Naked Miners Attack Free Laborers Police Surprised

Tweed Daily · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday.--There was only a small body of police at Ashtonfield when the men marched on the mine property to await…

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Ruffled Tempers Protracting Hearing Coal Case in High Court Legal Battle to Come

Tweed Daily · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Friday.--Ru[?]ed tempers on the Bench, induced possibly by the hot weather, superimposed on the fact that the…

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5000 Miners Invade Colliery; Violence at Ashtonfield Men Stripped Naked Chased Off Premises Clothing Set in Heap and Burnt Police Taken by Surprise March on Rothbury a "Blind"

Tweed Daily · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 5

A situation charged with grave possibilities developed on the northern coalfields early yesterday morning, when 5,000 miners surrounded Ashtonfield mine, attacked non-union workers employed there, stripped them…

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Non- Union Workers Molested at Ashtonfields Colliery Strategical Move 5000 Miners Surround Pithead Police Unprepared Workers Driven Off and Clothing Burned SYDNEY, Friday. ton became almost deserted. The

Northern Star · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 9

At daylight to-day 5000 miners from seven lodges on the New-castle field marched into Ashton-fields Colliery and surrounded the…

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Woodburn Police Court

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 3

On Thursday before Mr. E. A. Mahony, P.M. H.A. Blundell (Sydney), O. C. Green (Kyogle), J. H. Starkey (Lismore), P…

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Finger Prints Clear Murder Suspects

Northern Star · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 4

Careful examination of finger prints combined with the energy of a local magistrate are in a fair way to clear up a mysterious murder that took…

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Monster Rally Admiration for Police

Tweed Daily · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday.--Despite showery weather conditions, this afternoon's monster rally to discuss the coal, situation was well attended. The…

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"Get the Police" Sydney

Northern Star · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 7

The miners who advanced on Rothbury on Friday are threatening to do so again. They state that they will be led by the miners safety corps,…

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Casino Police Court

Northern Star · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 9

At Casino Police Court on Monday, Mr. Elsmer Jones, J.P., dealt with several cases. All the charges were drunkenness and the penalties imposed…

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Lismore Police Court Yesterday's Cases

Northern Star · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 3

Before Mr. A. E. Chapman, P.M., at Lismore Police Court yesterday, Boobah Khan pleaded not guilty to a charge of stealing an alarm clock and a plough…

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Unhealthy Children. Mother Sentenced

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 2

Sydney, Tuesday.--At Melbourne police court yesterday Elizabeth Wilkinson, aged 35, a married woman, was sentenced to one…

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Skull Fractured. Brutal Assault

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 2

Sydney, Tuesday. --An unknown man who was found unconscious in Kent Street, city, last night, suffering from a fractured skull, is believed to…

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Assault on Cricket Field

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 1

John Henry Draper, of Prospect Terrace, South Toowong, proceeded against Cecil Brandon, of the same address, in the Magistrate's Court…

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Farmer Arrested Alleged Wife Murder

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 3

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Monday.-- Jack Oldfield, a farmer, was arrested on the charge of murdering his wife, Christina Oldfield, whose body was…

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Police Called in Disgraceful Scene in Church

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 2

LONDON, Sunday.--Police were called to St. Michael's, Rawtenstall, Lancashire, at the instance of the vicar, and ejected over 70…

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More Trouble Miners and Police Clash SYDNEY

Northern Star · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 5

Further trouble occurred on the coalfields last night, when, it is alleged, stones were thrown at the police, who were arresting a man who was…

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Vicar Calls Police Ejections from Church LONDON

Northern Star · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 4

The police were called to St. Michaels, Rawtenstall (Lancashire) at the instance of the vicar and ejected over 70 consistent interrupters for…

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