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Northern Rivers · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1931

2,520 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 8 of 126

Adelaide Riot Was Carefully Planned? Men Before Court

Tweed Daily · Saturday 17 January 1931 · page 2

ADELAIDE, Thursday.--The twelve men who were arrested on Friday during a clash between the unemployed and the police appeared before the…

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The Ormond Murder Melbourne

Northern Star · Monday 19 January 1931 · page 6

The police claim to have definitely established the identity of the man who was seen talkng to Hazel Wilson at the gate of her home on the night she was…

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Police Reported, Alleged Drunkenness SYDNEY

Northern Star · Monday 19 January 1931 · page 6

When two young policemen arrested two men in Belmore Park yesterday on a charge of drunkenness they were followed to the police station by a…

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The Ormond Murder Missing Man Identified Arrest May Follow?

Tweed Daily · Monday 19 January 1931 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--The police claim to have definitely established the identity of the man seen talking to Hazel Wilson at the gate of her home…

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Chinese Den Elaborate Contrivances Raid by Police

Tweed Daily · Monday 19 January 1931 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday.--When the police raided the alleged premises of a gambling school at Botany last night they found that such detailed precautions…

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Novel Two-up School Police Raid Harbor Launch

Tweed Daily · Monday 19 January 1931 · page 6

SYDNEY, Sunday.--After an exciting chase on the Harbour this afternoon, the police succeeded in boarding a launch and arresting 36 men. They…

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Police Raid Alleged Gambling School Only Two Arrests Sydney

Northern Star · Monday 19 January 1931 · page 6

When the police raided the alleged premises of a gambling school at Botany last night they found that such detailed precautions had been taken…

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The Only Delay Court's Vacation Reply to Mr. Theodore Tte Mungana Action

Tweed Daily · Monday 19 January 1931 · page 3

BRISBANE, Sunday:--"There has been no delay on the part of the Queensland Government," said the Attorney-General (Mr. N. F…

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Police Court Lismore Cases Committed for Trial

Northern Star · Tuesday 20 January 1931 · page 9

On a charge of unlawfully using an instrument, Ruby Louisa Gaudron, of Lismore, on bail, was committed for trial at Lismore Quarter Sessions on…

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Constable Charged Sydney

Northern Star · Tuesday 20 January 1931 · page 7

At the Central Court to-day, charges of drunkenness and indecent language were preferred against. Constable Arthur Edmunds (28). He was alleged…

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Constable Charged Drunkenness and Language

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 20 January 1931 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday.--At the Central Police Court to-day, charges of alleged drunkenness and indecent language were preferred against Constable…

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Charge of Assault Blue Knob Parties

Northern Star · Tuesday 20 January 1931 · page 9

Alleging that he was assaulted by Sidney George Churchill at Blue Knob on December 21, Tarka Singh exhibited a bloodstained shirt which he…

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£94 in Fines 37 Men Charged Alleged Two-up School Sydney

Northern Star · Tuesday 20 January 1931 · page 7

Thirty-seven men who were arrested in a police raid on an alleged two-up school on a launch in the Harbour yesterday appeared at the Central Police…

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Revolvers Drawn Police Charge Mob Melbourne Demonstrators Melbourne

Northern Star · Tuesday 20 January 1931 · page 5

The police charged a procession of 500 Communists and unemployed at the corner of Spring and Collins streets this afternoon. The officers drew…

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Revolvers Drawn If Police Charge "Reds". Procession Breaks Up Trouble in Melbourne

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 20 January 1931 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Monday.--The police charged a procession of 500 Communists and unemployed at the coiner of Spring and Collins…

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Campers Quarrel. Alleged Assault in Street. Sequel in Police Court

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 21 January 1931 · page 2

In the Police Court yesterday, before Messrs. C. J. M. Hade (Chamber Magistrate) and R. V. Carroll, J.P., Andrew O'Shea pleaded not guilty to…

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Alleged Stealing

Northern Star · Wednesday 21 January 1931 · page 3

Percy Green (44) appeared on remand at the Grafton Police Court on Monday on a charge of having, at South Grafton on January 13, stolen a…

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Police Court South Lismore Case

Northern Star · Wednesday 21 January 1931 · page 4

Before Mr. E. A. Mahony, P.M., at Lismore Police Court yesterday, John James McCullum pleaded not guilty to a charge of assaulting his wife at…

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Police Court Motor Traffic Cases Railway Prosecutions

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 21 January 1931 · page 5

For having failed to keep his tail lamp lighted, on December 13, James Baker, in Murwillumbah Police Court yesterday before Mr. W. F. Britz,…

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Sensational Story Treble Murder and Suicide? Westralian Tragedy

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 21 January 1931 · page 6

PERTH, Tuesday.--A sensational story was unfolded to-day at the inquest on Eva McCaskell (20) and her 8-months-old son, Robin, and…

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