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Northern Rivers · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1932

2,187 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 10 of 110

Assuming Alarming Proportions Illicit Arms Traffic Indian Gunmen Worry Police

Tweed Daily · Friday 22 January 1932 · page 3

CALCUTTA, Thursday:--In spite of vigilance by the Bengal police, the activities of gunmen continue and scarcely a day…

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General Koutepoff Is Mystery Solved? Police Make Arrests Bucharest

Northern Star · Friday 22 January 1932 · page 7

By the arrest of a number of men and women on board the Greek vessel Philomena at Constanza, the police believe they have at last run to earth…

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New Guard Leader Magistrate Rules Against Defence CROWN v. CAMPBELL Case Expected to Conclude on Monday SYDNEY

Northern Star · Friday 22 January 1932 · page 7

A large crowd again attended the Central Police Court this morning when the case in which Eric Campbell, leader of the New Guard, charged with using insulting words, was resumed…

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Police Chief Amok Wild Shooting of Enemies Terrorises Town Canadian Outrage

Tweed Daily · Friday 22 January 1932 · page 5

VANCOUVER, Wednesday:--David Murdoch, chief of police at Kelowna, British Columbia, became insane over a fancied grievance and started…

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Nipped the Police Magistrate

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 23 January 1932 · page 4

Thomas Harrington ([?]3), a one-legged man using crutches, appeared before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, P.M., at the Grafton Police Court during the week,…

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Ballina Police Court

Northern Star · Saturday 23 January 1932 · page 14

Before Mr. E. A. Mahony, P.M., at Ballina Police Court yesterday, Michael Hannah, Patrick McGough, and P. Johnstone were each charged with…

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Murder Backstairs Chapter Xlvii

Northern Star · Saturday 23 January 1932 · page 8

The Berkeley household had been notified on Sunday afternoon that the inquest into the death of Doris Matthews would be held Monday morning,…

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Police Strategy--photographic Evidence

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 23 January 1932 · page 1

As the result of a police raid on a two-up school at Mitcham (South Australia), 26 men out of 100 who were playing in an old quarry had their…

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Private Police Employed in Business No Uniforms Worn

Northern Star · Saturday 23 January 1932 · page 13

All policemen do not wear blue, and there are many more of them than the official force of 64,000 who are mentioned in the Blue Books as responsible for…

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Mr. Lang In Limelight Alleged Insulting Words. New Guard Leader Charged. Question of Free Speech Raised

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 23 January 1932 · page 6

Great interest was displayed when the charge of allegedly using insulting words was commenced at the Sydney Central Summons Court on…

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Girl Shot in Stomach Young Man Before Court

Tweed Daily · Saturday 23 January 1932 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday:--At the Central Police Court to-day, John Vincent Brady (22), confectioner, was charger with having maliciously wounded…

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Face Frightfully Gashed Man Slashed With Razor Police Make Arrest

Tweed Daily · Saturday 23 January 1932 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday:--When Robert Marsh (24), a tailor's cutter, opened the front door of his house at 3 a.m. to-day he was slashed across the face…

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Lang and Goode Not Present Eric Campbell Case Mr. Lamb Cross-examines Police Officer Report to Parliament

Tweed Daily · Saturday 23 January 1932 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday:--When the Eric Campbell case was resumed at the Central Summons Court today it was revealed that Mr. J. H…

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The Police Know a Lot Grime Mysteries and Their Secret History Behind the Scenes at the Yard

Tweed Daily · Saturday 23 January 1932 · page 3

Every murder, mystery of recent years has, in the same way, its own particular. secret history. If only a few of the real secrets…

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Murder Backstairs

Northern Star · Monday 25 January 1932 · page 8

"I'm afraid his prophecy will come true, Chief—though no one will be more surprised than District Attorney Sherwood himself!"…

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Task for Judge Sentenced Man He Knew

Northern Star · Monday 25 January 1932 · page 6

John Humphreys Mockridge (61), described as a solicitor, formerly practising at Ealing, was at the Old Bailey (London), recently sentenced to three…

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Bomb Thrown Calcutta Outrage Magistrate's Escape CALCUTTA

Northern Star · Monday 25 January 1932 · page 5

An attempt was made to assassinate Mr. H. Quinton, District Magistrate at Howrah, a Calcutta suburb, yesterday afternoon. A bomb was thrown into…

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Alleged Criminal Assault Married Woman's Story Man Arrested

Tweed Daily · Monday 25 January 1932 · page 2

BRISBANE, Sunday:--Police investigations into a starting story related by a young married woman on Friday that she had been criminally…

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Yagoona Murder Search for Second Suspect

Tweed Daily · Monday 25 January 1932 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday:--Armed detectives dashed in a high-powered motor car through the northern districts in search of a second man alleged to…

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Two Arrests Smart Work by Police SYDNEY

Northern Star · Monday 25 January 1932 · page 4

Prompt action by the police wireless patrol this afternoon resulted in the arrest of two men 15 minutes after a robbery had taken place. Shortly…

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