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Northern Rivers · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1932

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Exciting Chase Police Outdistanced SYDNEY

Northern Star · Thursday 7 January 1932 · page 6

While cruising aloug King-street, Newtown, this afternoon the police patrol noticed two youths riding a stolen motor cycle. The youths…

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" HIGH-HANDED " Action of Police SYDNEY

Northern Star · Thursday 7 January 1932 · page 7

When John Burrough appeared at Parramatta Police Court to-day on a charge of placing a placard on a telegraph pole at Parramatta, Mr. Nott,…

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Outpaced Police Patrol Motor Cycle Thieves Exciting Chase

Tweed Daily · Thursday 7 January 1932 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wednesday:--The police to-day pursued two youths on a Victorian motor cycle for some miles alng the Mitchell Road, Alexandria…

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Two Men Before Court Echo of Railway Strike Intimidation Charges

Tweed Daily · Thursday 7 January 1932 · page 4

HUGHENDEN, Wednesday:-- An echo of the railway strike was beard in the Police Court this morning, when Arthur Scott and Walter…

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Head Hunting Still Goes on in Wilds of Papua Police Perform Wonderful Work

Tweed Daily · Thursday 7 January 1932 · page 4

BRISBANE, Tuesday:--The Administrator of Papua (Sir Hubert Murray). was a passenger aboard the motorship Macdhui, which arrived in Brisbane to…

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Kyogle Police Court

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 8 January 1932 · page 4

Pleading guilty to a charge of having used indecent language on the racecourse at Greenmeadows whilst a sports gathering was being held on…

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Murder Backstairs

Northern Star · Friday 8 January 1932 · page 9

So another mystery was cleared up. It was quite clear now what promise Mrs. Lambert had exacted from Abbie Berkeley the night before, so soon…

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Constable Convicted Police Force Irregularities

Tweed Daily · Friday 8 January 1932 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday:--At the Windsor Court House late last night, Walter Stanley Hitchcock, 31, police constable, was found guilty of stealing a quantity…

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Police Raid on House Sydney

Northern Star · Friday 8 January 1932 · page 6

Following reports that girls had been entertaining male friends almost in the nude in a house at Paddington the police raided the plaice and took three…

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Sensational Story Expected Murder Inquest Human Remains Found in Fire Westralian Crime

Tweed Daily · Friday 8 January 1932 · page 2

PERTH, Thursday:--Australia's most sensational murder story probably will be told when the hearing takes place of the charge…

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Police Force Discontent Denied High Efficiency Minister's Statement SYDNEY

Northern Star · Friday 8 January 1932 · page 5

The Chief Secretary (Mr. Gosling) to-night gave an "absolute and flat denial" to an allegation in a section of the press…

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No Discontent in Police Force Minister's Statement Statistics Show Decreases in Crime

Tweed Daily · Friday 8 January 1932 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday.--The Chief Secretary (Mr. Gosling) to-night gave an absolute and flat denial "to an allegation in a section of…

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Serious Situation in Spain Revolt Impending Hungry Peasants and Police Clash Heavy Casualties

Tweed Daily · Friday 8 January 1932 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday:--The "News Chronicle's" Madrid correspondent says that, although the Premier denies rumors of an…

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Ballina Police Court

Northern Star · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 2

Before Mr. E. A. Mahony, P.M., at the Ballina Police Court yesterday, Joseph Harris was charged with using obscene language in River-street,…

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Murder Backstairs

Northern Star · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 11

His destination was an office on the top floor of the City Hall. He opened a door inscribed: Dr. Abel C. Jennings,…

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Fortune Earned in Gaol Highwayman Perfects New Lock

Tweed Daily · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 8

VANCOUVER, Thursday.--Harold Marks, a Los Angeles highwayman, is spending a year in Ran Quentin prison perfecting a non-flickable lock. The…

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Police Secretaryship Sydney

Northern Star · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 12

At a meeting of seventy members of the New South Wales Police Association at Regent-street Police Station today a motion was carried censuring the…

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High-handed Police Action

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 6

When John Burrough appeared at Parramatta Police Court on a charge of placing a placard on a telegraph pole at Parramatta, Mr. Nott, S.M.,…

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An Unusual Case Accountant Fined for Contempt of Court

Tweed Daily · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 6

It is generally known that an accountant or other person is not entitled to do legal work and make a charge for it. Very few people, however…

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That Mysterious Explosion. Theory of the Police. Getting Rid of Stolen Gelignite

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday.--The police now believe that the serious explosion which occurred on a farm at Peakhurst last Friday was due to the detonation of…

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