Murder Backstairs
"The question is—who wiped them off? Answer: the person who pushed Doris Matthews so that her rouged mouth left its print upon the mirror…
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Courts & crime, 1932
2,187 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 4 of 110
Bootmaker Charged Melbourne Stabbing Case
MELBOURNE, Saturday:--The police yesterday arrested a suspect in connection with the stabbing of Arthur Green (39), of North Fitzroy…
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PERTH, Saturday:--Goods to the value of several thousands of pounds disappeared from trains in transit recently. Detectives noticed practically…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Rioters Sent to Gaol Attempt to Hold-up Ship Stoned the Crew
LONDON, Saturday:--Thomas O'Neill and John Hurley, of Greenock, were sentenced to 60 days' imprisonment for rioting at Princes Pier, Greenwich…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hindoo Practically Decapitated Murder at Lismore Countryman Arrested on Two Charges
Ram Chund (50), a Hindoo, was found in his cottage at North Lismore yesterday lying in a pool of blood, with axe wounds in the…
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It was the startling new vista which, that discovery opened to the detective which made him dizzy. Dick Berkeley had stolen perfume…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Alleged Theft of £5,400 Man Before Court Deficiencies Total £20,000
ADELAIDE, Monday:--Alleged to be responsible for deficiencies totalling £20,000, Herbert Miller Haines appeared in Adelaide Police Court to-day on three…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Blazing Funeral Pyre Lismore Murder Victim Cremated Accused Before Court
LISMORE, Monday:--Nearly 1,000 persons, mostly sightseers, stood around a blazing funeral pyre at Lismore to-day, when the body of Ram Chund…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hanging Demanded Honolulu Murder
In Honolulu, the public prosecutor, it is stated, will ask for the hanging of Mistress Fortescue, Lieutenant Massie and two naval enlisted men…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Murder Charge Accused Remanded North Lismore Case
"It may be three or four weeks before the hearing is begun," Sergt. T. H. J. Thornley told Mr. H. Hawkins, J.P., at Lismore Police Court yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bombing of Police Station Communists Held Responsible
CANBERRA, Monday:--According to an official report received by the Home Affairs Department, a communistic section of the unemployed were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Capone Syndicate Foiled. Fruit Machines in Australia Police Vigilance
SYDNEY, Monday:--Early in 1929 a representative of Al Capone and American interests visited Australia with the first fruit machine and set…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Newton Elm Recent Stranding Marine Court Inquiry Sydney
An inquiry opened to-day before the Commonwealth Marine Court in respect of the stranding of the British freighter, Newton Elm, north of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Lengthy List of Cases MURWIlLLUMBAH COURT Alleged Attempt to Defraud Railways
An exceptionally heavy list of cases was set down for hearing by Mr. E. A. Mahony, P.M., at Munvillumbah Police Court yesterday. A few were adjourn…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lismore Murder Charge Police Court Proceedings
"It may be three or four weeks before the hearing is begun," Sergt. T. H. J. Thornley told Mr. H. Hawkins, J.P., at Lismore Police Court, when…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Attack on Italian Consul Two Men Charged Story of Ingham Assault Told in Court
INGHAM, Tuesday:--The story of the assault on the acting Italian Consul in Queensland (Mario Melano) was told in the Police…
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"I see" Dundee assured him very thoughtfully. "An iugenious way to murder an enemy." The chemist chucklcd…
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PERTH, Tuesday:--The ease in which Richard Chapell was charged with the murder of Lynton Lethlean, a farmer, of Morowa, concluded…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mrs. Gandhi Arrested Notorious Communist Sentenced
CALCUTTA, Tuesday:--Among prominent Congress members arrested are Mrs. Gandhi, who now joins her husband in prison, and Miss Haniben…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →police protection
A petition from North Lismore residents bfefore the Lismore Council on Monday night asked that a police ofncer be permanently on duty at North…
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