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Northern Rivers · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1933

1,756 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 10 of 88

Murder Charge

Tweed Daily · Monday 6 February 1933 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday:--John Hirkaldy (42), a coal lumper, was arrested to-day and charged with having murdered Robert Widgery (52) of Riley Street,…

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Police Outdistanced MELBOURNE

Northern Star · Monday 6 February 1933 · page 3

Evidence that although they drove their [?]ar at 60 miles an hour they were left 400 yards behind in a few minutes, and that the further they went the…

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Germs, Gas and Flame Murder En Masse Book Pictures Next War : Horrors

Tweed Daily · Monday 6 February 1933 · page 3

LONDON, Saturday:-- The most terrible book ever. written,'' is a description applied to 18 articles by military, scientific and…

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Not to Blame Licensee Charged Information Dismissed

Northern Star · Tuesday 7 February 1933 · page 9

Martin Phillip Hussey, licensee of the Metropole Hotel, Lismore, pleaded not guilty at Lismore Police Court, before Mr. E. A. Mahony,…

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Five Years Gaol Note Forger's Record Sydney

Northern Star · Tuesday 7 February 1933 · page 7

Convicted at Darlinghurst Sessions last week on a charge of breaking and entering, Max Selling (48), a Russian, whom the police described as…

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Mystery Deepens Assault on Boy in Park Melbourne

Northern Star · Tuesday 7 February 1933 · page 2

Despite continued investigations since Saturday night, detectives are still unable to say liow Alan Duncalfo (12), of South Melbourne, suffered a…

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Small Debts Court

Northern Star · Tuesday 7 February 1933 · page 10

Judgment for the plaintiff was granted in two cases in the Lismorc Small Debts Court yesterday, in which Bernard K. Eamsay claimed £9 7s for…

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Murder Charge Sequel to Altercation Sydney

Northern Star · Tuesday 7 February 1933 · page 2

Arising out of the death of Robert Widgery on Saturday night, John Kirkaldy (42) appeared at the Central ifolieo Court to-day charged with…

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15,000 Police Ready for Communists London

Northern Star · Tuesday 7 February 1933 · page 5

Fifteen thousand police, including thousands of specials, being almost the entire strength of the metropolitan force, concentrated in Hyde…

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Damage at School Defendant Fined Alleged Assault Casino

Northern Star · Wednesday 8 February 1933 · page 5

In the Casino Police Court, before Mr. E. A. Mahony, to-day Thomas Spencer Baker proceeded against Francis E. Nicholls for an unlawful…

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Court Over-ruled Prussian Diet Dissolved

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 8 February 1933 · page 3

BERLIN, Monday :--President Hindenburg to-day issued a decree dissolving the Prussian Diet. Constitutionalists criticise President…

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Police Agent Sydney

Northern Star · Thursday 9 February 1933 · page 8

A curious incident occurred while Joseph Collins, described as a police agent, was giving evidence in a betting case at the Central Police…

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A Hiding Richly Deserved for Assault on Woman Sydney

Northern Star · Thursday 9 February 1933 · page 5

Pleading guilty at Parramatta Sessions to-day to a charge of having issaulted a woman with intent to commit a serious offence at Camden…

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High Court Decision Applicant Not Satisfied Sydney

Northern Star · Thursday 9 February 1933 · page 3

Dissatisfied with the decision of the High Court of Australia in upholding the judgment of the State Full Court that the trustees of the…

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Lied for Love Women Witnesses in Court Melbourne

Northern Star · Thursday 9 February 1933 · page 3

That some women lied from a distorted sense of love on account of disappointment, jealousy, or personal spleen and that their evidence should…

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Irish Linen Association Salesmen's Claims Remarkable Charges in Court

Tweed Daily · Thursday 9 February 1933 · page 7

Remarkable allegations by three New Zealand salesmen against two Dutch tradesmen, trading in Brisbane under the name of the…

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Serious Offence Married Man Charged

Northern Star · Friday 10 February 1933 · page 5

Charged at Lismore Police Court yesterday, before Mr. E. H. Kelly, J.P., with committing a serious offence against a woman 23 years of age at…

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The Irish Linen Case Magistrate Reserves Decision

Tweed Daily · Friday 10 February 1933 · page 3

BRISBANE), Thursday:--The case in which George S. Pritchard, John Scott Tulloch, and Alfred John Moore, are each claiming £200 as damages from…

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Assault, Alleged Constable Seriously Hurt SYDNEY

Northern Star · Friday 10 February 1933 · page 6

Frederick Charles "Williams (42), a labourer, was remanded at the Central Police Court to-day on £200 bail on a charge of having maliciously…

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Stabbed with Scissors Man Charged Sydney

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 10 February 1933 · page 4

The case in which Alfred Cecil Lorraine Aldrige (26), labourer, was charged with having maliciously wounded his wife, Maude Aldrige,…

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