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Northern Rivers · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1933

1,756 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 13 of 88

Coup by Nazis German Police "War Heroes" in Big Jobs

Tweed Daily · Saturday 18 February 1933 · page 5

BERLIN, Thursday:-- To-day the Nazis made a clever move, effecting, through the Commissarial Prussian Government, the…

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"Grossly Untrue" Evidence In Court Magistrate's Comment Coraki

Northern Star · Monday 20 February 1933 · page 2

At Coraki Police Court, before Mr. E A. [?] P.M., Austin Gooley, for offensive behaviour in Minto[?], was fined £2 and 8s costs…

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Blended with Siberian Australian Butter Magistrate's Caustic Comment in English Court

Tweed Daily · Monday 20 February 1933 · page 2

LONDON, Saturday.--"One of the most deliberate, and one of worst cases that have come before this court."…

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Official Secrets Free State Men Charged London

Northern Star · Monday 20 February 1933 · page 5

Six charges under the Official Secrets Act have been levelled against two prominent Irish Free State officials…

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Swift Vengeance on Informer Dfead After Talk With Police

Tweed Daily · Monday 20 February 1933 · page 3

DENVER, Saturday:--Joe Roma, a leading underworld "fixer," was found Plundered to-night. within a few hours after he visited the police for the…

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COST £125 in Court Alleged Illicit Liquor Still

Tweed Daily · Monday 20 February 1933 · page 3

BOWEN (Q.), Saturday:--Thomas Moller was fined £100 with £25 costs, in default imprisonment until the fine was paid, on a charge of having an…

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Extra Guards For Mr. Roosevelt Battery of Police New York

Northern Star · Monday 20 February 1933 · page 5

The President-elect.(Mr. Roosevelt) returned to New York late on Friday afternoon, his arrival being marked by…

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Police with Machine Guns Protection for Roosevelt Miami Shooting Another Anarchist Sympathiser Arrested

Tweed Daily · Monday 20 February 1933 · page 3

Unprecedented precautions were taken by the police to protect the President-elect (Mr. Franklyn Roosevelt) from any…

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Police Court

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Tuesday 21 February 1933 · page 4

On Friday before Mr. E. A. Mahony, P.M., at Coraki. Austin Gooley pleaded guilty to a charge of using indecent language, and…

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Treasure Cache Beneath Stone Stealing Charge "Temptation Was Too Much For Me"

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 21 February 1933 · page 2

A young man recently stole 30 from the driver of a lorry who had given him a lift to Carool, and had the booty under a stone Later,…

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Wounded, But Fought on Plucky Constable Chinese Laborer Charged in Melbourne

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 21 February 1933 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Monday:--The story of a police, constable's plucky flight with two armed desperadoes at the Highett railway station on November…

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Gave Offence in Wharf Street Young Men Fined in Murwillumbah Court

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 21 February 1933 · page 2

Stated by the police to have been slightly intoxicated and lurching along the street in an offensive manner, two young men, strangers to the town,…

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80 Years' Gaol Would-be Assassin Sentenced

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 22 February 1933 · page 4

MIAMI, 'Monday: -- Guiseppe ("Joe") Zangara was to-day sentenced to 80 years' imprisonment, comprising sentences of 20 years…

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Quong Sentenced Melbourne Shooting Case

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 22 February 1933 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Tuesday :--In the Criminal Court to-day, the jury found Harry- Quong, (45), a Chinese laborer, guilty of complicity in the shooting…

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"Cat" Burglary Great Darikg Shown Sydney

Northern Star · Wednesday 22 February 1933 · page 4

Great daring was displayed by a burglar who entered the Kolynos tooth paste factory in Surry Hills this morning. After climbing a telegraph pole,…

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Irish Linen Case Magistrate's Reserved Decision

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 22 February 1933 · page 3

BRISBANE, Tuesday: -- Reserved decision was given by Mr. W. E. H. Ferguson,. P.M., in the Magistrate's Court yesterday, in the case in which…

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80 Years' Gaol Attack on Mr. Roosevelt Miami (Florida)

Northern Star · Wednesday 22 February 1933 · page 7

Zingara was sentenced to 80 years' in prison to-day. following pleas of guilty for attacks on Mr. Roosevelt, Mrs…

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Murder Attempt Sentence of 20 Years Melbourne

Northern Star · Wednesday 22 February 1933 · page 7

Asserting that he was forced to participate in the robbery by Arthun Molyneaux, who was shot dead in an exciting struggle with Constable Coe…

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Red Terrorists to Be Curbed Sensational Instructions to Prussian Police

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 22 February 1933 · page 3

BERLIN, Monday: -- Captain Goering (Minister without Port folio) has sensationally instructed the Prussian police that the…

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Found Dead in Park Geelong Woman Foul Play Suspected by Police

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 22 February 1933 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tuesday :--Early this morning, a young man on his way to work discovered the body of a woman lying face downwards in Kardinia…

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