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Northern Rivers · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1933

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Term Extended Queensland Police Commissioner

Tweed Daily · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 5

BRISBANE, Friday:--The Government to-day decided to extend the term of the Police Commissioner (Mr. Ryan) for another year as from May 8, the…

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Police Chief's Term Extended Brisbane

Northern Star · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 4

The Government to-day decided to extend the term of the Police Commissioner for another year, from May 8, the date on which Mr. Ryan was…

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Kyogle Dairies Police Patrol District 525 REGISTERED

Northern Star · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 4

Sergt. Marden, the officer in charge of dairy registrations at Kyogle, has supplied the "Star" representative with…

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Court Incident Voluble Defendant Ballina

Northern Star · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 2

"Thank you, your Worship. God bless you. A happy new year" said John O'Sullivan when Mr. J. A. Harris, P.M., fined him £1, with 8s costs, in…

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Left Job to Police Callous Youth Search for Missing Father

Tweed Daily · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday:--The extras ordinary statement by his 19-year old son that he did not do match searching for his fattier as he…

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Man Wounded Shooting Affray in House Police Search Begun Sydney

Northern Star · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 5

Kenneth Wilson (44) was seriously wounded in an affray in a house at Portland to-day, bullets penetrating his chest and…

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Murder Unsolved Vain Search by Police

Tweed Daily · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 2

INNISFAIL, Saturday:-Apparently the murder of Lindsay Adam David Young (22), laborer, at Guhdha Singh's farm, in the Moresby distrier…

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Sent for Trial on Assault Charge

Tweed Daily · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 2

After hearing the evidence in a case in which Wilfred Charles Yeaman (45) was charged with having assaulted Robert Johnson and occasioned bodily…

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Rock Valley Tragedy Murder-Suicide Verdict

Northern Star · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 2

At the conclusion of the inquest on Saturday concerning the death at Rock Valley, on January 2, of Maria Guttera…

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Murder Charge Queen's Park Tragedy Sydney

Northern Star · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 5

Leaning quietly against the rail of the dock in the Central Police Station, and with his chin resting on his cupped hands, at 3.30 p.m. yesterday, 20 hours…

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Betting Raid Surprise Visit of Police Cases at Coraki

Northern Star · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 4

An octogenarian stood to win 10s after backing two winners out of three—the third was beaten by a head—before…

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May Millers Death Police Charge Man Quick Action by Homicide Squad

Tweed Daily · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 3

SYDNEY, Saturday.- In the Central Police Station today, 20 hours after his detention, Eric Roland Craig (25)…

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No Trace of Missing Yachtsmen Vain All Day Search by Water Police Holiday Tragedy in Moreton Bay

Tweed Daily · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 3

BRISBANE, Sunday:-No trace was found to-day of the bodies of the four young men swept off the sailing boat Romp, which capsized in Moreton Bay on Friday afternoon. The water police launch to-day searched the waters between Mud and Green Island, while the police…

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Murder on Farm Maori Employee Charged Auckland

Northern Star · Tuesday 10 January 1933 · page 4

A murder was committed at Peketoko near Haitaia to-day, the victim being Hati Robson, a Maori dairy farmer. The police subsequently arrested an…

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Court's Long Sitting Heavy List Magistrate's Day at Murwillumbah

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 10 January 1933 · page 4

One of the longest sittings for soma time took place at Murwillumbah Police Court yesterday, when a varied list of eases was set down for bearing befere…

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Theft of Goods From Murwillumbah Hotel Two Brothers Charged One Convicted; Other Discharged

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 10 January 1933 · page 4

William Vaughan (40) and Francis Vaughan (28) appealed before Mr. J. A. Harris, P.m, in Murwillumbah Police Court yesterday on a charge of…

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Craig in Court Park Murder Charge Sydney

Northern Star · Tuesday 10 January 1933 · page 6

Under a strong police guard, Eric Ronald Craig (25), a salesman, was charged at the Central Police Court this morning with having feloniously and…

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Mutiny in Gaol Ottawa

Northern Star · Tuesday 10 January 1933 · page 5

Five prisoners and one guard were injured during a revolt among inmates of the Federal penitentiary at Dorchester (New…

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Maori Farmer Murdered Youthful Employee Arrested and Charged

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 10 January 1933 · page 3

AUCKLAND, Monday:-The brutal murder occurred at Puketoko, near Kaitaia, of a well known Maori dairy farmer, Hati Robson, who was shot in…

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Murder of May Miller Accused Remanded

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 10 January 1933 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday:- Eric Craig (25), a salesman, who was charged in the Police Court to-day that, at Waverley on December 9, he…

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