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Northern Rivers · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1933

1,756 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 8 of 88

Tragedy at Toowong Woman Shot Dead Husband Charged Brisbane

Northern Star · Thursday 26 January 1933 · page 5

Mrs. Gertrude Cottell (35) was shot dead through the heart at 6 o'clock this morning at her home at Toowong…

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Murder Case Revived After Five Years Skeleton Found in Mine Shaft

Tweed Daily · Thursday 26 January 1933 · page 2

CAIRNS,. Wednesday: - Whether or net the police will be given an important lead in solving the five-year-old. Boonji murder mystery…

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AMUSEMENTS Star Court Theatre "The Cohens and Kellys"

Northern Star · Thursday 26 January 1933 · page 3

Now's the time to catch up on all the laughs missed this season by going to the Star Court Theatre, Lismore, to see George Sidney and Charlie Murray…

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Burglary Charges Lengthy List

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 7

In the Tweed Heads Police Court, before Mr. E. A. Mahoney, P.M., Jean Lefroy la Motte appeared to answer nine charges of breaking and…

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Charges of Burglary Cases at Tweed Heads

Northern Star · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 11

At Tweed Heads Police Court on Tuesday, before Mr. E. A. Mahony, P.M., Jean Lefroy la Motte, a newcomer to the district, faced numerous…

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Court at Hospital. Sequel to Brisbane Shooting

Tweed Daily · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 2

BRISBANE, Thursday.- A special court was. held at the General Hospital to-day, when John E. Cottell (37), a fuel, merchant, was charged with the…

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Gaol for Receiving Prominent Insurance Assessor LONDON

Northern Star · Saturday 28 January 1933 · page 7

John William Bell, an insurance assessor, was sentenced to a year's imprisonment with £200 costs, on a charge of receiving a statue. Bell is…

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Vendetta Alleged Police Investigating SYDNEY

Northern Star · Saturday 28 January 1933 · page 7

Detectives are investigating a complaint by Mrs. Muriel Hazeiton, of Dulwicti Hill, that she had been the victim of a vendetta since last August…

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Tablet Reporters Old Court Stories Rigid Space Limits

Tweed Daily · Saturday 28 January 1933 · page 2

When Mr.Tehib-Tilla Who lived near Bagdad some 3,000 or more years ago, wrote his business contracts on clay and filed them away for record, he did not…

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Theft of Sugar

Tweed Daily · Monday 30 January 1933 · page 2

Surmised to have been taken from a railway truck whilst standing in the station yard, at Tweed Heads, the loss of 22 bags of refined sugar consigned…

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6 Months' Gaol "Not Hard to Take" SYDNEY

Northern Star · Monday 30 January 1933 · page 3

"It won't be hard to take, and I am just as well there," was the comment made by Peter Fitzpatrick when he was sentenced to six months'…

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Rings Worth £1318 Exhibit in Court Case SYDNEY

Northern Star · Monday 30 January 1933 · page 10

Herbert Jenner (19), labourer, was committed for trial at the Central Police Court on a charge of having stolen a number of valuable rings…

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Not Wanted at Hollywood Artists Expelled Big Police Drive in Progress

Tweed Daily · Monday 30 January 1933 · page 6

VANCOUVER (B.C.), Saturday:-- Staging their raid with intense dramatic fervor, as if they were actors in a thrilling movie, Federal agents…

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Violent Burglars Assault Householder Sydney

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 31 January 1933 · page 2

George Fell was badly knocked about at his home at Penshurst early this morning by two burglars who, on an alarm being raised, made good…

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India's Way Gaol, Then Execution Calcutta

Northern Star · Tuesday 31 January 1933 · page 5

An extraordinary decision was given by the High Court judges of Hyderabad State, in a case sent to them for confirmation, where eight men were…

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Coolangatta Court

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 31 January 1933 · page 2

At Coolangatta Magistrate's Court on Saturday last, before Mr. A. P. W. Tregear, P.M., a complaint by C. E. French against Thomas Quail for using…

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Kate Leigh Another Clash with Police Sydney

Northern Star · Tuesday 31 January 1933 · page 5

Kathleen Barry, alias Kate Leigh, described by the police as a notorious woman, was remanded with four men alleged to be convicted criminals on…

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"Resisted Police" S. Lismore Episode Fined on Two Charges

Northern Star · Tuesday 31 January 1933 · page 6

"Don't take any notice of the —mug copper." "Hurrah! the mug copper has a victory at last." These remarks, according…

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Assaulted Police Constable Father and Son Charged Sydney

Northern Star · Wednesday 1 February 1933 · page 7

James Byrnes, senior, was sentencedto three months' hard labour, and his son James George Byrnes, was bound over for six months on charges of…

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Assault and Robbery. Elderly Man Brutally Punched

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 1 February 1933 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.-- Entering the shop of Henry Williams (65), a confectioner, in Spencer Street, late last night, two men battered Williams into…

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